But, I’m not a professor, philosopher, psychologist, sociologist, anthropologist, scientist, mystic, or guru. Reading it reminded me of reading Proverbs: the more you sit with each writing, the more you enjoy their depth. Doing so will make your first exposure all the more profound and your transition back home far less jarring. Unless you choose a monastic existence tucked away on some remote mountain, you’ll spend a significant slice of time interacting with your fellow human beings.

Excellent Advice for Living is a treasure trove of insights that will transform the way you live, work, and relate to others, all wrapped up in easily digestible bites of wisdom to help you live a good life. Trust the 3-star product reviews because they tell both the good and the bad, which is the real state for most things.

Yet their individual (and combined) power is of course when you pause, reflect and ponder how you might interpret and potentially integrate. And yet where would the world be if each generation didn’t plank its crossing with the life-tested wisdom of its elders? The book serves as a treasure trove of bite-sized wisdom offering readers an engaging and easily digestible guide to navigating life’s ups and downs.

For example, no matter how careful you are, the clothes you are wearing when you paint will get paint on them, is one piece of advice. Similarly, strive to double the amount of time you think you should spend with your children – and cut the amount of money you spend on them in half. Even reading only a few pages at a time will surely give you some new insights and inspiration to live a meaningful life. From 1984-1990 Kelly was publisher and editor of the Whole Earth Review, a journal of unorthodox technical news. Now, if firehoses are your type of thing…or you don’t have time to read only a little bit at a time this book is a top candidate for re-reading at routine (annual?An inspiring and helpful book, Excellent Advice for Living is a must-have for anyone looking for practical advice on life. You lead by letting others know what you expect of them, which may exceed what they themselves expect.

Excellent Advice for Living made me want to stop every few pages and find someone to discuss the things I had just read. To be an optimist you don’t have to ignore the multitude of problems we create; you just have to imagine how much our ability to solve problems improves. In 100 years a lot of what we take to be true now will be proved to be wrong, maybe even embarrassingly wrong.You will thrive more — and so will others — when you promote what you love rather than bash what you hate.