"If you want to propel your success and dreams to realization, read Kick Start Your Success."
-Mark Victor Hansen, cocreator, #1 New York Times bestselling series Chicken Soup for the Soul(r) and coauthor of The One Minute Millionaire
"Timeless wisdom presented in an extremely readable manner."
-Jay Conrad Levinson, author of the Guerrilla Marketing series of books
"A wonderful little book filled with simple, transformational wisdom that will reshape all aspects of your life and work. You owe it to yourself to read Kick Start Your Success."
-Dr. Joe Rubino, bestselling author andCEO of CenterForPersonalReinvention. com
"I was lost. I knew I had an idea that would work but didn't know how to present it to the market. Kick Start Your Success allowed me to put my thoughts down in a concise way and discover an entertaining way to make them a reality."
-Anne Patrick, television executive
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Foreword Jay Conrad Levinson ix
Kick Start Your Success: A Hero's Tale xiii
Acknowledgments xv
Terms You Should Know xvii
Step One Gain Confidence by Stating Your Intentions 1
Life Is Full of Multiple Successes 5
So . . . What Do You Do? 6
Gain Personal Focus by Writing Your Intent Down 7
Two Types of Intent 9
Intent Is Powerful 13
EXERCISE: Define Your Internal and External Intentions 17
Draw a Heart around Your Intentions 20
Your New "28-Hour" Day 21
Gain Support of the World 23
Step Two Obtain Focus by Creating Your Instant Impact Message 27
Instant Impact Message: "Open, Says Me!" 31
The "Luck" of the Irish 32
Your Own Instant Impact Message 33
EXERCISE: Create Your Instant Impact Message 34
The Ultimate Production Job 40
Sharing My Love of Art and Life 40
Your Own Champion 42
Welcome to Focus and Self-Confidence 44
Step Three Find Your Voice by Using Your Success Script 47
Kick Start Law of Positive Words 51
Your Grumble Buddy: "Hello World, Where Have I Been?" 53
Speak Your Goal into Existence 57
EXERCISE: Craft Your Success Script 59
Your Success Script Has Unlimited Uses 73
Your Success Script as a "Real-World" Research Tool 75
Step Four Triumph by Becoming Inter"ask"ive 79
Become Inter"ask"ive with a Question of the Day 82
Continually Discover Information 84
Become Open to Suggestions 86
Do More Than the Expected! 87
Set Your Goal and Let It Blossom 90
Life on Your Terms 92
Engage Naysayers! 93
Contact-Learn-Achieve Success on Your Terms 96
Dream Like a Child, Decide As an Adult, and Go for It! 102
The Oh, So Dreaded Double No 104
Establish a Firm Foundation: Hold a Kick Start Success Launch Party 107
Energize Your Spirit: Form a Success Team 110
Fit Your Team into Your Life 113
Accept That You Are on the Right Path 116
Congratulations! ! ! ! 118
Index 119
About the Author 122
