What's Age Got To Do With It?

What’s Age Got To Do With It by Robin McGraw was exactly what Mrs. McGraw said it would be. It was a book about her ideas on aging and how she has lived her life. I had hoped for some motivational readings and some new information on aging but it was simply a book about what worked in her life only. I suppose interest in her next book called Ask Robin will sell again because who she is.

I read Mrs. McGraw’s story and found myself caught up in her life story, especially now that she is able to afford more expensive treatment for her various ailments. Spas and various specialty tests by her doctors are not available to most working women because they are not covered by most insurances.

Her list of experts that she uses would be awesome if they were truly available to everyone. For example, if Robert Reames came to my house to help me work out I might be more motivated to work out too. And having Cojo help me choose my fashion apparel would indeed make me a better dressed person, if only I could afford what he suggested.

It was a fast read and entertaining at times but if you truly want a book with useful information about aging I suggest you choose a book by a true M. D. like Christiane Northrup. If you want to read about celebrity life, then choose Robin’s next book.

Think and Make It Happen

I have tried for the last three weeks to finish reading "Think and Make it Happen" and I had a tough time finishing it. This is one of the most boring and dry reads that I have encountered in years. I have started the book over three different times hoping to find useful information and ideas but the book only gets worse the further you read.

The book contains page after page of discussion that could have been summed up in a few short sentences. For example, Dr. Cury tells the story of Joao Paulo and continues on for five plus pages when a paragraph or two could have made his point.

I feel the many references to biblical stories about Jesus are told much better in the Bible than in Dr. Cury’s retelling. One wonders if he was hoping his book would be deemed more valuable and draw more buyers if it had references to Jesus.

I enjoy reading self-help book and usually read several every chance I get. I find it ironic that his psychological symptoms that he finds in modern society(discouragement, insomnia, lack of motivation, lack of concentration) began to occur in me while reading his book. How he can compare his twelve step program to great people like Moses, Confucius, Plato, Piaget, and Einstein …and that it should be taught in a classroom is absurd. This was a very disappointing book. Less that one star quality.