My take

Everyone is born with the fire in his/ her belly to achieve a successful life and self help books offer tasty and nutritious food in the form of tips and steps. The desire to improve myself always is so strong that I feel delight at the very sight of books belong to this genre.Once I become a binger to them.


"THE ANSWER How to Take Charge of Your Life & Become the Person You Want To Be" gives us practical guidelines along with insightful perspectives to make us what we want to be. This book reigns supreme over the bestseller charts as it stands tall due to sharing of wit and the wisdom by Allan and Barbara Pease so as to enable us to achieve goals and realize our ambitions by reprogramming our mindset . The strong blurb of the book declares such an assurance and reading the book I feel enlightened.


Social and Historical context

This is an accessible and practical guide that will help you take the first step and show you how to discover what you want from life, then make it happen.

On the back side of the cover we can read the above sentence. The book holds all the motivational, inspiring and effective steps to find the purpose of life and lead a happy , peaceful and successful life.

The title THE ANSWER itself speaks about the optimistic outlook as we have got several questions in our mind in respect of our sufferings, failures and setbacks and there is a wide gap between what we are to what we want to be.I find the core theme of the book is Goal setting .

How to Take Charge of Your Life & Become the Person You Want to Be is the question and the book has got THE ANSWER.

There are 16 chapters beginning with an introduction and ending with a reference page.They carry a captain each and I give below some of them.


Revealing the Secret of the RAS

Decide what you want

Set Clearly Defined Goals


The book tells about the functioning of our brain and its influence on our behavior and hows to of altering it for achieving our goals . It carries the inspiring quotes from international acclaimed authors like Hunter S, Thompson Napoleon Hill , Thomas Edison Jim Carrey. and Sigmund Freud The true stories which give a clear picture and practical approach give hope to all of us.There are drawings diagrams and pictures to make the reader perceive the concepts.There are also summaries which help us to get the whole chapter in a nutshell .

The book describes the secret of RAS (Reticular Activating System )Clearly defining goals , taking responsibility , the Art of visualization and other topics related to our development.

The book is co authored by both of them it is written in the first person as Allan to make the reading easier.


The pro

Flipping through the book makes me feel motivated and charged with the highest degree of intensity .It instigates me to introspect myself and come to a better self realization. The language of Allan and Babara Pease is direct , honest , and intelligent.They have highlighted important points . The narrative prose is excellent and it makes the reading a joyful and beneficial experience. The ideas are powerful and informative . There are so many advices given in bold letters which would open our eyes.

I give below some of them

Your RAS can either work for you or against you , it depends entirely on what you think about .

Holding a grudge is like letting someone live rent-free in your head .

The darkest room often holds the greatest treasure .


The Authors stress some crucial points which would boost your confidence and happiness.

1. Handwriting your list is so important.

2. Decide in advance that when tragedy strikes, you will pull yourself out of it

3. When you set your goal and create a plan with a deadline , take that first step and move forward -despite what others may think , say or do.


There are alarming, but adventurous stories giving testimonial to the steps for improving our we can attitude . These stories relate to Robert, a teenager living in Europe who dreams of helping the underprivileged , Hank, who wants to climb Uluru as a goal and W.Mitchell aged 27 who met an accident leaving him burned 65 percent of his body.


There are so many charts which would serve as a tool for monitoring your progress and many lists for hobbies etc for your ready reference and illustrative purpose . You can utilize them and follow up your goals.The pace is simply fast and you can have a comfortable read as the book is well organized.Cover design by Aaditya Rakheja is fantastic.


My favorite

I like the chapters Play the numbers Game and Overcoming Fear and Worry. The true story of the Authors Allan and Barbara Pease in which they described their goal to have two new healthy children and how they could achieve the same by proper planning and putting in sufficient efforts. Their poignant ordeals would melt our heart.


My version.

ALLAN and BARBARA PEASE the internationally renowned best selling authors of The Definitive Book of Body language and Why men don't listen &Women can't Read Maps have crafted this book with meticulous research and punctilious to details and this best seller holds the nuggets of wisdom to make a great impact on your life . Their expertise coupled with hard work in writing successful relationship books has made this one a best seller as they have written a total of 16 best sellers, including 9 number ones and give seminars in 30 countries each year.


Readers who are in search of the life changing mantra , would find this book a good lifetime companion as it proposes honest and effective steps to reach our goals. Bibliophiles would love this book for ornamenting their book shelves.


All youngsters should read this book and refurbish their life to seize their goals refocusing on their strength instead of obstacles .Parents should recommend this book to their children . Teachers and students would find the book a boon for changing their lives.


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