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Advice My Parents Gave Me: and Other Lessons I Learned from My Mistakes

3 Ratings: 4.3

A book by Rodolfo Costa

"409 thought-provoking ideas.Unassuming in its presentation,Advice My Parents Gave Me...is a reminder to readers not to judge something based on its appearance but rather on its content. --Hartford Books Examiner, John Valeri(edited by author)

Tags: Books, Self Help Books, Personal Growth

Author: Rodolfo Costa

Publisher: AuthorHouse

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review by duffbert. March 28, 2010

posted in Cafe Libri: Reviewing Books & More

Advice that can improve your outlook and performance in life...

In this short (120 pages), Rodolfo Costa has compiled a list of advice, sayings, and adages that he's learned over the years and that has improved his life... Advice My Parents Gave Me: and Other Lessons I Learned from My Mistakes. The style of the book isn't such that you get an in-depth examination of any particular element, nor is this a method to follow to get from A to Z. They're short numbered "bullet points" (409 in all) that will hit you at different levels depending on where you're at during … more

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review by CharlesAshbacher. January 27, 2010

posted in Cafe Libri: Reviewing Books & More

Advice worth hearing again and again and again

Any collection of items of good advice will contain something that you have heard before and the higher the quality of the collection the more repetition it will contain. For the best advice should be heard over and over again and is timeless. Given that as a premise, the statement that there is a lot in this book worth hearing again is the highest of compliments. Costa has done an excellent job in collecting pearls of wisdom that will indeed do what is stated on the front cover, "... help you lead … more

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review by gradyharp. January 24, 2010

Don't Judge a Book by its Cover

Were the casual reader to browse the shelves of books in the self help section of either brick and mortar bookstores or online resources such as Amazon.com, this little book would like go unnoticed. The cover is plain, not eye catching in design or in reaching out to the viewer, and would likely be passed over as yet another 'one man's guide to happiness'. And what a mistake that would be! ADVICE MY PARENTS GAVE ME AND OTHER LESSONS I LEARNED FROM MY MISTAKES may not grab the attention readily, … more

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