I’ve been a self-help junkie for about thirty years. There’s nothing quite like the high you get from reading a good self help book. I’ve never had the money or the urge to take the next step and attend a conference or a workshop or a retreat. Our hero in Enlightened is a woman who had a bit of a breakdown and then went to Hawaii for treatment. In standard not the real world fashion, she goes back to work for the company that helped her to have her breakdown in the first place. Amy is still a nutcase when…
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The 10X Rule
So, what’s the difference between success and failure? Action, of course. The successful people of the world do things, while the less successful sit around watching tv and playing video games. Hmm. The 10X Rule, like most self help books, is a great read that left me feeling as if I have finally found the meaning of life, the universe, and everything. The 10X Rule is simple, to get more, do more. It’s also a bit scary. Do more? You mean, like now? Yes, now The 10X Rule tells us. The 10X Rule also has a list of the 32…
Change Anything
The idea here is that you can change any aspect of your life-if you are just willing to follow a few simple steps. The problem, of course, is that most of us are unable to follow a few simple steps. Near the beginning of Change Anything we are told that a recent study found that ALL diets work-if people are willing to do exactly what any given diet plan calls for. Most of us are pretty good at starting things, but not so good at the follow through. So Change Anything takes a slightly different tack to the problem-it offers…
When Fish Fly-On Becoming World Famous
Reviewed by the World Famous If You Write It Blog During a recent meeting our Boss asked us-How many of you want to work here next year? One person out of ten raised their hand. There is a lot of money here, just not for us. There is a lot of hard work and a lot of long hours-that is for us. As with most companies, the front line people, the ones that the actual customers get to interact with-are the ones that get paid the least and have the least reason to make a good impression. The Home Office…
Made to Stick
Walking around the library I find my way to the new books shelve and start scanning the titles. It’s the usual suspects, latest bestsellers and graphic novels, stuff for the restless mind that wants to get away from it all. Then there is a book with a fairly convincing bit of duct tape on the cover. Why some ideas survive and others die. Hmm, sounds like my kind book. And it is. Covering everything from the urban legend of the stolen kidney to the success of the Jared Subway commercials, this is really way cool stuff. Ok, saying really way…