Life's Greatest Lessons: 20 Things That Matter
Life's Greatest Lessons: 20 Things That Matter book cover

Life's Greatest Lessons: 20 Things That Matter

Hardcover – May 3, 2005

Price
$12.03
Format
Hardcover
Pages
240
Publisher
Fireside
Publication Date
ISBN-13
978-0743274173
Dimensions
6.5 x 0.9 x 8.3 inches
Weight
9.9 ounces

Description

About the Author Hal Urban was a high school teacher for many years and also taught at the University of San Francisco. He is a well-known leader in the Character Education movement and is in constant demand as a speaker at national conferences and school and community events. He raised three sons as a single father, and now lives in Redwood City, California, with his wife, Cathy.

Features & Highlights

  • Life's Greatest Lessons
  • is a wise, wonderful book. In it, Hal Urban, a parent and an award-winning teacher, presents twenty principles that are as deeply rooted in common sense as they are in compassion. The topics, gathered from a lifetime of teaching both children and adults, span a wide range of readily understood concepts, including attitudes about money, understanding the real meaning of "success," and the importance of having fun. The book will help you find the best -- in the world, in others, and in yourself. Classic in its simplicity and enduring in its appeal,
  • Life's Greatest Lessons
  • helps us all rediscover that the desire to live a good life is timeless.

Customer Reviews

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A great foundation for further exploration

I found this book to be both inspirational and educational.
Inspirational : I found myself connecting to Urban's life story and was inspired to do several of the excercises he recommends. The book is very well written and requires alot of introspection after reading. For every lesson, I found myself reading, re-reading, and re-re-reading. I read this with a pen in hand and jotted down thoughts as I read. After re-reading my thoughts on each section, I started to think deeply of what matters in my life and was inspired to think of my actions, thoughts, beliefs, etc. in a different way.
Educational: A great aspect of this book is the way Urban injects the works of so many other authors into his own. I found myself writing down the names and titles of many of Urban's cited works. His use of other's ideas to further explain and strenghten his own motivated me to further my knowledge base on the subject. For an author to actively tell the reader to go and look for other's insight only proves to me the author's good intentions and credibility.
Overall - I highly recommend this to anyone who is looking for some help on the road of life. Urban does a great job explaining his 20 lessons, and he does an even better job in making the reader want to think about his or her own goals and rules of life.
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Five Stars

Great condition. Excellent price.
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Amazing book that should be a must read for every single person out there

If they were to have students in school read this book, I would be super happy because the entire book is so raw and real. It's literally the greatest lessons in life and I love how well Hal Urban explains them and even relates his own circumstances to them.

The book's great because it's basically made into a list of 20 things so it's an easy read here and there if you just want to read one chapter at a time. I seriously will read this book again and again just to remind myself about the important stuff!