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The Precious Present (Hardcover)
by Spencer Md Johnson
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Motivation, Inspiration, Life wisdom, Self help |
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Author: Spencer Md Johnson
Publisher: Doubleday; Revised edition
Pub. in: March, 1984
ISBN: 0385468059
Pages: 80
Measurements: 8.4 x 5.5 x 0.5 inches
Origin of product: USA
Order code: BA01552
Other information: ISBN-13: 978-0385468053
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- Awards & Credential -
Spencer Johnson is the bestselling author of Who Moved My Cheese, The One-Minute Manager and The Present. His books have sold 30 million copies in more than 40 languages. |
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Meditation has long been a traditional way of helping the mind calm itself and focus on the inner self rather than the incessant chatting of the ego. Successfully experienced, everything around us becomes the basis of bliss and joyous epiphanies.
Spencer Johnson has created a simple tale to create a similar experience without benefit of the meditation discipline.
The story upholds the happiness of a young boy playing as a model for what each of us can experience all of the time. The analogy is carried out over a lifetime so that we see what happens and think with the boy as he goes from youth to old age.
Here are a few of the meditations in the book:
"He realized that the present moment is always precious. Not because it is absolutely flawless, which it often seems not to be. But because it is absolutely everything it is mean to be... at the moment."
We are wise to learn from the past and plan for the future, but if we become lost in the past or the future, we will lose ourselves.
"I can choose to be happy now or I can try to be happy when... or if... " As you can imagine, any parent would hope their child would choose the first alternative. But we have to learn to make that choice for ourselves.
The only thing I did not like about the book was an annoying tendency to put every first letter of each word in a meditation in capital letters. This Made The Meditations Hard To Follow And Feel Peaceful About.
Use this wonderful book to overcome your stalled thinking about the sources of happiness and the finest ways to enjoy life! If the insights help, consider taking on meditation to deepen and reinforce the experience. Overcome the stalled thinking that equates busyness with doing the right thing!
(From quoting Donald Mitchell, USA)
Target readers:
Motivational readers.
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Spencer Johnson, M.D., is the author of several New York Times bestsellers, including The One Minute Manager, all in the entertaining style of a parable that contains useful information readers can use in their own lives. There are more than thirteen million copies of his books in print in over twenty-five languages.
Dr. Johnson's education includes a psychology degree from the University of Southern California, an M.D. from the Royal College of Surgeons and medical clerkships at Harvard Medical School and the Mayo Clinic.
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From Publisher
Discover the precious present and find yourself!
A simple story, engagingly told, The Precious Present does more than capture the heart; it is a valuable gift for anyone seeking a deeper level of fulfillment and personal happiness.
Telling a story of vital significance in today's fast-paced, competitive environment, The Precious Present will help you discover the joy in life we all seek - whether we go to Wall Street or around the world to find it.
Just as Spencer Johnson's bestseller The One Minute Manager helped rehumanize the workplace around the world, The Precious Present helps each reader rediscover his or her own humanity. This beautiful tale demonstrates the delicate art of balancing your spiritual and material needs, and shows how this goal can be maddeningly elusive - and gloriously attainable.
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Once there was a boy... who listened to an old man.
And, thus, began to learn about The Precious Present.
"It is a present because it is a gift," the contented man explained.
And it is called The Precious Present, because it is the best present of all.
When the boy asked why, the old man explained.
"It is the best present a person can receive because anyone who receives such a gift is happy forever."
"Wow!" the little boy exclaimed. "I hope someone gives me The Precious Present. Maybe I'll get it for Christmas."
The boy ran off to play.
And the old man smiled.
He liked to watch the little boy play.
He saw the smile on the youngster's face and heard him laughing as he swung from a nearby tree.
The boy was happy.
And it was a joy to see.
The old man also liked to watch the boy work.
He even rose early on Saturday mornings to watch the little laborer across the street mow the lawn.
The boy actually whistled while he worked.
The little child was happy no matter what he was doing.
It was, indeed, a joy to behold.
When he thought about what the old man had said, the boy thought he understood.
He knew about presents...
Like the bicycle he got for his birthday and the gifts he found under the tree on Christmas morning.
But as the boy thought more about it, he knew.
The joy of toys never lasts forever.
The boy began to feel uneasy.
"What then," he wondered,"is The Precious Present?
"What could be so good... so much better than any other present... that it is called The Precious Present?
"What could possibly make me happy forever?"
He found it difficult to even imagine the answer.
And so he returned to ask the old man.
"Is The Precious Present a magical ring? One that I might put on my finger and make all my wishes come true?"
"No," he was told.
The Precious Present Has Nothing To Do With Wishing. |
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Rick Pitino, author of Success is a Choice, USA
<2008-11-11 00:00>
The Precious Present puts life in its simplest form. We should all follow its message and live life in the wonderful state The Precious Present awards each of us. I read it to all of my teams before we take the floor for the first day of practice. |
A guest reviewer (MSL quote), USA
<2008-11-11 00:00>
The first time I encountered this book was about a year and a half ago. I was a freshman in high school and was on the varsity swim team. My coach, recently inducted into the National Interscholastic Swim Coaches Assossiation Hall of Fame, read this book to us early one morning before 5:30 AM swim practice. he had been reading this book to his swimmers for years, but I was just a freshman and the expierence was new to me. I had heard from the upperclassmen of Coach's storytelling, but it did not prepare me for what was about to come. We all sat anxiously awaiting Coach to start. Slowly he opened the book, stared at the first page and began to read to us as if he were our grandfather telling us a story from his past. His soft voice gave me chills up and down my spine. He read slowly and precisely. Time seemed to stand still. The thirty teenagers were dead silent. We savored ever word. He told us of the boy and the old man and how different they were. he told us of how the old man wanted the boy to recieve the precious present. He told us of how the boy spent his whole life looking for the precious present. We thought of how we were looking for th precious present in our lives and in our sport. Intrigue by the story we continued to listen. As the boy now an old man found the precious present I felt a lump in my throat and felt chills down me spine. I knew coach was a wise man, but I hadn't realize the extent of his wisdom. He knew how to get through to the impenetrable. He knew how to touch the untouchable. He knew how to teach the unteachable. He taught us that we needed to think in present to reach the unreachable. Coach Landtroop has coach several teams to Texas State Championships and National Championships. He does this by using the powerful message of this book to inspire his swimmers. This book teaches a lesson to anyone you is willing to listen. PLEASE READ THIS BOOK! |
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