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The Tools: Transform Your Problems into Courage, Confidence, and Creativity
Phil Stutz, Barry Michels
3.45 AVERAGE
85 reviews for:
The Tools: Transform Your Problems into Courage, Confidence, and Creativity
Phil Stutz, Barry Michels
3.45 AVERAGE
Probably the first "self-help" book I found useful in my every day life. I cannot, in good faith, say that all the tools have applied to me. But the "Reversal of Pain" is the one that I kept coming back to as visualizing comes easy to me. All it really is, is planning ahead. It's almost like... psyching yourself up for the big moment you know is coming, and you've already mentally prepared for the obstacle instead of letting (the pain) surprise you. Let's see if the other tools become applicable for me but for now, Tool 1 is my go to.
informative
reflective
medium-paced
A lot of common sense in a fancy package. Read it from a Buddhism perspective and found total overlap. Different language - same message: if you want to change your life change the way you think.
This is easily one of the best self-development books I've ever read. And it only kept getting better as the book went on. Filled with both practical exercises as well as many examples to bring their point across, the authors did a phenomenal job of describing and laying out their suggestions with evidence to back it up. I will start re-reading it tomorrow!
Where do I even begin with this book. It's psychology and vastly fascinating. The Tools puts forth four, technically five, Tools to use to solve the problems in your life and to connect you to the Source and Higher Powers. I'm naturally pretty skeptical of anything of that nature, but this book lays it out in a way that is really interesting to consider.
Ultimately a lot of the tools come down to a shift in paradigm, which is no simple task, but the tools certainly help you get on that path. I appreciated the idea of viewing life's problems not so much as setbacks or problems, but as challenges the universe has put forth to make you a stronger person.
I'd like to incorporate the tools in my life and I'll probably have to re-read the book a number of times, or at least reference the parts I marked to remember all of the pertinent information.
I can see how and why it works, I guess it just comes down to using them.
Good book, well-written. It's easy to read, but you'll find yourself going through it more slowly so that you can absorb all of the information and test it out as you go. I highly recommend.
Ultimately a lot of the tools come down to a shift in paradigm, which is no simple task, but the tools certainly help you get on that path. I appreciated the idea of viewing life's problems not so much as setbacks or problems, but as challenges the universe has put forth to make you a stronger person.
I'd like to incorporate the tools in my life and I'll probably have to re-read the book a number of times, or at least reference the parts I marked to remember all of the pertinent information.
I can see how and why it works, I guess it just comes down to using them.
Good book, well-written. It's easy to read, but you'll find yourself going through it more slowly so that you can absorb all of the information and test it out as you go. I highly recommend.
Nothing too groundbreaking here--do the hard stuff, don't be hateful toward people, that sort of thing. The tools are really simple and helpful ways to quickly and effectively put those ideas into practice. I do feel like the last few chapters were mostly filler, since it's such a short book already.
The authors developed several useful visualizations to help with facing fear, getting out of ruts and leading a fulfilling life. They probably "know" that these work. They go one to claim how and why the tools work. We non religious can ignore the how and why since I doubt the authors can verify the veracity and it doesn't impact tool usefulness or operation.
We really don't know what happens in people's heads. We look at muddled complex behavior and feelings that arise from internal processes. There's a curtain beyond with we can't presently like look.
Theories are loads of fun but their speculative nature renders them superfluous.
I'll use the tools and leave the "higher forces" to those interested in that kind of speculation. if I find the tools don't work, I'll move on to something else but they seem to unlikely to do harm.
We really don't know what happens in people's heads. We look at muddled complex behavior and feelings that arise from internal processes. There's a curtain beyond with we can't presently like look.
Theories are loads of fun but their speculative nature renders them superfluous.
I'll use the tools and leave the "higher forces" to those interested in that kind of speculation. if I find the tools don't work, I'll move on to something else but they seem to unlikely to do harm.
Wishy washy nonsense. I am not going to visualize a beam of all my love penetrating some one whom I'm angry at's solar plexus. This is ridiculous. Maybe I'm not an extreme enough situation for me to find any of these "tools" necessary or relevant, but it's all wispy washy nonsense. This book belongs in a class with 6 Weeks to OMG and The Secret. If you are spineless and gullible, then awesome - you'll love these! Have a functioning brain? Not so much.
Interesting concept. I didn't love the way it was presented but they had some helpful "tools" for life.