Its chapters share Nerburn's accumulated insights on life and matters that concern males across generations. The male instinct does not encourage the sharing of many private matters - many fathers are unwilling, or perhaps unable, to discuss these topics with their male heirs. Yet these questions rise up again and again to trouble generation after generation of men.

Nerburn has done us all a favour by addressing this book to all men, young and old. He speaks of matters you wished your father had shared with you. Somewhere inside, there are gems of wisdom that can change your outlook in life.

Like any fatherly advice, some parts do not go down easy. They may sound like words from another era, of someone who's not quite in touch with your generation. But on deeper reflection, they echo a timeless truth, and speak of eternal principles that guide our lives.

A book well-worth your money and time.

The book gives the reader the tools to become a better person and to appreciate other people and life in general. It could be called "the gentle-mans coaching guide". I couldn't put the book down until I finished it and I can't remember the last time that happened.

Hats off to the author for crafting this magnificient work which gets us to stop and think about what is important. That's quite a feat in this "point and click" society.

I believe this book will capture the heart of any success minded person.

I interviewed Rich Fettke on "The Inside Success Show" and he is an extremely knowledgeable and fun guy. The stories he tells will make your heart pound with desire to succeed without struggle.
Here's some of what you'll learn from the book:
** Why you must learn the new strategy of "success without a struggle
** What simple steps you can take to balance you life
** How you can avoid getting killed by the lies of the devil's fear and rely on your Protector Fear
** Why you must keep your eye on the future you want
** How you can start your journey to success without limits today
** And much, much more ..

Randy (Dr. Proactive) Gilbert
Author of "Success Bound" and editor of "Proactive Success" ezine

Kevin Carlson's maps of Jeremy's street, yard & room & all his illustrations add delightful images to the crazy stories.

This is one book you'll be reading under the covers in the brightness of your flashlight!

Author Richard W. Carlson Jr draws from his own childhood experience of living in Stormville, New York to create JEREMY GRABOWSKI'S CRAZY SUMMER IN STORMVILLE! Written from the perspective of a ten-year-old, this fun tale will be immediately appreciated by that age-range, though the rest of us may have to remember being ten to "get it." But once you've got it, Carlson has a knack for sweeping you away in the madcap adventure with extreme enthusiasm, when living for the moment was the only way to live. Jeremy's friends and family are vividly realized, with political and historical background that will keep adults entertained as well as preteens. JEREMY GRABOWSKI'S CRAZY SUMMER IN STORMVILLE! is highly recommended.

Perfect selection. It deals with issues that every kid wants to talk about and presents them in a way that every kid will listen to.

My 11 year old comes home often with horror stories about what friend likes her today, what group does what to another group, how one girl hates another girl, and how can she possibly face it all tomorrow.

I counsel her, listen, feedback, and hug her. But she needs to know that what I am telling her is not unique. So when we read the chapters called "Drop the Drama" and "Check Out these Odds! (The Likelihood that Everyone Will Like You) she looked at me like I was a genius. She actually asked me if I knew the author.

Don't get me wrong. This book is great for a wide age range. I read it to my kids. The teen set (and beyond) will devour it.

Some of the issues in this book are so universal that they need to be taught in college or business school. The chapter that is called "Understand the Law of Focus" should be memorized by every student entering college. This chapter reinforces the basic of 'never obsess'. Know anybody that is so focused on one thing that they lose sight of everything else? Better read this part first.

Well written, to the point, and so very very relevant. Good for early grade schoolers to upper teens. It is by far the best Sweat book that I have read.

This was the first of several books I read from Dr. Carlson, and I know it was a very instrumental part of my recovery process overcoming depression. I can't remember when I was so excited to read a book (except perhaps, when I read his book, "Shortcut Through Therapy"). I've read it three times, and bought four copies for other people who were also amazed at how much control they actually had over their own happiness!

The beauty of this book is it's simplicity. It combines principles and applications that are not difficult to understand and, with practice, almost effortless to implement. This book benefited me because I believed, that I had little or no control over my thoughts, feelings, moods, circumstances or happiness.

As I reflect after reading the book, I find that I have been feeling better longer. I still have low moods, but I don't sink as low, stay as long or hurt as bad as I used to. I'm still in therapy, and an end is in sight. My shrinks have substantially lenthened the time between visits, and reduced my meds considerably.

Thank you Dr. Carlson, for your helping hand when it was needed most.

existence. The concepts in this book _are_ simple, but not stupid. Carlson's metaphor for living in the moment; the image of a motor boat, and it's wake, couldn't be easier to understand. We stand at the back of the boat, studying the wake, but it's the engine that moves us forward! As it is with our past, we can examine it, but like the wake, it's not going to get us anywhere.

When reading this book, "Don't sweat the small stuff in Love" by Richard Carlson and Kristine Carlson, I read a number of different stories which had really triggared a lot of emotions on the present relationship I was dealing with. I felt as though the book was dirrectly speaking to me, and I was just convincing myself it was just another one of those cheesy love advice books, when really it was two people who have been through the hardships in relationships and discided to right their experiences and thoughts down. When I started to read the first chapter, "Mostly, be pals," I put the book down for a couple moments, almost thinking in my head how it related to my situation, and then picked it up again going on to "Learning to laugh at yourself." The good thing about this book is it not only specified a certain relationship with the opposite sex, it took any kind of relationship you could have with anyone and showed you how to handle cercumstances with that person to make that relationship easier. One of the quotes I liked out of that chapter was, "It's quite remarkable to observe what happens to a potentially heated interaction when someone is able to keep their sense of humor. In most cases, the situation is diffused and simply melts away." And that is the kind of advice that helps you in any circumstance. One of the chapters I personally learned the most from was chapter 49, "Take responsibility for your own happiness." This was why I titled this book review "Everything I needed to hear but noone told me." This chapter helped me realize that you cannot base your own happiness on other people. It should'nt be that you get into a relationship or make a new friend in order for them to fulfill something missing inside of you. Just like it's so easy to think someday you'll fall in love and then the rest of your life will be perfect. This chapter allows you to see that if your not fully happy and content with the individual you are, then envolving another human in your life will just take your focus away from your unhappiness and put that pressure on someone else to fulfill that. Personally, before I read this book, I kept asking myself and wondering what was wrong with my boyfriend and why was he not making me happy all the time. But now when I look at it I question to myself what was missing inside of me that was'nt making myself happy. For anyone that struggles with relationships and has a hard time admitting the truths about how you are in them...pick up this book. It will definatly enlighten you on an entire new way of opening your eyes to the little moments you can aviod to make those relationships easier.

This book isn't about "how to put up with your partner's crap." Instead, it really helped me with "tactics" in dealing with an argumentative/difficult partner (not abusive, just difficult)... but not in a way that was hostile, or where I was trying to 'win' or have 'control' or whatever. No, rather, it showed me ways that I could modify my own behavior and attitudes to come out with a win/win for both of us. I'm really happy I read it.

The chapters written by Kristine Carlson weren't nearly as helpful to me as those written by Richard Carlson. These chapters seem to have a more 'for the ladies' slant to them, but they aren't very numerous (I'd say that overall the book is 80% written by Richard Carlson), and they do bring a bit of a different perspective at least.

After reading this, I went back and read it AGAIN. The second time I took out a highlighter and highlighted 1-6 lines in each chapter that were, what I perceived to be, the 'main message' of each. Now whenever I find myself feeling impatient or annoyed with my relationship, I pick up the book, scan through the highlights, and I'm quickly reminded about how to handle the relationship in a loving/responsible way. Huge return on money/time investment with this one!

Broken into extremely small chapters only one to three pages long, it is easy to take some time out and read a few chapters -- appealing to even the busiest of schedules.

The only caveat is that this book does appeal to the more feminine side of ones psyche and that some folks might be bored by the continual emphasis on the same points over and over again.

We all need healthier habits to survive in such a fast paced world. Richard shares his view of many stupid habits we have (excuse my language: I meant negative mental and/or emotional habits that "we let happen"), at the same time showing how simple to change or discard them. Since I believe it's all in our hands (most of the times), I say it's never too late to pay attention to his great advises, and start improving your life today!

Very light and positive thinking.

As you read through Richard relates personal experiences and ancient words of wisdom to help illustrate his point. This book does work, it's hard, but if you can do your damnest to do everything in here listed, trust me, you'll find a lot less stress in life, and find it easier to live. Things as simple as making personal time, something we all know we should do, but don't, he illustrates how to, even in the his busy world.

I think this book is a godsend in an age where people are burning out faster and becoming so overloaded with information people are actually dealing with infophobia. This is the ultimate stress reducer. With each point not taking up more then two pages in this almost cd sized book, it's easy to read and digest, very fun and very accurate.

Want less stress in your life? make this your new motto: "Don't sweat the small stuff, and it's all small stuff."