You Are Not the Target [Paperback]

Laura Archera Huxley (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 1998

The life partner of the famed Aldous Huxley offers practical wisdom on how to cope with stress, anxiety, competition, and the uncertainty of the times without going to pieces mentally or physically. You Are Not The Target offers over 30 "recipes" for living which show you how to change, how to influence the elements around you, and how to cope successfully with the problems of the inner and outer world.

Product Details

• Paperback: 289 pages
• Publisher: Marlowe & Co (May 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1569246998
• ISBN-13: 978-1569246993
• Product Dimensions: 7.9 x 5.2 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.5 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #612,243 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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19 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Don't take it personally!, January 18, 1999

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This is a great book for anyone who is overly sensitive to criitism or other people's mood swings. It contains "recipes" to use when you find yourself either angered or hurt by someone else's insensitivity. I highly recommend this book for every household! If you've ever been told to be more thick skinned, then this is the book to learn how.

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I repurchased this after twenty years, February 3, 2003

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Linda J. Schiller-hanna "Blessed one" (northeast Ohio) - See all my reviews
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This book is an excellent introduction to getting in touch
with your own feelings/body/self-awareness. Wonderful, playful,
fun and practical exercises make sense. I am sure it
profoundly changed my life and was part of my path for becoming
a happy person. Unbeatable! Thanks Laura Huxley!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An Excellent Personal Resource, January 14, 2008

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Rosie2U "Rosie" (Australia) - See all my reviews

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When I discovered this book many years ago as a teenager searching for wisdom and equanimity, this book, which I borrowed from a library, helped me learn some crucial lessons. The biggest lesson was as the title of the book says "You are not the target". So much of what other people do and say to us has nothing to do with us at all really. We need to turn around that accusing finger to point right back to the one who says "You...". It often speaks about him, her or them, not us.

I never forgot this book and finally bought myself a copy from this site. I treasure it like an old friend.