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"A captivating story that teaches as it delights." -- --Paulo Coelho, author of The Alchemist --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

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Seeking the secrets of true happiness, a workaholic undertakes an extraordinary odyssey that leads him to an ancient culture of Himalayan sages.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Book, May 10 2006

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This review is from: The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari: A Spiritual Fable About Fulfilling Your Dreams and Reaching Your Destiny (Paperback)

This is an interesting story. It is a story of a lawyer who appears to have it all - the corner office, the life style, the cars, women, Then he gives it all up and tours the East. While there he comes across this strange monk and monastery. He comes to live life in a much different way. Yet he is challenged by the monk who has trained him to go back home and share the message he has learnt, with the West. Julian, our main character, returns to his old law firm and to his protégé John. He tells him a parable; then the rest of the book explains the parable and how it relates to different aspects of our lives. The parable is rather simple and a little strange but as it is explained you will never forget it. Read it to find out how a garden, lighthouse, sumo wrestler, pink wire cable, stopwatch, roses and a winding path of diamonds are symbols of timeless principles and virtues by which to live your life. This book could help raise the quality of your life to a new level.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Useful primer on growing into yourself, Oct 10 1999

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This review is from: The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari : A Fable about Fulfilling Your Dreams and Reaching Your Destiny (Paperback)

I found the book to be a useful step-by-step guide to personal growth. The fable format helps to add interest to what could otherwise become a tiresome listing of all the good things we should be doing for ourselves but aren't. Although most of the principles dealt with can be found in countless other volumes on self-help, personal growth and spirituality, Sharma's way of putting it all together helps to keep one on track. And sticking to the straight and narrow is for me the most difficult aspect of becoming the person I want to be. I have a minor quibble with Sharma's treatment of fear. He ignores the fact that fear breaks down into two main types. The first is the healthy kind that keeps us out of the path of speeding trucks and the other is the kind of fear that, due to abuse or difficult upbringings or whatever, exists in our psyche as a chronic undertone of tension and anxiety that undermines our self-image and our relationships. Minor complaints aside, I feel that a careful reading of the book and an equally judicious application of it's principles will help anyone to find greater joy and freedom in their lives.

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing!, Nov 13 2005

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This review is from: The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari: A Spiritual Fable About Fulfilling Your Dreams and Reaching Your Destiny (Paperback)

An amazing book about balancing ones life! I have read this book twice, I've found it to be one of the only books that I continue to think of when going through trial and tribulations. This book has taught me more about how little things really aren't important, and how we CAN change our lives with the simple teachings in his book.

I highly recommend everyone to read this!

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5.0 out of 5 stars Powerful lessons; easy read.
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