Book Review: 25 Things That Really Matter In Life
by Gary A. Johnson
Publication Date: Feb 18, 2008
List Price: $9.95
Format: Paperback, 76 pages
Classification: Nonfiction
ISBN13: 9780979111303
Imprint: Courtland Press
Publisher: Courtland Press
Parent Company: Gary A. Johnson Company & Associates, LLC.
Read a Description of 25 Things That Really Matter In Life
Book Reviewed by Kam Williams
’25 Things That Really Matter in Life is designed to get you started living a better life within the next fifteen minutes If you want a book to help you begin to change your life right now, then keep reading, because this is the book for you’ The techniques and steps that I describe in the following pages are ones I’ve been using for over thirty years. If you commit to them, I guarantee you will live a more meaningful and healthier life’ Let’s get started!’
’Excerpted from the Introduction (pages 12-16)
Are you stuck in the doldrums? Could you use some help to kick
start
your life? Then you might want to consider reading this handy little
how-to guide by Gary Johnson, publisher of
BlackMeninAmerica.com and
founder of the consulting firm which bears his name.
Mr. Johnson is also an inspirational speaker whose services are
always in demand. And now, with the publication of 25 Things That
Really Matter in Life, you can be motivated by the man without
having to attend one of his lectures or workshops.
The book is designed to take less than an hour to read, while
promising the potential to transform you instantly. The words
contained on the pages are mostly meaningful meditations on what the
author has found to be most important to him, as opposed to advice
dictating specific behavior to improve your plight.
Still, Gary makes a convincing case that his 3-step path probably
works, for he acknowledges having himself gone through tough times
marked by debt, depression and withdrawal. When he was bottoming
out, he made a list of the things that mattered most to him, a
therapeutic process which helped him get his priorities in order
while simultaneously freeing him to feel good again.
He realized that foremost among what he values are Faith, Family,
Love, Children and Health, and he explains succinctly why each entry
deserves to be a priority. After he expounds on all 25 of his
personal areas of concern, the focus shifts to Step 2. Here, the
text changes into a workbook, allotting space for you the reader to
delineate 25 things you most want to achieve in life.
This, in turn, enables you to embark ultimately on Step 3, namely,
mastery of your own life. A timely tome for anyone seriously seeking
to take the steps to shed self-destructive habits and dysfunctional
influences in order to become ’the best possible you.’