Wake Up Calls: Making the Most Out of Every Day (Regardless of What Life Throws You)

Lunden, Joan

ISBN 10: 007136126X / ISBN 13: 9780071361262

Published by McGraw-Hill (edition First Edition), 2000

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Wake Up Calls: Making the Most Out of Every Day (Regardless of What Life Throws You)
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill (edition First Edition)
• Publication Date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 007136126X
• ISBN 13: 9780071361262
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Good

About this title

Synopsis

Drawing on her own experiences as well as the wit and wisdom of others, the author offers advice on goal-setting, self-esteem, change, stress, relationships, parenting, aging, and other topics.

Reviews

For those in need of a self-help book full of aphorisms by a former talk-show host, this is for you. As her fans will know, Lunden, formerly cohost of Good Morning America, has been down this road before; her first foray into the self-help field, A Bend in the Road Is Not the End of the Road (1998), covers similar territory. Why Lunden, happily married for the second time, the mother of three lovely daughters, and, as she proudly proclaims, the president of the Women's Supermarket Network (which will allow her to talk to shoppers from giant screens above the aisles) feels she can champion those battling adversity is not quite clear. Over the years, however, she has filled notebooks (apparently tons of them) with such sayings as "Never build a case against yourself" or "There is little traffic on the extra mile"; these nuggets are scattered profusely throughout the book along with pearls of wisdom from inspirational motivators such as Tony Robbins and Zig Ziglar. Lunden seems to save family photos as conscientiously as she does sappy quotations, and she fills up her book with a healthy selection of them. The pictures are innocuous enough, but Lunden's writing is utterly banal. (The other contributors, Robbins, et al., do this kind of thing far better than Lunden does.) Still, Lunden retains a following from her television days, and she is certain to be making the talk-show circuit when this book hits the stores. Be prepared for the inevitable. Ilene Cooper
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