Are you living your life the way you really want?

I’m generally weary of life “coaches” who promise to transform your life in a few hundred pages or an afternoon. This kind of stuff takes work, so I approached Michael Neill’s book Supercoach: 10 Secrets to Transform Anyone’s Life with the same skepticism.

However, I found this to be a highly useful reference book to read and reread.

If you’re feeling a little lost or stuck in terms of what direction to take or where you want to go with your business, this book is a great stepping stone.

Neill will help:

• Suck the negativity out of your thoughts and show you how to create positive energy in your life.

• Figure out what you want to create.

• Suggest ways in which you can make good decisions.

• Show you how to create systems to better manage your time.

• Teach you how to ask for something you really want or need.

Whether you think you need it or not, this book is a nice read that will help you get more out of business and life. I found useful tips for various aspects of my own life in nearly every chapter.

Now that you have these Supercoach tools, get started! Transforming your own life takes lots of work and it’s completely up to you…

Ever wondered who can officially call themselves unemployed? This funny video by the Mint.com does a great job of explaining who and why in 2 minutes!

Finally, a highly useful step-by-step guide on how to achieve success not only at work, but in every other aspect of life.

Based on the assumption that you’re already designed to succeed, Arlene Johnson breaks her recipe for success (a Success Map) into a very easy, manageable eight steps in her book Success Mapping: Achieve What You Want- Right Now!

The book, a cross between a handy motivational guide and a workbook, is laid out for you to pick a clear goal while ensuring you are committed so you set yourself up to achieve exactly what you want.

What are some of the benefits to creating a Success Map?

• “Your life dream or goal now has a big, clear target that becomes much easier to hit.”

• Be “laser focused on ways to accomplish that goal.”

• Once you’ve learned to achieve your first goal with Johnson’s steps, a Success Map will help you obtain all your other goals.

Arlene Johnson does a great job making this book easy to follow and understand. Each chapter is a step in creating a Success Map.

• Step One- What do you really want?
• Step Two- The power of you- with intention
• Step Three- The power of choice!
• Step Four- Using your strengths
• Step Five- Transforming stumbling blocks into stepping-stones
• Step Six- Ask for and get what you need
• Step Seven- Making decisions… with no regrets!
• Step Eight- Yes, I’m really ready to achieve my intention statement!

Success Mapping should be read, reread, and each chapter should be decorated with your personal notes. Before you move on to the next chapter, be sure you’ve mastered all the chapter goals by checking the mastery list provided.

Reading and using Success Mapping as a guide in your own life will help you realize how easy it can actually be to get what you want.

Make it your intention to grab a copy of this book today!

Click here for an excerpt from this book

At Comic Con 2009, I went on a quest to find the guys and girls with the best ideas. After being carried miles around the exhibit hall by the massive crowds and chatting with dozens of entrepreneurs, here are my favorites:

Featuring:

Donna, the monster bag maker

MonsterCommute.com

Sam, host to the alien in the toilet

CrazeeComics.com

A random Japanese Pop Star

Name & URL unknown, just check out the dance

Joe, the ‘hold your pea’ guy

ConductHappiness.com

Those of you who have been following me online know I’ve been on another one of my workations (work + vacation). That’s right, I took business on the road. Again!

These last couple of weeks have been a good dose of vacation mixed in with some work at the virtual office. Workation is my ideal lifestyle and the main reason why self-employment works so well for me.

A few days ago I returned home and I am, once again, back and blogging from my home office.

Typically, the appropriate catchphrase for this moment would be: It’s back to the grind! But, back from the workation with a renewed sense of energy and purpose, I resolve to never again utter the phrase – It’s back to the grind!

Life, as well as business, is one giant labor of love and happiness. If you’re not feeling those vibes, it’s time to revaluate your purpose and lifestyle.

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