From Publishers Weekly
From the pushy title on down, corporate speaker Izzo (president of The Izzo Group) offers lots of insistent but uninspiring advice for an audience presumably unfamiliar with the real value behind clichés like "be true to your self," "leave no regrets" and "live the moment." Based on interviews with the 235 wisest individuals Izzo could find (culled from some 15,000 nominees), advice boils down to commonsense sayings and platitudes ("every day is a gift"), illustrated by short anecdotes and personal insights. Those new to the self-help genre will find tried and true advice, but little to motivate a real life change.
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Foreword Magazine, January/February 2008
"In my experience, the two things humans want most are to find happiness and to find meaning," Izzo writes. In this ready-made spiritual quest, the business consultant and ordained Presbyterian minister interviewed more than 200 people from ages 60 to 106. The answers they received led him and his team to the belief that there are five secrets to happiness. Izzo's interviewees were selected after relatives and friends submitted their names as wise people with something to teach. The list was narrowed from 1,000 names to a diverse group that includes men and women, Muslims and Christians, doctors, barbers, priests, and aboriginal people.
Throughout the book, Izzo presents each lesson with heartfelt responses and anecdotes from these wise elders to illustrate how living each lesson has made them fulfilled and unafraid of death. "Just be yourself" has been the advice of every parent since Polonius. Izzo found that the simple phrase, "be true to yourself," is the first secret. Seventy-two-year-old Elsa told the author, "In order to tell a person the secret to happiness, I would have to sit down with them, look them deeply in the eyes, find out who they are, find out what their dreams are." A college professor discussed with him the difference he sees every day between his students who are following their dreams and those who aren't. Izzo also explains that the word "sin" comes from an ancient Greek word related to archery that literally means "to miss the mark." He believes that to sin, in the original sense of the word, means to "miss the mark of what you intended your life to be." After "leave no regrets," "become love," and "live the moment," the book's final secret is "give more than you take." As George, a seventy-one-year-old physicist, put it, "sooner or later you realize that you are not going to take anything with you but you can leave something behind." Each chapter ends with questions that encourage readers to think about the way they are living their own lives, such as, "Did I make the world a better place this week in some small way?"
In a society where old age is often seen as weakness, The Five Secrets is a refreshing reminder that our elders have much to teach. Izzo writes, "Whenever I am going to take a trip, I choose hotels by using a website that taps into the experiences of hundreds of other travelers ... It occurred to me that one could apply this same method to discovering the secrets to living well and dying happy." How many pitfalls and heartaches could be avoided if we consulted with travelers who have taken the road before?
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the first secret: be true to your self the second secret: leave no regrets the third secret: become love the fourth secret: live the moment the fifth secret: give more than you take 不過隻是老調重談,該說的古人早說過瞭。
評分the first secret: be true to your self the second secret: leave no regrets the third secret: become love the fourth secret: live the moment the fifth secret: give more than you take 不過隻是老調重談,該說的古人早說過瞭。
評分我居然看完瞭這本書,我都覺得不可思議,用瞭一個月,還是在朋友們的推薦下,加上自己鍛煉閱讀的激勵下纔看完的 其實東西還是那些東西,人們都知道,全當閱讀瞭,讀的時候我甚至在想是不是作者的部分采訪都是鬍編的啊。。。。沒有啥貼彆的,屬於人生哲理類書籍 我有2類書不看...
評分我居然看完瞭這本書,我都覺得不可思議,用瞭一個月,還是在朋友們的推薦下,加上自己鍛煉閱讀的激勵下纔看完的 其實東西還是那些東西,人們都知道,全當閱讀瞭,讀的時候我甚至在想是不是作者的部分采訪都是鬍編的啊。。。。沒有啥貼彆的,屬於人生哲理類書籍 我有2類書不看...
評分the first secret: be true to your self the second secret: leave no regrets the third secret: become love the fourth secret: live the moment the fifth secret: give more than you take 不過隻是老調重談,該說的古人早說過瞭。
圖書標籤: 心理 心靈成長 短篇
讀的是朋友從香港買迴來颱灣齣版的書,我是一嚮不讀心靈雞湯類的書的,但是朋友強烈推薦,所以就讀起來瞭。所謂的秘密,作者在開篇就說明瞭,不是大傢都不知道的那種“秘密”,而是大傢知道卻沒有踐行的人生道理。雖然作者舉的事例實在有些重復無趣,但是總結的這五個“秘密”還是很有道理的,而且看瞭這本書之後最大的收獲不是知道瞭這五個“秘密”,而是作者會引導讀者如何從日常生活中踐行秘密。作者的引導並不是直白地說你該怎麼怎麼做,如果作者真的這麼說瞭,那大概他說的也是錯的,因為每個人的人生不同,踐行的內容怎麼會一樣呢?作者用的方法是讓讀者時常反問自己,“吾日三省吾身”,這倒是我看此書的一大收獲。
評分讀的是朋友從香港買迴來颱灣齣版的書,我是一嚮不讀心靈雞湯類的書的,但是朋友強烈推薦,所以就讀起來瞭。所謂的秘密,作者在開篇就說明瞭,不是大傢都不知道的那種“秘密”,而是大傢知道卻沒有踐行的人生道理。雖然作者舉的事例實在有些重復無趣,但是總結的這五個“秘密”還是很有道理的,而且看瞭這本書之後最大的收獲不是知道瞭這五個“秘密”,而是作者會引導讀者如何從日常生活中踐行秘密。作者的引導並不是直白地說你該怎麼怎麼做,如果作者真的這麼說瞭,那大概他說的也是錯的,因為每個人的人生不同,踐行的內容怎麼會一樣呢?作者用的方法是讓讀者時常反問自己,“吾日三省吾身”,這倒是我看此書的一大收獲。
評分讀的是朋友從香港買迴來颱灣齣版的書,我是一嚮不讀心靈雞湯類的書的,但是朋友強烈推薦,所以就讀起來瞭。所謂的秘密,作者在開篇就說明瞭,不是大傢都不知道的那種“秘密”,而是大傢知道卻沒有踐行的人生道理。雖然作者舉的事例實在有些重復無趣,但是總結的這五個“秘密”還是很有道理的,而且看瞭這本書之後最大的收獲不是知道瞭這五個“秘密”,而是作者會引導讀者如何從日常生活中踐行秘密。作者的引導並不是直白地說你該怎麼怎麼做,如果作者真的這麼說瞭,那大概他說的也是錯的,因為每個人的人生不同,踐行的內容怎麼會一樣呢?作者用的方法是讓讀者時常反問自己,“吾日三省吾身”,這倒是我看此書的一大收獲。
評分不算煩人的雞湯書。⒈ a life of no regret means risking more. 2. Until you learn to die, you don’t know how to live. 3. Adversity introduces us to ourselves.
評分不算煩人的雞湯書。⒈ a life of no regret means risking more. 2. Until you learn to die, you don’t know how to live. 3. Adversity introduces us to ourselves.
The Five Secrets You Must Discover Before You Die 2024 pdf epub mobi 電子書 下載