I love self-help books, and Letting Go of Your Bananas: How to be Successful by letting go of everything Rotten in Your Life by Daniel T. Drubin was an easy choice. The book was not what I expected. Lured into taking this particular book by the cheery bright yellow banana on the cover, I was not prepared for the textbook-like presentation and stilted style of writing. So much for not judging a book by its cover........





But the content--- exceptional!


Based on the premise that monkeys are captured because they reach into a bottle and won't turn loose of their bananas, the focus of the book encourages us to turn loose of the habits, people, and beliefs that have us trapped.





I will admit that I laughed through some of it, not because it is particularly funny, but because the author seemed pretentious, and perhaps the letting go of some of my "bananas" of choice would not be deemed earth shattering. But the book is good enough I recommend taking notes, and more importantly putting those notes in action. Which brings me to a riddle which is apropos for this book: Two frogs are sitting on a log and one jumps off. How many frogs are left on the log? TWO of course! Just deciding to jump off a log and jumping off a log are two different things.