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Every Monday Matters: 52 Ways to Make a Difference

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This is the way big change happens - little-by-little, person-by-person. What a great idea. I'm giving this book to all my family for Christmas. May it be a best seller and help create a better world for all of us to inhabit. Thank you for taking the initiative and time to write this most important little guide to responsible living.

I've come to a time in my life in which I have shifted away from focusing on myself, my wants, and my needs. Turning my focus outward to the world around me is important to my growth, but the question was "how should I go about this?" This book tells JUST that. I love the concept, which is 52 ways to CONTRIBUTE to the world. To GET INVOLVED. The ways are very thoughtful, which will challenge me to complete some of them, and I am SURE that at the end of the 52 mondays, I will have positively contributed to the world around me, and feel outstanding about myself and the contribution I will have made. Get this book and join the movement!

FINALLY! A book, a movement that helps us slow down, care for each other, and care for ourselves in easy ways that really make a huge difference. Every Monday Matters makes it easy for us all to make a difference. Imagine the power of millions of people doing very accomplishable, easy things that help the lives of others, which will help our own lives as well. This is the beginning of an important culture shift we all need! This book is just the beginning, it will make you think about all the little things that make a significant impact that everyone can do - EVERYONE! It will encourage you to get involved in making a difference, it will bring purpose into your life. A must have for anyone or any organization/group/bible study wanting to get involved in helping others.

I LOVE this book! My family and I are going to make this an integral part of 2008. This is a terrific way to introduce kids to world issues and how they can be a part of making a difference. I hope this catches on and becomes a movement around the world. We really need this right now. You can hear a fabulous interview with co-author Matthew Emerzian on MommyCast.com Show #268.

This is kaizen for social activists!

The concept of Every Monday Matters is very interesting. The whole idea is both altruistic and practical at the same time as each week of the year, or rather each Monday of the year, focuses on making the readers' lives, and the world around us all, a bit better. The outcome is getting many people to make small changes leverages the change in the world about us. Getting one person to improve their lives on a weekly basis will have a profound difference at the end of a year.

Though the book is no "casual reading" in that there is not any plot - it is more of an instruction manual, Every Monday Matters can make an interesting and engaging read. I would imagine that like me you will find yourself turning pages and saying "I can do that!" on many of the Monday entries. At the same time there are entries (Read a Book, No Nicotine, etc.) that have already been incorporated in my daily routine so that Monday would be empty on my schedule. I am sure that anyone who reads this book and is committed to change in the world would find entries of the same.

There is a bit of help in this book and from this book for everyone: Military veterans, old folk, children, homeless, animals and... You!

The whole purpose of Every Monday Matters it would seem has nothing to do with politics but it has everything to do with getting people involved in small steps, every week over an entire year. The idea that jumps off the page is that the lives of both the reader and the world around him will be altered by this book in a small way for an entire year.

If you are the type person who is into accessories in their books Every Monday Matters includes fifteen-minute bonus DVD providing two celebrity segments and some codes for special areas on the book's own website. I found it interesting but if you don't have Apple Quick Time you will have to download this first before watching the DVD section. If you aren't the type person who is in to that then don't worry, the book gets its points across sufficiently.

I have the feeling that if you do buy this book and read the whole thing from beginning to end you will have to either invoke its ideas into your life or put it away where you cannot see it - or it will be a constant reminder of what you should be doing!

Not me though. I have been adding Tasks in my Microsoft Outlook for every Monday in the year to come!

EMM provides practical legs to a heart and body that says, "I want to make a positive difference in the lives of others." Inspired by this book, a group of my friends are committed this year to monthly efforts to improve the lives of others in simple, concrete ways. Thank you Matt and Kelly for increasing awareness of how to be compassionate and caring.

On the back cover of this Gen X/Y book is the question "Have you made today matter?" It's a great question because most of us do not even consider this in our daily lives. Then, at the end of the day, we are kept awake at night wondering how we can ever make a difference in a world where so much is wrong.

Well, fear not, because the creators and writers of www.everymondaymatters.com have put together a list of 52 activities you can do alone or with your friends and family that will be good for you, your community, and the world. Although some of the tasks require planning and cannot be completed in one day, that leaves no excuse for not beginning the process of a more time-consuming task (#45 Get involved with Foster Kids). Some are so simple they can be done right at your computer (#44 Use Online Bill Pay). Either way, there are enough activities to give anyone a year full of Mondays that matter. As a side issue, if you find, as I have, that there is an activity listed you have already completed, such as #21 Learn CPR, feel free to substitute your own ideas or visit their website for resources and other activities you can do.

Get ready to make a difference one Monday at a time. As a bonus, the book includes a CD-ROM with videos of people making a difference and special links to exclusive portions of their website. The book is even made with recycled materials.

I give this book 5 stars and urge every family to get a copy.

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This book was a wonderful Christmas gift. After reading it over the holidays I realised just what I had been missing out on. The authors are quite right in their analysis of human habits. We need to go just a tad that further in thought and deed to make a gigantic difference to other peoples lives as well as our own. Everybody should grab a copy of the book; read it thoroughly and set off making ever monday a happy productive day for everyone and maybe, just maybe it will flow through the whole week.

Congratulations to the authors. They are obviously kind, creative and wonderful human beings.

REG MASON

HARRINGTON WATERS

AUSTRALIA

A great book on how many people feel, like they want to do more but are overwhelmed when thinking of how they can put their feelings into actions. This book gives simple steps on how to make a difference locally and globally. By taking one day a week to focus on making the change it is neither overwhelming or complicated. My three boys and I are taking each Monday as they come and through this book and our actions they can grow up with more of a sense of self, community and unity.

Every Monday Matters lives up to it's subtitle, 52 ways to make a difference. I am a teacher and it is a great way to help students realize ways to move out of themselves and think about people and issues that surround them. I recommend it highly.