The Scouting Way

The accounts from various professionals give it a well-rounded feel - a remarkable insight into every day life. Whether speaking of happiness, teamwork, honesty, or reverence, there is a viewpoint and a story that will literally lift you from your chair. Sporadic lists and activities, including lists of things to make you happy, give it a particular uniqueness.

Tom Jones, a space shuttle astronaut, demonstrates how to turn disappointment into happiness. He was successful in "dealing with adversity and overcoming it mentally." What a great concept, right?

Letitia Baldridge tells of her childhood struggle when moving to a new town and dealing with the sadness associated with feeling left out. Even the story of her 7th birthday party could force any adult to see the importance of friendliness.

This book is a true inspiration. It's an emotional and intellectual effort to demonstrate the ways in which the values of scouting can be applied to the life of every reader. Although the style is simple, you will be overwhelmed (in a good way) with sentiment. It is a must-read and it will be sure to get your priorities and perspectives in order.


Thirty different positive values are examined in depth   March 12, 2002
Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA)
10 out of 10 found this review helpful

The Scouting Way: A Daily Guide To Living With Scout Values is an inspirational guide to living one's life by the principles, virtues, and values of Scouting. From Cheerfulness and Patriotism to Honesty, Continual Learning and Reverence of God, thirty different positive values are examined in depth with informative and compelling essays, thoughts, examples, and encouragements to live one's life in better terms than ever. Evocative of fond memories from one's scouting days, The Scouting Way is an upbeat, first-class highly recommended guide to physical and spiritual self-improvement.


It changes my life   January 9, 2002
E. HEIRBAUT (Breda, the Netherlands)
6 out of 6 found this review helpful

It is really, and I mean this, together with Scouting For Boys, the best book I have ever read about Scouting. I can 't express how this book is changing the way I look upon my own life. Every day, right after breakfast, I read the daily story, its introduction, and the hints for that day. Every single day without exception.

On one hand, I'm glad that I may say honestly that many of the given hints and things to do are already common to me in my everyday life. But on the other hand, I also realise I have a long way to go before I can proudly say that I live The Scouting Way in every aspect of that daily life. And the book will most certainly help me to get closer to it, day after day.

Until now the book inspired me on two things. First I wrote an own story on my Scouting life. But the second is far more important. As everyone makes some kind of a New Year's promise, by example giving up smoking or something like that, I've promised myself what I've written in my story: to do my best to follow the rules and guidelines of Scouting in every aspect of my life, to spread out the words about Scouting to everyone who wants to hear them, to bring happiness to everyone as it was brought to me in all those years and to remain Scout for ever.

So, the only thing I can do here in this review is thank the authors for sharing those great stories with me. Please keep on doing this and I'll keep on using these stories to improve my own life and the life of everyone surrounding me.


After 9/11, The Scouting Way helps 'show the way'   December 21, 2001
Tom L (Pattenburg, NJ)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful

After 9/11, our world changed. We woke up and wanted to go in a new direction, but many of us did not or do not know which way to go. Many of us drew on the values that we were taught as children but had gone by the wayside in adult life. The Scouting Way helps by not only giving direction, but a day by day plan to incorporate the timeless values of Scouting into our everyday life. Mixed in are short stories written by movers and shakers of sports, industry and government which help you realize that people with values still get ahead in this world. Even if your are not involved in Scouting, this book will help you set a course in the new, and better, world we have ahead of us. Now if you could only lose 20 pounds while going through the day by day program, it would really be a best seller!


Every Scout, past and present, can relate to this book   December 25, 2001
Edward Brierley (Langley Scouting, British Columbia, Canada)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful

As a Scouting Group Commissioner, I feel every Scout, past and present, would enjoy reading this collection of inspirational stories. In this day and age, it is a relief and an inspiration to read the uplifting, true-life stories in The Scouting Way. It has truly brough us all together throughout the world and proven Scouting and Guiding are a true brotherhood and sisterhood worldwide. Everyone can benefit by the Scout Values outlined in this book, and lived by millions worldwide. Perhaps then this world would be a better place. As our Mission Statement says Scouting's purpose is "to contribute to the education of young people, through a vlaue system based on the Scout Promise and Law, to help build a better world where people are self-fullfilled as individuals, and play a constructive role in society." Who wouldn't want that?