Discover Studying Abroad
|
|

Book Review: The Mind Makeover: The Answers to Becoming the Best You Yet

Looking for a little confidence boost? Then don't skip this read.
BY Braingain Staff Writer |   01-08-2014
The Mind Makeover: The Answers to Becoming the Best You Yet, by Sharron Lowe; Hachette India

What would you do if you knew you couldn’t fail?

That’s the premise of this book. How can you be the best you despite your circumstances.

It’s a tall order, but Lowe, the success coach for several global luxury brands, has written a book that anyone can read. It’s simple, there’s no jargon, and the regular question-yourself type of exercises that she lists after every few pages, are a really grand marker for making sure you’re getting the best out of her advice.

Although much of what she writes is actually what one realizes is completely common sense, it is nice to see it all down in one place. What motivates you, she asks. And then the discussion on mortality begins, and using one’s past experiences – good or bad, as a marker to move ahead into a positive future, filled with gratitude.

Lowe works to get the reader’s imagination going through raising the points that make one want to examine one’s own motives, and shift the thought processes into a happy place – yielding positive attraction to be able to head into the right places with greater ease.

The book is also well grounded – for example – Lowe gives statistics on ‘Worry’ and why, ultimately it is a useless cause for anyone who wants a better life. “Around 40 percent of worries never materialize. So why waste your energy? Why not wait until something actually happens and deal with it then, rather than waste energy on what is essentially a figment of your imagination?” she asks. It gets the reader thinking.

For students this is a lovely read – not only because it is a prompter for building self-confidence, but it also sets a path for the journey ahead through one’s often stressful time in college, and lets you create a vision for beyond the days of studies.

Close to the end of the book, Lowe writes, “Wouldn’t it be great if you could say to yourself: ‘If I had my life to live over, I’d do it in exactly the same way.’” Wouldn’t it indeed.

COMMENTS
Name:

Email:

captach
Can't Read  
Enter Above Code:

Comments:

Sign Up for our newsletter

Sign Up for latest updates and Newsletter

x