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August, 2004
Many of the highly successful men and women included in this book are known to us, but the story behind their great accomplishments—along with the dynamics of how they succeeded—may not be as familiar. This book is fascinating to read because it reveals these stories. It gets to the essence of what leads to success, defined here as the “courage to let out the potent dreams and potentialities” within us. Examples of the specific traits of successful people are definite purpose, discipline, willingness to work hard, curiosity, trust, a loving nature, and optimism. But how men and women actually lived and expressed these traits is the valuable heart of this primer-like book. While Nelson Mandela’s story is almost mythic now, as are the stories of steel magnate Andrew Carnegie, oil billionaire John Paul Getty, explorer Ernest Shackleton, humanitarian Eleanor Roosevelt, and computer visionary Michael Dell, there is for each of these great people—and all the others represented here—a key truth, a kernel of wisdom that became the catalyst for great achievement. The guidance we receive in applying these principles in our own life makes 50 Success Classics an inspiring and enlightening resource. —Kathy Juline
The “fast track” to professional success, wealth, health, or love, is leaving many of us burned-out and searching for a better way to achieve our goals. In his new book, Slow Down: The Fastest Way to Get Everything You Want, lifestyle coach David Essel offers a complete plan for people who want to decelerate and still manifest the life they desire. Readers new to New Age self-help books will find Slow Down to be user-friendly and a good foundation for holistic living. More experienced students will be reminded of the mental, physical, and spiritual benefits of including yoga, meditation, and rituals in their practice. Part Five: Slow Down to Create the Love You Desire is written for the lovelorn in search of a mate but not interested in finding him or her by means of the current fad of “speed dating.” In it, Essel not only advises to stop rushing love, but also provides exercises that help the seeker to step back and look at relationships in a mature and realistic way. David Essel’s program for slowing down as a way of getting to success faster is a fresh and interesting take on the very familiar subject of having it all. —Yolanda Porter Founded in 1973 by Michael Toms, long-recognized as one of the
world’s most distinguished interviewers of prominent personalities,
New Dimensions is a world broadcasting network that presents, in
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“practical knowledge and perennial wisdom.” It
does this by offering visitors of its site recorded broadcasts of
some of the world’s top social architects, thinkers, and creative
artists. One link introduces us to more than five hundred such talks
found within some thirty-six categories that include subjects as
diverse as Buddhism, music, health and healing, and mythology, to
name only a few. I decided to click on “religion” to
see what offerings it held. I found some seventy-three programs (yes,
I counted them!) listing speakers as varied as the Dalai Lama, writer
Jean Houston, theologian Wayne Teasdale, and scholar Huston Smith.
Membership in New Dimensions is required to access the programs,
but the procedure to do so is simple and straightforward. New Dimensions
also produces an on-line journal and a bimonthly newsletter. Clicking
the keys of our computer may not offer us quite the same pleasure
as turning the pages of our favorite book, but as long as we are
curious creatures we will always seek better ways to satisfy that
curiosity. To
read further, pick up your copy of Science of Mind Magazine United
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