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Five Good Minutes: 100 Morning Practices To Help You Stay Calm & Focused All Day Long | 
 enlarge | Authors: Jeffrey, M.d. Brantley, Wendy Millstine, Wendy-o Matik
Publisher: New Harbinger Publications
Category: Book
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Rating:  14 reviews
Sales Rank: 102372
Media: Paperback
Edition: 1
Pages: 235
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 6 x 5.9 x 0.7
ISBN: 1572244143
Dewey Decimal Number: 158.12
EAN: 9781572244146
ASIN: 1572244143
Publication Date: April 15, 2005
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Amazon.com Review
Feeling overwhelmed on a daily basis is no fun for anyone, but changing your mindset requires time that just doesn't exist. Or does it? Five Good Minutes claims time can be found, and backs up that claim with 100 simple exercises that help get your day off to a better start. Dr. Jeffrey Brantley (Calming Your Anxious Mind) has created easy ways of modifying things you already do every day--like taking a shower--into moments that combine grateful awareness with deep relaxation. Most of the exercises begin with what the author calls "breathing mindfully", and learning that technique is the only item in the book that might take more than five minutes. The nine-step instructions for a basic form of meditation are easy to follow, but could take a little practice if you're a newcomer to such techniques. You're also encouraged to use other techniques you're already familiar with that create a similar feeling of calm centeredness. The exercises are arranged in broad categories like "peaceful awareness" and "growing wiser and kinder", allowing you to follow along through the book or skip around to the most appealing ones. Each one--from giving yourself a quick foot massage and a hug to paying special attention to your first sip of tea or coffee in the morning--is aimed at creating a short moment of peace and happiness in your otherwise frantic day. And hopefully you'll find that the five-minute exercise creates a lasting feeling of well-being that allows you to reconnect with the joy hiding in your busy schedule. Jill Lightner
Product Description
What difference can five minutes make in the crazy, nonstop course of a sixteen-hour day? For people feeling overwhelmed with responsibility, bored with the same tired routine, or frustrated about how to create meaning in their lives, a little time well spent can lead to extraordinary changes. This book shows readers how to dramatically improve their lives in just a few moments each day. The concept is powerfully simple: Readers take the time each morning to be fully present, to set a clear intention for themselves, and to really engage in any of 100 fun and easy-to-follow practices. Soon they will discover that amazing things can happen in just five minutes. The book provides guided imagery, relaxation, mindfulness, and meditation practices-fun activities that relieve stress and create meaning and purpose in the reader's day. These practices help readers feel good, get motivated, and become inspired to change their lives for the better. Over time, these activities become guideposts readers will return to throughout the day, providing energy and inspiration when they need them most. In other words, the time readers of this book take for themselves in the morning might just be the five good minutes that change their lives.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 9 more reviews...
 Dull and repetitive December 23, 2007
TheCafeWriter (Chicago, IL USA)
8 out of 9 found this review helpful
I was really looking forward to reading this book, but when I finally did, it was a huge disappointment. "5 Good Minutes" should be "5 Good Pages," which is about as long as this book should have been. It's dull, suprisingly repetitive, and boils down to one word: Mindfulness. If there weren't already a dozen very good, well-known books on this subject that are more approachable, applicable and practical, I may have given it more stars. On the other hand I may not have, since the prose is as lackluster as the content. I've never seen an author make mindfulness and meditation sound so boring before.
I also got "5 Good Minutes in the Evening" at the same time. It was almost exactly the same, and so was my reaction to it.
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Kuei-mei Vinson-peng (Texas)
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 Small time investment can create BIG changes! October 25, 2007
Mollie Marti (Midwest USA)
Little things can make a big difference. Yes, investing as little as five minutes a day can make substantial positive changes in your life. And these exercises really can be done in five minutes - even the "busiest" people can carve out this small time to invest in themselves.
This book provides a solid introduction to mindfulness and 100 different practices to get your day started in a positive way or use throughout your day. It's small, portable and easy to read. Work through it start to finish or just open to any of its short chapters and try the given exercise with an open mind.
This book will bring home the lesson that you can't give away what you don't have. Use this book as a tool to create more for yourself and to give to loved ones in your life. Recommended both for readers and as a great gift book.
Mollie Marti, Ph.D., J.D.
Author, Selling: Powerful New Strategies for Sales Success
great read August 16, 2007
Loretta Ruffolo (Chicago, IL)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I love this book. It offers great ways to stay calm & focused in just five minutes.
Take five mnutes to get this book! May 31, 2007
Blaine Greenfield (Belle Meade, NJ)
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
Can five minutes make a difference in your life?
The answer is a resounding YES, according to authors
Jeffrey Brantley and Wendy Millstone in FIVE GOOD
MINUTES IN THE MORNING (see also Section 2)--a most
informative book that is filled with suggestions on what
can be accomplished in such a brief period of time.
To begin with, you should start with mindful breathing and
follow that with mindful listening . . . you are then ready
to act wholeheartedly, in which you do something with
all your attention and energy.
The authors give you a choice of 100 different practices, any
and/or all of which can be used to get your day off to a
great start . . . some of them may some basic, but methinks
if you actually tried to implement at least some of them,
you couldn't find a better way to begin start your day.
Or in certain instances, end it as was the case with the
following exercise that I've already started to put to good use:
If you inherited the worry wart gene, then you're well versed
in the mental ruminations that can plague a quiet night at home.
You worry about the strange ticking noise that the car started
making. You worry about an awkward conversation you had
with your boss. You may find yourself on a hamster wheel of
worries, running in circles but not making any forward progress
at all.
The following practice will help you stop spinning your wheels
and let go of those bothersome thoughts.
1. Begin by making a mental or written list of all your worries,
large or small, rational or far-fetched.
2. Visualize or find a small wastepaper basket or box in
which you can stash your worries.
3. Imagine tearing off each individual concern or fear and tossing
it into your storage bin. If you've made a written list, go ahead
and actually do this.
4. Say these words out loud: "I am letting go of these
nagging thoughts. Some are important and some are not.
But right now, I am reclaiming my right to enjoy life, live
fully, and feel safe and secure tonight."
Today, let me add one more exercise to the aforementioned
100; i.e., take the time today to get your own copy of FIVE
GOOD MINUTES . . . this slight investment will pay itself
back many times over.
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