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Alan's simple down to earth comments about life with his able touch of humor made this a book hard to put down.
I recommend it for all readers regardless of age political persuasion or any other category.
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Alan Alda is a thinker and I love the way he thinks - and writes!! He is the husband and father that I would love to have (or have had!) He communicates ideas with brilliance and humor. In short, I love Alan Alda and I loved this book!
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Many people will read this because of the author's celebrity. I think you should read it because it contains great wisdom, and inspiring insight. I have to admit that I'm a bit amazed by both the substance and style of this and Alan Alda's previous book about dog stuffing. I've always thought of him as a smart guy, but even so, I wasn't prepared for such a good book either time. I've even quoted from this new one extensively in advising a young philosophy professor today about the way to have an impact for good in the classroom.
Alda has learned things as a performer and as a human being that will help any of us in our own challenges.
A long time ago, the most practical philosophers having an impact on others were not professors in university classrooms, but genuinely accomplished people who wanted to understand more deeply what they had experienced in their lives, and then to pass on what they had learned to others. Seneca, Marcus Aurelius, Cicero and many others fall into this category. Alan Alda is carrying on the tradition.
Do yourself a favor. Read this book.
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I couldn't get past chapter 3. It was terrible. I didn't care for his writing style or the style of the book.
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I learned about Alan Alda's latest book by listening to an interview with him on National Public Radio (NPR). He was talking about his near death experience and what he had learned from it. It was my understanding, after listening to the interview, that this was what gave him the impetus to write this book. However, in the book he talks very little about that event and spends most of his time talking about his life and especially the commencement speeches that he has given. In fact, a good protion of the book is taken up with the text of these speeches. Not that they are not interesting and, in some cases, cause you to think about life and life events, some of them are not easy to follow or just not very interesting. Although he doesn't spend a lot of time talking about them, there are what some would label "liberal agendas" that he supports and mentions (briefly) in some chapter. I happen to agree with most of what he says and supports, but others may not. To his credit, the final chapter finally pulls all of his thoughts together and makes the book worth the read. It's definitely not a "page-turner" but it is interesting to learn more about the life of one of our great actors, who also is a smart man with some thoughts on life that he wishes to share with others. I found this book to be a significant improvement over one of his other books, Never Have Your Dog Stuffed, which I thought just rambled from subject to subject with no connection between chapters.
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