Pitbull of Personal Development - indeed!

His style is that of someone who slices and dices and chops and cuts. Though the only thing cooking in the kitchen is you. This fellow, known for his business advice and best sellers in that regard, branches out to break stupid ways, habits and thoughts you may hold about your life, personal universe and just about everything, including airline travel.

As with many books on betterment of the self, there are always quantifiable numbers of lists, exercises, ways and principles that one must hurdle through and over and come out the other side of the book with a good grasp on goals present and future. Where this Larry Winget chap falls off the typical feel-good, lovey-dovey wagon is in his straightforward and often chortle worthy way of mincing words and telling it like it is. He wants his words to be a guide, a means to an end and a possible path. It is recommended to think for oneself and consider what works, what does not and use critical thought processes in order to weed through the walk to a successful life.

It is, at 218 pages, an easy read of an evening (for someone who proceeds at a decent pace, even with stopping at intervals to do all the exercises and making notes on all the laugh out loud funny bits and phrases) and concludes in a very focused manner, suggesting that, through all the sundry thinking and listing and planning and answering why things are wanted, to pick one starting point and just go to it. Organisation of home – here I come!