The Life Audit: A Step-by-Step Guide to Taking Stock, Gaining Control, and Creating the Life You Want... Now

By Caroline Righton

Book Overview

Whether you want to simply make more time in a busy schedule or plan a whole new way ahead, Caroline Righton's The Life Audit is the solution you've been waiting for. This totally original life... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0767923294
• ISBN13: 9780767923293
• Release Date: April 2006
• Publisher: Broadway
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.1" x 0.7" x 7.4"

Customer Reviews

A great way to focus your energy

I'm a self-help book addict. Some are dopey. Some are excellent. The Life Audit book is excellent. It's a work book, exceptionally well written. It's not too psychological, more of a work book to take stock (her phrase) of your use of your life and time. Even if you don't use her tear out sheets and follow the principles. This is the second such book from the UK I've read. Maybe they are less apt to be snake-oil types over there. Or maybe no one publishes their snake-oil folks here. This book is a class act aimed at sensible people--not for the Dr. Phil fans.

If you just don't know where to start...

A lot of self-help books I've encountered start with a particular premise--for example, overcoming procrastination. The advantage of THE LIFE AUDIT is that you don't have to know where the problem lies before beginning the book--the book will help you identify that. If you like methodical programs where every step is thoroughly explained, this book may be for you. And the idea of the book--an audit--just makes me grin, it seems so original. Be forewarned (and this is a plus and a minus): this program is time-consuming and it is NOT a quick fix. Think of it as the Weight-Watchers equivalent of dieting-you have to write EVERYTHING down on the enclosed forms. If, however, you are willing to commit a half-hour every day (that's what the author says it will take to fill in the forms), the thoroughness of this program could be very beneficial. Final note about photocopying: as an earlier reviewer mentioned, the forms are very lightly printed in the back of the book. However, by setting my home photocopier (one of those printer/fax/photocopier ones) to photocopy a little darker, I've had no problem copying the forms. They come out a little light, but perfectly usable.