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How To Get What You Want And Want What You Have: A Practical and Spiritual Guide to Personal Success
 
 

How To Get What You Want And Want What You Have: A Practical and Spiritual Guide to Personal Success [Kindle Edition]

John Gray
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What you want materially and what you want spiritually are both important, says John Gray, PhD, in How to Get What You Want and Want What You Have. "Wanting more is the nature of our soul, mind, heart, and senses", he says. As an antidote of sorts to the sometimes overly strict books of late that advocate a life of utter simplicity, he concedes that it's okay to want a big promotion or fancy car. It's also noble to want a solid spiritual life and to want to be at peace with yourself. However, he says, you need to recognise and work on the many self-defeating behaviours that may be thwarting your chances for reaching your goals. In fact, he identifies 24 typical stumbling blocks to look for.

How to Get What You Want and Want What You Have is perfect for the ostensibly successful businesspeople who can't explain why they are miserable, or people who blame their partners for their miseries instead of looking inward. It's filled with anecdotes and tools to help you achieve a fuller sense of identity. Gray says that one of the most important steps to reaching this level of self-awareness is meditation, and Gray gives dozens of stepping-off points for meditation exercises to help you ascertain what exactly it is that you want, and how to remove any obstacles--whether external or internal. Take it from a man who used to be so ascetic that he was rendered homeless but now has achieved a strong sense of self and has managed to write nine best-selling books: both spiritual and material success are within your grasp. --Amazon.com

Amazon.co.uk Review

John Gray, bestselling author of the Mars and Venus series, has left the Martians and Venusians and their relationship problems way behind as he fires himself off into another stratosphere and works with us earthlings this time.

His book How to Get What You Want and Want What You Have, will provide solutions to both those who feel they haven't quite made it yet--unhappy with their general levels of health, wealth and happiness--and those who seem to have all of the above and are still unhappy. Gray, is as ever intensely practical, breaking the complexities of life and love into bite-sized chunks showing you the way to move forward in life in a step-by-step format. He covers everything from explaining the 10 different types of love that you need at differing stages of your life to listing 12 healing meditations which can help you let go of everything from indifference to self pity. With a more spiritual tone than in previous books, Grey still manages to present a sensible and comprehensive guide to getting a happier and more rewarding life. His book seems to truly give you all the tools with which to make all your dreams come true. It seems it's up to you now.


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  • Format: Kindle Edition
  • File Size: 534 KB
  • Print Length: 322 pages
  • Page Numbers Source ISBN: 0091851262
  • Publisher: Ebury Digital (30 Nov 2011)
  • Sold by: Amazon Media EU S.à r.l.
  • Language English
  • ASIN: B005Y0ODGS
  • Text-to-Speech: Enabled
  • Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #126,743 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)
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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful
very usefull. 13 Oct 2005
By A Customer
Format:Paperback
if you think not to read it because you didnt like the mars venus series, this is very different.

i have found the exercises in this book to be incredibly useful.
some people might be put off by his references to spiritual beliefs, but it is actually not essential that you are spiritual or religious. some people might be put off by his rather honey sweet and rosy way of expressing him self at times... your loss.

the ideas he presents are in many ways common sense.
but what has made me read and reread this book again and again, is the section about repressed and stuck feelings. and how to release them. the tool he present is very simple. and it has helped me tremendoulsy, with healing my past, but also with dealing with emotions out of control in every day life.

it is a great tool in understanding your own true motives and reasons behind extreemely negative emotions, and negative behaviour. cognitive therapy approach might teach you to think differently, but this book focuses on feelings and healing the past. and more to the point, creating your future.

it might not solve all your problems, but it can help alot with painfull memories and experiences.but a warning. if you start the letter exercises and open up for alot of pain... FINISH the exercise, it is extreemely important since it is there the healing comes in. i would recomend nathaniel brandon's raise your self esteem book to move to the next level after the emotional healing for more specifics...

there are many different approaches suggested. i have never used the ones involving meditation or prayor. belief in god or anything spiritual is not nessecary.

it found me at a place of desperation and extreeme pain, and i have loved this book for 8 years, and will return to its tools all my life.

but it only gets four stars for being slightly obnoxiously honey sweet. ignore it there be treasure in there...

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
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Format:Paperback
John Gray is well known for his Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus series. This book goes a little more into left field, with a How To Get What You Want approach to life. A little heavy on the "spiritual" baggage, but all in all good try by John and worth a go if you like his other books.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
It works 30 Aug 1999
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Format:Paperback
Amazing, the recommended simple meditation technique actually works Peter Just
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great book
i was given this book by a friend about 10 years ago. After persevering through a couple of chapters i thought it was a load of rubbish and put it away. Read more
Published 18 days ago by M. Gribbin
Concerning the book
Some points are interesting and food for thought, some original suggestions.
But not as riviting as his previous books on the them of Mars and Venus! Read more
Published 3 months ago by MME D. HODGSON
This book is rubbish
This book is pure and utter rubbish

I started reading this book and by page 20 was thinking to myself, "this is rubbish, it has got to get better", so I kept reading. Read more
Published 4 months ago by S2100211
Enjoyable but not Inspirational
I have just finished reading this book , and I found it to be the same old jargon jazzed up with lots of references to GOD. Read more
Published 9 months ago by Mr. Richard Burke
Very helpful
This book differs from Gray's other books. It is less over the top "Whoa, bang, and then I had a million bucks, and a really good relationship, etc.". Read more
Published on 4 May 2009 by L. Marianne
Straight onto my best reads list
It's a shame some people were put off by the use of the term 'God', since a term is all it is.
It does say that it's a 'spiritual' guide on the cover and to be honest, I don't... Read more
Published on 16 Aug 2008 by L. Martin
Amazingly usefull Book
Well, I picked up this book in my brothers library. Never Heard about the author, however once I started reading and scanning through the book I got hooked instantly. Read more
Published on 27 Nov 2003
Superstitious rubbish
This book is truly dreadful. Depressingly familiar themes reminiscent of other self-improvement books have their already flimsy credibility further undermined by the author's... Read more
Published on 17 Dec 2002
Complete nonsense
I regret buying this book. I was rather aggrieved to start reading it to find that 'God' features quite a lot in his writings - off-putting for us athiests. Read more
Published on 27 July 2002
Fantastic!
What an amazing book! So many times in my life I have suddenly thought, what am I doing? what is going wrong? what is it I am really feeling right at this moment?? Read more
Published on 15 Aug 2001
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