Do It! Let's Get Off Our Buts: A Guide to Living Your Dreams [Hardcover]

John-Roger McWilliams (Author), Peter McWilliams (Author), John Roger McWilliams (Author)

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Publication Date: June 1991

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 496 pages
• Publisher: Bantam Dell Pub Group (Trd) (June 1991)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0553075799
• ISBN-13: 978-0553075793
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 5.8 x 1.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #245,835 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3.0 out of 5 stars Too much New Age thinking, February 21, 2002

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This review is from: Do It! Let's Get Off Our Buts: A Guide to Living Your Dreams (Hardcover)

I purchased Do It! expecting it to help me get motivated and overcome procrastination. I'm writing this review, not necessarily to be critical, but to inform prospective readers of the book's high content of New Age thinking. I point this out simply because nothing in the book title or description gives any clue as to the authors religious/spiritual point of reference.

The reader is guided into such practices as the consultation with an inner "Master Teacher" (as part of a greater inner "Sanctuary") and meditative chant (complete with a recommended list of tones for energy, healing, etc). It stops short of stating outright the New Age belief that we are all gods, but it certainly drops hints (i.e. tithing your money is saying thank you to YOURSELF for your abundance). The authors carefully tip-toe around the discussion of any belief in a creator, as if your creator isn't to have any say in what your purpose is or what your highest dreams should be....huh? Moral standards are subject to being completely discarded if they are deemed counter-productive to achieving your "Big Dream". Nowhere in the discussion of guilt is it even hinted that you might need to seek reconciliation with God or others, guilt is portrayed merely an energy to be used for escaping your "comfort zone". The authors refer you to Matthew, chapter 7 as a biblical stamp of approval on their ideas, yet they completely ignore the message of the rest of the Book.

The pity of it all is that in between all the aformentioned psychobabble is some genuine wisdom, motivation, and downright good ideas, written in a humorous, easy to read style that makes the book hard to put down. I truly believe the book could have been as much or more effective without all the pushing of religious beliefs. If you're into eastern mysticism or New Age thinking you may find this a wonderful book. I give the 3 star rating arbitrarily because I could not in good concience apply many of the practices prescribed by the author, but again, readers of another mindset may find the book extremely useful and motivating.