I don't particularly like giving negative reviews like this one, because I know that a lot of work usually goes into a book like this (even the reading of other peoples work can take a lot of time).
Clearly this author is NOT one of the many Kindle authors out there that are flooding the Internet with shallow ebooks just to try to make a fast buck writing superficial Kindle books. This author seems to have done a lot of reading of mainstream authors in the personal development field, and has built a website too (which is mentioned very frequently in the book). Thus I want to focus this review on the Kindle book itself.
I think the best single word I can use to describe the book is "routine", because I couldn't find anything particularly new, or original, or obviously engaging anywhere. The whole book is basically a rehash of all the usual topics that have been discussed for decades ever since the days of Napoleon Hill (or even earlier, if you include Arnold Bennett).
The author says to work to change your attitudes, believe that you can change, use positive self talk, avoid negative speech, use positive affirmations, look at your motives, use enthusiasm, have fun, exercise, visualize, and take a new action step in the direction of your new attitude. He says, if you are not living the life you want to live and doing the things you want to do, make different choices. (Isn't that really obvious to everyone already?)
All fine thoughts, but they did nothing for me, maybe because I've read the original works and found the originals much more motivating, and better written as well. Speaking of better written,
I think the Kindle book file is corrupted, because it kept bouncing me out around the series of self-assessment images in the book.
"The selected item could not be opened. If you purchased this item from Amazon, delete the item and download it from Archived items."
Probably I've said enough already. I certainly don't agree with the other 5 star reviewers. To me, the book seemed to be full of routine material on planning time, removing the usual time wasters, delegating tasks if you can, tracking your time for a few days in a daytimer, then analyzing it for improvement opportunities, etc.
At best, the book could probably be used as an overview of other people's work in the personal development field, but even then, I don't think it's particularly deep, full of content, or well written. I sure didn't find it motivational, although I do agree with many of the skills and techniques that the author calls for.
Would I recommend this book to anyone? No, probably not, unless it was an adult in their early 20's who had never read much in the personal development / goal setting field. Then it might be an inexpensive way to introduce the person to some of the main ideas in the field, so the person could go read deeper works elsewhere.
As a final note, I've read FAR worse Kindle books on goal setting and time management than this one. This one seemed quite routine (and sometimes tedious) to me, but it did have worthwhile content. The others were far worse, being very superficial in nature. So my unhappiness with this book is more about the routine, somewhat shallow, sometimes tedious writing, not so much about the content. I do think the original works and authors are better at their topics.
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