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14 of 18 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Torn, November 10, 2009
This review is from: Embrace the Struggle: Living Life on Life's Terms (Hardcover)
I'm torn. On one hand, Zig Ziglar says nothing about Christian perseverance in 200 pages that I disagree with. On the other hand, what he says is slapped together with the hasty discontinuity of Lego blocks. This is his first book since he fell and injured his head two years ago, permanently changing his life. His story is inspirational, but it's also really, really long, and held together with little besides good will.
Ziglar is famed for inspirational talks on salesmanship and Christianity. In a way, for him these go hand in hand, since to be Christian is to sell Christ's message. And boy, does he ever. Helped by his eldest daughter and longtime editor, Ziglar uses his own triumph in the face of traumatic brain injury as a springboard into a motivating series of chapters on how to own your adversity and become a better Christian.
But Ziglar ties these chapters together with only the flimsiest of threads. Each chapter is driven by his or someone else's story of victory against long odds, but often, that's all it is, stories. These tales feel like a long string of altar-call testimonies. I'm glad people beat back addiction, injury, grief, marital strife, and other calamities. But if I wanted everyone to regale me with triumph over tragedy, I'd go listen in on an AA meeting.
Ziglar offers up some motivating Christian witness. But I have a hard time thinking that it's likely to change anybody's mind. I suspect that, if you begin reading with a strong faith in Christ, you'll finish up by praising His name, but if you don't, you won't. Perhaps this book will provide the right reader a much-needed kick in the pants, but I'm afraid it left me cold.
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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Zig Ziglar has given us a timeless gift in EMBRACE THE STRUGGLE, October 31, 2009
This review is from: Embrace the Struggle: Living Life on Life's Terms (Hardcover)
EMBRACE THE STRUGGLE is a most empowering, comforting book! I read it in an afternoon, re-read parts and highlighted quotes to use in the days ahead.
Zig and his daughter, Julie, have written a message which speaks to anyone who is struggling in some way - and who isn't? We can allow events in our lives to overwhelm us, or we can embrace the issue and let God lead us forward. The author's honesty about his head injury and the problems and blessings it has created in his life is a wonderful example for us all. The included stories of others who have faced struggles - health, finances, relationships, family, spiritual - can make us all see the value of facing life's difficulties and unexpected pitfalls with courage, faith, hope, and humor.
His message is spiritual, powerful, and uplifting. "If we accept that the past is the past, yesterday ended last night, and today is a brand-new day, we can have an attitude of hope."
Read this book and be inspired to "live life on life's terms"!
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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
An American Icon Inspires Again with Embrace the Struggle, October 27, 2009
This review is from: Embrace the Struggle: Living Life on Life's Terms (Hardcover)
EMBRACE THE STRUGGLE is a 'must read' for anyone, of any age, in any life arena facing a stuggle. Zig Ziglar again inspires a nation with a spirit that shouts out we shall not quit.
What a wonderful example to view a person who is not only saying, but living out...
"I'm not gonna ease up, let up, give up or shut up...until I'm taken up!"
The Ziglar family strength is a model for America. Julie Ziglar Norman is the Co-Author of this book and Tom Ziglar, now CEO of Ziglar Corp. wrote the very touching Foreward.
If you haven't seen the books short video that the family helped produce, go to:
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Whether you are someone whose faced an event that changed your life in an instant, as in a head injury that Zig faced, or perhaps it's a struggling marriage, illness, depression or a son or daughter facing trials, Zig Ziglar will provide encouragement to help you stand strong in 'your storm'. "Living Life on Life's Terms" is a perfect expression of ... "It's not what happens to you that matters... it's how you respond to what happens to you that makes the difference."
Zig Ziglar is an American Icon. He will continue to inspire, encourage and motivate for decades to come. EMBRACE THE STRUGGLE is a continuation of that legacy of service to others.
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