Advice My Parents Gave Me and Other Lessons I Learned From My Mistakes (Book) - 2/3/2010 6:39:33 AM
Advice My Parents Gave Me: and Other Lessons
I Learned from My Mistakes
Author: Rodolfo Costa
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 978-1-4490-2552-6
This is a truly entertaining, delightful and thought provoking collection of 409 quotes, lessons, thoughts, words of advice and encouragement. The author gleaned these from his own life experiences and a far-ranging variety of sources.
Reading this book will offer a venue into looking at your own life experiences, past mistakes, family history and future aspirations. By taking the time to read this book, page by page or section at a time, you can find the determination, motivation and understanding you need to move forward in your life.
I think this book would be a wonderful tool for personal reflection and future reference; to take from your bookshelf like an old and caring friend when you need encouragement, a boost of determination, or just a thought-provoking meditation to help you remind yourself what is truly important in your life. I plan to keep it in mind as an excellent gift for an upcoming graduate or a friend pondering a change of circumstance in their own life.
Advice My Parents Gave Me and Other Lessons I Learned From My Mistakes (Book) - 1/24/2010 1:33:54 PM
Don't Judge a Book by its Cover
Were the casual reader to browse the shelves of books in the self help section of either brick and mortar bookstores or online resources such as Amazon.com, this little book would like go unnoticed. The cover is plain, not eye catching in design or in reaching out to the viewer, and would likely be passed over as yet another 'one man's guide to happiness'. And what a mistake that would be! ADVICE MY PARENTS GAVE ME AND OTHER LESSONS I LEARNED FROM MY MISTAKES may not grab the attention readily, but pause and open this little straight forward caring guide, read the tender Introduction by author Rodolfo Costa in which he relates his childhood in Peru and journey to the US at age nineteen to find his place in the world in the USA, and then follow the simple but poignant format of his delivery, and chances are this book will become one of those sources of inspiration to keep by the bedside for years to come. Though he does not dwell on the bumps in the road that brought to the point of wanting to share his discovery of living a successful and fulfilling life, Costa suggests that his journey has not been easy: this lack of whining dialogue about how unfair life has been until he reached a point of enlightenment makes this book even more unique.
What Rodolfo Costa has done is think through all of the steps and missteps we face as we design our own existence. He pauses now and then for some quotes by other writers that magnify the next door of acceptance through which he invites us to step. But it is the simple structure of the book - 409 thoughts in 112 pages - that is so appealing. Some readers may decide to take only a few pages a day to read: the book could easily afford this approach. But for this reader, taking the time to read the entire book in one sitting gives the aura of what Rodolfo Costa is all about - a tender, caring, loving man who genuinely seeks to help the reader find the happiest, most fulling life possible. 'Do not wait any longer. Take charge of your life. Set your mind to start now. Forget about the past - it is gone. Do not worry about the future - it is not here yet. Create the desire to change your current circumstances. Nobody is going to do it for you.'
Once under the very basic but sure guidance of Costa's reasons for wanting to write this book, it then becomes easy to take a few of his ideas at a time, finding that despite the fact that many of the ideas are not original with Costa, the manner in which he describes them, challenges us, and offers a supportive spirit is very real, very now. Looking for inner peace and for a way to find your dreams? Rodolfo Costa is a beneficent guide. Don't pass by the bland cover of this book. It is a treasure. Grady Harp
10 Things You Can Do To Build and Maintain a Positive Mental Attitude. (Article) - 12/10/2011 6:08:15 PM
Great advice that is realistic and easy to follow. It is quite evident that following it will help anyone to live a more optimistic, productive life.
Continued success~
Barbara J. Henry
