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iwatson58
Posted August 12, 2010
Effective way to achieve goals
I like this book! At first the cover had me a little doubtful but it grew on me after I started getting into the content of the book. "Achieve Anything in Just One Year" is a motivational compilation of daily readings and assignments to assist in achieving goals. Basically, both get you in the mindset for the day.
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The reading for day 39 starts off with "You are now becoming a person of action. How does that feel? It can be quite a powerful experience." The assignment for the day is "to continue to be a person of action. Don't interrupt your efforts with talk. Get back to work."
Day 126 starts off with "You have already explored the fact you cannot reach success on your own. You need other people in your life." The reading continues and ends up with the assignment " Practice tact today and give your ego the day off."
For the purpose of this review I didn't complete the readings/assignments but intend to because they have become a routine in my daily life. Reading and doing the assignment first thing in the morning sets me up for the day.
I compliment Jason Harvey for creating a simple, step-by-step, quick paced but effective tool for us to use. Achieving goals and desires has never been easier! -
One Step at a Time, One Day at a Time
No, this is not just another self-help book (though it is most definitely from that category of literature). Without a lot of hoopla at the beginning of this very exciting book, author and life coach Jason Harvey seemingly sits down at our side and very supportively whispers 'take charge'. He almost leaves it there - 'Maybe you ought to take a long hard look at yourself and commit to small changes every day' - but he doesn't. After a very brief introduction which amounts to a series of questions as to how motivated we are to transform our frustrated lives into achieved dreams, he separates his book into 365 pages - a page for every day of the year - and on each page he nudges us to 'set goals and stick with them, take daily action that creates a ripple effect, stay motivated, focused and balanced, feel happier everyday, and define, pursue and celebrate personal success.'
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Yes, he does insist we keep a notebook and set aside a small amount of time everyday to go inside our minds and our dreams and our expectations, and to keep track of where we are headed. But where Jason Harvey succeeds in technique that often eludes other life coaches is his ability to keep things simple, to make the energy come from within us rather than emulating the lives of others. Little things like expecting and accepting failures as lessons for learning, giving ourselves credits for the little changes we make as we make them, and reminding us of the day or so back a few weeks from the time of the current session that we decided to do something new - and to check and see if we have persevered in attaining that goal. And along the way he adds little quotes to start that day's introspective journey, quotes that provide a sense of humor and a sense of universality that adds to the validity of what he is coaxing us to do. Example, from a Swedish Proverb: "Fear less, hope more; eat less, chew more; whine less, breathe more; talk less, say more; hate less, love more; and all good things are yours.'
This is an easy course to follow, but this reader has only read the book out of curiosity: now it is time to take it page by page and alteration by alteration and experience how it works. But the overwhelming feeling after reading through the entire book is the common sense simplicity of Jason Harvey's approach: 'By transforming your life with small steps, you can stay motivated, focused and balanced. Best of all, you will feel happier about pursuing your personal success.' It's had to top that as a reason to buy into this valuable little book.
Grady Harp