Focus On The Good Stuff

When I was launching my book ‘Don’t Ask Stupid Questions – There Are No Stupid Questions’ I sent copies to a few authors to ask if they would review it and maybe offer feedback. Some people never responded, some said they weren’t allowed to under the terms of their punishing deal, a few brilliant people said yes. Then there was Mike Robbins.

I had a copy of Mikes book ‘focus on the good stuff’ and as somebody that was delivering a similar message to mine, I thought there may be some synergy. Normally when I ask somebody to review my book if they respond at all, it’s usually with one of the following “Do I have to?”, “Is it free?” or “OK, but it may take me 6 or 7 years to get round to it” Mikes response was somewhat different. He e-mailed me back, thanked me and said he was honored that I’d asked him! At that point I had a minor surge of guilt because I’d had his book for a couple of months and only skimmed it, yet here he was telling me he’d be honored to read mine. His was in my book queue, honest, but there are books in there that are written with a quill and ink on parchment so that was no guarantee that I’d be curling up with it any time soon.

Yesterday I had a long flight and thought it was a great opportunity to check out ‘focus on the good stuff’ I’m glad I did. I pretty much read it in one sitting so engrossed was I. I was constantly highlighting parts and nodding my head in agreement. I have to say whenever I read books like this I do so as a Life Coach. I want to see if there are things that I can take away that will help me with clients down the road. There was plenty in this insightful and perceptive book not just for me and my clients, but for any reader prepared to adopt the messages.

The title tells you a lot of what you want to know and I’m sure some people will roll their eyes and think they have heard it all before. Mike does talk a lot about gratitude, appreciation and the benefits those emotions can have on improving the quality of ones life, but he does it skillfully and weaves in parts of his own fascinating history to make the information more ‘real’

I do have one word of warning, if warning is the right word. Mike talks a lot about the ‘Law of Attraction’ and is obviously a strong believer in that principal. If you aren’t, suspend disbelief and go for it anyway. All of the things that Mike says about positive thinking such as visualization., gratitude etc can be explained, EVEN if you don’t believe in the Law of Attraction. I’m on the fence, but I’m also open-minded and can point to reasons that make all those things logical and sensible in any event.

‘focus on the good stuff’ offers some very powerful exercises that will help you improve your life. You can read the book and get benefit from it without doing them, but then again I guess you can go to a concert and close your eyes and just listen to the music, but why would you bother? Go buy it and start to focus on the good stuff in your life because it is there.

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