My New Ebook THRIVE! Create What Matters In Challenging Times & Beyond!
Is Available On Smashwords,com
"Books can be dangerous.
The best ones should be labeled "This could change your life."
~Helen Exley
Hey, folks!
I very happy to announce that, until November 10th, my new ebook
THRIVE! Create What Matters In Challenging Times & Beyond
is available - fr.ee! - to you and your friends.
Just go to Smashwords.com where you can download a version to read on your computer, Kindle, iPod, other e-readers - even your phone. Or you can do what I do with ebooks, print it out, and read it in the tub, a chapter at a time!
I'm getting excellent feedback on THRIVE! from some very savvy folks. Here's a sample:
In THRIVE!" says Paul Stoltz, author of Adversity Quotient, "Bruce Elkin provides a life-organizing framework with which you can dramatically refocus your life on what matters most. Be prepared to let go of stress and extraneous burdens, and re-energize your life."
Is THRIVE! for you? Will you benefit by reading it? You just might — if you are:
• Struggling to make sense of a changing world?
• Stuck, stalled, unsure of your purpose, goals, or direction?
• In transition? Not sure what to do next, or how to proceed?
• Thinking of reinventing yourself and/or your work?
• Just starting out but unsure how to organize your journey? Or where to go?
• Want to simplify your life and work, but not at the expense of success?
• Want to make life's second half vital, rich and meaningful?
• Want to create what truly matters — in harmony with your environment?
Whatever you're wanting to change or create, THRIVE! can help you get started, keep going and follow through to completion. And feel the great satisfaction and happiness that comes from creating what truly matters.
“Bruce's new ebook THRIVE! is a timely reminder of how much control we have over our happiness," says John Renesch, author of Getting to the Better Future. "It is all about the choices we make. Read it now and keep it handy, to read again whenever the world starts to wear you down.”
THRIVE! is a practical guidebook for people who want to make real and lasting changes in life and work. It'll help you envision what truly matters to you, ground it in reality and take whatever steps are needed to make your vision(s) a reality. It's kinda like having your personal life coach, right at your fingertips
"Bruce is one of the most effective coaches I've worked with," says Josh Dorfman, TV Host and author of The Lazy Environmentalist. "In THRIVE!, he gets you excited about pursuing things that truly matter and shows you how to stay the course until you get there. I found myself thinking, “This makes so much sense!”
Whether you want to change jobs, start a business or organization, or do all those things on your bucket list that seem too hard to tackle, THRIVE! can help you clarify your vision and set up an organizing framework that both energizes and guides your actions. Working within this frameworks makes it easier to learn from both your mistakes and successes, tap into your intuition and keep going when the going gets tough.
"Bruce's approach is great for creative people: says novelist Kathy Page, author of Alphabet and The Find. "When I dream up a project, I must not only think through the steps I need take, but actually take them - even those I dread or resist. I also use Bruce's approach to focus on everyday and work-related communication so that it does what I really want it to do."
In THRIVE! I show you how to shift from dependence on a reactive, problem-driven approach to life and work to embracing a powerfully effective, creating-focused approach. And how to apply that approach to create the results you'd most love to have in your life, work, and world. — starting where you are, and with whatever you have to work with.
"This short, powerful primer raises excellent questions," says Bob Stilger, former Co-President of the Berkana Institute. "It equips readers with tools, models, and perspectives to focus on what really matters. Elkin points out that challenging times offer great opportunity. Many know that - but still get stuck. This ebook provides practical advice for getting going — and knowing where to go!"
Step-by-step, I'll show you how to set up the creating framework, and apply it. I'll show you how to structure actions so you can explore, experiment and learn from your own experience. I'll take the mystery out of creating even complex results such as getting in shape, creating a green business, growing a flourishing relationship or writing that book you've always wanted to write. Or whatever you most want to create!
THRIVE! can also help you find the opportunities that abound in challenging times, and do what it takes to flourish in the face of adversity.
"Bruce's approach goes beyond coping with hard times," says Vicki Robin, million-selling coauthor of Your Money Or Your Life. "He helps you embrace life's complexity, and use it as raw material to create results. If life gives you lemons, you don't just make lemonade—you make a delicious lemon soufflé. I use some of Bruce's tools and can testify to their power."
As well as showing you how to create results, I'll also show you how to develop resilience, the "grit" needed to deal with set-backs, overcome adversity and keep working until you make your dream a reality.
"When I started out," says Doc Klein, President, Uncharted Territories, "I was lost, overconfident, looking for direction. The practices Bruce outlines in THRIVE! helped me develop a framework for life and work that I use every day."
Instead seeing life as a a litany of problems to solve, THRIVE! can help you see it as an exciting, meaningful and creative adventure. Sharon Wood, the first North American Woman to make it to the summit of Mt. Everest says, "Bruce's guidance shaped my approach to life. His template for engaging the world with wonder and enthusiasm helped me transform my dreams into reality."
So head on over to Smashwords.com and pick up your free copy of THRIVE!
"Bruce Elkin's creative approach inspires us all to question the old ways of the past in a renewed quest to find innovative ways to embrace the exciting challenges of the present."
– John Amatt, President, One Step Beyond WorldWide
Read the ebook. Practice the skills and structure. Learn from your experience. And you too can develop the capacity to create what matters most — with whatever life gives you!
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Please Help Me Get the Word Out!!
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My goal is to bring this book to 5,000 people. If everyone on this list shares it with 5 people - we're there!
1) Email your friends and family.
Send them a note about THRIVE! with this link:
http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/90569
2) Facebook and Twitter
Here's a pre-written post to copy and paste:
Check out this new ebook: THRIVE! Creating What Matters In Challenging Times & Beyond. Free! Until November 10th at http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/90569
3) If you like THRIVE!, please post a short review to the Smashwords page. And to sites like Yelp and Digg. Bookmark it on Delicious. Mention it on LinkedIn. Submit it to StumbleUpon. And whatever else you can think to do! And, hey, please send me a copy, or note telling me what you did, and where. Thanks!
Knowledge is power. Pass it on!
Thanks!
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QUOTABLE QUOTES
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There are two ways of being creative. One can sing and dance. Or one can create an environment in which singers and dancers flourish.
Warren G. Bennis
A friendship can weather most things and thrive in thin soil; but it needs a little mulch of letters and phone calls and small, silly presents every so often - just to save it from drying out completely.
Pam Brown
Adversity, and perseverance and all these things can shape you. They can give you a value and a self-esteem that is priceless.
Scott Hamilton
If human beings are perceived as potentials rather than problems, as possessing strengths instead of weaknesses, as unlimited rather that dull and unresponsive, then they thrive and grow to their capabilities.
Barbara Bush
Courage and perseverance have a magical talisman, before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish into air.
John Quincy Adams
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Don't forget to head over to Smashwords.com and get your f.re.e copy of THRIVE! before November 10th.
Cheers!
Bruce
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Copyright (c) 2011 by Bruce Elkin. All rights worldwide reserved.
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