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Way to Be!: 9 Rules For Living the Good Life by [Gordon B. Hinckley, Steve Young]

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From one of the world's foremost spiritual leaders, an inspiring book that provides young adults and their parents with a game plan for leading a better life.

This inspiring, upbeat, life-affirming book shows teenagers and their families how to navigate through the moral minefields of contemporary life and how to truly enjoy the opportunities and blessings that the modern world has to offer.

Drawing upon his faith as well as his personal experience, Gordon B. Hinckley provides his readers with a game plan for discovering and embracing the things in life that are valuable and worthwhile. He shows how our lives are shaped by the decisions we make every day about personal behavior -- and he shows how to make the right decisions with the help of nine guiding principles.

With its vivid anecdotes, invaluable precepts, and timeless wisdom, Way to Be! will be a source of both inspiration and practical advice for young people everywhere who want to lead better, fuller, more satisfying lives.

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9 December 2009
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Steve Young

Former quarterback for the San Francisco 49ers.

"Way to Be" is more than any playbook I ever had in the NFL, because it will help you avoid life's fumbles and interceptions. And that is because it is counsel from someone who is wise, someone who has your best interests at heart, someone who wants only for you to be happy and find true joy. It is like getting plays called in from the sideline by an exceptional coach who knows which plays to call when the going gets tough and the game is on the line.

Steve YoungFormer quarterback for the San Francisco 49ers."Way to Be" is more than any playbook I ever had in the NFL, because it will help you avoid life's fumbles and interceptions. And that is because it is counsel from someone who is wise, someone who has your best interests at heart, someone who wants only for you to be happy and find true joy. It is like getting plays called in from the sideline by an exceptional coach who knows which plays to call when the going gets tough and the game is on the line.

Steve Young Former quarterback for the San Francisco 49ers. Way to Be is more than any playbook I ever had in the NFL, because it will help you avoid life's fumbles and interceptions. And that is because it is counsel from someone who is wise, someone who has your best interests at heart, someone who wants only for you to be happy and find true joy. It is like getting plays called in from the sideline by an exceptional coach who knows which plays to call when the going gets tough and the game is on the line.

--This text refers to an alternate kindle_edition edition.

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Gordon Bitner Hinckley is the world leader of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, of which he was ordained the fifteenth ]resident in 1995. He and his wife, Marjorie Pay Hinckley, live in Salt Lake City and have five children. --This text refers to an alternate kindle_edition edition.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Simon & Schuster (9 December 2009)
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Rose Lamb Mackenzie

Very well written

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 25 November 2013

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I thoroughly enjoyed this book and gave it to others who again were pleased with it. However it is aimed at teenagers which I don't think is so clear in advertising but that didn't bother me seen as I happen to be a teenager

Kendal Brian Hunter

"Be" Attitudes!

Reviewed in the United States on 8 August 2002

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This is quite a friendly book. It has very soft and relaxing pictures that match its soft and reassuring message. Admittedly, this book has a pastoral feel to it, and isn't a deep theological work. Some people see things work in practice, and wonder if they can work in theory. This book is very practical.
It is directed to the youth of the world, primarily pre-teen and teenagers, but I believe it works for anyone of any age. In it, President Hinckley outlines nine "Ways to Be." In this sense, it is a youth edition of this "Standing For Something," which lists ten virtues for adults.
The nine "Ways to Be" are:
Be Grateful.
Be Smart.
Be Involved.
Be Clean.
Be True.
Be Positive.
Be Humble.
Be Still.
Be Prayerful.
Each chapter discusses why these virtues-or "be-attitudes"-are important, and how we can live these virtues. President Hinckley's strength is that he uses homespun examples, and simple language, much like the Bishop Bienvenu in "Les Miserables."
Sometimes, getting to heavy with doctrine, such as Elder Bruce R. McConkie or Thomas Aquinas taught, can put people off and be counter-effective. However, President Hinckley keeps the language simple, clear, and very prophetic.
I found his chapter on "Be Still" to be intriguing. It is said that religion is the opiate of the masses, except in Utah where it is an amphetamine. The opening ceremonies at the 2002 Winter Olympics was done by local volunteers. However, President Hinckley encourages us to seek the quieter times and places in our lives. It reminds me of Jesus Christ seeking places of solitude during his ministry. It sticks in my mind because it is so unusual.
I think the most enchanting thing about the book is that it is affirming. There isn't any negativity, doom and gloom, or hellfire and damnation, but a clear message of what we individually do within our spheres of action and in life.

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Kendal Brian Hunter

"Simple Truth Miscalled 'Simplicity.'" Sonnet 66

Reviewed in the United States on 6 September 2002

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This book is geared towards the youth and teenagers, and is a companion volume to President Hinckley's "Standing For Something." So don't expect the King Follet Discourse when you read this book. Instead expect straight talk and simple language about what the youth can do about improving the world.
I found this book to be refreshing in that it focuses on the way youth need to be, and what they can do to themselves to improve. It doesn't advocate the type of "Superman" activism, where people go off to other lands for a certain amount of time and solve everyone else's problems. Nor does the book rely on political-governmental solutions to the world's problems. Instead, President Hinckley suggests nine habits, or virtues, that the youth can incorporate in their lives to help change themselves.
This is a quiet book. It doesn't advocate a new government bureaucracy, or tax cut to solve the problems the youth are facing. It suggests the simple and soft things we can do to make a difference. Much like the three servings of leaven that filled the whole loaf.

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The Eye

Good stuff!

Reviewed in the United States on 8 August 2007

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I appreciate Gordon B. Hinckley's no-nonsense (and simple) way of tackling moral issues and codes of conduct. Can one's conduct be forever impacted by living simple principles? Yes. Does that mean adopting the list of "BEs" Gordon B. Hinckley presents as one's personal code of conduct eliminate all of life's problems? No. I don't think that argument was made. I am glad that there are still individuals who reject the idea that codes of conduct don't have a place in modern society. Our world would be far better off if the "BEs" were universally adopted as the way to be.

I am dismayed that there are even a few negative reviews of this book. One reviewer called its contents "fluff." That comment was very telling. I suppose, like everything else in life, one receives what one is ready to to receive.

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Tom

Inspirational!

Reviewed in the United States on 28 November 2016

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This is the first book I've read by Hinckley and it was fantastic! Way to Be! is a quick read and the writing style reminds me of C.S. Lewis; I plan on re-reading this book several times in the future to fully digest all the knowledge and experience that is shared in this book. Way to Be! is aimed at youth but the messages it gives are applicable to people in all stages of life.

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