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Newsletter Dated: 12/18/2009 1:13:21 PMSubject: BOOK REVIEW: "Living Oprah" by Robyn Okrant
* NOTE: Cyrus Webb will welcome author Robyn Okrant on Conversations LIVE! Radio Fri. Jan. 8, 2010 @ 1:30p.m. EST (12:30p.m. CST/10a.m. PT). You can listen at this link, http://tobtr.com/s/824263
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After seeing Robyn Okrant featured on the CNBC special THE O EFFECT, I was eagerly awaiting her book of the experiment. So many times you hear people talking about slivers of what the Queen of Talk suggests for living your best life, but here was someone who was taking everything Oprah said and applying it as real guidlines in life.
What was the result?
It took me a day and a half to read LIVING OPRAH, and I closed the book with a smile thinking of the many lessons I took in through Robyn's journey along the way. Yes, the account is about what Oprah says, but isn't the real test of any minister, speaker or individual who is considered an authority on a subject whether or not what they say really works for YOU? That was the day-to-day struggle for Robyn. You can be given all the tools in the world, but it is about how you apply them that makes the difference.
As a fellow creative, I appreciated the way Robyn took to the experiment with great thought. What were the pros and cons physically, financially and quite frankly emotionally? How would it affect her relationship with those in her life, especiailly her husband (I'll come back to him later)? What if people misunderstood her goal?
Read the entire review here, http://cawebbonline.blogspot.com/2009/12/review-living-oprah-by-robyn-okrant.html