The I Factor™

Tenafly77

Posted on August 21, 2012 in Reader Reviews |

The most helpful self-help book I’ve read. Excellent book. Very to the point and written for intelligent people who are typically too busy to read self-help books (which means that they’re too busy to be intimate). This book made me realize how crucial intimacy is to contentment and meaning, and the only way to avoid loneliness. It made me realize that intimacy takes work and energy at home, with friends and at work.

The book doesn’t criticize or pass judgment. It just speaks plainly. Unlike other self-help books covering a narrow subject, it never gets redundant. It makes a key point and moves on. I appreciate the avoidance of personal anecdotes. Anecdotes in self-help books often seem contrived, and if the reader can’t relate to the anecdote, the point being made becomes irrelevant. Great idea to break up each point with a cartoon or quote. It clears the mind so that the reader can refocus on the next point quickly and helps move the book along.

I’m not rich, but I have everything I need and more than enough of things I want. This book made me realize that if I achieve a more intimate life (both receiving and providing more intimacy), I will truly have everything I could ever want. Or, stated conversely, if one’s life lacks intimacy, having everything else still leaves emptiness.

Tenafly77 // Aug 21 2012