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14 of 15 people found the following review to be helpful:

Be the Hero...,  August 10, 2009

By Jeremy Sullivan

Watch Video Here: http://www.amazon.com/review/R2MQNMTXBRUJO1 Here's a video the author made to promote his book. Check it out.





12 of 13 people found the following review to be helpful:

Like a fast-paced novel, yet useful,  July 31, 2009

By Roben Torosyan PhD

I'm surprised. While the ideas may be familiar to those acquainted with the psychology of personal change, the book reads like a fast-paced summer novel. And I need its reminders daily.

Best dialogue from the book:
Jeff said, "So I think I get what you are saying, but this guy was a jerk. He didn't have a reservation. There was a forty-five minute wait and he wanted to be seated immediately in one of the premier seats in the restaurant. That's a jerk."
"No," said Martin. "That's a story. You are telling yourself a story about this person that's making you angry even now."

Best insight:
Whatever the problem (or opportunity), I have options about how I frame the situation to myself. Hard to implement at times, but incredibly powerful. And confirmed by dozens of classic studies (McAdams, Sheehy, Levinson, among others)--most of which don't read as entertainingly.

New Yorker cartoon that most relates: A man walks in on his wife in bed with another man. His wife says, "Allow me to offer a competing narrative."

Healthy parody from The Onion: "I Guess Now Would be As Good a Time as Any To Triumph Over Adversity." Includes observations like " I'm just not up for a moment of unprecedented human achievement right now. Maybe after I finish watching the rest of this Seinfeld episode, I'll be in the mood to discover my previously untapped wells of courage and power. But maybe I'll take a nap first."

Far Side cartoon that most relates: Two devils watch a guy pushing a wheelbarrel of coal through the fires of hell, and he's whistling. One devil says to the other, "You know, we're just not reaching that guy." Whether at work or home, I must beware what I tell myself others should do, and what hell my own story puts them through.

Sure such books don't change external reality. But I can change how I relate to that reality, how I respond, and what I do. And that can change what then happens in reality.

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6 of 6 people found the following review to be helpful:

A quick read, but insightful and moving,  July 25, 2009

By Gregory D. Meyer

Noah has written an excellent parable that is readily applicable the moment you pick it up. All of us experience "change moments" when the way we view the world colors the way we live those moments. The true value of Be The Hero is that it helps us to recognize the way we are seeing things and to consider that as the basis for behavior change.

You can use Be The Hero to improve your communications and your relationships immediately -- but it will have even more value as you practice Noah's techniques at home and at work. Thanks for a great read!





8 of 9 people found the following review to be helpful:

A book you have to read!,  July 21, 2009

By Robert W. Jacobs

Noah Blumenthal has done it again. This book is a how to manual for all of us. Regardless of your job or personal life "Be the Hero" can help you be more successful, satisfied and reaching your full potential.

If you read one book this year, make it this one.





4 of 4 people found the following review to be helpful:

A Powerhouse of a Book!,  September 1, 2009

By Sandra C. Lewis

I love this book! I am an educator, coach and psychology practitioner and cannot remember the last time that I read a book that is as applicable to the work of helping people uncover their best lives.

This is a deceptively simple book. Noah takes the best tenets of positive psychology; empathy, gratitude and hope and through the fine use of allegory makes them easy to digest and practice. In addition, the level of humility with which this book is written helps the reader really appreciate that this is a powerful work of love and not just a quickly created "just add water" book on wellbeing.

Once I finished my first read through I immediately bought copies and sent them to family and friends. We have only begun to ponder the uses of this work. It is applicable to adults, children, the workplace and schools.

An essential read.







 

•    Reveals that each of us has the power to choose whether to be a passive, put-upon victim or a hero in control of their life and career

•    Uses the accessible and popular parable format to teach important life-lessons

•    Includes an extensive section of tools, exercises and other resources

A victim mentality is rampant in organizations today. My boss is a jerk. This is a dead-end job. I can’t change anything here. The result is lost productivity, lack of creativity, departmental in-fighting—a toxic atmosphere.

But nobody has to be a victim. The truth is people make themselves victims. It’s just an interpretation of reality, a story they tell themselves. People can choose a different story. They can stop seeing themselves as helpless victims and instead discover how to put themselves in charge. Anyone can choose to Be the Hero.

Appropriately enough, executive coach and corporate speaker Noah Blumenthal uses a story—of Jeff, a young executive facing what seem to him insurmountable challenges—to show readers how to gain greater success and satisfaction in their lives by transforming the ways they view others, their own situation, and themselves. And he includes a plethora of practical resources that will teach readers how to consistently shift their perspective from victim to hero.

This is not seeing the world through rose-colored glasses—but it is seeing through a new lens. One that helps us look beneath the superficial surface of our unhappiness to discover why people act in ways that frustrate us and do something about it. That finds sources of strength in our lives, even in the toughest circumstances. And that gives us the power to change.

Victim stories limit us, sap our energy, stifle and frustrate us. Hero stories open up new possibilities, spur us to action. In Be the Hero, Noah Blumenthal offers a universally accessible technique for overcoming inertia and despair and becoming consistently positive, productive, and happy, at home and on the job.