The Me Myth - What do you mean its not all about me?

I've known people who struggled to write and release books, and on the back of the release got great jobs and were lauded for being experts, even though their own businesses failed, they couldn't make any money, and really became more-glorified-than-usual-employees.

Their brilliance is in leveraging the book to land a sweet job, and then using that to get to the next level of whatever their plans are. Generally speaking the books are terrible, and the passion that they had felt for their businesses originally is sucked up in their own myth of me: Becoming an influential person.

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Deep down, every person who runs a business wants to be an influential person. If they tell you they don't, they're lying. They do it as much for the attention as for any other reason, and being an influential person takes some of the pain out of the grind. Building a business is grinding. It's just like fishing in World of Warcraft for weeks on end so you can level up and get a horse so you can get around the world a bit faster, and it's not even as glamorous.

Plus, when you're an influence, you have more things to brag about than simply that you managed to keep your customers happy this week and haven't spent every cent you earned doing it. So, while that's probably a bit unfair to Mr Griffiths, who really does seem to have a genuine love for helping people as a result of his own life, this book does feel like it belongs to a pile of fading narratives whose worth isn't particularly high. Quite probably you will read this book and vehemently disagree with me.

And if so, that's awesome, because you really did need to read this book and you probably got a whole lot more out of it than me.

But in my case, I went in being promised something much more incisive and insightful than what it delivered. On the basis that this particular genre has many millions of titles, a whole lot of which are outstanding to read, I hesitate to recommend this to you unless you really are at the beginning of your journey. If you are familiar with Rohn, Robbins, Zigler, Tolle, or even the Dalai Lama, then I suggest you won't get anything new out of this except a desire to hear the stories that are hinted at but not told.

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Apr 11, Sheila rated it it was amazing Shelves: To say Andrew Griffiths has had an interesting life would be a serious understatement. Deserted by parents, abused by carers, and more, you could excuse him for feeling down on life. But instead he tells each chapter with an upbeat hope, ending with the sort of question that makes his tale apply to the boring everyday lives of his readers.

Then he challenges us to make the most of our lives. The comfortably familiar can hold a child back from hope, and an adult from learning to make something of To say Andrew Griffiths has had an interesting life would be a serious understatement. Challenge yourselves, the author tells his readers.

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Be specifically positive and thankful. Recognize pivotal moments as opportunities and be empowered. The voice is easy to read, neither overly personal, nor didactic. And the surprises keep each chapter fresh and new. How can a man deserted by his mother as a child still say his mother had the greatest influence on his life?

The Me Myth: What do you mean it's not all about me?

How can Zen calm collapse into a sea of rage and still win through? And where does empathy come from in such a situation? Each chapter illustrates a lesson with no sign-posts and no sense of forcing the reader to follow along. Life can be so much more fulfilling. Covering such topics as forgiveness, charity, communication, passion and more, with examples from a life well-lived, filled with adventure, wisdom, and lessons learned octopi have real beaks for example , this is a pleasingly readable book with great teaching, memorable aphorisms, and wonderful encouragement.

I found out it was free so I got it. Nov 14, Chris rated it liked it. It's a self-help book that's similar to other self-help books but uses the 'Me Myth' theme to try to distinguish itself.

In reality, of course, all self-help books are encouraging people to focus on themselves. The author had a very bad childhood the woman who bought him up was a monster but overcame it. I suspect that some parts were made up e. That's the sort of thing that I've read in American self-help books and I have a suspicion that he just copied the idea from one of them. Dec 14, Banafsheh Serov rated it liked it.

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As self-help books go, this is not one of the best. Griffiths is a successful entrepreneur who repeatedly reminds his readers of his humble beginnings. Drawn purely from his own life experiences, The Me Myth lacks the authority that comes from cumulative studies conducted by researchers and psychologists. If you have never read a self-help book before, then this one is not a bad one but be aware that it does have its short comings.

Oct 25, Tricia rated it really liked it. Easy to read, funny and light hearted.

Dennis rated it it was amazing Apr 04, Anita Oz rated it it was amazing Mar 13, Daniel Baker rated it it was amazing Nov 29, Nancy Beach rated it liked it Apr 21, Michele Davis rated it really liked it Oct 04, Marlin rated it really liked it Mar 10, Adam Jones rated it liked it Apr 06, Donna Ison rated it it was amazing Aug 06, Anisa Rocchi rated it liked it Apr 08, Alina Holloway rated it really liked it Dec 07, Yvette Moorman rated it liked it May 05, John David Olsen rated it really liked it Feb 01, Pyang rated it it was amazing Jan 18, Jasmine rated it it was amazing Aug 15, Christin rated it really liked it Mar 05, Alvin Tam rated it it was amazing Mar 07, Conrad Mason rated it it was ok Jan 21, Joyce Farrell rated it it was amazing May 20, Kathryn Kavanagh rated it it was amazing Apr 23, Dominic Babiera rated it liked it Apr 13, Andrew has taken what life has thrown at him and grown from it rather than letting it overwhelm him.

He started his first business at the age of seven when he sold newspapers in the red light district of Perth. Since then he has gone on to sell encyclopedias door-to-door, travelled the world as an international sales manager for a large Japanese shipping company, worked in the Great Sandy Desert for a gold exploration company, been a publisher, had his own scuba school and retail store, and worked as a commercial diver throughout Australia and Papua New Guinea. He has founded and run two boutique marketing and corporate communication firms in Australia.

The experiences and observations gained from working with hundreds of clients became the major catalyst in writing his series of business building books, Ways , which have been sold in 50 countries and translated into many languages. Any use of an author photo must include its respective photo credit Me Myth What do you mean it's not all about me?

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