"Life Was Never Meant to Be a Struggle" [Paperback]

Stuart Wilde (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 1998

In this amusing CD, Stuart Wilde in his inimitable style helps you identify the cause of struggle in your life and shows you how to eliminate it quickly through a concerted action plan. Your heritage is to be free. To achieve that freedom, you have to move gradually from struggle into free Flow.

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About the Author

Stuart Wilde is an author and international lecturer, and one of the real characters of the self-help, human potential movement. His style is humorous, poignant, and transformational. He is the author of 14 books, which include the titles Life Was Never Meant to Be a Struggle, The Little Money Bible, Miracles, Silent Power, Whispering Winds of Change, and Infinite Self.

Product Details

• Paperback: 64 pages
• Publisher: Hay House Inc; 5th edition (July 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1561705357
• ISBN-13: 978-1561705351
• Product Dimensions: 6.1 x 4 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #60,902 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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50 of 50 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Keep this book handy at all times., May 2, 1999

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This review is from: "Life Was Never Meant to Be a Struggle" (Paperback)

Many of us were taught by parents and teachers that the only way we could be "good" was to struggle. We were taught that struggle is noble. Wilde debunks this widely held myth and helps us rid our minds of this tape running there. He compares struggle vs. effort and identifies struggle as effort laced with negative emotion. He posits that "going with the flow" is a much better approach. This may sound simplistic, but many of us forget this simple lesson in our day to day battles out in the fray. Keep this book handy. I have re-read mine many, many times and it helps me get re-centered and concentrate on what is truly important in my life. Also, you may want a couple for friends as you will begin to identify the patterns of struggle in others. Wilde asks us to teach others to forego their struggle, and ultimately live.

45 of 48 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This book is a gem!, December 17, 1999

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Thomas H. DeRamus (Estill Springs, Tenn.) - See all my reviews

This review is from: "Life Was Never Meant to Be a Struggle" (Paperback)

At the risk of sounding like a commercial, this booklet is a genuine bargain, so do yourself a favor by including it on your next order from Amazon. Unlike a lot of other writers, Stuart Wilde is terse. He certainly doesn't waste words in advancing his assertion that effort in life is natural, but struggle is stupid. He quickly identifies the major strugglers we all see around us and tells how to cease struggling by eliminating negative emotions.

9 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A nice little gem from Stuart Wilde., August 7, 2008

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Travis Stein (Houston, TX (USA)) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: "Life Was Never Meant to Be a Struggle" (Paperback)

First off, I'd like to address most of the reviews here as laughable. Particularly the reviews from those bashing a book that's 50 pages long and disappointed that the solution to wonder hunger, famine, AIDS, and cancer isn't in a book of this size. Really now? At any rate. I've ACTUALLY READ the book and have come to a few conclusions about it. First, it is not a book that is going to change your life. I've found the nature of a lot of self-help/inspirational books is that you take a bit from everyone you read and begin to apply it to your life. Bashing a 50 page book for not being "deep enough" or "wonderfully insightful" is childish. That's not what Wilde is trying to do with this book. Wilde is trying to get the reader to question his or her basic assumptions about the world and to identify what areas of life they are struggling in. While Wilde's solutions aren't as in-depth as I would like, I realize at the same time that that's the entire point of this book. It's not meant to be one of those door-stoppers that is 400/500 pages long and breaks down problems chapter by chapter. Those books are nice to an extent, but books like these are exactly what I need sometimes when I don't feel like re-reading the more extensive books out there. Sometimes, I just need a quick reminder on an idea I read long ago or a quick reminder on how to identify/change some stressful areas in my life. I think in this sense, people are disappointed because they expect too much out of a book that barely cracks 45 pages.

Don't expect too much. Read this book for what it is - a nice, affordable, and well-written book that should serve as review material for a lot of people who can learn things from this book. For the cost of $4-5 with shipping, what have you really got to lose?

-Travis