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A physician and psychiatrist, Livingston follows up on his Too Soon Old, Too Late Smart: Thirty True Things You Need to Know Now with this compendium of useful humanistic advice for getting through life with grace and a sense of joy. In "Marriage Ruins a Lot of Good Relationships," the author notes that a relationship is in trouble when it depends on scorekeeping: how much am I giving, how much am I getting? Livingston advocates instead choosing a partner to love as much as we love ourselves, one who is kind and has a willingness to extend him or herself. Livingston also believes too many psychiatrists are prescribing medication rather than helping their patients "take responsibility for [their] lives and cope with the inevitable mood changes that are a part of living." Extrapolating from his ideas about the good life to broader issues, Livingston argues that our need for "insatiable consumption" is directly related to our abuse of the environment and our need to wage war. In "You Can Change Who You Are Without Rejecting Who You Were," Livingston, a West Point graduate, discusses his love for the Point and his growing opposition to the war in Vietnam, where he served as an army doctor. His public protests against interrogation techniques ended his military career. This slender volume is full of wisdom and written with a generous spirit that will appeal even to those who don't usually read self-help books. (Apr.)
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With a generous spirit that will appeal even to those who don't usually listen to self-help books." -- Publishers Weekly --This text refers to the Audio CD edition.
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  • Paperback: 192 pages
  • Publisher: Da Capo Lifelong Books (October 6, 2008)
  • ISBN-10: 0738212490
  • ASIN: B0023RT09U
  • Product Dimensions: 6.9 x 4.5 x 0.6 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces
  • Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
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5.0 out of 5 stars True Things, May 27, 2006
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Why don't people like to see themselves in the mirror? Because they don't like what they see... One true thing. Step parents and step children will both be happier if they let the birth parents be the disciplinarians...another true thing. When long married couples divorce, it's often because while they have grown and changed, they couldn't find a way to stay friends...

So many authors of advice want to push their ideas onto you... to convince you or persuade you that theirs are the real truths. In contrast, Dr Livingston says "based on my many years in psychiatric practice, these are what I think are truths;" then it's up to the reader to consider his thoughtful and gentle advice.

There are thirty 3-5 page chapters, each a little essay and observation. Some you will like, some you will disagree with; but at the end of the book you will probably have found at least one new truth about yourself to take to heart, and in my book that's worth the price of admission.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Loved it!, October 30, 2006
This review is from: And Never Stop Dancing: Thirty More True Things You Need to Know Now (Hardcover)
I really liked "Too Soon Old, Too Late Smart" but I LOVED "Never Stop Dancing" . . . somehow Gordon Livingston managed to top his first little gem with an even better sequel. It can be summed up as a compassionate discourse on "Life is difficult - - so what?" . . . a real treasure.
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3.0 out of 5 stars "ah ha" observations, June 27, 2008
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The reader gets the benefit of the author's years of experience sitting with hundreds and hundreds of patients and his synthesis of their problems, his observations and potential remedies. I found this book to contain a number of insightful observations however it falls short of answering: "ok, so now what does one do?" In many of his lessons, Dr. Livingston digresses in his views on war and politics which seem to be detached side-pockets to the core message he is trying to convey. I found that this book fell short of the author's prior work ("Too Soon Old, Too Late Smart") but nevertheless contains a series of very insightful observations - including my favorites below:

Chap 7
It is better to be spent than saved

I frequently ask patients, "What are you saving yourself for?" People spend a lot of time conserving energy, usually while they wait for some event outside themselves to trigger their taking action...Passivity is the enemy of progress in therapy...I prefer to challenge people to relinquish passivity, stop waiting for answers outside themselves, mobilize their courage and determination, and try to discover what changes will bring them closer to others and to people they want to be.

Chap 17
We all live downstream

Most of the threats to human existence derive from the desire to bend the world to satisfy our need for rapid gratification. This, of course, is the basic philosophy of a consumer society. Look at the message conveyed by the advertising with which we are inundated. Over and over we are presented with images of people who are clearly enjoying life more than we are. They are younger, more attractive, with more friends and apparently an inexhaustible supply of leisure time. And how can we be more like them? By spending money, of course...At some level, all of us are sensible enough to know that what we have and how we look are going to keep us off the pages of People magazine indefinitely. Still, a chronic sense of dissatisfaction pursues us, and it is hard to live in a world in which we imagine that most other people are happier than we are. What this creates is a kind of disposable society that elevates a desire for the "new and improved" version of everything to a level of desirability that can never be satisfied. The state of mind encompasses both greed and envy; they're called deadly sins for a reason. If our relentless pursuit of the latest thing is the engine that drives our consumerist culture, the by-products and side effects are worrisome and include a perceptible decline in the environment in which we must live, and ultimately in the quality of the lives we will lead.

Chap 27
Happiness Requires an ability to tolerate uncertainty

"Those whose are willing to improvise do better than those who imagine they are working from a script. Put another way, if we think of ourselves as (largely) the authors of our own life dramas, we are likely to enjoy the trip more than those who rely on others for instruction.

Chap 30
Most people die with their music still inside them

...we might do well to write one (an obituary) for ourselves, starting in our twenties, and revise it every year or two. What better way to confront who we are, what we're doing, what it all means, and whether we are making any progress toward becoming the people we would like to be remembered as?...what we write about ourselves can be a work of fiction. But the process of selecting how we would wish to be remembered has a way of focusing attention on what we have done, or - more important - failed to do with our lives...the real power of the exercise, however lies in the regret most of us feel (and that is never mentioned in actual obituaries) about our unfulfilled dreams. It turns out that few of us are living the lives we imagined for ourselves when we were young. We are often better off financially than we would have predicted, but it is unusual for someone to report that he is happier than he ever thought he would be. In fact, there is a kind of wistful quality among most people in middle age or older. This frequently takes the form of nostalgia for a simpler life that held more possibilities than the one we are actually living.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Good Book
This is interesting reading from a thoughtful author. Makes you look at life a different way. Helps you to make better choices in life. Good book.
Published 4 months ago by Frananth

5.0 out of 5 stars What a great book
"And Never Stop Dancing" is fantastic. It is even better than the first book "Too Soon Old, Too Late Smart". Read more
Published 12 months ago by B. Rushworth

5.0 out of 5 stars Insightful and Inspiring!
Gordon Livingston has given the world yet another wonderful book with his latest "And Never Stop Dancing: Thirty More True Things You Need to Know Now". Read more
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5.0 out of 5 stars Life lessons
We are never too old to learn new truths about ourselves and life in general.
I read this book in one afternoon. I couldn't put it down. Read more
Published 16 months ago by Robert Sherk

2.0 out of 5 stars Good but often sanctimonious
I really enjoyed Gordon Livingston's first book "Too Soon Old, Too Late Smart" - a gathering of insights gleaned from four decades of listening to the same problems over and over... Read more
Published 22 months ago by D. Spicer

5.0 out of 5 stars Learn and then move on!
Another great book by Dr. Gordon Livingston. You can learn how to move out of the rut and move on with your life. Read more
Published 23 months ago by M. Buholtz

5.0 out of 5 stars Good sense is not that common
I read Dr.Livingston's book Too Soon Old, Too Late Smart and it became my secular bible; I read it and re-read it for comfort and advice. Read more
Published on September 17, 2007 by Susan Nikas

5.0 out of 5 stars One of my Favorites
I really liked this CD a lot is easier just to listen to someone read the reason I bought this item was I went on a Radio program on Radio Ahahs AM 8:30 and thing this was the... Read more
Published on June 26, 2007 by Josef Holzer

3.0 out of 5 stars Rather Disappointing
Dr. Livingston is obviously a bitter man. This book is packed with his cynical observations on life and people. Read more
Published on November 18, 2006 by Julie Boe

5.0 out of 5 stars A compilation of 30 innovative, experienced-based fundamental attributes of living a successive and productive life
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