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|  | Author: Richard Brodie
Publisher: Hay House
List Price: $24.95
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Rating:  79 reviews
Sales Rank: 5454
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published)
Media: Hardcover
Pages: 288
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.3
Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 6.3 x 1
ISBN: 1401924689
Dewey Decimal Number: 302
EAN: 9781401924683
ASIN: 1401924689
Publication Date: May 15, 2009
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Condition: Clean no marks inside or out - Gift Quality
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 It's a gift June 1, 2009
Wilma Knight (Newton, NJ)
0 out of 17 found this review helpful
This is a gift I gave to someone. I have no idea how to rate it. I'm assuming it's a wonderful book of its genre.
Heighten your perspective through raised awareness May 27, 2009
Stephen Arthur Murphy (Georgia, USA)
9 out of 10 found this review helpful
Lots of current information in this book to help us realize how our fundamental thoughts about things, determines our happiness and our success. Richard explains the learning pyramid and how a person at each level reacts or creates life as they experience it. The interesting part is those who don't know about these different levels, can be trapped in a lower level without being cognizant of it. At the pinnacle or level three, a person sees through issues and establishes a purpose for their life.
An interesting idea about meme's is that people will hold steadfast onto their beliefs, and will fight and some have even killed to keep transferring their memes to others. When we realize the broader scope of ideas through increased awareness, doors open where before they may have seemed closed. Only when you open your mind, much of this will then make sense.
 Ridiculous! May 27, 2009
Loyd E. Eskildson (Phoenix, AZ.)
4 out of 20 found this review helpful
Pretends to be scientific, but is simply trivia turned over and over. I can't believe this is being reprinted (originally 1996) and available in stores. Garbage!
 Worthy of your time March 14, 2007
Vinnie Harris (Austin, Texas United States)
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
I recently finished this book and would recommend it to others interested in how language influences behaviors. Sure, there are many themes the book addresses, but my main focus was examining the connections between language manipulation and control of behavior.
Poorly written self help garbage July 2, 2006
Jason E. Sexton (Columbus, Ohio)
33 out of 50 found this review helpful
Snakes on a plane: the book.
If you've just read Dawkins' books such as The Selfish Gene or The Blind Watchmaker and think this might be a good follow up please think twice!
This is not a science book and reads much more like a self help book. There is a very low content/noise ratio as it delivers very few ideas, and then expounds upon the same ideas over and over again using every new metaphor or anecdote the author can imagine. I couldn't even finish it as I was bored to tears and eventually just felt completely patronized and then annoyed by the author's sloppy understanding of the science involved.
He repeatedly refers to natural selection as a "kludge" which shows a complete lack of understanding of Dawkins' material.
If you want a good laugh at Brodie's incompetence with even basic statistics use Amazon's Inside This Book feature to read the paragraph on page 173 that begins "Now let's get a handle on what it really means..." (you can also search on the number 6500 to find this page). Either the author is clueless, or the people on this island have 1-year lifespans.
How did this guy get published?
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