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The Lion Tracker's Guide To Life
Somewhere deep inside, you know what your gift, purpose, and mission are. Boyd Varty, a lion tracker and life coach, reveals how the wisdom from the ancient art of tracking can teach you how to recognize these essential ingredients in a meaningful life.
Know how to navigate, don’t worry about the destination, and stay alert. These are just a few of the strategies that contribute to both successful lion tracking and a life of fulfillment. When we join Boyd Varty and his two friends tracking lions, we are immersed in the South African bush, and, although we learn some of the skills required for actual tracking, the takeaways are the strategies that can be applied to our everyday lives. Trackers learn how to use all of their senses to read the environment and enter into a state of “greater aliveness.” When we learn to find and follow our inner tracks, we learn to see what is deeply important to us. In the same way the trip in the classic Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance was a vehicle to examine how to live out our values, the story of this one-day adventure—with danger and suspense along the way—uses the ancient art of tracking to convey profound lessons on how to live a purposeful, meaningful life of greater harmony.
Know how to navigate, don’t worry about the destination, and stay alert. These are just a few of the strategies that contribute to both successful lion tracking and a life of fulfillment. When we join Boyd Varty and his two friends tracking lions, we are immersed in the South African bush, and, although we learn some of the skills required for actual tracking, the takeaways are the strategies that can be applied to our everyday lives. Trackers learn how to use all of their senses to read the environment and enter into a state of “greater aliveness.” When we learn to find and follow our inner tracks, we learn to see what is deeply important to us. In the same way the trip in the classic Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance was a vehicle to examine how to live out our values, the story of this one-day adventure—with danger and suspense along the way—uses the ancient art of tracking to convey profound lessons on how to live a purposeful, meaningful life of greater harmony.
160 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 2014
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February 15, 2020
I want to give this more than 3/5. But can't give it a 4.
I'm a fan of Boyd. I'm a fan of the tracking mindset & metaphors. I'm a fan of Boyd's stories when I hear him tell them (e.g. in his appearance in the Invest Like The Best podcast).
But reading it just wasn't the same as hearing it
I'm a fan of Boyd. I'm a fan of the tracking mindset & metaphors. I'm a fan of Boyd's stories when I hear him tell them (e.g. in his appearance in the Invest Like The Best podcast).
But reading it just wasn't the same as hearing it
January 8, 2023
I love that Brooke and I are sharing a moment. :) Both in transition. She mentioned reading this book and it sounded interesting. It was only a 3-hour listen and I loved his tracking stories. I also liked that he didn't hit his readers over the head with self-help lingo, but sometimes let them make their own deductions.
I'm sure that because I'm a religious person, this quote was meaningful and resonated with me:
He wrote: "My whole life I had been afflicted and blessed with the sense that there is a way life delivers us to a place ordered by some intelligence beyond our own."
That quote above is exactly what he wrote, but these are paraphrases of concepts I liked:
I don’t know where I’m going, but I know exactly how to get there.
Getting lost, as in losing the track, is part of the journey.
Notice what makes me feel good and do more of that. Notice what makes me feel lousy and don’t do it. (The candle that dad put in the bathroom and has been lighting at night makes me happy.) :)
Most people eventually discover inside themselves the desire to serve, to be creative or share themselves in someway.
Find something wild and dangerous to do.
Share my gifts with others.
What is it that restores me?
Create what means the most to me. What’s deeply important to me?
Anything that puts me into my essence is important no matter how small.
Keep trying things.
I'm sure that because I'm a religious person, this quote was meaningful and resonated with me:
He wrote: "My whole life I had been afflicted and blessed with the sense that there is a way life delivers us to a place ordered by some intelligence beyond our own."
That quote above is exactly what he wrote, but these are paraphrases of concepts I liked:
I don’t know where I’m going, but I know exactly how to get there.
Getting lost, as in losing the track, is part of the journey.
Notice what makes me feel good and do more of that. Notice what makes me feel lousy and don’t do it. (The candle that dad put in the bathroom and has been lighting at night makes me happy.) :)
Most people eventually discover inside themselves the desire to serve, to be creative or share themselves in someway.
Find something wild and dangerous to do.
Share my gifts with others.
What is it that restores me?
Create what means the most to me. What’s deeply important to me?
Anything that puts me into my essence is important no matter how small.
Keep trying things.
January 6, 2022
Read this book on Tim Ferriss' recommendation. Did not disappoint. Helped me understand why I so love tracking elk in the wild. And helped me understand my own life.
December 24, 2019
Riveting storytelling with a simple but powerful and convincing message. Enjoyable and insightful. I highly recommend it for anyone seeking to find their way and “get on track.”
May 21, 2022
A quick and interesting read!
I didn't know anything about tracking before reading this and listening to Boyd Varty's interview on The Tim Ferriss Show, so this was eye-opening.
The overarching narrative follows one of Varty's lion tracking experiences. He also seamlessly weaves in other stories from his life, a deep appreciation of nature and Shangaan culture, and life lessons he's learned from tracking. Here's three of my favorite quotes:
- 'I don't know where I'm going but I know exactly how to get there.'
- 'The path of not here is part of the path of here.'
- 'I give up the importance of my life to instead become a part of life.'
My only reason for not rating it higher is that it didn't particularly resonate with me, which is a completely personal issue!
I didn't know anything about tracking before reading this and listening to Boyd Varty's interview on The Tim Ferriss Show, so this was eye-opening.
The overarching narrative follows one of Varty's lion tracking experiences. He also seamlessly weaves in other stories from his life, a deep appreciation of nature and Shangaan culture, and life lessons he's learned from tracking. Here's three of my favorite quotes:
- 'I don't know where I'm going but I know exactly how to get there.'
- 'The path of not here is part of the path of here.'
- 'I give up the importance of my life to instead become a part of life.'
My only reason for not rating it higher is that it didn't particularly resonate with me, which is a completely personal issue!
April 18, 2022
I actually really liked this book. It was a quick read, a good story with a good message. I think this book just wasn’t for me/not the intended audience. I think this book would be great for someone who is starting to have existential questions, wonders and thoughts. Kind of for a middle age man who is now wondering what to do with his life. OR someone who’s starting to wonder about the meaning of life.
I am also someone who rarely gives out 5 stars. If I could, I would give it 3.5!
I am also someone who rarely gives out 5 stars. If I could, I would give it 3.5!
November 25, 2022
Some wisdom after living a life in the bushes tracking lion for safari operation.
• Too much uncertainty is chaos. Too little is death.
• I don't know where I'm going, but I know exactly how to get there. There is no full road laying ahead of you, just a series of first tracks. Don't worry about the right options, focus on the one you took. It's all discovery.
• Too much uncertainty is chaos. Too little is death.
• I don't know where I'm going, but I know exactly how to get there. There is no full road laying ahead of you, just a series of first tracks. Don't worry about the right options, focus on the one you took. It's all discovery.
May 27, 2020
This is one of those books that is important to the life of each individual and our society as a whole. Such powerful lessons that apply to all aspects of life. Read it!
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October 6, 2019Boyd Varty’s The Lion Tracker’s Guide to Life nods at Robert Zapolsky’s Why Zebras Don’t Get Ulcers with its similar indictment of modern life as empty, draining, burdensome, tense, disconnected, and purposeless. Written by a life coach and lion tracker, the book conjures the South African bush through images of acacia thorn, the call of the eagle owl, and the wonder of the lion.
Because of its emphasis on male relationships (it investigates both mentors and the lingering ghost of the father’s legacy), this title may be of more interest to male readers than to women. Painting a picture of the trackers who have mentored him, Varty acknowledges the racial tensions that exist in South Africa; he writes that: “[another, white tracker’s] respect for language and culture is an act of embodied healing.” A small moment in the text, but one wishes these “embodied” acts might be exported!
Varty contrasts a modern life with the lessons of the wilderness. These include living in relation, reading tracks for “mood, movement, and cadence,” beauty in impermanence, and making moments of loss moments of discovery rather than despair. Some of the language verges on poetic and the author has a clear passion for the wilderness. The final chapter feels like a motivational speech and is very powerful.
However, the book exhorts readers to “live an authentic life infused with meaning,” but fails to offer much in the way of guidance. Though the idea of tracking is clearly meant to be metaphorical, the reader who lacks the means to escape to literal wilderness may be left with questions about how, exactly, to implement Varty’s instructions.
Because of its emphasis on male relationships (it investigates both mentors and the lingering ghost of the father’s legacy), this title may be of more interest to male readers than to women. Painting a picture of the trackers who have mentored him, Varty acknowledges the racial tensions that exist in South Africa; he writes that: “[another, white tracker’s] respect for language and culture is an act of embodied healing.” A small moment in the text, but one wishes these “embodied” acts might be exported!
Varty contrasts a modern life with the lessons of the wilderness. These include living in relation, reading tracks for “mood, movement, and cadence,” beauty in impermanence, and making moments of loss moments of discovery rather than despair. Some of the language verges on poetic and the author has a clear passion for the wilderness. The final chapter feels like a motivational speech and is very powerful.
However, the book exhorts readers to “live an authentic life infused with meaning,” but fails to offer much in the way of guidance. Though the idea of tracking is clearly meant to be metaphorical, the reader who lacks the means to escape to literal wilderness may be left with questions about how, exactly, to implement Varty’s instructions.
January 23, 2020
This fairly short book is an enjoyable and informative read. The author, Boyd Varty, merges two worlds as an experienced African tracker and a Master Life Coach. I found the tracking interesting although it was only a day in the life of a tracker. The Life Coach approach shrouds a solid philosophy in a bit of 'feel good' mysticism that to me isn't needed since nature is wonderful enough and the universe is far less interested in the individual than we are in ourselves. Still there are worthwhile truths here in that immersion in nature offers an incredibly meaningful experience; there's a lot going on in nature that takes time and training to fully learn and appreciate; and we all need a bit of danger to feel alive. This book also has valuable guidance shown in keeping focus and working together. Mr. Varty is not a solo tracker but gives equal, if not more credit, to his two companions on the hunt (to view) the lions and how valuable their experience and mentoring are. I liked this book and rate at 3 stars. Even though the stories spanned more than one day of tracking, this was just a little too handy by showing only one day. The burning of overused scrub land to bring back the actual plant life and native wildlife is explained much better in another book I'm reading about Missouri state parks. No how'd-he-do-that there - just a straightforward plan that works well just like in South Africa.
December 12, 2021
After listening to an extremely inspirational podcast by Boyd Varty, I immediately wanted to read his book to hear more of his words. Varty grew up in South Africa and spends his time now as a life coach, fueled by the lessons he's learned as a lion tracker on his family's reserve back home. While it is interesting to hear the parallels he has created between his two lives, I was expecting more out of Varty. Yes, it is interesting to hear exactly how he tracks a pride of lions throughout the book, but there was very little inspirational/motivational anecdotes along the way. His book is based on a few main points: "I don't know where I'm going but I know exactly how to get there." "Track what makes you feel good and bring more of it into your life. Notice what makes you feel lousy and do less of it." Much of this seems like common sense, but the way that Varty comes to these conclusions is through his lessons as a lion tracker. Overall, I don't think this author succeeded in his attempt to achieve his goal of delivering lessons as a life coach, while telling the story of how he tracked a pride of lions, and ultimately should try to focus on one over the other.
January 9, 2025
"I don't know where I'm going, but I know how to get there".
I thoroughly enjoyed this book. Varty tells the story of him and his mentors tracking a lion pride through the brush of Londolozi Game Reserve. Throughout the story is interspersed the backstory of his and his mentors earlier lives, and other details and observations which lend the tracking metaphor greater meaning. The tracking mentality draws many parallels to day to day life, as Varty lays out in this work. I read this on my way to a backpacking trip, which made its message of searching for that first track and going from there all the more impactful. He points out that for the first time in human history, evolutionarily speaking, the “tribe” (our American culture and way of life) is actually more detrimental than helpful. Over the course of 135 pages, Boyd (being a lion tracker turned life coach on a wilderness preserve which has long been in his family), tries to ingrain the lessons of listening not to what we “should” do, but the less definable “wild self” as he calls it, which each person has, but that we have been conditioned to neglect.
I agreed with a lot of things that he said. So why only 3 stars? For one, it was slightly repetitive, which I understand to be his way of reinforcing some of the most important points. At times, this came off as more of his life coach side than his experience as a tracker. Overall, even though its message was slightly self-helpy, I do think that it needed to be said. Can everyone be lion trackers in Africa? Obviously not. Can everyone leave their lives and responsibilities behind? Obviously not. But can we listen a little closer, and write-off less of what is ourself, but that we have buried deeply? Absolutely.
I thoroughly enjoyed this book. Varty tells the story of him and his mentors tracking a lion pride through the brush of Londolozi Game Reserve. Throughout the story is interspersed the backstory of his and his mentors earlier lives, and other details and observations which lend the tracking metaphor greater meaning. The tracking mentality draws many parallels to day to day life, as Varty lays out in this work. I read this on my way to a backpacking trip, which made its message of searching for that first track and going from there all the more impactful. He points out that for the first time in human history, evolutionarily speaking, the “tribe” (our American culture and way of life) is actually more detrimental than helpful. Over the course of 135 pages, Boyd (being a lion tracker turned life coach on a wilderness preserve which has long been in his family), tries to ingrain the lessons of listening not to what we “should” do, but the less definable “wild self” as he calls it, which each person has, but that we have been conditioned to neglect.
I agreed with a lot of things that he said. So why only 3 stars? For one, it was slightly repetitive, which I understand to be his way of reinforcing some of the most important points. At times, this came off as more of his life coach side than his experience as a tracker. Overall, even though its message was slightly self-helpy, I do think that it needed to be said. Can everyone be lion trackers in Africa? Obviously not. Can everyone leave their lives and responsibilities behind? Obviously not. But can we listen a little closer, and write-off less of what is ourself, but that we have buried deeply? Absolutely.
October 13, 2024
Certainly interesting and deeply emotional particularly because it was a recommendation by a close friend responding to me being in a low and depressive state about my work/purpose. Boyd’s life and story is fascinating. The thrust of following a natural intuition. Finding the first track. Re-finding the track. Etc. Felt very akin to the principles of meditation but I think where this book is very thin is on the actual recommendations on how to actually be a tracker for yourself. It feels like a stronger sales pitch for being a literal tracker than a guide on how to apply those principles to your life. Good nuggets. A very unique and valuable lens to look at life generally. But lacking substantive advice and ultimately pretty repetitive for such a short little book.
July 29, 2019
Boyd Varty is a life coach who also works as a lion tracker, tracking big game on a nature preserve so tourists can see them on safari. In this book, he merges the two careers, describing a particular tracking while extrapolating life lessons about purpose, confidence, and knowledge for himself and others. An entertaining adventure story that reminds the reader about what being alive means.
[I received an advanced e-galley through Netgalley. The book is due to be released November 22, 2019.]
[I received an advanced e-galley through Netgalley. The book is due to be released November 22, 2019.]
April 28, 2023
Boyd is on a journey to become a tracker and discover a pride of lions in the South African wilderness. But the book is also rich with parallels to modern life, and how individuals need to trust their senses and their feelings to follow and discover their track in life. “I do not know where I am going, but I know how to get there.” Overall, a fun little read.
July 31, 2024
I tried reading this fast and I suggest reading it slow, it's so good!
I really enjoyed the book and seeing how my life RIGHT now I am tracking and leaning into my new track that I have found within.
I really enjoyed the book and seeing how my life RIGHT now I am tracking and leaning into my new track that I have found within.
January 4, 2023
One of the best books I’ve ever read
April 22, 2024
An intriguing memoir with wisdom sprinkled in rather than shoved down your throat. So refreshing.
May 8, 2024
“I don’t know where I’m going, but I know exactly how to get there.”
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
January 6, 2025
Well I don't think the metaphor really works for me. Beautiful imagery of the nature though!
February 5, 2022
Such a great little book on tracking your life journey.
One quote that perfectly encapsulates my life up until now and will stay with me forever: “I don’t know where I’m going but I know I’m on the right track”
One quote that perfectly encapsulates my life up until now and will stay with me forever: “I don’t know where I’m going but I know I’m on the right track”
January 17, 2023
This was such a fun audiobook! I loved hearing Boyd's accent as he recounted stories of following/losing/rediscovering the track and the implications to one's life. It's simple and straightforward and a great reminder of being present to your own life.
May 12, 2024
Good book, but I had a hard time relating
March 19, 2022
Would love to return to this in a few years. (I lost count of how many lines I had to take a picture of to journal later.) A beautiful vignette of deep appreciation for the natural world, and how that should shape and change our day-to-day lives.
January 2, 2023
Fantastic insight with this book. Nature has so much to teach us. We have to be attentive to hear it. The lion tracker has an intense connection to nature, and therefore an intense connection with themselves and others. Modern society and the ambitions that it creates pulls us away from our core being. Learning how to be one with nature enables us to find balance. This book helps describe how to do just that.
February 16, 2025
A close friend had lent this book to me a few months ago. He said this was a must read, especially knowing that I was in the trenches with my battle with burnout.
While it sat untouched on my nightstand for a while, I believe I read this book at a time when I was finally ready for it. I inhaled this book, reading it in two sittings, soaking up all the wisdom that it had to offer. “I don’t know where I’m going, but I know how to get there” is a quote that was permanently etched in my mind and really does serve as a reminder to trust yourself, while being ok that you might not have it all worked out yet.
This book was such a beautiful, simple, yet powerful book that should be on everyone’s reading list, not just those who are struggling to find their way.
While it sat untouched on my nightstand for a while, I believe I read this book at a time when I was finally ready for it. I inhaled this book, reading it in two sittings, soaking up all the wisdom that it had to offer. “I don’t know where I’m going, but I know how to get there” is a quote that was permanently etched in my mind and really does serve as a reminder to trust yourself, while being ok that you might not have it all worked out yet.
This book was such a beautiful, simple, yet powerful book that should be on everyone’s reading list, not just those who are struggling to find their way.
May 5, 2022
The Lions Tracker’s Guide to Life by Boyd Varty
March ‘22 - Vik Recommendation
“Darshan”
Absorbing the teachers spiritual energy and embodying it for yourself
Inner truths
We know what our calling is, simply have to open ourselves to awareness and be willing to listen
This sparked for me the idea of connection and a pull towards interviewing family members. To be heard is so rare- give them the gift of being heard
“If you track your authentic life and uncover its meaning, it will catalyze other possibilities for living, and what’s important to you will immediately change”
“No one can tell you what your track will be or how to know what calls you - that’s your work. But a great tracker can ask, ‘how do you know you love something?’ Or ‘what do you need that you are missing?’
Be willing to ask the endless discomforting questions of ‘is this life?’ And then grab hold to charter your path
Curiosity
“Tracker can look at something they have seen a thousand times and always see something new.”
What are you profoundly curious about? Insatiably seek understanding or are simply drawn towards?
Ren, “I don’t know where we are going but I know exactly how to get there”
Hear and listen- obsess
Always pause to ask why
Focused on discovery rather than outcome
Renias saying he could walk home after a ten hour flight to London
“Any pain you can fix with walking. Just walk and you will be fine”
Seeing the Signs
Listening to your body speaks to this- idea around IQ, EQ and Body intelligence (ie full body ‘YES’ when you’re ordering something you want off a menu - what does that feel like in your stomach, cheeks, throat, etc. same goes for bigger or smaller feelings as well as consequential ones.
Get in tune like an instrument
Developing consciousness; People who are important to you, things that bring you life, the arrivals of something meaningful
Teach yourself to notice what is important to you- write it down, speak it, articulate to manifest
Mastery
“To me a master is anyone who can be themselves in any situation”
LOVE this and the associated freedom from judgement - extremely attractive quality of being self assured
Cultivate priorities that align with this and then recognize when you’re willing to experience discomfort in the pursuit of mastery
Renias described as:
Force of his lightheartedness makes for an intense aura
Steady energy to calm the lion - body language, movement, tone of voice - convey a feeling. By being slow, Renias was able to create time
Never shamed or belittled - the bush taught the lesson that needed to
Attributed his sexual prowess to eating warthog meat as a child which now, “gives my body a good smell”
March ‘22 - Vik Recommendation
“Darshan”
Absorbing the teachers spiritual energy and embodying it for yourself
Inner truths
We know what our calling is, simply have to open ourselves to awareness and be willing to listen
This sparked for me the idea of connection and a pull towards interviewing family members. To be heard is so rare- give them the gift of being heard
“If you track your authentic life and uncover its meaning, it will catalyze other possibilities for living, and what’s important to you will immediately change”
“No one can tell you what your track will be or how to know what calls you - that’s your work. But a great tracker can ask, ‘how do you know you love something?’ Or ‘what do you need that you are missing?’
Be willing to ask the endless discomforting questions of ‘is this life?’ And then grab hold to charter your path
Curiosity
“Tracker can look at something they have seen a thousand times and always see something new.”
What are you profoundly curious about? Insatiably seek understanding or are simply drawn towards?
Ren, “I don’t know where we are going but I know exactly how to get there”
Hear and listen- obsess
Always pause to ask why
Focused on discovery rather than outcome
Renias saying he could walk home after a ten hour flight to London
“Any pain you can fix with walking. Just walk and you will be fine”
Seeing the Signs
Listening to your body speaks to this- idea around IQ, EQ and Body intelligence (ie full body ‘YES’ when you’re ordering something you want off a menu - what does that feel like in your stomach, cheeks, throat, etc. same goes for bigger or smaller feelings as well as consequential ones.
Get in tune like an instrument
Developing consciousness; People who are important to you, things that bring you life, the arrivals of something meaningful
Teach yourself to notice what is important to you- write it down, speak it, articulate to manifest
Mastery
“To me a master is anyone who can be themselves in any situation”
LOVE this and the associated freedom from judgement - extremely attractive quality of being self assured
Cultivate priorities that align with this and then recognize when you’re willing to experience discomfort in the pursuit of mastery
Renias described as:
Force of his lightheartedness makes for an intense aura
Steady energy to calm the lion - body language, movement, tone of voice - convey a feeling. By being slow, Renias was able to create time
Never shamed or belittled - the bush taught the lesson that needed to
Attributed his sexual prowess to eating warthog meat as a child which now, “gives my body a good smell”
July 8, 2024
this was super fun. with some nice reminders to live the life you vibe with!!
September 6, 2020
This is a wonderful book!
I listened to it intently on a relatively short road trip. Rather than being a self help or solely a memoir self help book. We follow the author and two of his mentors/ friends as they track a lion for the game reserves’ clients. Along the journey the author imparts wisdom of reconnecting not only to nature but to following intently something you want but do not know where it will lead.
There are many good lines such as just find the next track, and once’s you’ve done that, fine the next next track. Or the saying “I don’t know where I’m going but I know how to get there” they both seem not practice in the long wrong but that’s only because of social queues and practices that make us think we must have it all planned then execute.
The author speaks at length about people waiting for a better moment, a break, retirement, before doing what they really want or need. And whilst they wait they are not present in their own life.
Besides the global find your thing and do it, there are also great little ways of being. Such as the older man’s saying of, “what’s going on there?” Instead of “look what’s happening over there!” The former invite interest, curiosity and education. The other is a lesson or worse a command.
This book is not all self help, it don’t give tips or what you should do, just tells you to be aware of your own life. Track what makes you happy, and notice what doesn’t.
I listened to it intently on a relatively short road trip. Rather than being a self help or solely a memoir self help book. We follow the author and two of his mentors/ friends as they track a lion for the game reserves’ clients. Along the journey the author imparts wisdom of reconnecting not only to nature but to following intently something you want but do not know where it will lead.
There are many good lines such as just find the next track, and once’s you’ve done that, fine the next next track. Or the saying “I don’t know where I’m going but I know how to get there” they both seem not practice in the long wrong but that’s only because of social queues and practices that make us think we must have it all planned then execute.
The author speaks at length about people waiting for a better moment, a break, retirement, before doing what they really want or need. And whilst they wait they are not present in their own life.
Besides the global find your thing and do it, there are also great little ways of being. Such as the older man’s saying of, “what’s going on there?” Instead of “look what’s happening over there!” The former invite interest, curiosity and education. The other is a lesson or worse a command.
This book is not all self help, it don’t give tips or what you should do, just tells you to be aware of your own life. Track what makes you happy, and notice what doesn’t.
April 7, 2021
Spoiler alert! Really enjoyed this self-help book which espouses "tracking" your way to what you should be doing with your life, particularly if you're feeling unsatisfied or unfulfilled. Tracking is instinctual, you're doing it when you lose yourself in what you're doing, flow-like. A way to live a better life is to do more of what you enjoy in this immersive way, and less of what you don't. It's a simple, powerful message.
Boyd's qualified to give us this message. He's a trained and certified life-coach. He grew up partially on the South African preserve his family owns and manages. He's an actual wildlife tracker, though admittedly not a master.
What makes the book such a good read is that Boyd's message is delivered through his recounting of an actual lion-tracking excursion. His descriptions of the outing flow easily and are vivid, the preserve comes alive and is apparently chock full of interesting animals. We hear about leopards, elephants, hippos, eagles, rhinos, and monkey's just to name a few.
In addition, Boyd's companions Alex and Renias are well drawn and interesting. Alex is skilled, more than a little chippy. Renias is a Shangaan, and a master tracker, the embodiment of the lifestyle. Renias brings fun, focus, and a near mystical Presence with him wherever he goes.
This book's absolutely worth the read. You'll enjoy the outing, and be reminded to listen to yourself, act naturally, and enjoy the times of your life.
Boyd's qualified to give us this message. He's a trained and certified life-coach. He grew up partially on the South African preserve his family owns and manages. He's an actual wildlife tracker, though admittedly not a master.
What makes the book such a good read is that Boyd's message is delivered through his recounting of an actual lion-tracking excursion. His descriptions of the outing flow easily and are vivid, the preserve comes alive and is apparently chock full of interesting animals. We hear about leopards, elephants, hippos, eagles, rhinos, and monkey's just to name a few.
In addition, Boyd's companions Alex and Renias are well drawn and interesting. Alex is skilled, more than a little chippy. Renias is a Shangaan, and a master tracker, the embodiment of the lifestyle. Renias brings fun, focus, and a near mystical Presence with him wherever he goes.
This book's absolutely worth the read. You'll enjoy the outing, and be reminded to listen to yourself, act naturally, and enjoy the times of your life.
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