Lift: Becoming a Positive Force in Any Situation: Quinn, Ryan W., Quinn, Robert E.: 9781576754443: Amazon.com: Books Lift: Becoming a Positive Force in Any Situation (9781576754443): Ryan W Quinn, Robert E Quinn: Books
An offline friend recently recommended this book to me. He said “Hey look, it’s a book about you!”
Well, glancing over it today, I can see how he might think that about me normally. I perhaps don’t think it applies 100% when I’m completely stressed and freaked out past the breaking point, but hey… everyone goes a little wobbly under those circumstances :o
Anyway, this is about staying focused on solutions, and helping people to become the best they can be. About creating the best for others, and the best for world around you.
It’s basically about remembering the plot in your daily life. Keeping mindful, always, of why you’re doing anything at all. About truly making good use of your very limited time here on earth.
So far, just skimming, I can highly recommend it. It helps explain a lot of the “seemingly kooky” stuff I do, and it has given me some good new ideas, too.
Sure – as I actually dig deeper into it, I’m sure there’ll be a thing or 5 I’ll disagree with (I don’t ever seem to agree with everything)… but, big deal. None of us see eye to eye, even with information or people we most admire. The key thing is that there’s something we all “get”, something positive we all harmonize with, at a deeper level that just words can describe. I think books like this help take us there.
Overall, I’m definitely glad someone made a book like this. I’ve felt a bit too much like a sole voice of positivity recently.
When listening to certain others, it’s almost like I’m being told that being value oriented is somehow wrong, or that being positive is somehow negative. Of course, that’s simply not true. In fact, that’s an extension of Orwellian double speak. Good=evil, Peace=war, and all that completely crazy stuff. Doublespeak Then and Now
These people are either confused, and perhaps one or two is trying intentionally to mentally trip me up. Either way, that just ain’t right. I know what’s right, and so do you. We all do in our hearts. What’s right is constant improvement and elevation, each of us helping others (and ourselves) to make life worth living. What’s right is constant, never ending improvement for all, right up until our bones turn to dust and we just can’t get any better anymore.