Book Reviews
What People Say
“A ‘must read’ for anyone who wants to build resilience and achieve peak performance.”
As the CEO of a fast-growing technology company, I read 80 books a year to learn, grow, develop new skills and maintain my competitive advantage.
Kristin MacDermott’s “It Takes Two Minutes” is one of the best books I’ve ever read and is at the top of my recommendation list.
Resiliency is a must for anyone who wants to achieve peak performance and create meaningful results. In business and in life, the ability to masterfully deal with adversity, see opportunities where others see defeat and move forward no matter what is essential to living a successful and fulfilling life.
This book delivers practical, actionable, no-nonsense tools for developing resiliency and freeing yourself from the victim mentality.
After reading this book I was able to grow my business more rapidly, develop deeper connections with my friends and family and feel a greater sense of empowerment and purpose in my life.
If you want to find your purpose, effortlessly achieve results that others call extraordinary or just go through life happier and more fulfilled, then this book is for you.
Chad Knowles/CEO, Open Drives
“All police officers need Kristin’s skills. They help me stay calm in situations that used to make me frustrated and angry.”
They also make me a better role model to the kids I mentor, who desperately need adults in their lives who are self-aware and in control of their emotions.
John Coughlin/Officer, Los Angeles Police Department
“It Takes Two Minutes” but the impact lasted much longer!”
“The more time you spend using your strengths, the happier you will be,” is Skill Number 42 and the first page I turned to when I opened Kristin MacDermott’s book, ‘It Takes Two Minutes – To Shift Your Mindset and Build Resilience.’
I thought to myself, after receiving this book as a gift, I have “two minutes” and I sat down to look through this beautiful book with gorgeous photography. I had no clue how powerful these two minutes and more would be…
I found myself making two cups of coffee to ponder not only the skills in this book but the questions at the end of each one. The book is presented as one to pick up and turn to any page and realize the power in Kristin MacDermott’s words. The reader is quickly guided on a path of learning skills that build upon being more resilient to life’s ebb and flows. I was hooked once I started reading!
She offers 47 skills that compel the reader to pause and realize that life’s complications could indeed be looked at quite differently. How we react to life is so important and her teaching of resilience is fascinating. Her words navigate to “lean in” instead of resisting and her questions offer the reader ownership of their feelings. She is asking us to be curious of our ups and downs and welcome them.
A wonderful book and a “Must Have” on your table for a two-minute read. Or pour yourself two cups of coffee and you will find yourself resonated by her words and your answers to her questions throughout the day. This book is an invitation to connect to ourselves and live our answers.
I am grateful this book is on my table and I will be sharing with others her message. Don’t hesitate to have this book and start today reading her words.
Christine Patterson Winter/Business Owner, Parent