The Compassionate Samurai: Being Extraordinary in an Ordinary World (Hardcover)

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Product Description

Become an extraordinary results-producing champion for humanity and yourself!

 

        In life there are two types of people. The first are those who are nice, good-hearted, and compassionate but can’t make much happen. The other kind can make everything happen—they’re the creators, the go-getters, and the aggressive producers in society—however, they’re often self-centered, greedy, and unethical.

        Wouldn’t it be great if you could make things happen in a really big way but not lose your integrity? The Compassionate Samurai will show you the way to produce extraordinary results in a dog-eat-dog world and still maintain the highest levels of ethics.

You’ll learn:

·       How to always be satisfied and motivated regardless of your circumstances

·       Why all people have freedom but very few have liberty

·       What competing commitments are and how they prevent you from having what you want in life

·       The secret to operating optimally in an untrustworthy environment

·       How to make the shift from scarcity to abundance even if you’re knee deep in debt . . .

and much, much more!

 

From the Publisher

Brain Klemmer has studied leadership since being at the United States Military Academy (1968-1972). Known for his humorous and practical style of communicating, Klemmer is one of todays most in demand speakers. His character development and leadership seminar company, Klemmer & Associates Leadership Seminars Inc., has conducted its works for more than 20 years. --This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 245 pages
• Publisher: Hay House (January 1, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1401920446
• ISBN-13: 978-1401920449
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (238 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #311,306 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Average at best, June 26, 2009

By	Mr. Booker "The Original" (Chicago, IL) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Compassionate Samurai: Being Extraordinary in an Ordinary World (Paperback)

This book was average at best, which surprised me because of all the good reviews. The book was poorly written and seemed more like first draft than a final edited version. Nothing in the book was very deep, profound or moving. It just trailed along and felt like something he put together on his way to the publisher. It also has nothing to do with Samurai, nor does it explain what a "Compassionate Samurai" is other than repeating it every other line. He likes to use a lot of loose examples without much support to back up his statements.

Overall the book was an easy read, so I can't bash it too hard. The excellent reviews on Amazon are definitely an overstatement, so I went in with high expectations. The book isn't bad, but didn't offer anything profound, so I would not recommend spending the time or money.

20 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars One big farce, March 25, 2009

By	Jackie (Boulder, CO USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Compassionate Samurai: Being Extraordinary in an Ordinary World (Paperback)

This book is nothing more than one long holier-than-thou, long-winded advertising campaign for author Brian Klemmer's company with way too much soap-box preaching shoved in between. I had no idea why so many people who have "read" this book would give it five stars - until, that is, I went to the Klemmer & Associates website and noticed the author himself is providing a 5-step instruction process for giving his book five stars ("Step #3: Click on "5 star" located under Customer Reviews"). In the end, the best part of the whole book was Klemmer's line of, "I'm not your problem" - and my immediate reaction thought of, "You know what? At this very moment, you actually are." And then went and sold the book to a used bookstore for a dollar.

10 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Beware of the Spam-reviews!, July 6, 2009

By	Kevin Klein - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Compassionate Samurai: Being Extraordinary in an Ordinary World (Paperback)

There is something wrong with these 5-star reviews: 45 were posted on Feb 20, 2009 and 41 were posted on June 19, 2009. Not even "The Secret" has so many reviews on one day. So, was that at a seminar and everybody writing a 5-star review got 10% discount?
The longseller of Brian Tracy Maximum Achievement: Strategies and Skills That Will Unlock Your Hidden Powers to Succeed from 1995 has got 90 reviews so far and this book from 2007 - which half the stuff you learn at kindergarden - has got over 200?
This is a misuse of the Amazon-review-system. Mr. Klemmer should apply chapter five of his book "Honesty" in real life!
To almost quote Mr. Klemmer: "Average people would do what is (still) legal. The compassionate samurai would do what is right."