Be a Liver of Life Not a Gall Bladder: An Encouraging, Insightful and Humorous Perspective on Personal and Professional Growth

by Michael Broome

Achieving a balance in living is the ultimate barometer of success. Michael Broome shows how to focus our talents to enhance our personal, professional, and family life. His message is emotionally... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1599320231
• ISBN13: 9781599320236
• Release Date: June 2006
• Publisher: Advantage Media Group
• Length: 157 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 8.9"

Customer Reviews

Mixed bag

I have a lot of mixed feelings about this book. It started off well--a collection of stories I could relate to and found engaging and amusing (to varying degrees). Chapters 2 (on attitude) and 6 (on goals and dreams) stood out as paragons above the others for me, and had some good takeaways I'd consider revisiting. But as the book went on, I found it less and less relatable, amusing, and appealing. The book itself, physically/literally, is very evidently indie-published; front cover features stock-photo imaging, passé-trend font, and a lengthy subtitle, while back cover features more of the passé font paired with Times New Roman *and* Arial-esque fonts! Wheee! Inner font is alllllll Times New Roman and passé headers, and just reads visually like a term paper where the student is trying to meet word count via narrow margins and trendy fonts. Aside from the sheer volume of homonym and grammatical errors, and name misspellings (i.e. switching mid-paragraph from "Colonel" XYZ to "Colonial" XYZ, and "Hailey" instead of "Hayley" Mills), the content started downhill for me on p. 85 (grammar left unchanged as printed): "There is such a thing in the corporate world as a, 'Good ole boys network.' For women to gain acceptance, it's helpful to learn the art of the barb -- relating to one another by trading humorous cuts. When most men congregate, it's a major part of their communication and camaraderie." As a woman in the corporate world for the last 15+ years ... I found this not just inaccurate, but incredibly condescending. To me, this statement reinforced the general mindset and culture women have been fighting for decades, if not longer--a strange experience for me, as I've often not remotely felt part of the mainstream feminist movement to date. So ... the read brought out a lot of emotions for me. Heh. I'll make notes on the two chapters I liked, and move on to other authors and reads.