The Way of Ping: Journey to the Great/ A Frog in Search of a new Pond Hardcover – January 27, 2009

I really loved these books. You will be inspired to reach for the moon and not satisfied to just touch to stars. Everyone should have a dream, you can make yours come true. Reach beyond your own mind and realize that if you think you have reached your extreme . . . stretch yourself just a little more and take the leap. You can do it!!!

Hard cover booked which makes it even better to keep. Excellent continuation from the first installment. Really gets me thinking of what I might be missing when I don't take risks.

If you are looking for some motivation and creative spark, this is great book for you. As someone else said, this book is deceptively simple. It is so packed with truth you may begin to take it for granted and underestimate it's value. Pause a moment when you start to do that. We are creatures driven to consume consume consume - always wondering where our next bit of satisfaction is to be had. You will get more from this book, as well as Mr. Golds other books, if you read slowly and consider the words you are consuming. Great stuff.

I've read all of Stuart Avery Gold's books. I've followed his writings from his days as the COO of The Republic of Tea, when his mastery of words and creative media helped make that tea company into one of the most recognized brands in the world marketplace. That's what Stuart Avery Gold does everyday... he turns the ordinary into the extraordinary.His latest Ping adventure is a slender volume that can be quickly read, but can never be forgotten.The passages about climbing to the top... using trust and confidence... letting go... giving up one's safety net... about how the only real danger one has to fear is in not believing in your true self... these are just some of Gold's insights that will stay with me.This short book gave me a boost when I needed one."The Way of Ping" captured my imagination and my enthusiasm.Once again, this short but powerful quick-read is pure Gold. Stuart Avery Gold, that is. As Daikon would say, Stuart, "I get it... I get it." Well, I did get it. And, I thank you.

I am not one for "pop psychology" and I feel this book falls into that category. Everything that is talked about in this book seems to me to be common sense. I kept hearing things like "the other man's grass is always greener", "slow and steady wins the race"; empty platitudes that you hear often. I learned nothing new from reading this book.

Ping is intended to be a parable about 'realizing your true nature and never-ending potential.' An effective parable has literary merit, and is driven by metaphor. In this case, the story of frogs seeking enlightenment is a transparent vehicle to provide the hero, Ping, with opportunities to lecture on a kind of stew of Taoism, Buddhism, Zen, and Norman Vincent Peale. The writing is poor and the lectures are tedious.Sorry, but for this reader this is not a successful book.