Letting Go of Your Bananas: How to Become More Successful by Getting Rid of Everything Rotten in Your Life [Hardcover]

Daniel T. Drubin (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 28, 2006

Everyone knows the fable of the monkey and thebananas-he couldnrsquo;t get his hand out of the jar because hewas holding too many bananas, making his hand too bulky to remove fromthe narrow container.Life, contends Dr. Daniel T. Drubin, is like thatstory, in that too often people grab as manyldquo;bananasrdquo; as they can, without realizing that manyof them, in fact, are holding them back. Now Dr. Drubin offers a quick12-step program designed to help you see which bananas in your lifeare expendable, and how to drop them. Such tips include:Prioritizing allows strategizing If you want to find gold,yoursquo;re going to have to lift some rocks. Always work onyour ldquo;dashrdquo; of life-the only time between birthand death that you have control over.

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About the Author

DR. DANIEL T. DRUBIN lives in Oro Valley, Arizona.

From AudioFile

Your bananas, according to the author/management consultant, are the rotten beliefs, rationales, or habits you cling to and feel comforted by, but that hold you back from the success you deserve. Stephen Hoye's narration of this 12-step program, along with the clever title, sounds tongue in cheek. He's dramatic, campy, and shameless about playing up to the self-important aspect of the author's writing. Listening to him makes you wonder whether he and the author conspired to offer this audio as entertainment rather than enlightenment. It's too difficult to take lines like this seriously: ". . . only YOU can determine what the best course of action is for your life. Just be prepared to live the result of those choices." Good grief! T.W. © AudioFile 2007, Portland, Maine-- Copyright © AudioFile, Portland, Maine --This text refers to the Audio CD edition.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 144 pages
• Publisher: Business Plus (September 28, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0641934890
• ISBN-13: 978-0446579575
• ASIN: 0446579572
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.5 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #617,460 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Letting Go of Your Bananas, June 16, 2010

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D Purple Lamb "D Purple Lamb" (Orlando, FL) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Letting Go of Your Bananas: How to Become More Successful by Getting Rid of Everything Rotten in Your Life (Paperback)

This book was order to be a part of gift boxes given to women who are survivors of domestic violence and also to adult literacy clients. I originally purchased as an easy read to teach others to read but found the simple but pratical principles were good for other situations.

Working with women who are survivors of domestic violence I found that they immediately picked up the principles and applied to their situations without much effort on the facilitators part. It was easy to remember and we have since purchased others.

Great Graduation Gift...the principles are simple but easy which makes for leaving a life "free" of rotten bananas.

6 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I love this book - big motivation for big changes!, November 14, 2006

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This review is from: Letting Go of Your Bananas: How to Become More Successful by Getting Rid of Everything Rotten in Your Life (Hardcover)

"Letting Go of Your Bananas" is a GREAT book! It helped me see clearly the things in my life and in my mind that were bringing me down. I found the strength to cut off and turn away from the negative. And it feels freeing to be the "CEO" of my own life, taking full responsibility for the good and bad. I applied these concepts to parenting, to my every day thinking patterns, to business success, to my relationships. It is just super motivating - I highly recommend this book!

9 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Outdated by 1976, let alone 2006, December 16, 2006

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Reader (Colorado) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Letting Go of Your Bananas: How to Become More Successful by Getting Rid of Everything Rotten in Your Life (Hardcover)

This book was published in 2006 but the world of self-help passed this guy by back in 1970. Too many strategies and technologies have been refined in the last 30 years for you to consider reading this text - read "Overachievement" by John Eliot or some of the latest NLP efforts instead.

But let's get back to the book, here is my synopsis of what Dan offers: believe you that can have more, visualize it, and then hustle and work hard.

He talks a lot about visualizing and nothing about how to hustle because somehow after you set a goal, opportunities will surround you if you are "open". I'm afraid that I don't find the world so magical that "thoughts attract like magnets" and "how to actually do something will take care of itself."

Dan does offer a few phrases that are helpful, but they are esconsed with stories that don't support them. And don't even get me started on the first 24 pages; even if you are a big fan of his I recommend that you start reading on page 25 or you may not have the willpower to get to the meat of the book.

I like to read books that have bullet-point summaries at the end of a chapter, but each of Dan's summaries contain phrases and points that are not mentioned or expounded in the chapter!

Don't count on much here when you've finished it.