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Originally Posted by Angela  Well, Lucas, I can see you love this guy and find his book valuable. Others seem to like him as well. As I said, some of the information was useful. But most of it struck me more along the lines of, "if you want to lose weight, eat less and exercise more!" All the things you've listed are great advice, but to me, not new or inspiring. |
And the concept of serving others before yourself goes as far back as the Bhagavad Gita and futher. I think I found it very inspiring, mainly because the vagabondish lifestyle is one I have always been searching for, and the book is a perfect blueprint. A lot of it is smashed up bits of other sources, but thats what everything is. Wayne Dyer is the leader of the New Thought movement, and I would say a good portion of his talks are from sources 100 years old or more. Context makes newness, and Ferriss' book is very contextual to our time...actually, its based entirely in our time. Maybe if he had thrown in some ancient wisdom it would have been more palatable for you...I dunno.