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Review of Veronica Lim's "Dare to be Happy - 4 Steps to a
Happier, Richer, More Successful You"
Almost building 'backwards' from there, Veronica has added
the 'missing link' that guides you to enjoy striding towards
your goal ...
Holistic - almost afraid of using that word here
as unfortunately it's been corrupted by overuse.
Holistic
: treating of the whole person ... theory that certain wholes
are greater than the sum of their parts ...
The problem with many goal-setting - get what you want out of life
guides, is that they only speak to one part of you .... they only
target one part of you ... your conscious waking mind.
According to who you listen to, we only use 1% of our brain ...
our waking brain that is. So what's the other 99% doing!
Well we don't know for sure - but some of it (and a lot more than
1%), is doing stuff away from our conscious brain, working
in our subconscious.
So it's hardly surprising that many times when we focus on changing
something about ourselves, it fails, because we've only been 'talking'
with the 1% - and the less powerful 1% at that.
Veronica Lim's latest book "Dare to be Happy
..." is a guide to focusing and achieiving what you want as
a complete person - rather than a blinkered person like many goal
setting type books recommend.
It's a bit like being offered your favourite meal, cooked to perfection
... but your sense of taste is taken away. You know you should be
enjoying it but something is missing.
DARE, starts from the standpoint that we have
all the power, tools already there within us, to achieve whatever
we want to achieve - and guides you to harnessing the energy and
excitement that starts your dreams to drive your self forward to
your goal - as a complete you ... not the money worried you, not
the stressed you, not the relationship challenged you ... but the
Happy you underneath all of that stuff.
You know from experience, that when you do something out of happiness
how much easier it is - and how much more fulfilling the results
are ... no matter what they are.
Well that's the core of this book, come workbook, come guide. Find
your true goals, the ones that really make you happy, and you're
much more likely to achieve them ... and live with them.
Ever failed at a goal? I know I have. And looking back after a
little time has passed, it's often easy to see why - it wasn't the
right goal. It was related to the desire, but the starting point
was wrong, so you didn't have your whole 100% self behind it. Like
trying to wash the dishes with one hand, with no soap ... or water!
DARE helps you to realize the unconscious reasons
why you want your goals - and helps you use the full power of your-self
working with you, rather than sitting on your shoulder nagging.
"Often
people attempt to live their lives backwards; they try to have
more things, or more money, in order to do more of what they want,
so they will be happier. The way it actually works is the reverse.
You must first be who you really are, then do what you need to
do, in order to have what you want"
Margaret Young
And what stops people most of all is that little voice, that nagging
self-doubt, that little creature sitting on your shoulder spouting
off.
So that's where Veronica's book stands out. She takes on board
the fact that we all have these doubts, and introduces us to some
strong methods of understanding what they really are, and releasing
them.
Doubts are reactions. Reactions to potential situations. They are
based on passed experience, received wisdom (though that can sometimes
be questioned!) and ... paranoia - "something new ... oh,
I couldn't possibly".
The way to deal with them ... is to deal with them, and reason
them out. And to do it in a way that builds self-confidence and
security.
Veronica shows you how to do just that.
In fact, if you asked me another word to use to describe this book,
the one after Holistic, would be Realistic. She deals with the challenges
we all face when we strive for a goal, and shows how to do it reasonably,
facing the facts of day to day life.
I especially liked the part on 'flexible deadlines'. I don't know
about you, but I'm always setting unrealistic deadlines, and then
get upset when I don't achieve them.
One of my 'pet beliefs', is the belief that we all choose. We choose
how we react to things. It's not someone else's 'fault', is we get
upset, worry ... we've chosen that particular way to react to the
given situation. Veronica knows where I'm coming from because, she
has some solid advice on how to 'switch off the automatic
response' system. Then continues to show you how to choose
better reactions to make you more, Optimistic; Appreciative; Inspired;
Positive ... and most of all Happy.
Yes, we're back to the happy bit. In fact it never went away. As
the title clearly states "Dare to be HAPPY"
- and that's the energy that fuels the book, and will fuel you.
Be able to change your responses, so that you react positively,
creating more energy, which in turn makes you feel happy - ier,
which in turn ... Oh it's such a great circle that one!
If you expect bad things to happen - they will ... no doubt.
If you expect good stuff to happen - well it won't stop bad things
happening, but you'll more often than not find the some 'thing',
that you can take away and be positive about.
Because that's the key to achieiving goals - to
be Positive, to be Happy, to Expect Good Stuff to Happen ... or
as Veronica puts it, to Dare to be Happy!
Yep, I like this book ... Now visit Veronica's site and buy yourself
a copy:
Whoops ... You Can't, not quite yet anway, as I've been lucky enough
to review a pre-publication copy. So meanwhile I'd recommend looking
at some of Veronica's
other products, and in around the end of November
go here
Best of Happiness,
Vic Carrara
www.SuccessSecrets.co.uk
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