Book Reviews - Shorter takes

by Satish Purohit

McTigue outlines strategies to beat stress in all its forms. He offers tips to deal with stress born of work, homemaking, finances, relationships, parenting, travel, shopping, entertaining and schooling. The author, a life trainer, who specialises in workshops on beating stress, divides all the advice he has on the subject into 416 short prescriptions of 100 words each. They include: Take ten minutes a day to neaten up, Be honest, Don’t lose sleep over losing sleep and Let answers unfold. Good advice at a good price.