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John Strelecky

Författare till The Why Are You Here Café

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Inkluderar namnen: John Strelecky, John P. Strelecky

Foto taget av: Best-selling author and creator of the Big Five for Life concept By Danberg&danberg. - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=69668821

Verk av John Strelecky

The Why Are You Here Café (2003) — Författare — 379 exemplar
The Big Five for Life (2008) 122 exemplar
Life Safari (2007) 41 exemplar
O Café no Fim do Mundo (2022) 3 exemplar
How to be Rich and Happy (2009) 1 exemplar
Veľká životná päťka (2021) 1 exemplar

Taggad

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Födelsedag
1969-09-13
Nationalitet
USA

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Será que algum ser humano chega à idade adulta sem colocar a questão “Porque estou aqui?” nem que seja uma vez na vida?

Parece-me inverosímil que não. Contudo, esta é a premissa deste livro. A personagem principal é um homem adulto que se encontra num café onde lhe é apresentado um menu, com 3 questões para refletir enquanto aguarda o seu pedido.

O ar confuso que adopta constantemente e a forma condescendente como é tratado pelos diferentes personagens, fez-me revirar tantas vezes os olhos que temi uma lesão.

Se nunca refletiu sobre o sentido da vida, força! Leia o livro. Mas se é alguém que procura aprofundar este tema, receio que mal dê para molhar os pés. Vá em busca de águas mais profundas.
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MJFPalma | Jan 2, 2023 |
Weil er sich verfahren hat gelangt der gestresste Werbemanager John in einer ihm unbekannten Gegend in ein amerikanisches Diner namens "Café der Fragen". Auf der Speisekarte entdeckt er die Fragen "Warum bist du hier?", "Hast du Angst vor dem Tod?" und "Führst du ein erfülltes Leben?".

Der Rest des Buches beschäftigt sich mit der Beantwortung dieser Fragen und bietet sohin eine philosophische Auseinandersetzung mit dem Zweck der menschlichen Existenz, dem Sinn des Lebens und der Suche nach bestmöglicher Erfüllung. Streleckys Werk ist mehr als Ratgeber denn als Roman zu verstehen und rückt Selbstbestimmung und -verwirklichung in den Mittelpunkt. Dem Autor ist daran gelegen, dem Leser aufzuzeigen, dass ein Ausbrechen aus dem Hamsterrad des alltäglichen von vielen unbefriedigend empfundenen (Arbeits-)Alltag möglich und sinnvoll ist. Strelecky gibt wertvolle Denkanstöße, hat das Rad jedoch keineswegs neu erfunden. Manche Lebensweisheiten kommen einem längst bekannt vor, andere wiederrum sind zumindest zu hinterfragen, da er das Individuum zu stark betont und so den notwendigen Blick aufs gesellschaftliche Ganze ausklammert.

Summa summarum ist das schmale Gute-Laune-Büchlein dennoch wert gelesen zu werden, da es Fragen stellt, die es wert sind, beantwortet zu werden.
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schmechi | 11 andra recensioner | Nov 30, 2022 |
John has taken a week's vacation and is taking a road trip. John has tired of the wait for a traffic stoppage due to an accident on the interstate crossing the median to travel a different route. As miles pass, hunger elevates, and fuel diminishes. John knows he is lost and is relieved to see a diner up ahead with an unusual name, "The Café of Questions." John was seeking food for his hunger, but in addition to specials of the day, the café menu lists 3 questions all diners are to consider.
1) Why are you here?
2) Do you fear death?
3) Are you fulfilled?
With the help of the chef, waitress, and other customers, John ponders answers he'd never taken the time to ask himself.

This year I have participated in all of the Kindle Challenges. The "Year End Challenge" began on October 1st and ends December 31st. Throughout the challenges, a series of mystery challenges are revealed on different dates. On November 7th, the mystery reveal unlocked to read a "Great on Kindle" book before December 31st. I chose the book by John Strelecky. Without the challenge's prompt, I would not have selected this book to read.

My review will be 3 questions and 3 answers.
1) Do you like to read self-help books? No
2) Would you give this book as a gift? No
3) Would you recommend this book? No
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FerneMysteryReader | 11 andra recensioner | Nov 12, 2022 |
Disclaimer: Received this as a present - usually this immediately feels like a book i would never buy so I am definitely biased her.

In my personal opinion this book is a collection of platitudes. Sometimes you can find a interesting thought in it but as it is written quite poorly and feels so badly constructed it is quite annoying. Good thing - you rarely need a day to finish it. I am also not sure whether everyone really needs to focus his or her life on success…
 
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iffland | 4 andra recensioner | Mar 19, 2022 |

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Verk
39
Medlemmar
702
Popularitet
#36,077
Betyg
½ 3.4
Recensioner
21
ISBN
78
Språk
13
Favoritmärkt
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