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Magnificent and Life Changing, April 6, 2008
When I was first asked to examine this book several months ago, I was not sure what to expect.
I had been told that Kurek Ashley was a kind of antipodean Tony Robbins. Nothing wrong with that: I have a great deal of respect for Tony's work. I then heard that Kurek had been in movies, held a record for fire walking and had helped a volleyball team to an Olympic gold medal, as well as propelling forward the lives of countless other people in all walks of life.
So I thought that I knew what I was getting: some sort of high-energy motivator. Then I met the author and discovered something very different. Certainly he is passionate, highly energetic and always positive. But there was another quality to him as well: he had a completely unexpected humility and clarity about what he wants to do for other people. I don't often meet someone with such evident integrity. He told an amazing story of being involved in the most terrible tragedy in which his best friend was killed. But then the dead friend reappeared to him and asked for his help. I had wondered whether he might have had some kind of breakdown. Instead I found a man who is remarkably level headed, and who has absolutely no reason to tell a story that could have damaged his reputation. Far from having had a breakdown, he had experienced a breakthrough. So for all these reasons I was eager to read this book and discover more of the story and Kurek's message.
I only review a small number of the books that I read, and I am not given to hyperbole, but Kurek's book is magnificent! The fact that I read it twice is unusual enough in itself. The book begins with an amazingly candid story of hardship and tragedy, and of the incredible series of experiences that ultimately transformed Kurek into someone very different. He becomes a shining example of what can happen to someone who opens his or her heart and mind. Though he became known as a motivator, as you read the book it becomes clear that he now inspires people to transform themselves in the most extraordinary way. This is a not just another feel good book. It presents a precise map for creating a different kind of life, and one that is in the reach of most of us. I really do believe that it will change many lives.
Very highly recommended.
Richard G. Petty, MD, author of Healing, Meaning and Purpose: The Magical Power of the Emerging Laws of Life
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
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A Powerful Gift, April 8, 2008
I feel so peaceful and powerful! Thank you Kurek with all of my heart for teaching me how to easily overcome life's obstacles and be a better and happier person as a result. You have taught me how to take back the power from 'energy stealing vampires.' Since reading your book, I have put your stategies in place to overcome a significant recent event which was both a financial set-back, and a delay to achieving my Grand Dream Goal. As a result of my growth from this experience, I now have even more determination to achieve my goals and dreams.
The ultimate benefit was to eliminate the debilitating stress that I would normally have gone through had I not read your book and applied your principles.
Your book is my treasure map to achieving the riches of life: health, wealth and happiness! Whenever I feel lost I will refer to it to show me the way.
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11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
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Three Cheers aren't enough!, April 14, 2008
This book went beyond my expectations. As someone who provides executive branding for top-level CEOs, I'm always on the lookout for good books I can recommend to my clients. Often my clients ask me, "Who is the best guru out there to go to for motivation?" My question is always: "Well, do you want motivation (a good pep talk) or real peak performance?" I'm pretty skeptical of most gurus because they are often charismatic, charming speakers with a fantastic stage presence and outstanding persuasive skills who CAN give a great pep talk. Not knowing a lot about Kurek, I halfway expected his book to be a cross between pep talk and law of attraction rhetoric. But Kurek's message is much, much keeper than that, and it is presented in a compelling, almost screenplay-style method; he certainly knows how to write to keep readers' attention!
I suggest that my clients ask themselves one question when "guru-shopping": Who has this person helped, and EXACTLY how has he or she helped them? " I'm talking specifics here. Not "Guru A has helped thousands of people change their lives." I'm talking things like Kurek has done: guiding an Olympic team to a gold medal. When you can get that kind of peak performance out of a group that is competing against not only their own "demons" but the best of the best, you have a real winning formula. That's a completely different type of motivation than is needed for someone who is simply "stuck" in a rut. This book gives practical ways to reach your own peak performance. What I especially like about Kurek's style is that he is confident, but (unlike a few other up-and-coming gurus), he's not cocky. There is a real difference between confidence and arrogance, and Kurek exudes a healthy self-confidence throughout the book that readers will begin to take on themselves as they read it.
I've just finished reading another guru's book that came out the same time that Kurek's did, and I wanted to wait with writing a review until I had finished both books. This is definitely the book I'll be recommending to my high-performing clients! And I don't give recommendations lightly because my reputation rests on it!
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