Welcome to OBV! Well, to his credit, Steve himself sent me a very gracious e-mail, saying how he can see it didn’t work for me. You know, nobody works for everybody. His achievement, both on site and in his book, is monumental — and nothing I can say will take away from it.

That said, it really didn’t work for me. Oh well. I highly recommend you check Maya’s framework if you want good theories delivered with heart — now that’s one smart woman.

http://www.thinkmaya.com/2008/10/22/the-key-to-happiness-and-balance-is-right-with-you-just-learn-to-use-it-part-3-of-the-thinkmaya-framework/

Keep in touch, I look forward to getting to know you!

ari

This is the first review of Steve’s book that I’ve read, that seems to express out loud (well, written on a web page!) how I’ve often felt about Steve’s blog. Yes it’s intellectual, yes it’s academic, yes it reminds me of uni, and yes it is completely devoid of any heart, soul, emotion! I was beginning to think it was just me who felt that way! Cheers for such an honest review.

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If that’s the case, I’m really glad you’re hanging out at my site! It must be quite a challenge for you around here.
I actually admire brevity. I wouldn’t say short is always more mature, but for my evolution, that’s what I aspire to. So in a few months, perhaps I’ll be more to your liking.
ari

It’s worth a read, for sure. But as with any books, check it out when it arrives at your local library. In my opinion, nobody makes more sense than Steve.
ari

I agree with what you said about writing what works best for ourselves. I tend to have a short attention span and struggle reading an entire blog post if it’s more than 500 words long. So I tend to write shorter posts. They’ve been getting longer, but they’re still short compared to what most people write.

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Welcome back! Thanks for your comment.

Ultimately, I think we have to concede that we write what works for ourselves. Overly sentimental or emotional work may get dismissed by left-brainers as touchy-feely without true substance. We can’t be everything to everyone — but there is much we can do by simply working with the portion of the population who respond to what we have to say. That’s certainly good enough!
I do agree that there is one set of “truth” and we’re all using different words, metaphors and examples to get to them. It is indeed exciting to realize that all of us from all kinds of backgrounds can still agree on something fundamental.

ari