Do Less, Achieve More: Discover the Hidden Powers Giving In

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For anyone tired of chasing ever–elusive desires, of doing more only to find that more needs doing, and of making more money only to need more money, best–selling author Chin–Ning Chu shows you that life was meant to be easy, if you know the secrets.

From the best–selling author of The Working Woman's Art of War, comes an important and timely book about the side of success that most don't know about 注e power of selective yielding, of surrendering to a successful destiny, and of getting what you want by not wanting it too much.

Using Carl Jung's famous parable of the rainmaker as a framework, Chin–Ning Chu explains universal truths about the nature of effort, success, willpower, detachment, "creating luck," and more. Illustrating the four "secrets of the rainmaker" with rich anecdotes from history, personal experience, and popular culture, Ching–Ning explains how to create success by attaining inner harmony, how to partner effort with ease, how to make peace with time, and how to stop reacting and start restfully controlling the events of your life.

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Mostly On-Target Advice about Personal Achievement Overall, I liked this book. It is broken into three sections. The first is about controlling your actions, the second about controlling your mind, and the third about divine surrender. Much of the advice I found to be spot on; some of the advice was a little off. While I liked many of the practical suggestions (like minimizing fear by imagining the worst), I disliked the whole "rainmaker" theme that prefaced each chapter. Still, this book is worth reading if you'd like to reduce stress in your life while achieving greater success. Permalink

Ryan's Rating : (Jan 12, 2008)