Helping you put personal development books to action!

Do you:

• Want to find out what personal development books are really about?
• Already enjoy reading personal development books but want to know how to best understand some of these amazing life-changing concepts in these books?
• Want to be able to learn, share and develop within a fun and interactive workshop among a group of like-minded people who can nurture and support one another?
• Want to truly know how to actually REALLY apply these personal development concepts in your lives so you can start LIVING TODAY?

The vision for the Results4Life! Book Club is to enable you as participants to gain inspiration and knowledge from great inspirational and motivational books – and from each other – on how to create and sustain meaningful and positive changes in your lives, and in your world. The focus is on applying what you learn through an interactive workshop environment, rather than just discussing theory.

This Book Club gathers a diverse group of people dedicated to personal growth. It is my intention to provide a nexus of meaningful connections, both personal & professional, and an incubator of life development ideas.

So, if you’re a personal development reader, or would like to start acquiring some of these life skills, how can Results4Life! Book Club enhance your journey?

1. Get your nose out of your belly button

Personal development requires a lot of inward gazing. Sometimes we take it too far and turn the exploration into navel-gazing. By reaching out to others in this Book Club, we get out of our heads by turning our gaze outward, thus improving our chances of actually moving forward (because walking with our noses in our belly buttons just begs for a nasty accident to happen).

2. Connect to others on the same path

It’s easy to feel alone on our personal journeys. Everyone interprets personal development in different ways, sometimes conflicting with our way of thinking. When we connect to a myriad of other people on their own personal development journeys, we broaden our horizons and gain new perspectives.

3. Share your insights

Results4Life! Book Club allows everyone to have that immediate satisfaction of interacting with people after experiencing a mind-blowing moment of clarity. Others see the insights and share their own take on the newly gained wisdom or have their own mind-blowing moments. And so the epiphanies spread around the world.

4. Hear about new resources

Results4Life! Book Club provides the opportunity for others on similar life journeys to look to one another for resources that will help them. Generally, when people find something that works for them, they like to share the resource. If you’re networking with them, you’ll find out about the resource and maybe it will help you too.

5. Learn how to apply

One of the points of difference for Results4Life Book Club is that they are not only active discussion/study groups but workshops as well, which includes exercises that enable you to experience what these lessons are. You will then be empowered to design your own application for the week, and actually make things happen for yourself. In fact, you have the chance to evaluate your tools at the next session so others may learn how one another went with these strategies.

6. Find answers to direct questions

One of the things I like to share most about the Book Club is the direct help that I can offer as a Results Coach. It’s like a real-time customer support centre without any of the sales and marketing, and participants will have the opportunity to engage with my skills as I apply some of these personal development concepts within workshop exercises. Of course, this also allows you the opportunity to have external ongoing coaching with me, while using the Book Club as a spring board for new lessons in life.

How Does It Work?

• There are 10 books in the Results4Life Book Club for the year, covering 8 major topics.
• Each book is covered over 4 sessions (1 session per week) in a month. For example, if there are 8 chapters in the book, each session will therefore cover 2 chapters.
• Each session is 1½ hours long.
• You can choose to sign up per book, 2 books or 3. If you are keen to continue with the program, the price will drop considerably! That is certainly one of life’s rewards isn’t it? You take care of yourself, and the universe takes care of you!
• The Book Club takes a break in December and January, giving all of you time to spend with your kids (if any!) during the major school holidays and Christmas break.
• The Book List may also change for the new year so keep a look out for new and exciting books!

The Results4Life! Book Club sessions are driven both by the participants and the facilitator. The session includes:

1. Review of the week and lessons learnt during the last workshop
2. Discussion on new key points in the selected book
3. Reflection on a selected few concepts and how they can work on your lives
4. Exercises (between 2-3) that focuses on experiencing these concepts, and what it means to use them in your lives
5. Preparation on application: how you can now use these tools in your life and record your experience in a journal

There is a brief 15 minute refreshment break between Discussion and Exercises.

I’m Interested! How Do I Join?

To join the Results4Life Book Club, membership fees are either monthly, bi-monthly or tri-monthly. There are 4 X 1.5 hour sessions per month.

1 Book Membership Fee              :               $ 120.00 (1 month) + book!

2 Books Membership Fee            :               $ 220.00 (2 months) + 2 books!

3 Books Membership Fee            :               $ 320.00 (3 months) + 3 books!

All books are FREE with the membership!

The books also come with Results4Life! Book Club Mini Notes! These notes outline all the big ideas, useful quotes pulled from the book, and it’s all presented in a fun, quick-reading style that makes absorbing the wisdom from each summary a breeze!

So, my dear friends, for a membership fee of ONLY $120 FOR ONE BOOK OVER 4 SESSIONS, you get:

• A free highly acclaimed and best selling personal development book!
• 6 hours of great workshops!
• Free MiniNotes!
• Valuable networking opportunities!
• A supportive learning environment!
• Discounted coaching rates!
• Exciting new life skills!

Don’t forget: Membership fees decrease as you sign up for more books! Personal development has never been so affordable!

Each session is limited to 10 participants. Refreshments provided.

The same session is run twice a week. You can choose either Tuesdays 10am to 11:30am or Thursdays 7:30pm to 9:00pm.

Venue: GrapeVine Community Arts Space in Charlotte’s Vineyard, ELLENBROOK.

What Are The Books?

The carefully selected Top Ten Personal Development Books for Results4Life Book Club are listed as follow under each of the 8 topics:

Productivity, Time Management & Effectiveness  (February 2011)

The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change by Stephen R. Covey

This book was a publishing phenomenon in the early 1990s, and it deserved to be. Stephen R. Covey managed to repackage an ethical and moral tradition thousands of years in development and make it meaningful to a late twentieth century, secular audience. Most of what you find in this book you will find in Aristotle, Cicero, Benedict, Tillotson and their heirs. Covey adds a few references to psychology, a twentieth century science, and many to Viktor Frankl, a sage of the Holocaust. Covey wraps the mix in a distinctively American can-do program of easy-looking steps calling, mostly, for self-discipline. The result is a quite worthwhile, useful manual for self-improvement. I believe most readers will learn something useful from this book, will find the style familiar and easy-going, and the prescriptions adaptable.

About the author

Dr Stephen R Covey was born in 1932, and achieved international acclaim, and is perhaps best known, for his self-help book, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People. Since it was first published by Simon & Schuster in 1989, it has sold around 12 million copies word-wide.

Covey has a Harvard MBA and has spent most of his career at Brigham Young University, where he was professor of organisational behaviour and business management. In addition to his MBA, he also has a doctorate which he completed whilst at Brigham Young University. Dr. Stephen R Covey has received the Thomas More College Medallion for continuing service to humanity and has additionally been awarded four honorary doctorate degrees.

Stephen is also a co-founder of the Franklin-Covey organization, which specialises in the application of Covey’s principle-centred approach to leadership and management. He is widely acknowledged as one of the world’s leading authorities on the subject of time-management. Thousands of organizations across the world, including many of the Fortune 500 companies, have adopted his innovative techniques on leadership, teamwork, and customer-focused service. His best-selling book on time-management, First Things First, co-authored with A. Roger & Rebecca R. Merrill, according to Simon & Schuster is the best-selling time management book ever.

The seven principles he presents in the 7 Habits are not original thoughts – he does not claim to have originated the ideas but simply to have found a framework and a language for articulating the time-less principles embedded into the seven habits. In fact, it could be argued that the habits actually run counter to basic human nature. By our nature, we are reactive creatures and we are inclined to act mainly out of self-interest. But we are also as human beings capable of much higher thoughts and actions and by working hard to internalize the 7 habits we are able to develop a proactive attitude. By so doing, we can take charge of our own destinies and we are capable of exerting influence on other people for the collective good.

Success, Behaviour & Victory (March 2011)

Awaken The Giant Within by Anthony Robbins

Author and “life coach” Anthony Robbins takes on the gargantuan task of analyzing how the mind and body work, and how you can take control of every part of the process. He explains that all human actions and decisions originate in the pain-versus-pleasure principle. He then teaches you how to rewire your neurology so you associate pain with negative emotions and events, and replace it with the pleasure of the positive.

Reading an Anthony Robbins book is like viewing a transcript of one of his self-empowerment seminars. The personal revelations, stories, anecdotes and analogies are fun to read, but the essential messages are buried beneath the pages. It is my intention to extract all the gems of wisdom from this lengthy treatise, and guide participants in this book club on a worthwhile pursuit for success in life.

About the author

Anthony Robbins is the “leader called upon by leaders.” As the recognized expert in the psychology of peak performance, he has spent more than a quarter of a century serving people from more than 80 nations around the world. His success has been related to his ability to synthesize complex strategies and tools that immediately change the quality of people’s lives and bring them to a mass audience in a way that is entertaining and empowering. He is an international bestselling author. His educational audio system, Personal Power, has sold more than 35 million tapes worldwide. His clients have included an extraordinary array of outstanding achievers, including presidents of the United States, members of two royal families, Olympic and professional athletes, and Fortune 500 CEOs, and he has addressed distinguished audiences ranging from Britain’s Parliament to the Harvard Business School.

Consciousness, Awareness & Spirituality (April 2011)

The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success:  A Practical Guide to the Fulfilment of Your Dreams by Deepak Chopra

Chopra’s spiritual understanding, coupled with his medical degree, allows him to understand the physical, emotional, and spiritual working of the mind and body. Taking readers through a practical guide to fulfilling dreams in harmonious and productive ways is the essence of Deepak Chopra’s The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success.

The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success takes the reader onto a path for success in life. Chopra expresses the need for goals and fulfilling desires with effortless ease. With an easy-to-read guide written in seven short chapters, Deepak Chopra offers advice detailing how to obtain a flourishing life.

Highlighting the importance of seeing life as a journey that must be looked at as a great experience, Chopra affirms throughout The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success, “success also includes good health, energy and enthusiasm for life, fulfilling relationships, creative freedom, a sense of well-being, and peace of mind.”

Defined and detailed throughout the seven chapters are the means to experience and obtain goals, dreams, and success combined with health, positive relationships, and peace of mind.

Chopra has used his experiences, his schooling, and his cultural heritage to share his knowledge within his book offering others the peace of mind he has discovered. Each chapter can be read all together or one at a time while being considered and reflected upon for a day or a week.

The unique aspect of Chopra’s views and book is that it doesn’t matter what religion or spiritual beliefs one upholds because this text is for everyone. It’s about being a good person, and with one’s own conviction finding and applying intentions, desires, and beliefs.

This 111 page book by Deepak Chopra is an excellent read guiding readers to a satisfying life. This text can be enjoyed in a short time allowing readers to come back and reflect on a monthly basis.

About the Author

In 1985, Deepak Chopra left a successful and highly regarded position as chief of staff at The New England Memorial Hospital in Stoneham, Massachusetts, in order to dedicate his life to expanding the impact and effectiveness of conventional medicine. Today he is nationally recognized in the holistic health field for popularizing Ayurveda, India’s ancient system of natural healing and one of the fastest forms of alternative treatment in America. Through his extensive research and teachings-he has taught at Tufts and Boston University Medical Schools-Dr. Chopra has discovered practical and achievable skills that enable people to take control of their lives, remain more robust and youthful as they age, and access the body’s unlimited natural pharmacy-the keys to perfect health and total well-being. Dr. Chopra is the author of several audio books -Ageless Body-Timeless Mind, Magical Mind-Magical Body and The Higher Self.

Philosophy & Wisdom (May 2011)

Change Your Thoughts, Change Your Life: Living the Wisdom of the Tao by Dr. Wayne W. Dyer

Five hundred years before the birth of Jesus, a God-realized being named Lao-tzu in ancient China dictated 81 verses, which are regarded by many as the ultimate commentary on the nature of our existence. The classic text of these 81 verses, called the Tao Te Ching or the Great Way, offers advice and guidance that is balanced, moral, spiritual, and always concerned with working for the good.

In this book, Dr. Wayne W. Dyer has reviewed hundreds of translations of the Tao Te Ching and has written 81 distinct essays on how to apply the ancient wisdom of Lao-tzu to today’s modern world. This work contains the entire 81 verses of the Tao, compiled from Wayne’s researching of 12 of the most well-respected translations of text that have survived for more than 25 centuries.

Each chapter is designed for actually living the Tao or the Great Way today. Some of the chapter titles are “Living with Flexibility,” “Living Without Enemies,” and “Living by Letting Go.” Each of the 81 brief chapters focuses on living the Tao and concludes with a section called “Doing the Tao Now.”

Wayne spent one entire year reading, researching, and meditating on Lao-Tzu’s messages, practicing them each day and ultimately writing down these essays as he felt Lao-Tzu wanted you to know them.
This is a work to be read slowly, one essay a day. As Wayne says, “This is a book that will forever change the way you look at your life, and the result will be that you’ll live in a new world aligned with nature. Writing this book changed me forever, too. I now live in accord with the natural world and feel the greatest sense of peace I’ve ever experienced. I’m so proud to present this interpretation of the Tao Te Ching, and offer the same opportunity for change that it has brought me.”

About the Author

Wayne W. Dyer, Ph.D. is a recognized leader in the field of self-development. He is a popular lecturer, psychotherapist, and bestselling author. An award-winning speaker, he was elected to the International Speakers Hall of Fame and awarded the prestigious Golden Gavel Award from Toastmasters International. He is the author of Your Erroneous Zones, Pulling Your Own Strings, You’ll See It When You Believe It, The Secrets of an Inspired (In-Spirit) Lifeand Real Magic. Dr. Dyer appears frequently on talk shows such as Donahue and The Oprah Winfrey Show. His articles have been published in numerous national publications, including Reader’s Digest and Harper’s Bazaar. And he is the author of many bestselling Nightingale-Conant audio programs.

Meaning, Purpose & Fulfilment I (June 2011)

The Success Principles: How to Get from Where You Are to Where You Want to Be by Jack Canfield

Jack Canfield, co-creator of the phenomenal bestselling Chicken Soup for the Soul® series, turns to the principles he’s studied, taught and lived for more than 30 years in this practical and inspiring guide that will help you get from where you are to where you want to be.

The Success Principles will teach you how to increase your confidence, tackle daily challenges, live with passion and purpose, and realize all your ambitions. Not merely a collection of good ideas, this book spells out the 64 timeless principles used by successful men and women throughout history. And the fundamentals are the same no matter what your profession or circumstances—even if you’re a student, stay-at-home mom or currently unemployed.

It doesn’t matter if your goals are to be the top salesperson in your company, become a leading architect, score straight A’s in school, lose weight, buy your dream home or make millions of dollars—the principles and strategies are the same.

After learning the basics of success, you’ll move on to tackling the important inner work needed to transform yourself. Next, get ready to build your “success team” and expand all your most important relationships. Finally, because success always includes financial prosperity, you’ll learn to develop a positive money consciousness along with habits that can ensure you’ll be able to live the lifestyle you want—while keeping the importance of tithing and service central to your financial life.

Filled with memorable and inspiring stories of CEO’s, world-class athletes, celebrities, and everyday people. The Success Principles will give you the courage and the heart to start living the principles of success today.

You’ll learn:

• How to change the outcome of any event, simply by changing your response to it
• How to access powerful mentors and friends who’ll open doors for you
• How to complete past projects, heal past relationships and process old hurts, so you can embrace the future
• How to prepare and be instantly ready when opportunity comes knocking
• How to implement the unique time management system that insures you’ll have time to focus on success
• How to say “no” to the good, so you’ll have room in your life to say “yes” to the great
• How to ask for and get everything you want…from people who can give it to you
• Why you should drop out of the “Ain’t It Awful” Club and instead surround yourself with successful, positive and nurturing people
• How to maximize your success with money, your finances, your future…and so much more!

About the Author

Jack Canfield is one of America’s leading experts in the development of human potential. In his new book The Success Principles (co-authored with Janet Switzer), Canfield takes the principles that he’s studied, taught, and lived for the past 30 years and offers them in a practical and inspiring guide that will help you get from where you are now to where you want to be. Jack Canfield and Mark Victor Hansen are the #1 New York Times and USA Today bestselling co-authors of the Chicken Soup for the Soul® series, currently with 32 different titles in print, and worldwide sales of over 80 million copies in 39 languages.

Meaning, Purpose & Fulfilment II (July 2011)

How to Think Like Leonardo da Vinci: Seven Steps to Genius Every Day by Michael Gelb

Learn about the Renaissance genius of Leonardo Da Vinci and how to bring more inspiration and brilliance into your own life. The cover of this book caught my eye in a bookstore and I bought it on the spot.  I instantly loved the theme of the book, the cover design, and general book design.  And as I began reading, all of my expectations were surpassed by Michael Gelb’s insightful writing.

The book provides life, writing, inventions, and art of Leonardo da Vinci, complete with many illustrations from his notebooks and great works of art.  Acclaimed author Michael J. Gelb, who has helped thousands of people expand their minds to accomplish more than they ever thought possible, shows you how.

Drawing on Da Vinci’s notebooks, inventions, and legendary works of art, Gelb introduces Seven Da Vincian Principles—the essential elements of genius—from curiosità, the insatiably curious approach to life to connessione, the appreciation for the interconnectedness of all things. With Da Vinci as your inspiration, you will discover an exhilarating new way of thinking. Step-by-step, through exercises and provocative lessons, anyone can harness the power and awesome wonder of their own genius, mastering such life-changing skills as problem solving, creative thinking, self-expression, goal setting and life balance, and harmonizing body and mind.

About the Author

Michael J. Gelb is the world’s leading authority on the application of genius thinking to personal and organizational development. He is a pioneer in the fields of creative thinking, accelerated learning, and innovative leadership. Michael leads seminars for DuPont, IBM, Merck, Microsoft, Nike, and YPO. He brings more than 30 years of experience as a professional speaker, seminar leader, and organizational consultant to his diverse international clientele. A fourth degree black belt in the Japanese martial art of Aikido, Michael is co-author with International Grandmaster Raymond Keene of Samurai Chess: Mastering Strategic Thinking Through the Martial Art of the Mind. In 1999, Michael Gelb shared the Brain Trust Charity’s “Brain of the Year” award with former U.S. Senator John Glenn. Michael is also the author of the powerful Nightingale-Conant programs Putting Your Creative Genius to Work, Speak With Power, and Mind Mapping.

Wealth I (August 2011)

Think & Grow Rich: This Book Could be Worth a Million Dollars to You by Napoleon Hill

This is one of the best-selling self-help books of all time. Written during the Great Depression, against a backdrop of millions of people out of work and a looming world war, Napoleon Hill’s magnum opus held out hope that life could get better. While not considered part of the New Thought movement, Hill drew on many of their concepts and techniques. He prefigured the ‘Prosperity Consciousness’ of present-day New Age thinkers. And a host of motivational writers and speakers have followed in his footsteps.

A good part of Hill’s book is simply the gospel of 20th century American Capitalism: work hard, have a firm handshake, get ahead by doing quality work, treat your customers with respect, anybody can become rich and/or powerful if they overcome their personal weaknesses. Some may find the core ‘secret’ of this book elusive; Hill never gives us a succinct formula to acquiring wealth, although he hints that it exists. However, the title of the book is ‘Think and Grow Rich,’ not ‘Get Rich Quick’: Hill insists that we take a very detailed personal inventory, and grow spiritually, in order to draw wealth our way. This involves a developing a high level of self-discipline and obeying the Delphic injunction to ‘Know Thyself’. He also incorporates a lot of good, practical business advice: find new opportunities created by technological innovations, make a written plan and keep to it, don’t be afraid to fail repeatedly. The secret is here, it is just simply the sum of parts rather than an explicit roadmap.

Towards the end of the book he steps off a precipice and ventures into some very esoteric territory. He discusses harnessing Kundalini energy, manifesting psychic powers such as telepathy, tapping into higher consciousness, and getting in touch with the great minds of history, although, again, he is not too specific about how to accomplish these feats.

Think and Grow Rich is one of those books which makes a lasting impression. No matter what you may think of Hill’s philosophy and his folksy writing style, you are bound to come away from this book feeling energized, more optimistic about life, and (possibly) a bit richer for the experience.

About the Author

Napoleon Hill is considered to have influenced more people into success than any other person in history. Born in a one-room cabin, he began his career as a journalist. His big break came when he was asked to interview steel-magnate Andrew Carnegie, who was so impressed with the young reporter that he convinced Hill to research and organize the world’s first philosophy of individual achievement. The project took 20 years to complete. Hill wrote several best-selling books on the subject. Napoleon Hill’s “Think And Grow Rich” is one of Nightingale-Conant’s best-selling programs of all time.

Wealth II (September 2011)

Turning Passions Into Profits by Christopher Howard

Turning Passions Into Profits provides specific techniques for rapidly closing the gap between where you are today and where you’d like to be tomorrow. In this book, Christopher Howard teaches powerful, innovative tools for modelling and replicating the ultimate success of some of the world’s greatest leaders and billionaires.

Every day we see successful people all around in all walks of life. Often wondering, how did they get there?  What is it that separates them from everyone else?  What would it take to be just like them or better?  Christopher brilliantly shows how to find the people we wish to be like and map out personal characteristics such as their, attitudes, values, beliefs and behaviors so as to model them and be successful as they are.  You’ll quickly discover the changes within that will make you who you always wanted to be!

With the ability to select and incorporate some of the traits, strategies, thought patterns, and behaviors of those already achieving results, individuals can plot a course and arrive at a chosen destination quicker than they ever thought possible. It provides concrete tools and strategies to fully understand the governing principles outstanding achievers use to realize their vision.

In addition, Turning Passions Into Profits supplies exercises to apply these communication and leadership tools to master these skills-ultimately gaining career, financial, and personal success.

About the Author

Chris Howard is one of the world’s leading authorities on the psychology of wealth and accelerated personal achievement. Described as “the Warren Buffett of personal and professional development” Chris’ dynamic presence and unique approach to attaining wealth and fulfilment captivate growing audiences each year through public seminars, television and radio.

As an entrepreneur, CEO of The Christopher Howard Companies and Master Trainer of Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP), he presents over 50 seminars a year and has assisted hundreds of thousands of individuals and businesses worldwide to achieve long-lasting, breakthrough performance results. He has dedicated his life to developing the most cutting-edge resources and tools for expanding human potential.

Chris’ clients include politicians, Fortune 500 executives, celebrities, athletes and thousands of people from all walks of life who want to live the ultimate vision of their lives. Because of his successes and his unique approach, he has been featured on numerous television and radio programs across the country.

Relationships (October 2011)

How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie

How to Win Friends and Influence People is the first, and still the finest, book of its kind. One of the best-known motivational books in history, Dale Carnegie’s groundbreaking work has sold millions of copies, has been translated into almost every known written language, and has helped countless people succeed in both their business and personal lives.

First published in 1937, Carnegie’s advice has remained relevant for generations because he addresses timeless questions about the fine art of getting along with people: How can you make people like you instantly? How can you persuade people to agree with you? How can you speak frankly to people without giving offense? The ability to read others and successfully navigate any social situation is critically important to those who want to get a job, keep a job, or simply expand their social network.

The core principles of this book, originally written as a practical, working handbook on human relations, are proven effective. Carnegie explains the fundamentals of handling people with a positive approach; how to make people like you and want to help you; how to win people to your way of thinking without conflict; and how to be the kind of leader who inspires quality work, increased productivity, and high morale.

As Carnegie explains, the majority of our success in life depends on our ability to communicate and manage personal relationships effectively, whether at home or at work. How to Win Friends and Influence People will help you discover and develop the people skills you need to live well and prosper.

About the Author

Perhaps more than any other person who ever lived, Dale Carnegie changed the human relations movement. His world-famous course has now influenced millions of people. Looking back on his life, Carnegie saw that worry and fear were the forces that held him back. Conquering worry and fear gave him a new hold on life.

He developed the Dale Carnegie Course as a forum for overcoming worry and fear and developing human relations and leadership skills. Now you can benefit from the insight on leadership that nine decades and millions of students have brought to Dale Carnegie Training.

Health (November 2011)

Transformation: The Mindset You Need. The Body You Want. The Life You Deserve by Bill Phillips

Mention the name Bill Phillips to any of the million people from all walks of life who are now transformed as a result of the energy, inspiration, and knowledge shared in his #1 New York Times bestseller, Body for Life, and watch their faces light up with appreciation and pride!

Within these pages, Phillips delivers on the title’s promise. In a unique fusion of art, science, common sense, and the wisdom of the life experience itself, Transformation illuminates the right way to making significant, meaningful, and healthy changes. Specifically, Phillips guides readers step-by-step through his 11 Transformation Tenets, which, when practiced daily, “energizes authentic and lasting change, beginning deep within your heart and then radiating out into every aspect of your life, and are reflected in everything you see, do, feel and experience. Truly . . . the Transformation is the way to change everything . . . beginning within your Self, but only beginning there.”

What I find most rewarding about this book is that it presents a holistic program for healing your mind from unhealthy things like grief, trauma, repressed anger, anxiety, fear, and depression. Phillips believes that a healthy mind and healthy thinking are the way to lose weight and get fit for the long term. And he presents a lot of solid science to back up his theory.

Phillips delivers this information much more like a compassionate therapist than a personal trainer. The bottom line message of this new book is: If you want a healthy body, do the work to have a healthy mind (and emotions). That is the promise of mind-body medicine.

About the Author

Bill Phillips was raised in Golden, Colorado. He started bodybuilding in 1982, then moved to Gold’s Gym Venice beach (known as the Mecca of bodybuilding) in 1983, remaining until 1986, a period during which Phillips admits to steroid use. However, he quickly learned the error of his ways and at 21 moved back to Colorado and began his publishing career.

New York Times bestselling author, magazine publisher, documentary filmmaker, entrepreneur, inventor, self-made multimillionaire, motivator, Bill Phillips has thus far proved unstoppable. Now, he has his sights set on scaling what he calls the “Mt. Everest of health and energy goals: Transform America from worst to first—to make it the healthiest nation in the world within 10 years.” Described recently by Outside magazine as “the most successful fitness author of all time,” Phillips’ runaway bestseller Body for LIFE has sold in excess of 4 million copies. The 12-week guide to achieving mental and physical strength has topped the charts in 11 different countries—including the U.S., England, Japan, Australia, Greece and Finland—and was, in 2004, named among the Top 15 bestselling books of the past decade by USA Today.

Over the years, Phillips has served as a “Personal Transformer” to a who’s who list of Hollywood icons and world champion athletes, including Jerry Seinfeld, Sylvester Stallone, Demi Moore and John Elway. But what he is most proud of is helping hundreds of thousands of “ordinary” men and women transform into extraordinary and inspiring examples for others to look up to and follow. People who have made a change in their lives and are now making a difference in the lives of others. On June 21, 2010, Phillips latest book, “Transformation: The Mindset You Need. The Body You Want. The Life You Deserve” was released.