Contagious optimism
Subtitle: uplifting stories and motivational advice for positive forward thinking
By: [compiled by] David Mezzapelle ; foreword by Marshall Goldsmith
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 405
ISBN-13: 9781606712399
Copyright date: 2013
Subjects: Miscellanea; Optimism
Description: "Where are you on your life journey? Do you want a different life, but aren't sure how to find it? How do you discover your passion? How do you take charge of your professional future? Start using the lessons of Contagious Optimism to write your own "silver linings playbook." Contagious Optimism includes stories, advice, actions and insights from business leaders, visionaries, professionals and just plain folks. David Mezzapelle believes that we all have the capacity to make optimism contagious just by sharing our life's adventures, and he's found a group of unstoppable optimists who have made their lives exactly what they want them to be. Learn to: Develop your talents through practice; become successful by turning the word "impossible" on its head; meet "The One" by becoming "The One"; Build the brand that makes you you; and much, much more."--Back cover.
Notes: "This edition is published by MJF Books in arrangement with Viva Editions, an imprint of Cleis Press, Inc." -- title page verso.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: 1. Talent; title: Introduction; title: Never, Ever Give Up; title: Achievement by Mind and Will; title: I Never Fail; title: Talent Building 101; title: Discovering Your Passion, Discovering Your Talents; title: Taking on Something Way Above Me; title: Interview: David Di Francesco, The Living Warrior; title: Talents and Achievement; title: Talent; title: A Perception; title: Empowering Talent; title: A Mother's Gift; title: 2. Goal Analysis; title: Introduction; title: Turning Impossible on Its Head; title: Punchball; title: Creating a Value-Based Retirement; title: Positive Strength; title: Envision the Perfect Day: A Visualization Exercise; title: Ride with the Waves; title: Where Are You on Your Life Journey?; title: Journaling as a Goal-Setting Tool; title: The Greatest Power; title: Finding New Carrots; title: 3. Turning Envy and Jealousy into Something Positive; title: Introduction; title: The Game of Perfection; title: Only You Suffer When You Envy Others; title: The Bike from Hell; title: Envy to Gratitude; title: On Attachment and Aversion; title: Whose Life Is It Anyhow?