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The author of the New York Times best-seller How Starbucks Saved My Life perks up America with inspiring lessons on finding true happiness at any age and any stage of life. In response to overwhelming requests from readers who wanted to know how they, too, could weather downturns, Michael Gill has distilled his experiences into fifteen meaningful lessons. Some of these include: leap with faith (Gill accepted his Starbucks job immediately on a whim), let yourself be helped (pride is even more paralyzing than fear), look with respect at every individual you see (realize the potential in all who cross your path), and lose your watch (and cell phone and PDA) (our obsession with productivity produces madness, not gladness). True fortune, Gill discovered, lies not in fate but in discovering the innate capacity we all possess to rescue ourselves.
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"Born with a silver spoon in his mouth, Gill managed to lose everything he had, then come back with a new appreciation for people and the ordinary moments of life. In his engrossing second book, he offers advice for weathering the downs…While other writers often weave too much ego into their message, Gill has created an engrossing work without boosting himself. Bound to please and encourage."
Library Journal
"[Michael Gill Gates'] gentle pacing and laid-back altruism give his narration an emotional depth. Vivid and powerful, these are ideas that most listeners will carry with them and want to hear again and again."
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"Whether or not you agree with his loss-is-more premise, it's hard not to be drawn to Gill and his message-he writes plainly and gracefully and is filled with a grateful, almost childlike wonder at how much he loves his simpler life."
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