The Flow of Life: Using Your Uniques Qualities to Achieve Personal Success

By Phil Murray

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0340717963
• ISBN13: 9780340717967
• Release Date: September 1999
• Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton General Division
• Weight: 0.33 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Unique and inspirational self-development!

Phil Murray has an entertainingly unique take on many areas of personal development. His English Geordie humour runs through various brief stories and anecdotes, from his many ups and downs in the music business, to his professional experience of running around London in a Superman costume! At the same time, many of the key themes throughout the book will be familiar to readers of contemporary self-help books e.g. you are a spiritual being having a human experience, you are what you think you are, the importance of planning and preparation, positive thinking. Coming across as likeably eccentric himself, another Murray theme is that "it is okay not to be normal, as defined by society". "Going with the flow" does not necessarily mean doing what everyone else does in order to be successful, Murray dares you to break away from society's conditioning and discover your real self i.e. what we really are, not what we have been told we are through socialization. As with several other areas, the author explores this with considerable depth, intelligence and humour. The book finishes with 49 clear and positive affirmations to be burnt into one's subconscious e.g. I enjoy being myself, I am interested in others, I balance my skills and challenges, my attention is on the now. Most of these are simple but elsewhere the author's writing is far more profound and sophisticated than many other personal development authors. I like this book.