From Publishers Weekly
A jack-of-all-trades, Salz has spent most of his life pursuing adventures of one kind or another: climbing mountains in Patagonia, spending three nights in Disneyland, sleeping in New York train stations, apprenticing with a shaman in Peru. But this cultural anthropologist has also worked as a motivational speaker. In this hybrid self-help book, Salz combines adventure tales with advice on how to find "the joyful determination to go out and rediscover life for ourselves, finding peak experiences in situations and environments that previously seemed mundane." Writing in a friendly tone, Salz structures his book around six progressive stepsDLeap Before You Look, Aim Higher Than Everest, Give It All You've Got, Work Some Magic, Keep on Your Bearing, Enjoy the ViewDeach of which he presents in two chapters: the first recounts an episode from Salz's own adventures, and the second blends an explanation of the lesson with comments from other wilderness travelers, businesspeople or artists. The author also provides lots of suggestions on how readers can devise their own adventures, but since Salz's definition of adventure is "any intentional experience that substantially alters our perspective," these can range widely, from spending 48 hours away from home on 50 cents or giving away something you value to taking a vigorous half-day hike. The hybrid approach may leave both traditional self-help readers and adventure fans dissatisfied. This book's real audience may be those looking for ways to shake up life's routines. (Oct.)
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Review
"The Way of Adventure is a wonderful, illuminating, and inspiring book. In this modern era of cell phones, email and time management, it is a delight to enter the world of the unpredictable, the exciting -- and even the miraculous. In this book, Dr. Jeff Salz shares his extraordinary life experiences as an anthropologist, adventurer, and storyteller as he shows you how to rekindle the spirit of adventure, discovery, and wonder in your work, your relationships, and in every aspect of your life." --(Ken Dychtwald, Ph.D., author of
Age Power and Age Wave) "In the busy world we all live in, it is so easy to fall into a rut and sleepwalk through life. Unless you turn your everyday life into an adventure you aren't getting the most out of it. The Way of Adventure allows you to embrace wherever life's challenges may take you -- because there is something to be learned there. The only thing you can control is you, the only thing you can't control is everything else. This book tackles the journey of following your heart."(Kevin Turner, Senior Vice President and CIO, Wal-Mart)
"Jeff Salz is a pioneer, blazing trails for us about how to live a richer, fuller, more rewarding life. The pages of this gem of a book are crammed with a wonderful combination of high adventure and profound wisdom that will enable anyone to succeed on any path they choose." (Robert Kriegel, Ph.D., NPR commentator and author of If It Ain't Broke, Break It)
"The future belongs to those who create excitement and view life as a great adventure. The Way of Adventure is a priceless tool, a practical guidebook about increasing delight and mastery in everyday life." (Daniel Burrus, author of Technotrends)
A jack-of-all-trades, Salz has spent most of
his life pursuing adventures of one kind or an-
other: climbing mountains in Patagonia,
spending three nights in Disneyland, sleeping
in New York train stations, apprenticing with
a shaman in Peru. But this cultural anthro-
pologist has also worked as a motivational
speaker. In this hybrid self-help book, Salz
combines adventure tales with advice on how
to find "the joyful determination to go out and
rediscover life for ourselves, finding peak ex-
periences in situations and environments that
previously seemed mundane." Writing in a
friendly tone, Salz structures his book around
six progressive steps - Leap Before You Look,
Aim Higher Than Everest, Give It All You've
Got, Work Some Magic, Keep on Your Bear-
ing, Enjoy the View - each of which he pre-
ents in two chapters: the first recounts an
episode from Salz's own adventures, and the
second blends an explanation of the lesson
with comments from other wilderness travel-
ers, businesspeople or artists. The author also
provides lots of suggestions on how readers
can devise their own adventures, but since
Salz's definition of adventure is "any inten-
tional experience that substantially alters our
perspective," these can range widely, from
spending 48 hours away from home on 50
cents or giving away something you value to
taking a vigorous half-day hike. The hybrid
approach may leave both traditional self-help
readers and adventure fans dissatisfied. This
book's real audience may be those looking for
ways to shake up life's routines. (Oct.)
--Publishers Weekly - October 2, 2000
--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
