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Author Message   Norwood Rating: N/A Votes: 0 (Vote!) Posted on Monday, April 28, 2003 - 06:07 am:        I would like your first or second hand opinion on books categorized as 'Motivation'. Are the books helpful? Are they more like one-time wonders, or do the same people buy them over and over? How did Les Brown's book(s) do?   Cynique Rating: N/A Votes: 0 (Vote!) Posted on Monday, April 28, 2003 - 11:58 am:        As far as I'm concerned, if you've read one motivational book, you've read them all. At the core of all these books is the "power of positive thinking" mind-set. This message is just packaged in different contexts.   Chris Hayden Rating: N/A Votes: 0 (Vote!) Posted on Tuesday, April 29, 2003 - 11:47 am:        Norwood: I don't read such books. I have found them to be a bunch of rules and platitudes strung together that are fine with everyday life but almost useless when some real stuff hits the fan. The first contact I had with such a speaker was this white guy named Glynn something or other who had a harelip and had this program called Dare to Be Great, or something. The one who was doing great was him, selling all them books and tapes and stuff. I think the rise of motivational books is due to the decline of the importance of religion and family and social ties today (I sound almost like Jerry Falwell, I guess). I'm not saying that from the point of view of people lacking direction and standards, but lacking some comfort and reassurance that such institutions used to give. I am much more motivated by biographies of people who have overcome--Autobiography of Malcolm X, for instance. I did enjoy seeing Iyanla Van Zandt when she appeared on Oprah. She seems to have disappeared since her show tanked. She gave a fine motivational presentation.   Claxton Rating: N/A Votes: 0 (Vote!) Posted on Monday, May 05, 2003 - 04:42 pm:        Do yourself a favor, Norwood, and buy yourself a major video game system, like a PlayStation 2 or an Xbox. You'll get a heck of a lot more motivation out of them than lining some rich how-to schmuck's pockets.