Stop Screaming at the Microwave: How to Connect Your Disconnected Life
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AN OVERFLOWING IN-BOX...AN OVERFLOWING SINK FULL OF DIRTY BREAKFAST DISHES...IS THIS WHAT THE EXPERTS MEAN BY "HAVING IT ALL"?
You've organized, prioritized, delegated, and simplified, and you still don't have enough time for your family, your spouse, your friends, your boss -- much less yourself! You're a veteran of the time-management wars, fighting for the life balance ideal -- and you're losing. So, short of quitting your job and running away from home, what do you do when you can't keep up? The answer, says Mary LoVerde, is to reach out and connect -- with loved ones, with colleagues, with yourself! Instead of wondering how you're going to get it all done, you'll master the connection solution by
If you're concerned about the quality of your home life, your work life, and your inner life, you're about to discover that connection works better than the fanciest daily planner you'll ever fall for. Toss out the to-do lists -- it's time to Stop Screaming at the Microwave...and connect!
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #612802 in Books
- Published on: 1998-09-16
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Binding: Paperback
- 256 pages
Editorial Reviews
Amazon.com Review
While many self-help books focus on how to organize, prioritize, and manage your time in order to operate at top efficiency, Stop Screaming at the Microwave takes a refreshingly different tack--slow down, start connecting with people, and learn how to feel good. This short but friendly abridged audiobook provides simple ideas to put you more in touch with your spouse, family, colleagues, and yourself, based on the philosophy that the more connected you are to others, the better you'll feel. Although you may have heard some of these ideas before, author Mary LoVerde reads them with an infectious enthusiasm that makes Stop Screaming a welcome change of pace for harried working people. (Running time: 1.5 hours, one cassette) --Sharon Griggins
Review
Brian Tracy Author of Maximum Achievement: Strategies and Skills That Will Unlock Your Hidden Powers to Succeed Your ability to focus on the things that really matter will contribute more to our happiness than any other thing you do. This is a wonderful book that gives you a series of practical, proven methods you can use to get more living out of life. -- Review
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Jack Canfield
Coauthor, Chicken Soup for the Soul
What a wonderful collection of simple, practical ways to reconnect deeply with people that matter in your life. I highly recommend this book.
Linda Ellerbee
Americans are desperately seeking ways to be good workers and good family members at the same time. Mary LoVerde has some first rate solutions, and she understands that "one size does not fit all." This book is about "fanning your flame." So what are you waiting for?
Ken Blanchard
Coauthor of The One Minute Manager
Stop Screaming at the Microwave! is a must read for everyone! It will help you balance the complicated and stressful lives we are all leading today.
Sam Horn
Author of Tongue Fu!
Erma Bombeck's spirit lives on in Mary LoVerde's funny, insightful book on how to balance your personal and professional life -- without losing your mind or your sense of humor. The thought-provoking, life-changing suggestions are illustrated with real-life stories that keep the pages turning and the reader motivated. Men and women, young and old, single and married will all benefit from the author's ideas on how to lead a more congruent life, now, not someday.
Brian Tracy
Author of Maximum Achievement: Strategies and Skills That Will Unlock Your Hidden Powers to Succeed
Your ability to focus on the things that really matter will contribute more to our happiness than any other thing you do. This is a wonderful book that gives you a series of practical, proven methods you can use to get more living out of life.
Paul Pearsall
Author of Heart's Code and The Pleasure Prescription
An inspirational book, filled with charm, wisdom and wit, reminding us how much we all need each other.
J. Nathan Hill
President, Novus, Greenwood Trust Company
I have stopped screaming at the microwave! Thanks to Mary LoVerde for bringing this much needed piece of work into our lives.
Mary Jones
President, Assoc. of Operating Room Nurses Acadiana Chapter
Stop Screaming at the Microwave! has had a profound and lasting
effect upon my life. Don't miss this incredible book. It can change
your life also!
Ron Benirschke
Former NFL Man of the Year
Mary LoVerde is one of the really special people in life...her wit, wisdom and practical ideas are what we all need, and I can't recommend her book highly enough for all of us boomers trying to 'keep it all together'.
Customer Reviews
Mary walks her talk.
Mary's book is on a subject that everyone is talking about ......being too busy, feeling disconnected, always on the run with too little time and a never ending to do list. Can we all relate or what? Probably one of the ideas I most liked about Stop Screaming at the Micro-Wave is Micro actions,......taking baby steps. Breaking a task or goal into little tiny micro actions to get the ball rolling,.....I find as I look at my goals and projects that I often get exhausted just thinking about all the steps that are necessary and get completely frozen in my tracks and never get started. I recently heard Mary speak at a local bookstore here in Denver explaining how she began writing this book. Mary said.."I would first pace around the computer, and than write one word..the...after doing that I thought well I wrote one word, I need to complete a sentence, well.....I wrote a sentence I guess I better write a paragraph, and before I knew it I wrote a page which turned into a paragraph and that is how I wrote my entire book.....one micro action at a time!!" Everything in this book I get a very strong sense that Mary walks her talk and has used these ideas not only on herself but her audience of thousands of people have given her postive feedback. If you are too busy use Mary's advice.....when you can't keep up! Connect! Mary's book is a great book this winter to snuggle up with on one of those winter nights you need to unplug the phone, turn off the television and shut the world off and read something that is going to make a difference in your life, make you laugh and see parts of yourself through out the book!!
A remarkable set of tools for today's hectic lifestyle
This book takes over where time management techniques end. Mary LoVerde has come up with a remarkable set of tools to deal with the hectic lifestyles we find ourselves in. Buy two copies, one for yourself and one to give as a gift to someone you love - it's that good!
You gotta be kidding me...
I bought this book because I've got too much to do and too little time. The author's suggestion for how to prioritize, when faced with a choice of things I want to do, things I need to do, people I need to connect with? Choose "people" every time! Well, that is a lovely thought, but she doesn't give a whole lot of advice on how to keep the rest of your life from going to the dogs while you spend all your time playing touchy-feely with your loved ones. LoVerde's imaginative solution to her own time crunch was to stop cooking. Marvelous option if you can afford to eat out every day, and don't care much about nutrition. Not a workable option for most of us out here in the real world.




