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Praise for Goal Free Living

Setting goals may be fine. But letting your goals take control ofyour life can be devastating. Goal-Free Living shows you how toexplore paths in your life you never knew existed and discover amore exciting, successful, and rewarding life--today!

"If you have only one goal this year, let it be this: ReadGoal-Free Living!"
--Daniel H. Pink author, A Whole New Mind and Free AgentNation

"Stephen Shapiro's approach will help readers achieve the best kindof happenstance: taking a stance to make things happen."
--Heath Row Contributing Editor and Community Director, FastCompany magazine

"I have a sense that reading this book may turn out to be one ofthe most important things I've done in a long time."
--Doug Busch Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, DigitalHealth Group, Intel Corporation

"This is an engaging, creative approach to discovering inner wisdomand personal fulfillment."
--Michael J. Gelb author, How to Think Like Leonardo da Vinci andDiscover Your Genius

"Reading Goal-Free Living is like jettisoning a hundred-pound pack.Suddenly, you're racing much faster and enjoying the breeze."
--Alan Weiss, PhD author, Million Dollar Consulting

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We are taught from a young age that in order to achieve greatsuccess we must set and achieve our goals. However, in doing so, webecome focused on where we are going rather than enjoying where weare right now. We sacrifice today in the hope that a better futurewill emerge, only to discover that achievement rarely leads to truejoy. Goal-Free Living presents an alternative philosophy—thatwe can have an extraordinary life now, all without goals anddetailed plans. By living for each moment, it's possible to have asuccessful life and follow your passions at the same time.

This amazing book shares the personal discovery of consultantStephen Shapiro, who achieved professional success only to findthat personal satisfaction remained elusive. He wanted to escapethe treadmill of goal-chasing and find a way to make his life trulyrewarding. So over 90 days, he drove 12,000 miles and interviewed150 extraordinary people from all walks of life to learn how theylived fulfilling, happy lives. Along the way, he discovered theeight secrets to living life free from the constant pressure ofgoals:

Use a compass, not a map—have a sense of direction, andthen let yourself wander and try new things on the way tofulfilling your aspirations
Trust that you are never lost—every seemingly wrong turnis an opportunity to learn and experience new things
Remember that opportunity knocks often, but sometimessoftly—while blindly pursuing our goals, we often missunexpected and wonderful possibilities
Want what you have—measure your life by your own yardstickand appreciate who you are, what you do, and what you have . . .now
Seek out adventure—treat your life like the one-time-onlyjourney it is and revel in new and different experiences
Become a people magnet—constantly seek, build, and nurturerelationships with new people so that you always have the supportand camaraderie of others
Embrace your limits—transform your inadequacies andboundaries into unique qualities you can use to your advantage
Remain detached—focus on the present, act with acommitment to the future, and avoid worrying about how things willturn out

Goal-Free Living offers practical guidance on putting thesevaluable lessons to work in your own life every day. Take them toheart and you'll be free of the tyranny of goals—andexperience a life truly worth living.

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Setting goals may be fine. But letting your goals take controlof your life can be devastating. Goal-Free Living shows you how toexplore paths in your life you never knew existed and discover amore exciting, successful, and rewarding life—today!

"If you have only one goal this year, let it be this: ReadGoal-Free Living!"
—Daniel H. Pink author, A Whole New Mind and Free AgentNation

"Stephen Shapiro's approach will help readers achieve the bestkind of happenstance: taking a stance to make things happen."
—Heath Row Contributing Editor and Community Director,Fast Company magazine

"I have a sense that reading this book may turn out to be one ofthe most important things I've done in a long time."
—Doug Busch Vice President and Chief Technology Officer,Digital Health Group, Intel Corporation

"This is an engaging, creative approach to discovering innerwisdom and personal fulfillment."
—Michael J. Gelb author, How to Think Like Leonardo daVinci and Discover Your Genius

"Reading Goal-Free Living is like jettisoning a hundred-poundpack. Suddenly, you're racing much faster and enjoying thebreeze."
—Alan Weiss, PhD author, Million Dollar Consulting

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Hardcover: 240 pages
Publisher: Wiley (January 3, 2006)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0471772801
ISBN-13: 978-0471772804
Product Dimensions: 5.7 x 0.1 x 9.8 inches
Shipping Weight: 13.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
Average Customer Review: 26 customer reviews
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #948,484 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #4146 in Books > Business & Money > Business Culture > Motivation & Self-Improvement
- #4372 in Books > Business & Money > Management & Leadership > Motivational
- #6087 in Books > Health, Fitness & Dieting > Mental Health > Happiness

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Excellent, fresh, and practical

January 28, 2006

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This book, Goal-Free Living by Stephen Shapiro, offers just what it promises---practical ways to have the life you want WITHOUT setting goals. The material is fresh and very useful. Each concept has many concrete applications so that you can easily see how you personally can live your life and accomplish things without formal goals.

As a high achiever with a Type-A personality, having strived for excellence my whole life, I now find myself middle-aged and very, very tired. I find the author's apporach VERY stress-relieving. I paradoxically find that I get more done, and the "right" things done as well, when I follow the concepts in the book.

I am a big fan of Stephen Shapiro's blog at [...] and read it daily. It's full of useful articles. Browse it to "get a taste" of the book and to see what you think. The author also offers a free discussion guide there.

As others have mentioned, it is full of information, but a fast and easy read (maybe 3-5 hours depending upon how quickly you read). Highly recommended!

*****

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A book with real advice on living a great life

January 6, 2006

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There are tons of self help books that basically tell you to follow my plan and you will achieve your dreams. This is not one of them-- which is a very good thing. I am not a fan of self help books and this is not one of them.

Shapiro has taken a different look at the issue of you and your success and turned it on its head. The idea is simple, while we may keep score based on our goals, our quality of life is not based on the score but rather how we play the game.

If you think about it, that is important and something that is easy to lose sight of. Goal Free living helps you get that back into your sights and better your life.

The book does provide eight tools for you really apply to your daily life. A plan is for a person, tools are things that everyone can use. Those tools include:

> Use a compass, not a map

> Trust that you are never lost

> Remember that opportunity knocks often, but sometimes softly

> Want what you have

> Seek out adventure

> Become a people magnet

> Embrace your limits

> Remain detached

These eight secrets are presented in an actionable format and illustrated with stories about real and remarkable people. People that you can relate to, not a one in a million superstar who you can admire but not emulate. Those stories and Shapiro's unique conversational style make them accessible.

I highly recommend this book as it will cause you to pause, evaluate what you are doing, and adopt the tools that can improve your life.

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Wayne Trattles

Very interesting read

January 17, 2013

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While I don't believe this book is abdicating 100% goal free (as the title suggests), it does help someone bogged down in over-goal setting break the cycle.

I think a quote from the book that sums up essence for me:

"The key is to have the right balance of goals and aspirations, and to have the right relationship to your goals."

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Interesting concept

June 29, 2006

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This does seem to be an interesting concept - that setting clear, detailed goals can actually be counterproductive. In my past experience, I'd agree that seeing yet another "achieve-by" deadline zoom by can be very demoralising. I must admit, though, that I haven't yet really tried Mr. Shapiro's alternative strategies; but I'd be willing to give it a shot.

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JDH

Rehashed New Age Feel-Good Psycho-babble

August 29, 2013

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Pretty terrible all the way around. Appropriates the ideas of others (some of those none to good in the first place) and effectively contradicts himself. If you have read any of the follow your bliss, choose your dream books, there is NOTHING new here.

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Chinarut

practical tips to live life in the moment

April 28, 2015

First of all, goal-free living isn't some free-for-all, blow with the wind kind of living. What Stephen advocates is to give up being attached to goals many o us make in life and being present to what actually is around us, in front of us and being open to new experiences - you are where you are - I think it's safe to call it "intentional living" The book is a call to expand your life is a very zen way without having to be a spiritual guru.

From my own experience, I feel his 8 secrets will make great training wheels for anyone who is new to this way of life. I can't give this book 5 stars because I'd like to see a more robust online platform - it is currently just a simple questionnaire. What I would love to see in the 2nd edition of this book is a platform that begins to build scaffolding to help you live a goal-free life - this is not something that happens overnight. A futuristic version of the platform might even help you coordinate major aspects of your life. Now to be fair, if an online platform doesn't sound useful to you, you may very well find this a 5-star book, especially if being "goal-free" sounds like a big jump for you and it inspires you to make the jump - if so, the book will be priceless :)

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