Quote: I finished PM, I found it very repetive and confusing but I did figure out that you cannot be so dependent on your spouse for your happiness.
I too find it repetitive but I think there is a method to his madness. I think each time he re-visits the core concepts in his philosophy, he adds another layer of explanation, fleshing it out a little more until the picture becomes clear. For me, I need this because his concepts are pretty confusing and deep at times.
Like with most self-help books I have read, it's that overall concept that is important. With DB/DR, it is the no R talk, personal growth. With 5 Love Languages it is the fact that we often give what we want in terms of love and it's important to give our spouse the kind of love THEY want. With the 4 Agreements we learn what it means to try to live within ourselves and not take other people's words/actions to heart. Getting the Love you want is all about the more Freudian approach that we choose partners that either complement or fill the gaps left in us by our childhood and The Little Book of Letting Go is all about how to not let things get to you.
Again, the overall concepts are what is important and the 300 or so pages it takes to communicate that concept are what it takes to get it through our thick skulls.
I will say, kinda backtracking a bit, that DB/DR do seem to have more than just a core set of concepts to offer but then again, I guess I have paid more attention to them than the others.
