The Success Principles by Jack Canfield - A Book Review

Title and Author: The Success Principles by Jack Canfield

Synopsis of Content:

It is very difficult to summarize the content of this 460+ page book in a few lines here. Canfield has placed decades of study and experience in a seminal success manual. It is one of the best written in the last couple decades. Like many large works of this nature Canfield touches on every conceivable element of success and the reader can become a bit lost in the complexity and volume of it all.

The book is organized into 64 chapters although most of them are short. More importantly the chapters are divided into 6 major parts which outline the areas addressed in the book: the Fundamentals of Success; Transformation of Self for Success; Building a Team; Creating Successful Relationships; Success and Money and finally the need to start Success Now and how to do so.

You will recognize many of the success tips and principles in this book from other works by leading authors, both classic and modern. Canfield is not being terribly original here. He has collected disparate ideas on success and formulated them into a single compilation with some glue to hold them together. He offers real life examples from people who have proven these principles work. The book is equally informative and inspirational.

Readability/Writing Quality:

This book is very readable. The writing style is easy and yet solid. There are short chapters and many sub headings that help organize the material very well. Most chapters end with some suggestions on how to put the principles to work for you today.

Notes on Author:

Jack Canfield has established himself as an author beginning on a big scale with the Chicken Soup for the Soul series. Canfield combines a kind of scholarship with a softer philosophy of success and fulfillment in life. This contributes to his broad appeal. While his general approach is solid he has dabbled in some areas that might be considered on the fringe like his appearance in The Secret film and book. Canfield is an unapologetic believer in the law of attraction and the concepts set forth in The Secret, however even if that aspect of his teaching does not impress you the Success Principles will. He is also an accomplished personal coach and emphasizes that service on his website.

Three Great Ideas You Can Use:

Even Canfield has a hard time reducing this book to a few key concepts. Here we will look at three of his principles that you will find most helpful, however there are many more in the book of equal import.

Canfield stresses the benefit of truly taking complete responsibility for your own life and outcomes. He teaches that you must end the blaming game as it gets you nowhere.

Success leaves clues. You have heard that before and here he pushes that further. In many ways his entire book is about those clues. Canfield passes on to you the lessons he has learned both from his experience and even more the experience of so many others.

Finally, perhaps the best financial advice he gives is another you have heard before, pay yourself first. He stresses here the lessons learned from the successful about the importance of disciplined saving and investing.

Publication Information: Copyright: 2005 by Jack Canfield. Published by Harper Collins.

General Rating:Very Good

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The Power of Perpetual Income by John Cummata

Thinking of getting a second job? All it takes is perseverance and interest in order to succeed. It doesn't need any special skills and you might soon consider the option of finally quitting your regular job. There are many ways of earning money online, however mostly it's nothing but a scam. There are lots of home based business opportunities nowadays. But some only offers missed opportunities that would leave you even more broke or discouraged.

The only best way to do is to find what is right for you, something that is a match to your interests. By just sticking to the common goals and proper time management, success can never be too far away. The road to financial freedom will be just a few blocks away with this informative session created by John Cummata who is a popular author of Nightingale-Conant program Transforming Debt into Wealth. He launched another session on a Compaq disc called The Power of Perpetual Income. Everybody is struggling for a better life. Every day we find better options. We only have to put our interest to it and no one can ever go wrong. The Power of Perpetual Income is one of the best options that are not only extremely rewarding but also very fulfilling. There are numerous home based programs out there but they can offer nothing but promises.

In The Power of Perpetual Income, an exciting opportunity is catered even to average working individual who works hard but still finds his earning not enough. Businesses that you could start at home and make your room as your personal office are being taught in John Cummata's session. He teaches four types of business that are easy, simple and efficient. You can actually start right away after you have fully absorbed the information you need. The ideas presented are current and something a person without special education can associate with because the platform is created in a way that learners of the program can easily learn from. The four businesses mentioned by John Cummata are about affiliate marketing business, online auction business, creating and marketing products and purchasing and renting out real estates.

You will learn from his teaching tools how to effectively run the business. He will also give you the option of making this opportunity of going full time rather than of having it as a part-time job only. He explains the income potentials that you can benefit by just following the simple process. These are tools that are already tested in the system and are proved to be effective. Informative additional resources and tips are being provided for the learners to gain more knowledge for the business to prosper. It only means that in every step of the way towards success, everything is well monitored and guided by the system. John Cummata has already analyzed possibilities that a learner might encounter along the way. He provides the solution how to get rid of those possible scenarios that can negatively affect the business. Cummata created the system less complex and more manageable by whoever is thirsty of attaining perpetual income. The only way to gain it is getting first the knowledge and the power to control income and with an ounce of interest, you're on your way to the road of success.

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Million Dollar Habits by Brian Tracy

Brian Tracy has been one of the country's leading speakers on the topics of human potential and our own personal effectiveness. He speaks with plentiful words of inspiration and determination. As a speaker, he is entertaining and has a gift to inform his listeners and to motivate them into action. Every year he will speak to almost a half million people including those executives from large major organizations. His most recent project is his book, Million Dollar Habits.

In the Million Dollar Habits, he shares with the reader secrets that he has found over the years. It is a plan both in life and in building a career. He starts off by stating that if you do the things that successful people do, you will also be successful with the same results they have achieved. He says that as usual, it all boils down to the habits that people have. He firmly believes that people are not successful because of the daily habits that they have and make for themselves. He tells you that they can be changed and relearned.

In the book, Brian Tracy sets it up step by step, making it very clear what needs to be done. In the book, Million Dollar Habits, he gives his seven step program detailing how to make new habits for yourself. At the top of the list is a commitment for self discipline to follow through with this plan for success. He says the change will not be immediate but you will see some new positives in as little as two or three weeks. He points out that it is not complicated to make new habits.

In Million Dollar Habits, many helpful topics will be discussed but probably the most frustrating part that you will have to do is to follow up and stick with learning those new habits each day. One of the greatest tools that he provides for you is that he will summarize each of his chapters and gives a list of the steps you will need to take in order to master these. He is not all talk either, as he often will offer a quote from a well known psychologist in order to reinforce his own statements.

Brian Tracy's name is now synonymous with the strategies and techniques for the greatest success in your new or existing business and the management as well. His book, Million Dollar Habits can show you how to unlock your own path for self development in as little as fourteen days. Brian Tracy is a highly respected coach. People go out of their way to travel in order to hear him speak in person. You do not have to wait until you can restructure your schedule in order to go and see him. You will have his voice at your fingertips in the form of his newest book or audio tapes. He is also the chairman of his own company, Brian Tracy International. Not bad for a high school drop out whose first job was as a day laborer.

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Rich Dad's Guide to Investing by Robert Kyosaki With Sharon Lechter, CPA - Book Review

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Final Chapter of THINK AND GROW RICH: How to Outwit The Six Ghosts of Fear

Indecision, doubt and fear.

Napoleon Hill says that in order to allow our sixth sense to function properly we must first get rid off indecision, doubt and fear. Indecision crystallizes into doubt, and the two blended together become fear. They will germinate and grow in our minds without us even realising it, thus we must pay close attention, guard our minds at all times and not allow indecision and the feelings of doubt and fear to fester in us, otherwise, this is where we fail at achieving anything, at seeing anything we undertake come to fruition or we start but do not see it through.

For the application of the philosophy of THINK AND GROW RICH to work we must first get rid of any indecision, doubt and fear.

Napoleon Hill talks about six basic fears and says that sometimes they are deeply hidden in our subconscious mind and thus we don't even realise they are there and they are some of the reasons stopping us from moving forward as we want to.

The six basic fears are: the fear of poverty, the fear of criticism, the fear of ill health, the fear of loss of love of someone, the fear of old age and the fear of death. Fears are just a state of mind and our state of mind can be directed and controlled by ourselves, that's right, we and only we are in control of our state of mind, no one else! N H reminds us of the fact that the moment we have a thought in our mind, that thought begins to be translated, take form into its physical equivalent; whether or not that thought impulse is voluntary or not. Thus we must be extremely vigilant to the chain of our thoughts. We all have the ability to completely control our own mind, if only we choose to apply ourselves to do it and be in complete control of our mind, thus our life.

The fear of poverty. If you want to be rich not poor, just focus on being rich, reject poverty by simply not dwelling on it especially if you consider yourself to be poor right now and solely concentrate, focus your mind on being rich whether it be financially, in health, spiritually, mentally etcetera. You cannot focus on both your current state of affairs whether it be that you are poor or ill and focus at the same time on being rich and healthy, you must choose one or the other. Fear of poverty is a state of mind, if you do not decide to change that state of mind nothing will change. Tell the Universe that what you want is to be rich, focus on that thought, accept that the Universe will start working toward getting you what you want and gradually as you focus on exactly how much money you want, the Universe will show you how to get there, through ideas, inspirations, hunches that will come to you and when you take up on them, start working toward your goal, you will know you're on the right path because you'll actually love it. Napoleon Hill describes the fear of poverty as the most destructive of the six basic fears.

The fear of criticism. Robs one of initiative, destroys the power of imagination, limits ones individuality, takes away ones self reliance and the list goes on and on and on. "Criticism will plant FEAR in the human heart or resentment but it will not build love or affection". This fear, the fear of criticism is fatal to a person's personal achievement.

The fear of ill health. "Powerful and mighty is the human mind! It builds or destroys". Some people make themselves ill through the constant fear of being unwell, every one has heard of hypochondria; research has also shown that two seriously ill people suffering from the same illness will recover at a different pace due specifically to their state of mind about the illness and how they have decided to tackle it. Those who admit defeat to begin with will not have the same chances of recovery or recover as quickly as the ones who decide to fight, take their medication and focus on being healthy rather than on the illness. Some people have even been known for surviving and recovering against the odds, some fully without the use of medication, they chose to solely rely on the power of their mind. Sometimes, failing in business or in love also sends people to hospital, however, this happens because of the way we let our mind at that moment, the pain, to take over and fester, that the pain grows more acute. N H is certainly not suggesting that we never feel pain, we all have feelings after all, but it is how we decide to handle the pain and how long we want to be in pain for or dwell on it that causes us to go into despair.

The fear of loss of love. "This fear is the most painful of all the six basic fears...", many of us have at one point in our lives felt destroyed by this, again now that we understand how the mind works and that we and only we are in control of it, we can be in pain it's perfectly natural, but for how long and how in control we are is up to us. We can choose to either be destroyed forever by the loss or simply that fear or we can choose and decide that we are worth more than feelings of despair or simply worth more than that fear and fight against it for our own sanity and the sanity of our relationship by not giving into it and banishing it completely focusing on the things that make us happy if we are still in a relationship or if we are no longer in one focusing on things that make us happy so as to not focus on what saddens us; before we know it, the pain will be gone.

The fear of old age. The only thing this fear is going to cause, is you growing old before your age. Regardless of how young you try to make yourself look through your clothes. Accept old age as a blessing carrying with it wisdom, self control and an understanding or knowledge not known to the young.

The fear of death. Napoleon Hill describes this fear as being useless. He says that death will come no matter what, eventually and there is nothing one can do about it. So why fear it in the first place, will it do any good?

We can control our mind and we have the power to feed it whatever thought impulses we choose to. Just as surely as we have the power to control our own thoughts, we are the masters of our own destiny.

My goal is to help you realise that your success is entirely up to you, it is not dependent on circumstances or just luck. Anyone can become successful as long as they understand and apply The Law Of Attraction. For help and more information go to: http://www.whatispersonaldevelopment.co.uk/ to start building the life you want.

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The Bible of Options Strategies

The Bible of Options Strategies: The Definitive Guide for Practical Trading Strategies which is written by Guy Cohen is the best book on option strategies. An excellent book by an excellent author. Guy Cohen has lots of experience on both the US and UK derivatives and stock markets.

The book is easy to read, Guy Cohen uses images and diagrams to explain about a strategy. Diagrams are easy to learn than numerical formula. The layout of the book is also great making the reader easy to navigate around the text. The strategies are categorized by Proficiency, Direction, Volatility, Risk/Reward, and Type. So it is easy if you want to find an intermediate, low volatility option strategy for bullish market.

The book covers all of today's best income, volatility, synthetic, and sideways market strategies. It will show you why each strategy works, an when and how to use them.

Here are what you will learn from the book:

The Four Basic Options Strategies.Income strategies. It construct spreads within a shorter term (typically 30-45 days). An example is covered call.Vertical Spreads.Volatility Strategies. These strategies is used when we think the price will move a lot. An example is short iron Condor.Sideways Strategies. It is used when we think the price will not move a lot. An example is long iron Condor.Leveraged Strategies.Synthetic Strategies.Taxation for Options Traders.

The book has a total of 56 strategies. You don't need to master every strategy. It is entitled the "Bible of Options Strategies" for a reason. It's a bible, so when you hear someone mention a "Short iron Condor" and wonder what it is, go read it from the 'Bible'.

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You Were Born Rich by Bob Proctor

Bob Proctor is maybe best known as a speaker and star of the hit movie "The Secret". This book is the culmination of Bob Proctor's more than 40 years of study in the world of personal development and success. Bob Proctor was a high school drop out turned firefighter in Toronto Canada who owed more money than he made in a year. He discovered a book that changed his life and started him on a journey that began in 1961 and continues to this day. That book was "Think and Grow Rich" by Napoleon Hill. The year that Bob Proctor started to study that book he made over $100,000 dollars and then over $1 million dollars the next year. He wanted to know what caused him to change when no one around him was changing. He wanted to know how and what made him successful and the result of that study is the book "You Were Born Rich"

"You Were Born Rich" is written in a straight forward way that is easy to read and understand. In this book Bob Proctor lays out a plan that if followed will give you the success that you are looking for. Each chapter is dedicated to a specific action or group of tasks that the author suggests you follow that will lead you to success. Bob Proctor encourages you to savour the book the way you would enjoy a glass of fine wine. Read the book and think about what the author has written. How does this apply to your life? What can you learn from the section you just read? Does what you have read cause you to think about other ways or ideas of doing things? Think about the actions suggested by the book and how you can apply them to your life.

The premise that we are all born rich as is outlined in the title of the book was initially difficult to believe. After reading the book I believe that the author has fulfilled the promise of the title "You Were Born Rich". We are all born with the ability to become rich and each person will have a different definition of what rich is to them. If you study this book, not just read it but study it, you will discover that you were born rich. I firmly believe that if you follow the guidance in this book you will become rich, physically, mentally, emotionally and spiritually. I know that my life has improved in all these areas since I first read this book.

Mark Johnson is a life coach and consultant, who loves getting the most out of life and enjoys helping others to do the same. He enjoys a full life with his family and horses on his ranch in the Rocky Mountain Foothills. Mark is the founder of Your Wealth and Wisdom. Visit his website http://moneywealthwisdom.com/ It is my mission to help everyone learn to become wealthy. There is more than enough for everyone because we don't all define wealth in the same way or want the same things in life. You can learn more about how to make money, build businesses, protect your wealth, eliminate debt and develop passive income streams at my website http://moneywealthwisdom.com/

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