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by Gerry Spence (Author) "Perfect freedom does not exist except when we are freed of life..." (more)
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The advice in this short book which expands on Give Me Liberty from noted attorney Spence (How to Argue and Win Every Time) sometimes sounds more simplistic than simple. "Slavery in any form begins and ends with the self," he declares portentously, arguing that no external circumstance can free us. (His regular use of the term "slavery" seems a rather cavalier dismissal of actual slavery.) He calls an official picture identification "the precursor of tattoos on our wrists," attempting to show how people are complicit in their slavery. People must question ideas, particularly religion, he advises. After all, the church has long served power, from the Civil War to industrialization through its "endemic attraction to power" today. (What about Martin Luther King Jr.?) "Work that enables us to experience the deep pleasure of creativity is virtue," Spence says, urging readers to cultivate a sense of play. "I have never known a man who grew unless he was alone," he declares, but surely interaction can foster growth as well? "The exchange of work for security is a false bargain," he adds, damning unions along with employers. His solution: a "union of one." Spence wisely urges us to avoid greed and reminds us to not compare ourselves (our intelligence, money, beauty) with others, but to recognize inner worth. Further, he advocates a plainer life with less money but more time for family, and simpler virtues. Spence's florid rhetorical flights work better as a set of disparate exhortations than as a comprehensive handbook.

Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information, Inc.

--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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"Gerry Spence has become the Socrates of Jackson Hole."-Larry McMurtry

"Gerry Spence is one of America's last true originals-a man who thinks as brilliantly as he lives, who writes as compellingly as he talks, and who practices law as faithfully as most people practice religion."-Dan Rather
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  • Paperback: 168 pages
  • Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin (November 1, 2002)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0312303114
  • ISBN-13: 978-0312303112
  • Product Dimensions: 7.8 x 5 x 0.5 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #366,782 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars This book will wake you up!, October 18, 2001
By sandra g. (San Francisco) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Seven Simple Steps to Personal Freedom: An Owner's Manual for Life (Hardcover)
This review deals with the effect Gerry's book
had on me and I hope it will inspire you to get
the book and do deep reflection. I've only read
maybe 4 books in my lifetime(50 years old) which
caused me to look deeply at my behavior,values
and attitudes as part of the global problem of
"slavery"...

Yes we are all slaves to something; and only by
realizing what you are enslaved to can you begin
to experience "real freedom". My slavery like your
slavery is particularly related to "working for
someone else". While he does not recommend you
quit your job tomorrow, you still might want to
explore the nature of your enslavement...

Another area explored which I like is that of "hypocrisy";
most poignant in the book, and I wonder if this is
what caused Gerry to write the book:was the experience
he had when one of the "elitist" restaurants would
not let him in with blue jeans (and to make a long
story short) Gerry ask the Maitre d if he would let

Jeffrey Dahmer in with a "fine suit". I would have loved
to be there in that moment. Gerry is "real people"...

Gerry's book is not another pithy self help book with
affirmations, writing exercises, dream and fantasy techniques.
No this book is deeper; if you have a sincere desire and spirit to understand what is wrong with the world ; and truly
believe in freedom , justice and equality, then this is
the book for you....

It warms my heart Gerry took the time to present us with
the deepest and most profound self help book in the world
as far as I'm concerned. You see Gerry doesn't make his
living off of writing self help books--he doesn't need the
money. I can tell he wrote this book to wake up people
to their own level of enslavement and hypocrisy.

Thank you Gerry(hope to meet you in person one day)...

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10 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Most Powerful Book I have ever read, May 8, 2003
By Helena Bianchi (Austin, TX United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Seven Simple Steps to Personal Freedom: An Owner's Manual for Life (Hardcover)
This is, indeed,the most influencial book I have ever read! It is very powerful; and do you know why? Simply because it is the truth. Do you want to hear the truth? Well, read this book!!!
Thank you Gerry Spence for letting your heart and your soul pour out when writing this book: As a reader, I could truly see inside your heart and could see exact situations happening in my life just in another form. I especially like the chapter: " withholding permission to lose." When things are not going right for some reason in my life, I think it boils down to that chapter.
I am reading the book for the second time; and I always keep it handy. It is, indeed, "An Owner's Manual for Life." You will not regret buying this book.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars This book will wake you up!, October 18, 2001
By sandra g. (San Francisco) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Seven Simple Steps to Personal Freedom: An Owner's Manual for Life (Hardcover)
This review deals with the effect Gerry's book
had on me and I hope it will inspire you to get
the book and do deep reflection. I've only read
maybe 4 books in my lifetime(50 years old) which
caused me to look deeply at my behavior,values
and attitudes as part of the global problem of
"slavery"...

Yes we are all slaves to something; and only by
realizing what you are enslaved to can you begin
to experience "real freedom". My slavery like your
slavery is particularly related to "working for
someone else". While he does not recommend you
quit your job tomorrow, you still might want to
explore the nature of your enslavement...

Another area explored which I like is that of "hypocrisy";
most poignant in the book, and I wonder if this is
what caused Gerry to write the book:was the experience
he had when one of the "elitist" restaurants would
not let him in with blue jeans (and to make a long
story short) Gerry ask the Maitre d if he would let

Jeffrey Dahmer in with a "fine suit". I would have loved
to be there in that moment. Gerry is "real people"...

Gerry's book is not another pithy self help book with
affirmations, writing exercises, dream and fantasy techniques.
No this book is deeper; if you have a sincere desire and spirit to understand what is wrong with the world ; and truly
believe in freedom , justice and equality, then this is
the book for you....

It warms my heart Gerry took the time to present us with
the deepest and most profound self help book in the world
as far as I'm concerned. You see Gerry doesn't make his
living off of writing self help books--he doesn't need the
money. I can tell he wrote this book to wake up people
to their own level of enslavement and hypocrisy.

Thank you Gerry(hope to meet you in person one day)...

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This is now the second book I've read of his. I loved the first one and doubly this one. I had mixed emotions when I read this one however. I was sad, happy and angry. Read more
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