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Way to Be!: 9 ways to be happy and make something of your life

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This book is very simple and it's a quick read (you can finish it in an afternoon). It's also fun and inspires without being preachy or using guilt. The heartfelt suggestions encourage one to simply be a better person and the themes are memorable. It's worth your time.

This book is geared towards the youth and teenagers, and is a companion volume to President Hinckley's "Standing For Something." So don't expect the King Follet Discourse when you read this book. Instead expect straight talk and simple language about what the youth can do about improving the world.

I found this book to be refreshing in that it focuses on the way youth need to be, and what they can do to themselves to improve. It doesn't advocate the type of "Superman" activism, where people go off to other lands for a certain amount of time and solve everyone else's problems. Nor does the book rely on political-governmental solutions to the world's problems. Instead, President Hinckley suggests nine habits, or virtues, that the youth can incorporate in their lives to help change themselves.

This is a quiet book. It doesn't advocate a new government bureaucracy, or tax cut to solve the problems the youth are facing. It suggests the simple and soft things we can do to make a difference. Much like the three servings of leaven that filled the whole loaf.

Although this little book is aimed at teenagers, I have found its down-to-earth advice a kind of compass for finding happiness in a noisy and distracting world. I'd recommend it for young and old alike.

Edward A. Smith, MD, MPH
Assistant Research Professor
Universtiy of Arizona College of Medicine

This is the perfect book for our family with 15 grandchildren. We gave a copy to every one of them and it is referred to daily. What wonderful direction for youth (and adults) in a very confusing world. Thanks to Gordon B. Hinckley. dd

I got this book from my uncle. When i started reading this book i though this will be like a rule book. boy was i WRONG! This book helped me wil my problems in life, big and small. It's got helpful tips, storys to go with each be, and experiances of Gordon B. Hinckley.
Every one should read it. HEY It's also by the Prophet.

In a world of uncertainty and fear Gordon B. Hinckley has written a marvelous work that provides us with a simple yet highly effective pattern of living that provides each of us an opportunity for a truly happy and fulfilling life.

Be Grateful.

Be Smart.

Be Clean.

Be True.

Be Humble.

Be Prayerful.

Be Involved.

Be Positive.

Be Still.

Simple, thought provoking, inspiring. Everyone who reads this soon to be classic will be a better person for it.

I believe that the purpose of this book is to break the bad habbits that every single christian had adoptded and the negative infuences we've been absorving.

I think that this book was made simple, so that it would be very easy to read, understand, use and remember the "BE's".

It does not anti with anything, it's just conservative with what is believed to be true!

It's inspiring that would help anyone who reads to envision grabbing your dreams and on how lucky we are to be in this generation with full of opportunities.

Every chapter gives wisdom WHY do we have to BE; Grateful, Smart, Involve, Clean, True, Positive, Humble, Still and Prayerful.

This is a small, handy book with some inspirational thoughts from the Prophet. It's a nice little volume a great gift for youth and grown ups alike. It never hurts to be reminded of the basics. In fact it's the basic things we often seem to struggle most with.

My wife bought this book several years ago for our teenage boys, and even put up a plaque listing the 9 "Be's". I finally got around to reading it and was very impressed with the power of the ideas presented in this book. They are all concepts that are universally accepted as good things to apply in one's life. President Hinckley presents the ideas very concisely using stories from his own life that most of us could relate to. For those who are LDS, many of his stories will be familiar since he has shared many of them in conference and other addresses, but hearing them repeated in this context is still helpful.

These are principles that will make one happy and should be emphasized by parents rearing their children, and practiced by themselves as an example. My two oldest boys have already read this book and I intend to have my youngest boy read it next. I strongly recommend this book for all youth and parents. It is a quick read and a nice way to be reminded of these basic principles.

In a world of uncertainty and fear Gordon B. Hinckley has written a marvelous work that provides us with a simple yet highly effective pattern of living that provides each of us an opportunity for a truly happy and fulfilling life.

Be Grateful.

Be Smart.

Be Clean.

Be True.

Be Humble.

Be Prayerful.

Be Involved.

Be Positive.

Be Still.

Simple, thought provoking, inspiring. Everyone who reads this soon to be classic will be a better person for it.