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patbl 's review for:
No Excuses!: The Power of Self-Discipline
by Brian Tracy
No Excuses consists mainly of common-sense advice, exhortations to try harder, and a few plausible-sounding strategies that could actually be helpful. (Though the author will claim that these strategies are the only way to succeed, where success consists primarily in making a lot of money.) He backs up the advice with unrepresentative-sounding personal anecdotes, dubious factual claims, and folk psychology.
I was compelled to write this review when I read his claim that the average American's salt consumption exceeds the necessary amount by twenty pounds a year. In fact, the number is about two pounds. (The RDA is 2,300 mg of sodium per day, Americans consume 3,400 mg, and salt is about 40% sodium by weight.)
To lose weight, he recommends finding a picture of someone with your ideal image of how your body should look.
One more peeve: on the cover, "No Excuses!" is crossed out.
I was compelled to write this review when I read his claim that the average American's salt consumption exceeds the necessary amount by twenty pounds a year. In fact, the number is about two pounds. (The RDA is 2,300 mg of sodium per day, Americans consume 3,400 mg, and salt is about 40% sodium by weight.)
To lose weight, he recommends finding a picture of someone with your ideal image of how your body should look.
One more peeve: on the cover, "No Excuses!" is crossed out.