Synopses & Reviews
Do you ever feel that if you weren't so busy you would be happier, healthier, more effective, more fulfilled...and maybe even a better person?
Once every twenty-five years or so, a book comes along that perfectly identifies our common search and struggle for happiness, and teaches us how to find lasting fulfillment in a changing world. This is that book. Not since M. Scott Peck published The Road Less Traveled have we experienced a voice as refreshing and authentic as Matthew Kelly's.
The Rhythm of Life will help you to bring into focus who you are and why you are here. Through this book Matthew Kelly will help you discover your legitimate needs, deepest desires, and unique talents. He will introduce you to the-best-version-of-yourself and lead you to a life filled with passion and purpose.
Here are just a few of the timeless creeds that he presents in The Rhythm of Life...
"You were born to become the-best-version-of-yourself. This is your essential purpose. Embrace this one solitary truth and it will change your life more than anything you have ever learned. In every situation, ask yourself, Which of the options before me will help me become the-best-version-of-myself?"
"Everything is a choice. This is life's greatest truth and its hardest lesson. It is a great truth because it reminds us of our power. Not power over others, but the power to be ourselves and to live the life we have imagined. It is a hard lesson because it causes us to realize that we have chosen the life we are living right now."
"The measure of your life will be the measure of your courage. Courage animates us, brings us to life, and makes everything else possible. Fear stops more people from doing something with their lives than lack of ability, contacts, resources, or any other single variable. Fear paralyzes the human spirit. Life takes courage."
"Energy is our most valuable resource, not time. The rhythm of life is a way of life that brings our legitimate needs, our deepest desires, and our unique talents into harmony with each other. The result: passion, purpose, and energy."
Kelly has a way of thinking and writing that cuts through the stifling clutter of our everyday lives and delivers a clarity that is both refreshing and liberating.
Review
Hal Urban, author of Life's Greatest LessonsIn The Rhythm of Life Matthew Kelly shows us how to find lasting happiness in a changing world...and how to fall in love again...with life. His message is both timely and timeless.
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Ken Blanchard, coauthor of The One Minute ManagerMatthew Kelly's The Rhythm of Life is a treasure for all those who dare to believe that there is a best-version-of-themselves...miss it at your peril!
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Dr. Stephen R. Covey Author of The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People I loved this book! It provides significant insights into living a happier, healthier, more rewarding life.
About the Author
Matthew Kelly, the New York Times bestselling author of The Rhythm of Life, has been captivating audiences around the world since his late teens. Over the past decade, more than three million people have attended his talks and seminars in over fifty countries. Kelly is the president of Beresford Consulting.
Table of Contents
Contents Part One
What Do You Want from Life?
Everything Is a Choice
Do You Really Know What You Want?
The Happiness Paradox
Too Busy Doing What?
Quiet Desperation
The Five Questions
The Meaning of Life
Seven Dreams
A New Perspective
Live Passionately
Part Two
Finding Your Genius
The Gentle Voice Within
Understanding Our Legitimate Needs
Beyond Our Wants
Harnessing the Power of Our Needs and Desires
Everybody Is a Genius
Part Three
The-Best-Version-of-Yourself
Overwhelmed by Experts
Choosing Happiness
The Enemy of Excellence: Minimalism
Are You Free?
Follow Your Star
Celebrating Your Unique Self
Part Four
Discovering the Rhythm of Life
Why Are We All So Busy?
What Can Creation Teach Us About Ourselves?
Priorities
Timing
Part Five
It's All About Energy
Our Most Valuable Resource
Creating the Rhythm
The Three Instruments
Sleep: The Foundation of Energy
The First Instrument
The Sacred Hour
The Second Instrument
The Seventh Day
The Third Instrument
The Art of Slowing Down
Part Six
The Way of Excellence
A Childhood Lesson
What Is Success to You?
Why Are They Successful at Everything?
1. The Knowledge Principle
2. The Dream Principle
3. The Vision Principle
4. The Life Principle
5. The Thought Principle
6. The Dedication Principle
7. The Belief Principle
8. The People Principle
9. The Communication Principle
10. The Final Principle
The Ten Principles of Excellence
Part Seven
Living the Life You Were Born to Live
Enjoy the Journey
Be the Difference That Makes the Difference
Leaders, Critics, Dreamers, and the Future
How Do You Perceive the World?
Can You Hear the Music?
The Measure of Your Life Will Be the Measure of Your Courage
Let Your Light Shine!