Robert

Written with the formal Zen practitioner mind, but if you wish to read the tao te ching, you must find a different version. Jane English's, is the only other one I have read and would recommend it highly. As it is accurate

The author "Zen"ed up the story. To much of the translator not enough Tao

The author did depart from all other translators and use she, rather then he. I found this change to be wonderful and useful.

The book ends very VERY poorly. With some woman yelling at you about audio books and children. like being thrown in ice cold water. It hurts

This is very difficult material, and the Author takes YOU right into the story. Standing around the water cooler chatting with friends. Dan takes his time teaching you words, ideas, and making it all flow in a wonderful way that will allow time to digest as you learn

Dan constantly draws you into the book with actual examples. You become a test subject, and you participate in the research. This is painful at times, many times you don't want it to be real. But you experience it.

This book calls into question just about everything you "know." My reaction was not extreme but the change from reading the book was.

There are many books in the brain science category now. This book, "brain rules", and "the brain that changes itself" are all 6 star books. This book is the most "difficult" and covers the most controversial topics. This book also comes with a PDF. That is mentioned about 20 times in the reading. I did not use the PDF, and the author goes over them verbally after each is mentioned. My brother used the PDF and found it very useful, but you can get by. Just wait and Dan will walk you through it.

Chris needed to focus more on racing and not his record in racing

No. The writing suffered from being in the first person, and came across very negative and preachy. Chapter after chapter the rant continued. And chapter after chapter he keeps telling you and telling you and telling you how great he is. To sum it up: he is great, and won a lot more then anyone else.

Well, I came into the book with no Idea who Chris was. I learned that he is an amazing athlete, and in 3 sports! But the more I listen the less of an amazing person he became. I kept listening in the hopes that the main character would grow up a bit and learn something from his suffering/racing. I stopped reading about 4 hours in. Which would have put me somewhere in the bike part of the race.

The ranting Chris.

If you are an age grouper. Or someone who wants positive motivation about the sports you love. Skip this book and find another. This book is about winning. And winning can only be shared by one man... Chris...