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Shut Up, Stop Whining, and Get a Life: A Kick-Butt Approach to a Better Life

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One of the few self-help books that makes some sense
AMAZING WAY TO TELL IT LIKE IT IS
Enjoyable, on target - must read
Tougher Talk
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Shut Up, Stop Whining, and Get a Life: A Kick-Butt Approach to a Better Life
Larry Winget
Manufacturer: Wiley
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Binding: Paperback

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Shut Up, Stop Whining & Get a Life

This is not your typical self-help book. You won't find any motivational platitudes or cute business parables here. This is more of a "get off your butt and get to work" approach that can help you achieve more success, make more money, improve your business, and have more fun.

Larry Winget doesn't pull any punches here. He believes that business gets better when businesspeople get better through personal growth. And it works the same way in your personal life-husbands and wives improve each other when they improve themselves, and kids improve when their parents do. In other words, everything in life gets better when you get better, and nothing gets better until you get better.

This book can make you better, but it will probably tick you off. Winget is direct, caustic, and controversial. You won't like or agree with everything he has to say. Yet his advice is full of wisdom and truth that can't easily be argued with.

Words from Shut Up, Stop Whining & Get a Life that prove that this book is anything but typical:

"If you don't have much going wrong in your life, then you don't have much going on in your life."

"When you work, work! When you play, play! Don't mix the two."

"What you think about, talk about, and do something about is what comes about."

"When it quits being fun-quit."

"Time management is a joke."

And that's just the beginning!

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Practical steps to take control of your life and get results
He might seem harsh from time to time, but Larry Winget's unique approach to personal development-combining blunt truth with irreverent humor-is really based on love of self and love of others. Life is serious, but that doesn't mean we should always take it so seriously. Larry's message is simple: life isn't as complicated as it seems and most people would find more success, and more happiness, in their lives if they'd do a few simple things-take responsibility for their actions, lighten up, and start doing the right things instead of the wrong things. By forcing readers to look truthfully at their own lives, this refreshingly honest approach to self-improvement leaves readers nowhere to turn but the mirror-and proves that when we stop making excuses we start succeeding.
Larry Winget (Paradise Valley, AZ) is one of the most successful professional speakers in America. He is known as the Pitbull of Personal Development(TM), speaking worldwide to corporations and associations over one hundred times per year, delivering hardcore self-help that's funny.

Customer Reviews:

One of the few self-help books that makes some sense.......2007-06-25

I'm sure it's been said before, but SHUT UP...." metes out some pretty good advice. It's not always on the mark, but it definitely reflects the writings of someone who has thought seriously on the subject, and is intelligent enough to come up with some conclusions that can be helpful: The three I find the most resonating are 1) Having a good attitude doesn't mean you'll get anywhere (despite what Marty Seligman and the 'positive psychology' movement claims; 2) Time management is a silly notion (ask anyone in the arts, science, business, or any other 'real life' endeavour where things are not predictable and the fallibility of human cognition and behavior is recognized; and 3) Stop having 'hope': have FAITH. It reminds me a bit of the Star Wars wise man, who stats, "Don't try or not try: Do." And despite the title of this book, the message is essentially spiritual, just as Albert Schweitzer's was (even though he was a meanie and martinet in the way he ran his medical clinics in Africa). The one word I could definitely do without, though, is 'abundance.' I would think Larry Winget is smarter than to fall for that concept, hook, line and sinker. Maybe if he sees the film "Children of Men" he will have a different perspective.

AMAZING WAY TO TELL IT LIKE IT IS.......2007-05-10

One of the best books I've read! This book will allow you to stop complaining and get to work on getting your life the way you want it to be!

Enjoyable, on target - must read.......2007-05-06

When I finally received my copy (I had to swipe it back from my teenaged daughter who hijacked it) it was a direct, to the point book about the life you have, the life you would like to have, and how to obtain the one you desire. Winget does not pull any punches so far, but tells it like it is hence the title.
Surprisingly enough, the greatest difference it made was in my daughter. I have had the regular parent/child struggle with her...boys, friends, grades, life. I had tried everything I thought. The book had been purchased by me and for me after seeing Winget on TV, but it made a profound impression on my daughter. The grades, the drama sessions of a teen all have improved. Best of all, it was her decision after realizing it was all up to her. She picked up the book and could not put it. SHE HATES TO READ! Whether it is a friend, family member, or college student on the way out the door...buy them a copy and hand it to them with a smile. The first few pages will draw them in, but it will make a lasting impression in a positive way. Nothing tells the truth like a bullet at point-blank range and Winget is definitely on target!

Tougher Talk.......2007-05-06

I remember telling someone once that I wanted something. I forget what it was but it was like a nice house or car,something like that and his response was that the word "Want" is in the dictionary between "Whiny" & "Wimpy" (Not really). That got to me because I often would daydream about the good life but always had an excuse for why I wasn't living it now. I realized that he was right, wishing for things don't make them so and that yearning isn't a noble exercise instead it's a pitiful excuse. I no longer say I want anything and this book is another kick in the rear like my friend who chastised my whininess. I was mostly impressed with the straight forward practical advice Mr. Winget provides in contrast to the sensitive, feel-good approach, it was very refreshing. He makes no attempt to pull punches with his hard hitting rhetoric which I sure will upset some (especially about diets). Despite all of the tough talk I suspect that Mr. Winget is a sensitive, caring person who purpose is to focus your attention on important practical matters, even if you will hate him for it.

Listen to the audiobook version.......2007-04-26

The narrorator does a good job delivering the content, unlike the dry, monotonous or whiny high pitched narrorators that so many self help books use.

This is important because it compliments the approach of the book.
People greatest motivator for change is dissatisfaction. People will spend ten times more effort to keep from losing what they have than to reach for something extra. I heard that from Tony Robbins. He is one happy and motivated guy. Hes also an Ogre.

Winget will tell it like it is. Most other motivating programs try to make you feel good, effectively dangling in front of you the proverbial carrot, or a piece of chocolate, or for girls, something shiny.

Instead, he will remind you what the situation you're in right now, poking at your ribs until you finally get off your butt and do something about it. This approach will either give you wakeup call and get your act together, or it will trigger the denial and you'll keep sitting on the couch or complaining all day.

Just a reminder, complaining might relieve some steam, but it doesn't get anything done.

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