If You Can't Get off the Horse, You'd Better Learn to Ride

By Scott A. Weigle

Book Overview

Have you ever thought that your life would make a good book? If so, youll recognize yourself in this new title by first-time author, Scott Weigle. This book captures many of the commonplace events... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0967051231
• ISBN13: 9780967051239
• Release Date: January 2000
• Publisher: Dcs Pub
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.08 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 1.0" x 5.8"

Customer Reviews

A remarkable compendium of "life lessons".

If You Can't Get Off The Horse You'd Better Learn To Ride is a lively, informative self-help, self-improvement treatise that is humorous, insightful, practical, and a joy to read. Author Scott Weigle draws upon personal anecdotes to demonstrate his advice on enjoying life, family, America, change, adulthood, work, marriage, success, achieving goals, and faith. This compendium of "life lessons" is reader friendly and a much appreciated addition to personal self-help reading lists and community library self-improvement collections.

I felt like I was living my own childhood again.

Scott Weigle's endearing blend of humor and insight into the human condition yields a compelling narrative. Anyone of us can read a chapter from Mr. Weigle's book, close our eyes and step back into a chapter of our own life: experiencing again our joy, chagrin, embarassment, sadness, or satisfaction of the moment. I recommend this book for young and old alike -- it has provided many a night of laughs and thoughtfulness as bedtime stories in our home. Excellent read-aloud book for homeschoolers looking for honest and humorous commentary on the shaping of a boy's character from a rural American beginning through adulthood.

Fun & Rewarding Reading Experience!

The stories, personal experiences and relationships shared by the Scott Weigle brought back personal memories which played on the entire scale of my emotions. I laughed,cried and even blushed with embarrassment while reading this book. Most readers have life experiences similar to the situations, circumstances, and feelings illustrated via the author's unique anecdotal style. This ability to relate with the author was what I enjoyed most about the book, however it was definitely much more rewarding than simply reading a collection of humorous stories without a message. We can all learn something from the perspective with which Scott Weigle views his own life stories. His shared experiences become the vehicle through which his life's lessons can deliver a powerful message in an unthreatening way. No matter how you approach this book,it will be a good reading experience. You can choose to simply enjoy the stories, learn something about yourself and others from them... or both!

If you need a laugh, this is your book!

I thoroughly enjoyed this book because it made me laugh until I cried and cry because some of the vignettes were so touching. A book which you can read in spurts, it's the funniest book I have read since Jerome K. Jerome's "Three Men in a Boat to Say Nothing of the Dog". A leisurely, casual, curl up with a good book read!

You're in for quite a ride!

"Always look at the bright side of your life. Always look at the lighter side of your life." Jack Nicholson sang those lines in one of his recent movies, and those thoughts echo throughout the context of Scott's book. Each chapter is cleverly written to make you laugh outloud! Some even pull a tear from your eye. Even my 13 yr old step son loved this book!