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The 7 Hidden Secrets of Motivation: Unlocking the Genius Within (Your Coach in a Box)
 
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A different perspective on motivation.
 
Review Date: January 9, 2010
Reviewer: Hugh McPherson, New Park, PA United States
I have listened to this book twice and I am starting on it a third time. Particularly valuable is Beeler's presentation of the idea of "Rowing vs. Sailing" toward your goals.

I'm currently looking for a print version, because the book is crowded with citations and a few silly exercises, some noted in other reviews. The entire first disc I skip through upon subsequent readings. These minor irritations should not take away from the value provided in the rest of the book.

My top takeaway is the material regarding how to write down your intentions and goals using appropriate wording/syntax to create a valid, believable intention or goal for yourself. In the end, you cannot fool yourself into thinking something you do not internally believe. Beeler provides good points to follow as you set quality intentions and achievable goals.
Very Worthwhile
 
Review Date: November 25, 2009
Reviewer: B. Weiss,
First of all, I am surprised to see the negative reviews about this book. However, after actually reading some of them I am not so surprised. A few people talk about using previous authors ideas or regurgitating. Well isn't that what he should be doing after all? It's like Jim Rohn says, be weary of anyone claiming to manufacture antiques! Motivation is an "old truth" in my opinion. Nonetheless, this piece does offer a LOT of research.

With that out of the way, if you want to gain anything from this audio book you've actually got to DO it. While that may seem like a big step for someone who is presumably unmotivated, this book really isn't worth much if you simply listen to it. I wouldn't put 2 cents of confidence into a person's opinion of this book if they didn't put pen to paper throughout the book. There are numerous good questions, insightful quotes, and generally a lot of wise words from an array of people from different walks of life.

I have quite a few pages of notes from this book already after listening once. I didn't expect a miracle just by listening to this book. We all need to understand the only miracle comes from us acting on what we know, what we believe, and what we are willing to actually work for.

I give this product 4/5 of stars because it is good. You can gain a lot of insight about yourself, and this can help you with motivation in general. The only reason I "detract" one star is because it didn't have that IT factor. Perhaps it was because it felt repetitive, but the flip side of that is that it's very thorough. Regardless, I would recommend this audio book and I will listen to it again.
Boring
 
Review Date: July 7, 2009
Reviewer: J. Vanblaricum, USA
I listened to the audio version. The author seems to have done his homework when putting the book together. References one study after another. However it is painfully boring. It comes across like a dry college lecture. I didnt hear anything I havent heard from other motivational speakers. I put off listening to the last 2 CDs. Disappointed and would love to have my money back. It wasnt for me.
It's mostly just silly
 
Review Date: February 10, 2009
Reviewer: Charles D. Schrock, Wheaton, IL United States
The author seems to enjoy telling you (many times) how much work he has put into researching and translating these insights from those goofy academics so that you can understand it. Then, after giving you the most basic first insight (you need to understand WHY you should be motivated) he proceeds to come up with the most ludicrous illustrations for his points. For example - if you have a bad attitude, that's like having a negative 10. To get to positive motivation, you have to MULTIPLY that negative 10 by another negative 10 (i.e., tear down the shaky foundation and start with a stronger foundation). Then - you have POSITIVE 100! Do you see the obvious connection between emotion and mathematics? Well, neither did I. Combine that with his faux motivational speech patterns and I stopped listening before the end of the first CD. It's mostly just silly.
Lots of reference and not much content
 
Review Date: October 12, 2008
Reviewer: Emersonian, Sydney, Australia
I was quite excited while listening to the first 2 parts of the CD series, when Todd promised that he can increase the listener's motivation and gave numerous references to back up his claims. These references seemed very reputable, they include Peter Drucker, Steve Covey and numerous famous psychologists such as Jung and Marslow.
Well, that is as far as he goes, dropping names. When I carefully listened to what he said he actually didn't quite answer the real question here: how to increase your motivation. I really doubt that he even read the abstract of the researches he named, let alone the entire research. Because if he did he probably would have provided a lot more content then this. The one recurring theme of this audio program is: according to this research and according to that research... then that is as far as it goes.
Another criticism of Mr. Peeler's work is that it lacks integration. He probably dragged the results from various researches and just piled them into his CD. It simply jumps from one idea to another. This made me quite annoyed when I need to, as a listener, do the editing for him in my own head and put the various ideas in the right places.
Furthermore, it has a very heavy religious overtone. In the third part of the CD it talks mainly about why you need to commit to religion to be motivated and implying if you don't you have no chance. I am not against his religious conviction here, however I am against his deceptiveness. What I mean by this is that I am listening to this CD to get a scientific point of view of motivation and not to seek some biased spiritual guidance from Mr. Peeler.
I have graduated with a business and psychology degree and have read widely into the fields of human development and self improvement. I find this book/audio CD to be sub-standard and you are much better to not wasting 5 hours of your time listening to it.

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