The Magnificent Mind-Set Man: The Seven Transcending Mind-Sets of Success

by Russell D Hamblin, Edward Holt (Illustrator)

Overview

Roger Hunt, an ordinary man working as an environmental geologist, has experienced many failures and a few successes. More than halfway through his life, Roger is surprised and blessed to receive a unique and precious gift and an opportunity to learn the secrets of success.

Ten years prior, while working on a majestic and remote island off the coast of Alaska, Roger meets a mysterious visitor, the billionaire Billy Haynes III. Billy presents a series of his personal memoirs on success and has a magical way of reinforcing those written principles in the form of vivid dreams, thrilling experiences, and majestic symbols, including what Roger calls the Magnificent Mind-Set Man. Along with these teachings an admonition is given—to share those secrets with the rest of the world.

Although Roger is edified and determined to use these principles, write about them, and teach them to the world, he fails to do so and continues to live a life of limited happiness and professional mediocrity. But serendipitously, Roger meets Billy again when he is stranded, and he is given a second chance to remember, apply, and reveal the seven transcending mind-sets of success to the rest of the world.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781532037993
Publisher:	iUniverse, Incorporated
Publication date:	02/17/2018
Pages:	158
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.01(h) x 0.40(d)

About the Author

Russell D. Hamblin is a professional scientist and businessman with a master’s degree in geology. He has more than thirty-three years of professional experience in the industry of environmental management and consulting. Hamblin has managed thousands of simple and complex environmental projects throughout the globe and has worked and traveled on five continents. He is a business unit manager, a problem solver, and a motivational speaker. Hamblin currently lives in Herriman, Utah.

Note to the purchasers of this book: for every book purchased, $1 will be donated to two charitable causes: to help educate children with autism and to help people with addictions.

Russell D. Hamblin is a professional scientist and businessman with a master’s degree in geology. He has more than thirty-three years of professional experience in the industry of environmental management and consulting. Hamblin has managed thousands of simple and complex environmental projects throughout the globe and has worked and traveled on five continents. He is a business unit manager, a problem solver, and a motivational speaker. Hamblin currently lives in Herriman, Utah.

Note to the purchasers of this book: for every book purchased, $1 will be donated to two charitable causes: to help educate children with autism and to help people with addictions.

Editorial Reviews

2018-06-20
An extended parable about finding the right frame of mind for all kinds of success.Hamblin's debut novel opens in 2016 as environmental geologist Roger Hunt drives from Nevada to Idaho on business. He's stressing out about his schedule, worried that he's running out of time, daylight, and, most crucially, gas. At the last minute, he encounters an enigmatic old man on a dilapidated ranch who has fuel to spare. He doesn't recognize him at first, but the short-tempered senior, Billy Haynes, soon curtly reminds him that they first met 10 years before on a mountain in Alaska. Hunt is now the CEO of his own small company, but he's in a precarious personal state. He's been a recovering gambling addict for years, and at 57, he feels like he's been neglecting his family and worries constantly that he might lapse into his old ways. Now he must deal with Billy, who confronts him with hard questions: "Are you the success you wanted to be?" the old man asks. "Are you as happy as you could be? Are you the man you wanted to be, Hunt?" After they separate, Hunt finds a manuscript that Billy left behind: "The Seven Transcending Mind-Sets of Success." As Hamblin's narrative unfolds, it elaborates on Billy's philosophy of life and success, which is essentially grounded in the Christian assumption that visible, mortal, earthly life is just the beginning of an eternal existence. Along the way, the author clearly explains principles of developing "Positive Mental Attitude" and resisting negative mindsets in all their forms. The framing of these life lessons as a manuscript left by a mysterious teacher figure is a canny choice on Hamblin's part, an innovation that allows him to disseminate self-help nostrums in an energetic and entertaining way. That said, the advice is fairly standard stuff, and the melding of narrative and philosophy feels awkward at times; readers who dislike one of these aspects will be impatient for more of the other. An often engaging narrative, combined with a self-improvement seminar.

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