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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 170.44
EAN: 9780425195437
ISBN: 0425195430
Label: Berkley Trade
Manufacturer: Berkley Trade
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 144
Publication Date: May 04, 2004
Publisher: Berkley Trade
Release Date: May 04, 2004
Sales Rank: 130873
Studio: Berkley Trade
Editorial Review:
Product Description:
These ten principles were first articulated by Kent Keith as a student at Harvard in the 1960s. Since then, unbeknownst to him, they were quoted, circulated, and appropriated by countless people around the world and back again. They even served as a source of inspiration for Mother Teresa. Now, here are his commandments, the philosophy behind them, and the stories that bring them to life.
The first five Paradoxical Commandments: People are illogical, unreasonable, and self-centered.
Love them anyway.
If you do good, people will accuse you of selfish ulterior motives.
Do good anyway.
If you are successful, you will win false friends and true enemies.
Succeed anyway.
The good you do today will be forgotten tomorrow.
Do good anyway.
Honesty and frankness make you vulnerable.
Be honest and frank anyway.
Amazon.com Review:
As the story goes, author Kent M. Keith was a sophomore at Harvard University in the 1960s when he first wrote 'The Paradoxical Commandments,' a manifesto about doing good in a crazy, ungrateful world. These commandments are the basis of his repackaged and expanded book Anyway. Since his Harvard days, Keith's commandments have taken on a life of their own. They have been quoted by the Boy Scouts of America and written on inspirational office memos, classroom handouts, and Internet sites around the world. They have even been discovered in Mother Teresa's children's home in Calcutta. Now Keith has stepped forward to explain his commandments and speak to his credo for doing 'the right thing.' Readers will probably recognize the commandments:
1. People are illogical, unreasonable, and self-centered. Love them anyway.
2. If you do good, people will accuse you of selfish ulterior motives. Do good anyway.
3. If you are successful, you will win false friends and true enemies. Succeed anyway.
4. The good you do today will be forgotten tomorrow. Do good anyway.
5. Honesty and frankness make you vulnerable. Be honest and frank anyway.
6. The biggest men and women with the biggest ideas can be shot down by the smallest men and women with the smallest minds. Think big anyway.
7. People favor underdogs but follow only top dogs. Fight for a few underdogs anyway.
8. What you spend years building may be destroyed overnight. Build anyway.
9. People really need help but may attack you if you do help them. Help people anyway.
10. Give the world the best you have and you'll get kicked in the teeth. Give the world the best you have anyway.
No doubt about it--these are provocative and encouraging statements, reminding us that there are no guarantees or tangible rewards for doing good in the world. Each commandment gets its own chapter, where Keith elaborates on the theme with personal anecdotes, famous stories, and advice. Though Keith is obviously a gifted and wise leader, the words and explanations surrounding each commandment often feel like overkill. As in Robert Fulghum's All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten, these guidelines ultimately make a better poster than a book. Even so, fans of the original 'Paradoxical Commandments' will certainly enjoy meeting the voice and integrity of the man behind the words. --Gail Hudson
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This is what I would label a "to feel good" book. Do these things and you will feel good about yourself. But do you really need a book to tell you how to act? In theory, they're lovely platitudes and you might have a brief period after reading them where you think of how you will put them into practice, if you're not already. A cynic by nature, I dare say that I don't believe all the little tales that went along with them but the tales in no way affect how you will feel toward the "commandments". ... Read More
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The author first articulated these principles in 1960 as a Harvard student and they have traveled the world many times over. The 10 paradoxical themes are so easy to understand, but oh so difficult to live by. This book explains that grace, wisdom and happiness come from facing the worst in our world with the best in ourselves. A 'must-read' book.
1. People are illogical, unreasonable, and self-centered.
Love them anyway.
2. If you do good, people will accuse ... Read More
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I'm not one for footprints in the sand type of lessons and I could never read The Greatest Salesman in the World for extra credit but I have the paradoxical commandments printed out and looking at them actually help to refocus me and to soothe me. It's about doing right without reward and worse, being bullied for it.
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I heard the poem over twenty years ago. I continue to here it in that context. Have since read the book "Anyways" as an individual and now hear both the writer and me. Reading it again with a small group, along with Scripture and people sharing life experiences and it is like seeing a new wider circle.
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This book was first given to me by the widow of the superintendant of the school district that i graduated from. Our superintendant was the most dedicated and gifted educator that you could ever know. At our graduation ceremony he would always read the 10 paradoxical comandments to the graduating class before we received our diplomas. At the time it seemed like just a nice thing to say and offered some inspiring words as we all moved on to the real world. Now that i am a teacher myself the words of this ... Read More
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