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Taming Your Gremlin (Revised Edition): A Surprisingly Simple Method for Getting Out of Your Own Way (Paperback) (平装)
by Rick Carson
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Business, Communication, Self help |
| Market price: ¥ 148.00
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| MSL Pointer Review:
A little book on a big topic, Taming Your Gremlin, by Richard Carson, is a practical guide to overcoming barriers to your success. |
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Say Grace (MSL quote), USA
<2007-06-20 00:00>
This book is a light way to deal with something serious -that could kill you spiritually every day and every moment. Playfulness has importance in people. It spoke to my inner child-the inner child in you is the one who let in these "seeds of doubt"(gremlins if you will) in the first place and I suppose it is this child who must release them back to the universe. While reading this book-a fast read by the way-I got the feeling that this seasoned professional author doesn't hang with the usual crowd of stodgy "take themselves too seriously" psych types, and I was so proud of him for stepping apart- for having the courage and wisdom -and writing this book in his own unique style that spoke to the part of me that agreed to release and or silence the "gremlin " in me- it is a gift to the world.
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K. Ebner (MSL quote), USA
<2007-06-20 00:00>
The cover and illustrations grab your attention and add a light touch to an important topic - dealing with the voice inside you that discourages you from taking positive steps in your life. I give this book to clients frequently and find that, whether they read every page or just pick up on a few themes, it helps them to understand how they are sabotaging themselves.
I've found that kids of all ages understand the gremlin concept and love the illustrations, too. This book is a great teaching tool.
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C. Katz (MSL quote), USA
<2007-06-20 00:00>
While not all people need/want a gremlin metaphor and Rick Carsen's method, I disagree that this book should stick to presenting explanations of the negative inner voice. This has been the subject of countless works, ranging from a million self help books to textbooks to scholarly journal articles. The contribution of this book is its unique application and method. Also, the theory and exercises (in depth!) without the gremlin metaphor can be found in books on buddhism, meditation and contemplative traditions.
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Grace Judson (MSL quote) , USA
<2007-06-20 00:00>
It's clear from reading the wide variety of reviews of this book that the concepts presented work really well for some people, and a whole lot less well for others.
To me, the very simplicity that some reviewers complained about is what makes this really work. In fact, I'd bet that there's a whole lot of complexity and many years of work underneath Carson's surprisingly straightforward presentation (and speaking of "surprisingly," he does say right in the title that it's a "surprisingly simple method"!).
If you are someone who needs to know the theory behind the practice, or if you want your self-help books to be serious rather than playful, then this is not the book for you. However, if you're ready to try out the exercises Carson suggests (which although simple are not at all effortless) and gain some new and very useful insights into ways in which you could be self-sabotaging your goals and denying yourself the right to your own life - well, as I think Carson would say, that would be your choice!
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Julie Scott (MSL quote), USA
<2007-06-20 00:00>
Rick Carson writes this simple to follow, wisdom filled and practical book as if he was talking to you one on one over a cup of coffee. One sentence he wrote about you using his process said, "Either way, I'm here for you for the long haul" just cracked me up!
Simply stated in Carson's word, "Your Gremlin is the narrator in your head that diverts you from finding simple pleasures inside." He also reminded me how my own Gremlin hypnotizes me to what is really true.
The process is presented at its simplest and includes excercises to deepen the readers experience.
All of this is very valuable and I would recommend this book and I think there is something missing because I hardly see my life as having one Gremlin... perhaps it is a head Gremlin... to me the Narrator Gremlin wears different costumes.
Nonetheless, overall both the book and the process will have incredible value for you, especially if you take action and integrate what you learn and take it even deeper as it works in your life.
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A reader (MSL quote), USA
<2007-06-20 00:00>
Taming your Gremlin is a great book because it helps us to confront our own demons and overcome them. This book will help people who have self-destructive patterns of behavior. I suggest you read another book, Optimal Thinking: How to Be your Best Self which shows you how to make the best choices in every situation. There is also a chapter that shows you how to identify the core beliefs that stop you from being your best and realistic simple strategies to overcome them. I absolutely recommend each of these books. |
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Jonathan Ekstrom (MSL quote), UK
<2007-06-20 00:00>
This is the best book on the behaviour of the human mind I have ever read. Witty, clever and decidedly wise, it has more relevance for the everyday life of the person on the street than any other modern guide to awakening or personal psychotherapy I have come across. Richard Carson marries the serious with the witty in unprecedentedly simple style, and manages to convey that enjoying yourself as you are now is the real key to positive change. This is just the "medicine" that the overly causeandeffect dualistic mind of the west really needs. Jung called logic the greatest thorn in the side of western thought, and Carson's book is a prime example of this way of thinking.
If you want to enjoy your life ever more each day, and let your own light shine to set others free too, read this book and laugh your way back home.
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Mark Mcdonough (MSL quote), USA
<2007-06-20 00:00>
I'm only about half way through this book, and am not a habitual reader of self-help stuff (my sister recommended this), but I'd have to give this one a serious thumbs-up. I made a funny connection to an old novel by Colin Wilson called "The Mind Parasites," which also posits the existence of a hostile voice within us that kills joy and sows self-doubt.
I think it's interesting that the author distinguishes the Gremlin from Freud's superego and Berne's inner Parent - as one of the reviewers said above, the notion that the Gremlin is really not us is very interesting and potentially liberating.
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