Too Soon Old Too Late Smart, Gordon Livingston
Too Soon Old Too Late Smart, Gordon Livingston
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Too Soon Old Too Late Smart
Thirty True Things You Need to Know Now

Author: Gordon Livingston

Narrator: James Jenner

Unabridged: 4 hr 36 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 10/25/2005

Categories: Nonfiction, Self-help


Synopsis

Psychiatrist Gordon Livingston presents 30 truths about life and human relationships he has gleaned from more than 30 years of experience listening to his patients' trials and tribulations. Too Soon Old, Too Late Smart addresses the nature of personal success and the many ways to avoid the entanglements of self-imposed unhappiness. From serving in Vietnam to experiencing the deaths of two children, Livingston has faced life at its most difficult and emerged to share these lifeaffirming truths: we are what we do; only bad things happen quickly; the statute of limitations has expired on most of our childhood traumas. These and other hard-earned truths are presented in clear, compelling prose sure to change the lives of readers everywhere.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Kevin on September 03, 2019

Chicken Soup for the Soul … but Missing a Few Noodles Dr. Gordon Livingston, psychiatrist, imparts his 30 pearls of wisdom in this short pithy book. He has had his share of suffering and scar tissue. Within a 13-month period, one of his sons committed suicide and another died in an accident. Plus, th......more

Goodreads review by Lawrence on July 01, 2010

Dr. Livingston is a practicing psychiatrist. His book provide outstanding insights into recognizing our problems and improving our life situation. It would be virtually impossible for anyone to read his book without recognizing themselves in it many times over. I have included my Amazon review of th......more

Goodreads review by Mark on July 21, 2016

This is a terrific book, packed with wisdom. Moreover, it's an easy read, in thirty bite-sized nuggets. No word of a lie: this book will help you make sense of your life - from past to present - and to move on and make the most of it. Without spoiling it for you, the author has had quite an incredibl......more

Goodreads review by Syeda on June 30, 2019

A good read for sure. In few chapters, the title and main body seems a little un-correlated. But even the titles of each chapter gave me something to think about, and in a good way. Unlike a lot of such books, this one did not seem to be written in a preachy manner which was nice. It was more like l......more

Goodreads review by Diane on April 19, 2009

"Out of a lifetime of experience, Livingston has extracted thirty bedrock truths: We are what we do. Any relationship is under the control of the person who cares the least. The perfect is the enemy of the good. Only bad things happen quickly. Forgiveness is a form of letting go, but they are not th......more