{"id":50,"date":"2006-10-13T01:56:48","date_gmt":"2006-10-13T05:56:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/matthewchan.com\/2006\/10\/13\/aboutcom-book-review-of-the-intrepid-way\/"},"modified":"2016-10-30T07:27:20","modified_gmt":"2016-10-30T11:27:20","slug":"aboutcom-book-review-of-the-intrepid-way","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/matthewchan.com\/?p=50","title":{"rendered":"About.com Book Review of “The Intrepid Way”"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"TheShortly after\u00a0my book’s release in 2004, Scott Allen of About.com’s Entrepreneur Section contacted me and expressed interest in reviewing\u00a0“The Intrepid Way”.\u00a0 (Incidentally, that 2004 version of the book is now out-of-print and has been replaced by the 2006 Revised Edition of “The Intrepid Way<\/a>“.)<\/p>\n

As a first-time author and publisher, I was somewhat uncertain of how the review might turn out but I did agree to submit my book for his review.<\/p>\n

I was pleasantly surprised at Scott Allen’s review.\u00a0 He gave “The Intrepid Way” a rating of 4-stars out of 5.<\/p>\n

You can read his book review here<\/a>\u00a0at the site About.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Shortly after\u00a0my book’s release in 2004, Scott Allen of About.com’s Entrepreneur Section contacted me and expressed interest in reviewing\u00a0“The Intrepid Way”.\u00a0 (Incidentally, that 2004 version of the book is now out-of-print and has been replaced by the 2006 Revised Edition of “The Intrepid Way“.) As a first-time author and publisher, I was somewhat uncertain of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1112,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[11,5],"tags":[180],"class_list":["post-50","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-book-reviews","category-the-intrepid-way-series","tag-book-review","has-post-title","has-post-date","has-post-category","has-post-tag","has-post-comment","has-post-author",""],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/matthewchan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/3d-iw2006-150.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p927L-O","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1131,"url":"https:\/\/matthewchan.com\/?p=1131","url_meta":{"origin":50,"position":0},"title":"About.com’s Book Review: The Intrepid Way","author":"Matthew Chan","date":"April 22, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Read the review by About.com of The Intrepid Way. 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The original link is here. The text of their\u00a0review is shown below: Matthew Chan does an incredible job of sharing his life changing experiences in The\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Book Reviews"","block_context":{"text":"Book Reviews","link":"https:\/\/matthewchan.com\/?cat=11"},"img":{"alt_text":"The Intrepid Way","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/matthewchan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/3d-iw2006-150.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":59,"url":"https:\/\/matthewchan.com\/?p=59","url_meta":{"origin":50,"position":3},"title":"MRG Reviews “The Intrepid Way”","author":"Matthew Chan","date":"October 24, 2006","format":false,"excerpt":"The same folks who runs Shifting-Paradigms.com also run the MangroveRootGang.com Blog.\u00a0 They had these comments to say about my book, \"The Intrepid Way\": \u00a0\u00a0 I wrote a short review in our Books\/Audio section on the SP website. In essence, this is the quintessential book on what you need to know\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Book Reviews"","block_context":{"text":"Book Reviews","link":"https:\/\/matthewchan.com\/?cat=11"},"img":{"alt_text":"The Intrepid Way","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/matthewchan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/3d-iw2006-150.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":72,"url":"https:\/\/matthewchan.com\/?p=72","url_meta":{"origin":50,"position":4},"title":"ForeWord Clarion Gives “The Intrepid Way” a 4-Star Review!","author":"Matthew Chan","date":"January 11, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"ForeWord Clarion of ForeWord Magazine fame has granted us permission to reprint their recent review of my book, \"The Intrepid Way - 2006 Revised Edition\".\u00a0 They have given the book 4-stars out of a possible 5-star rating.\u00a0 I was pleasantly surprised at their positive review given their normally stringent standards\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Book Reviews"","block_context":{"text":"Book Reviews","link":"https:\/\/matthewchan.com\/?cat=11"},"img":{"alt_text":"The Intrepid Way","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/matthewchan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/3d-iw2006-150.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":42,"url":"https:\/\/matthewchan.com\/?p=42","url_meta":{"origin":50,"position":5},"title":"Bettie Corbin Tucker’s Book Review of “The Intrepid Way”","author":"Matthew Chan","date":"October 10, 2006","format":false,"excerpt":"This well-written book review was based on the 2004 Edition of \"The Intrepid Way\".\u00a0 That book has since been updated to the 2006 Revised Edition.\u00a0 Needless to say, I was extremely flattered by this review below. 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