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| Just Who Will You Be?: Big Question. Little Book. Answer Within. (ROUGHCUT) | 
 enlarge | Author: Maria Shriver
Publisher: Hyperion
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  74 reviews
Sales Rank: 1836
Media: Hardcover
Edition: Reprint
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 112
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.7
Dimensions (in): 7 x 5.1 x 0.5
ISBN: 1401323189
Dewey Decimal Number: 170.44
EAN: 9781401323189
ASIN: 1401323189
Publication Date: April 15, 2008
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| Customer Reviews:
 Just ok August 22, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I've been reading different books to help me answer questions like what do I want? Who do I want to be? Where did I get lost? How can I stay happy? For this reason, I found and read this book. Among the other books I read, this one provided one key answer to the question "how do I know what I really want for my life?". And this answer could be found easily in other books. Tsuang Tse and Confucius had given the same answer: by listening to your heart, by following your heart, you will know what you really want. Confucius even told following your breathe will help yourself find what you really want for your life. Obviously, Maria Shriver didn't do much readings in such topics during those years when she was lost. However, she was able to find the same answer by herself and shared it in her book. In my opinion, this is the only valuable point of her book and it's been in other theories or philosophies. The only other info I found useful was the list of question in the end of the book. Other than that, I have to say this book is only good for students that just came out of schools.
Knowing following my heart was the solution. But I didn't know how to follow my heart or "listen to" my heart. I then found Stephanie Dowrick's Choosing Happiness: Life & Soul Essential. Almost each sentence of this book is wise. I found this book on google's book web, read a few pages of the book and ordered it on Amazon. I am glad that I found this book.
who will you be is a question for our lifetime.... September 19, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Early in my life (I am in my 70's), I read a book entitled "Man's Search for Himself", by Rollo May, actually having bought it as a gift to my husband. I ended up reading it and re-reading it several times over my life. Yet, when I read Maria Shriver's little book "Just Who Will You Be?", I was inspired to ponder my purpose once again. In addition, I have decided to gift this little book to my eight grandchildren (high school and college age) plus my daughters along with a "blank book" suggesting they begin their own "story."
Maria Shriver is a most interesting, impressive and insightful woman and I for one, am so glad she is a writer and that those of us who read can be encouraged to be "more." Thank you Maria!
 very small book October 1, 2008
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
I was hoping to give this book to my daughter who just entering college for the second time after taking a year off. I really didn't find it as inspirational as I thought it would be. Maria seems like a lovely person but I really didn't feel like her "problems" were "real world" like the majority of America's citizen's issues thus the book really didn't inspire me enough to give it to her. I'll donate it to the public library. perhaps someone else will be inspired!
 Nourishment for your soul May 27, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Never heard of this book before seeing it at the supermarket, then based on its title, I assumed it was fluff. I picked it up anyway, and read the entire book right there in the store. It's a very quick read, yet it delivered a very powerful message that reached me on many levels. It's not a simple "I'm ok, you're ok" book, it's much more than that. And, it made me smile, tear up, and feel at peace all within 20 minutes.
I bought it mainly for my son who will be a high school senior next year and the length is perfect. It's short enough that he will actually read it and it's substantive enough that he'll get something out of it.
It's an important read for folks of every age because, as Maria points out, life is about evolving and changing. Just because we may not be who we'd like to be, or we may have hit a dead end, that does not mean we can't turn around and try an entirely new path and become who we truly strive to be.
I've tried to instill in my kids that WHO they are is much more important than WHAT they are, and it's always so nice when someone else says what your mom says! But beyond that, the author shares a lot of herself, including her own inability to always know the answer to the question she asks. I was especially pleased to read her discussion on how the #1 goal of youth today is to become famous just for the sake of fame, especially when she hammered home how vapid a goal that is. In this over-exposed, fame-obsessed world, this inspirational and thought provoking book is a pocket guide on how to be the best person you can be, and it should be read over and over throughout your life.
Fantastically inspiring July 8, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is a wonderful book and I cannot recommend it highly enough. It's inspiring and thought provoking, taking you beyond "me" to "we" and then back to "me" again in a fascinating study of how none of us are ever finished growing and developing. Its words empower you to change and grow no matter what your age or situation. It's short and sweet, but full of wisdom. I read it in under an hour (so no excuses that you are too busy!), and I know I will refer to it again and again. If you are experiencing change in your life (and who isn't these days?) this is definitely the book for you.
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