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Rob Kowalski
About this listen
- Have you been unsuccessful finding "The One"?
- Do you wonder why your past relationships haven't worked out?
- Need a reset and a new strategy to help you break out of your rut?
- Waiting for love and in need of some encouragement and reassurance?
- In a relationship wondering if it's going anywhere (If the love is real)?
Part autobiography, part road map for finding true love and the life you’ve always wanted, Why Waiting Works offers practical advice to avoid the common pitfalls made by many when it comes to sex and dating. It is a "how to" for doing relationships in a different way, deconstructing the myths and misconceptions associated with the often misunderstood but vital to understand subject. It uncovers the timeless principle of delayed gratification to get what we want most instead of just what we want right now - in every area of our lives. Also, pick up a copy of The Truth About Sex study guide, designed for a group of people to gather around its potent content with a plan to socialize, connect, and serve.
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- AImee Pursey
- 10-16-21
Great book!
This book hit the nail on the head, and opened my eyes to what I need to refocus on!
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- npopovich
- 12-31-22
Fantastic read
A well written book with great statistical points. I’d recommend to every young person today.
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- Marcio Alves
- 01-05-25
Waiting Works
Awesome life changing experience….Good job and keep up the good fight with God and community!
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- Julia
- 06-29-19
Connection through Community
This is a powerful that links Connection with Community to successful results in changing life and love patterns. I needed this book 40 years ago.
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- Michael
- 07-24-22
So much better than I expected
A lot of what was in this book was expected and was really excellent but there was a whole other level of what Rob accomplished and anyone can accomplish by transmuting their sexual energy into some thing better.
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- Keriann McKeon
- 07-24-22
Revolutionary
This is the most incredible book out there. I can’t wait to share it with everyone I know. The concepts outlined here are on POINT! Completely. I love this read. Will be going back through it frequently! Love the 6 month challenge. I just loved every single OUNCE!!! Well written, narrated, and delivered. Thank you a thousand times for putting into words what my soul has been SEARCHING to share!
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- Clayton
- 07-22-23
Read If You're Unsure
This was fantastic. Really easy to digest yet I still had some aha moments. This book is all you need to be prepared and committed to waiting.
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- Jody Eastmead
- 06-30-21
Exactly what I needed to hear!
I made the decision last year to stop having sex and wait until marriage. This book was extremely insightful on many aspects of why waiting is a great decision!
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- eric
- 07-29-22
wish i could give this book to the 14 year old me.
very insightfull book, i wish i could give this book.to my 14 year old self. i recognise almost all the problems and mistakes i made in my life. alway thought i was just weak or there was something wrong with me, every break up i would.fall apart and rebuild myself as a better man, swearing this time.it will be different. but everytime it went exzaktely like in the book.now i finaly knowo what was going on. give this book to a young soul in the pain of a breakup and they will be greatefull.
the book is a bit god heavy but its not pushy or demanding. so you can easily substitute it with your own beleef system. i remeber a muslim friend of mine that waited. just like the book said. he also never spend time alone with her, to not go wrong. at that time i was caught up in the western lie of having as much sex as you can to prove you are a man. and i made fun of him. now he has the life i wish i had. married with a beutifull loving, dedicated and suporting wife, two kids. he is the leader of his family and he is the real man now. i am also maried, but its unstable and not clear if we will make it....we had sex on the first date.....draw your own concusions.
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- Tneecia Applewhite
- 12-27-22
Wasn’t what I expected.
It was even better! Thank you for you transparency as it relates to celibacy and following Gods will in your life.
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