Free Gulliver: Six Swift Lessons in Life Planning [Hardcover]

Tripp Friedler (Author)

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About the Author

Tripp Friedler is Gulliver. A born adventurer, he has weathered his share of storms, cut plenty of strings, and now helps others chart their own journeys. Interested in going back to school? Tripp has a law degree and is working on his second masters; he'll help you find the time. Want a career change? Tripp gave up law to produce records, gave up records to manage a restaurant, sold a business to make more time for his wife and three children. As a Chartered Life Underwriter, a Chartered Financial Consultant, and an Accredited Estate Planner, he has studied the financial plans of over one thousand people, and helped them create life plans to reach their goals.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 118 pages
• Publisher: Trost Publishing; 1 edition (April 16, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1933205008
• ISBN-13: 978-1933205007
• Product Dimensions: 7.6 x 5.2 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,319,196 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Kick the Rat Out of Your Race!, July 14, 2005

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Louis R. Gauthier Jr. (Baton Rouge, La USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Free Gulliver: Six Swift Lessons in Life Planning (Hardcover)

I searched for "Free Gulliver" after meeting the author. The book was a pleasant afternoon read that can help a person become more comfortable with their life choices and retirement goals. After reading this book, you may decide to simplify your own personal "rat race" into a "cake walk". After reading Tripp Friedler's book, I discovered that I've actually been able to accomplish in my retirement what he writes about.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Not for Lilliputians, November 13, 2006

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E. R. Milner (USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Free Gulliver: Six Swift Lessons in Life Planning (Hardcover)

Great advice on how to chose between buying the yacht or starting a new Fortune 500 company. The advice in the book is targetted more to fat cats and established business people than to people who are just starting to grope for their life's direction.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Creative examination for a common problem, May 2, 2005

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Harold McFarland (Florida) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Free Gulliver: Six Swift Lessons in Life Planning (Hardcover)

Even the title to this book gives you a preview into the creative abilities of the author. Free Gulliver: Six Swift Lessons in Life Planning plays on Jonathan Swift's book Gulliver's Travels and his experience with the residents of Lilliput. Although small in size and Gulliver is huge in comparison the Lilliputians succeed in keeping him under control. They do it by using thousands of small strings, each of which are small enough for him to break easily but when combined they hold him fast to the ground. This is the premise of this book and its whole purpose. We tend to let so many small things tie us down that in total we become incapacitated. This book is about freeing Gulliver - freeing yourself from all those little things that hold you back. Although he details the process in this book the basic premise it to figure out your vision of where you want to go and then cut the strings that hold you. Free Gulliver: Six Swift Lessons in Life Planning is highly recommended to people who feel overwhelmed to the point of being almost unable to cope with life or unable to move forward toward their goals.