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Overcoming life-changing setbacks
Over the years I have read hundreds of self help and self improvement books.
I've read many of those books because of my professional role as a book reviewer and freelance writer.
But I've also actively sought out those particular types of books because I just enjoy reading them too.
One such book, however, clearly stands out from the rest.
'Don't Give Up!' has been written by Paul Hanna, one of Australia's best known motivators, who is also the best selling author of 'You Can Do It!'
What makes 'Don't Give Up!' so significantly different to a lot of other self-help books is that it doesn’t 'preach' to you, or 'talk down' to you. There are no platitudes in this book.
Rather, it is a highly personal, honest, gutsy and open account of how Paul Hanna himself had to overcome three major setbacks in his own life:
A horrific accident that broke his back in three places.
A struggle against becoming bankrupt.
And dealing with the dark cloud of depression.
Hanna's strong determination to fight back from the problems he was facing comes through on every page of his book that you read.
And his 'will to succeed' is infectious. You're left with the empowering feeling that if he can win against the odds then so can you too, whatever your own personal or business problems may be!
But be prepared. Once you start reading this book, it's hard to put down.
In fact, I read it in just a couple of sittings over a weekend.
You keep coming back to the book because you want to find out what happens next.
But more importantly, you want to learn the secrets of how Paul was able to successfully overcome the major challenges that had overtaken his life.
In the introduction to 'Don't Give Up!', Hanna writes:
'I want this book to motivate and uplift you, whatever the problems you are dealing with. I want you to be inspired to not let a crisis spiral into a negative cycle in your life, but to learn lessons from your experience and turn it into a positive'.
I believe that Hanna has more than achieved those goals with 'Don't Give Up!' It's a book that I can highly recommend to you.
In conclusion, Paul Hanna himself best sums up his own book when he says that it's 'all about turning your life around, one step at a time'.
'It’s about never, ever giving up, even when things look hopeless and that's all you want to do'.
'But more than anything else, 'Don't Give Up!' is about believing in the fighting spirit that lies within us all'.
For more information about Paul Hanna and his book, 'Don't Give Up!', click here