Keeping It Straight [Kindle Edition]

Patrick Rhone (Author)

Book Description

Life, living, can be complex. There's work, family, and that big bucket of everything else. Hectic doesn't come close to defining the pace of modern life. And yet within this whirlwind it's often the simple things that bring us the greatest joy — if we could only find them in the clutter of our lives. It may not be necessary to give it all up and live in a cave, but it can sometimes seem like a good idea.

What can you do? Take a moment and think about you, me, and everything else.

Keeping It Straight is Patrick Rhone's very personal meditation on his own life and experiences. His clear insights identify the jumble and distractions of life today and offer simple and useful advice on how to discover and focus on what really matters. This collection of short essays is filled with clear, direct, and useful observations on productivity, life, and living.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"Patrick's writing is like warm butter on dry toast. Each page is full of musings and personal discoveries from Patrick's life that will make you think about how you're spending your time and energy, and, more importantly, it will make you think about what priorities are most important in your own life."

- Shawn Blanc

"Fans of David Allen's 'Getting Things Done' will instantly embrace Patrick Rhone's work. Patrick offers the "Why" to GTD's "How"."

- Randy Murray

About the Author

Patrick is a writer living in Saint Paul, MN. Through his work, he tells stories and explores ideas about living a life of mindfulness, compassion, introspection and truth.

Product Details

• File Size: 149 KB
• Print Length: 75 pages
• Simultaneous Device Usage: Unlimited
• Sold by: Amazon Digital Services, Inc.
• Language: English
• ASIN: B004YR6PXG
• Text-to-Speech: Enabled
• X-Ray: Not Enabled
• Lending: Enabled
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #239,597 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars A fnice treat for the brain and the soul May 3, 2011

By A. Pinaud VINE™ VOICE

Format:Kindle Edition|Amazon Verified Purchase

Yesterday I had the pleasure to read his new book, Keeping it Straight. The book was release on May 3rd, and it's a series of 48 essays divided in three sets, You, Me and Everything Else.

From the Book:
"- You - Ideas and observations that I hope will resonate with and inspire you (as they do me)
- Me - Stories and revelations that are specific to me (but also may apply to you)
- Everything Else - How to handle some of the other necessities and detritus of life (that is meant for both you an me"

The book is an honest treat to read, the only thing I regret wasn't have a hot cocoa to read it even slower and enjoy it even more, but don't worry, I have plans to re-read many of the chapters this weekend.

In case you don't take my word for it, and need something in advance, let me take from the book this golden nugget: "The Three most important productivity tools: trash Can, delete key, and the word "no"."

Thanks Patrick for such nice book.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Take a step back and reflect May 27, 2011

By M. Storlie

Format:Kindle Edition|Amazon Verified Purchase

*Disclaimer* I'm a friend of Patrick's, and promised that this would be my first eBook purchased for my new Kindle.

That being said, I will write this review as candidly as possible for the person who is deciding on whether or not to buy this book.

What this book is *not*: long, fiction, polarizing, Mac-centered, all brand new material, full of pictures.

What this book *is*: short, nonfiction, introspective, revealing, personal, zen-like, referenceable.

I've bookmarked many of the pages in this book to go back to and read again and again. He shares deeply personal and insightful "a-ha" moments and things about himself and others, in hopes that you may get a morsel of something out of them. If you're like me, you will. I find myself too busy too many of my days, and some of Patrick's ideas in this book can truly help bring me back to center again. This book really packs a punch. Take a step back and reflect, and really enjoy the short amount of time needed to read this book like I did.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Quick Read May 10, 2011

By morgrar

Format:Kindle Edition|Amazon Verified Purchase

Patrick Rhone's writing style is so easy to absorb and fully relate to. It's the simple things. It's the quick and common sense things that everyone generally forget about. Patrick's series of essays brings those gaps into order and reminds us to take a step back, and really breathe and take a look at our immediate surroundings. Some may think this is a 'self-help' book, but think of it more of a friendly reminder of all things that we should be doing no matter what our normal schedules look like. It's a quick read, well worth diving into, and reading over and over.

More About the Author

Patrick is a Writer, Essayist, and Technology Consultant living in Saint Paul, MN.

He is the author of Enough and Keeping It Straight - You, Me, & Everything Else. Both are published by First Today Press and available at http://patrickrhone.com/books/.

Published work also includes:

Foreword for "iPad Means Business" by Julio Ojeda-Zapata and available at http://ipadmeans.biz.

Technical Editor for "Teach Yourself Basecamp in Ten Minutes" by Patrice-Anne Rutledge http://patricerutledge.com/books/basecamp

Patrick's online work can be primarily found at:

patrickrhone.com
minimalmac.com