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The Five Secrets You Must Discover Before You Die
by John B. Izzo
from Berrett-Koehler Publishers

Customer Reviews:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0

• Good spur to tackling the Big Picture components of a life well-lived
  No one ever said on their deathbed, "I wish I had spent more time at the office."
  I saw this book at an airport bookstore and was intrigued by the title. Author John Izzo, a former Presbyterian minister, undertook to interview about 200 people (mostly elderly) about the ingredients for living a fulfilled life. The results he has distilled into five separate precepts.
  These may not necessarily be "secrets," in that we have all likely heard them expounded from time to time. Still, the reinforcement... more info

• Well Written, Excellent Book
  This book has been beautifully written and is a great reminder of something that most of us know already but sometimes can't see. In the busy-ness of everyday life, we forget the truths written here and the author uses language that tugs at the heartstrings.
  I love this book!

• The Five Secrets You Must Discover Before You Die
  Although the "secrets" are all things you should have learned in kindergarden, the book really does cause you to stop and think about how short and precious time can be. It gives the reader valid thoughts to relect upon and also recalls into mind those who have departed before us.
  If you've attended some funerals or memorial services, it helps to realize how the life the person has lived is relected by those who were touched by the deceased.

• A Good Day to Die
  What are the secrets to finding happiness and living wisely? This second line of the first chapter captures the purpose of Dr. John Izzo's new book The Five Serects You Must Discover Before You Die (2008 Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Inc.). The book is an urgent plea to the reader to embrace life--in ever encounter, every experience, every emotion every single day.
  Izzo proposes we do that by accepting that life is limited to an unknown amount of time for each of us but that within this limited time we... more info

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