Burn Brightly Without Burning Out: Balancing Your Career with the Rest of Your Life: Amazon.ca: Richard K. Biggs: Books

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Are you burning brightly-or burning out-in your spiritual, mental, physical, and emotional life? Do you find yourself being torn between work and family? Between what you have to do and what you want to do? In Burn Brightly Without Burning Out, Richard K. Biggs examines twenty delicate contrasts we all face and urges readers to gradually improve the balance between work and the other aspects of life. Filled with examples and exercises, each brief chapter reveals timeless truths, offers practical application tips, and issues a call to action.I love the big message of this small book, writes John Maxwell in the foreword. Whether youre struggling to find work/life balance, or seeking to better the quality of life you now enjoy, Richard can help.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Leadership Text/, Oct 8 2003

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Wesley L. Fox "Wes Fox" (Blacksburg, Va. United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Burn Brightly Without Burning Out: Balancing Your Career with the Rest of Your Life (Hardcover)

Dick Biggs' book has something for all of us, from leaders in our military, to industry, and our society. Every parent should have this book because it lays out what is important in life, read relationships, and how to achieve same. We are the leaders of our children, and Dick makes very stronge leadership points. This book is divided into twenty contrasts of life, twenty short chapters loaded with idea, thoughts, and recomendations that we need to study and commit upon. The first chapter, Image and Integrity, is the perfect start. Without integrity we don't amount to much, but too many of us today are only concerned with image. In this chapter, "grit" is found in the word integrity. This book is small, 5 X 7.5 inches, and the chapters are 4 to six pages that makes for handy reading. Read a chapter with your morning coffee, while waiting for the rest of the members to arrive at a meeting, and at other times when you have ten minutes for good thoughs about where you are going. Most importantly, if you take this work seriously, you can determine who you really are and how others know you. We all need to think about Richard Biggs' words, they will help us and our society. This is a great gift for those people you love.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Totally Life Changing, July 1 2003

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Bea Kassees (Dallas, TX) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Burn Brightly Without Burning Out: Balancing Your Career with the Rest of Your Life (Hardcover)

A friend chose this book and left it at my house. I ran out of books for the moment and picked it up thinking it was another one of those...
How absolutely overwhelmed I was at my age (73) to learn so much in so few pages. Much of what he has said to help guide people to a fuller, richer life, I had already learned and applied, but none of us have ever reached the point we can't learn or see something a bit differently.

My life changed drastically when health dictated this master workaholic was ordered to shut down her thriving business overnight or else...For 2 years I have been under recontruction to learn to be at peace in every situation. I can see, however, how to start over again now that my health is back and the doors are slowly opening to be useful again to myself and the Lord but this time I am going to keep this book right along with my Bible so I will put into practice the principles Richard K. Biggs has put forth. For whatever years I have left I intend to do it right and be a blessing to all I meet because of these excellent guidelines.

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5.0 out of 5 stars A BOOK FOR LIFE, April 15 2003

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Chris Carey (Atlanta, GA USA) - See all my reviews

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They say in five years, you will become the average of the books you have read and the people you have associated with. For two-and-a-half years, I've had the privelege of associating with Dick Biggs as a professional speaker--and now I've been able to read his book. Both have become indispensible resources for me.

Dick is respected among professional speakers for being a man who walks his talk. Reading his latest book, BURN BRIGHTLY WITHOUT BURNING OUT, is almost as good as knowing the man--it will provide very practical assistance if you want to achieve great things in your professional life while building balance into your personal life.

Are you a reader? Then you'll really enjoy this book. Are you working on developing the reading habit? Then this book will get you hooked. If Amazon allowed a SIX-star review, this one would get SEVEN!

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5.0 out of 5 stars "Burning Brightly without Burning Out"
"Burning Brightly without Burning Out" is a breath of fresh air to those pressed by the demands of life. Read more

Published on Feb 26 2003 by Janice Henderkott

5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome!
Outstanding book that'll nurture your heart and nourish your mind. A must read! It's an awesome book, and I highly recommend it.

Published on Feb 25 2003 by Anonymous

5.0 out of 5 stars Soulful, Rich and Inspirational
After coming off a huge intense project, I was not burning very brightly. Dick Biggs helped me to understand that I was perhaps experiencing a turning point and its impact. Read more

Published on Feb 20 2003 by Barbara Pagano

5.0 out of 5 stars The Accidental Goldmine!
I came across this book accidentally while searching for a book by a similar author, John Maxwell. But what a find! Read more

Published on Feb 19 2003 by Lisa Price

5.0 out of 5 stars Burn Brightly Without Burning Out
Thanks Dick for a great book!

Your book, Burn Brightly without Burning Out is jam-packed with page after page of useful information and advice about getting more out of life and... Read more

Published on Feb 13 2003 by "The Spark Plug"

5.0 out of 5 stars Best of Biggs-A Winner!
I've read Dick Biggs' other books, heard him talk, and witnessed the positive change and growth in people from the mentoring program he developed. Read more

Published on Feb 6 2003 by American Patriot

5.0 out of 5 stars A Great Way to Start the Year
For years I've been reading two books monthly on personal development(Well,at least trying real hard to do so!). Read more

Published on Feb 4 2003 by Roy Lantz

5.0 out of 5 stars One of the best books I've ever read in one hour!
This book came at a time in my life when I was spending way too much time at the office, a habit that many corporate americans have these days. I was out of balance. Read more

Published on Jan 30 2003

5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic book. Life-Enhancing Wisdom Throughout!
This book is truly a gem. At 136 pages, and written by a superb communicator, it *could* be read straight through. Read more

Published on Dec 23 2002 by Bob Burg