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The Go-Giver: FOR anyone who has ever believed that attaining success requires a greedy, self-centered approach, The Go-Giver: A Little Story About a Powerful Business Idea, could be just what the metaphysical doctor ordered. The beautiful message contained inside this book can help us develop a more pragmatic, bighearted and ultimately successful approach—both to business and to life. The title is a play on the phrase “go-getter,” often used to describe people who take aggressive measures to get the results they desire in life. But far from being just a play on words, the term “go-giver” can be seen as a compliment of the highest order. In some ways, the story unfolds as it would in a mystery novel. The main character, Joe, is working frantically on a Friday afternoon with his deadline a week away. As the story opens, Joe’s attitude is firmly rooted in a go-getter type approach, but his best efforts are getting him nowhere. At wit’s end, he decides to ask an older man in the office, someone he thinks the company is keeping around out of loyalty only, for advice. Little does Joe know that the old adage “ask and you shall receive” is about to prove true for him in a very big way. On Saturday and throughout the following week, Joe transitions from a person who thinks success means beating others to the punch into a person who comes to see the wisdom of always giving something of value in his interactions with others, even his rivals. In the process, he learns and applies the Five Laws of Stratospheric Success, which might have come across as just another to-do list without the magic of this rich tale to show how we can benefit from them. The Go-Giver is one of those rare books that entertains with a great storyline while simultaneously delivering an uplifting, lifeaffirming message that we can apply immediately. |
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| —Darren Richardson | ||
Soul to Soul: IN his new book Soul to Soul, Gary Zukav expands on the theme of soul evolution which he introduced in The Seat of the Soul. The world is an “Earth school,” Zukav says, and this Earth school is comprised of opportunities to perceive deeper meanings in the events and circumstances of your life. When you look beyond the surface appearances of these events and circumstances, you gain spiritual awareness, which leads to the healing of the emotions. When you heal the emotions you are able to access your authentic power. Authentic power develops, then, when you pay attention and understand the lessons life offers you and allow them to lift you into who you truly are. Opening to what your life experience can teach you, you become free from old emotional reactions and you participate in a continually evolving expression of your true self. In Part One of the book, Zukav uses brief stories from everyday life to illustrate how experiences can illumine spiritual truth. Finding a snake skin on the road led one woman to a realization that she could shed her anger, jealousy, hatred and other painful emotions. In Part Two, the author poses “soul questions” such as: Why are souls created imperfect? Why do bad things happen to good people? What is the reason for struggle? These questions are answered with gently nurturing insights and personal sharing from the author’s own life. The main idea that Zukav comes back to and emphasizes is that your soul is the source of your authentic power. The soul is the eternal self, and the purpose of living is to be a conduit for the energy of your soul. Your life experience, your “Earth school,” is a learning environment that is continually presenting you with opportunities for growth. |
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| —Kathy Juline | ||
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