Peaks and Valleys: Making Good And Bad Times Work For You--At Work And In Life

by Spencer Johnson M.D.

Hardcover, 2009

Status

Available

Call number

650.1

Description

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Who Moved My Cheese?, a brilliant new parable that shows readers how to stay calm and successful, even in the most challenging of environments. A young man lives unhappily in a valley. One day he meets an old man who lives on a mountain peak. At first the young man doesn't realize that he is talking to one of the most peaceful and successful people in the world. But in the course of further encounters and conversations, the young man comes to understand that he can apply the old man's remarkable principles and practical tools to his own life to change it for the better. Spencer Johnson knows how to tell a deceptively simple story that teaches deep lessons. The One Minute Manager (co-written with Ken Blanchard) sold 15 million copies and stayed on the New York Times bestseller list for more than twenty years. Since it was published a decade ago, Who Moved My Cheese? has sold more than 25 million copies. In fact there are more than 46 million copies of Spencer Johnson's books in print, in forty-seven languages--and with today's economic uncertainty, his new book could not be more relevant. Pithy, wise, and empowering, Peaks and Valleys is clearly destined to becomeanother Spencer Johnson classic.… (more)

Publication

Atria Books (2009), Edition: 1, 112 pages

User reviews

LibraryThing member tom.gsgc
A bit sophomoric and it doesn't provide any new or Earth-shattering insight. However, it succinctly categorizes methods of evaluating situations a person may feel are overwhelming and depressing. Nice quick read.
LibraryThing member OneWithGrace
A moral fable that helps us understand how to live more of our life on a peak and less in the valley.
LibraryThing member njmom3
A quick repetition of the fact that it is not our circumstances that define us but our response to those circumstances. A quick read and a quick reminder.
LibraryThing member GlennBell
This is a short book that uses a parable for explaining how to handle ups and downs in one's life. Although there is some truth to the concept that espoused by the author, I think the format is distracting. Albeit others such as John Bunyan have used this format, I actually did not like Pilgrim's
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Progress either. The concepts could have been explained simple and more succinctly.
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LibraryThing member realbigcat
Spencer Johnson is know for his short fable type books to provide inspiration and self help. Peaks and Valleys follows in the same mold. The premise is a young man who travels to a high peak and meets an old man who is very wealthy and wise. The old man educates him on how to navigate the highs and
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lows the peaks and valleys of work and life. There are a lot of good thoughts and messages but nothing earth shattering. I enjoyed it but probably just as much because it was a short read.
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Language

Original language

English

Physical description

112 p.; 8.44 inches

ISBN

1439103259 / 9781439103258

Barcode

4716
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