Optimal Thinking: How to Enjoy the Best Life has to Offer

by Rosalene Glickman

Move over Dr. Norman Vincent Peale, Optimal Thinking has become the successor to positive thinking. Hailed by academia and the media as 'the next step past positive thinking', Optimal Thinking empowers us to be our best in any circumstance. It stops us from settling for second best! Created by Dr. Rosalene Glickman, repeatedly honored by the media as 'Australia's Most Successful Woman,' Optimal Thinking programs throughout the world are replacing the 'think positive!' motto which has been with us for decades. Optimal Thinking empowers our highest or most positive self to take charge. We ask the best questions, obtain the best solutions, and make the most constructive decisions in every situation - and eliminate 'if only..' from our lives! In today's competitive world, many positive thinkers still think in mediocre terms and settle for second best. Whenever you think suboptimally, it costs you time, energy, joy and money. You function at your peak when you think in optimal terms. Optimal Thinking - not positive thinking - is the mental basis of peak performance. What's most exciting about Optimal Thinking is that everybody can use it. It doesn't matter what stage of life you are in, or in what circumstance you find yourself - you can use Optimal Thinking to instantly make the most of your life. This revolutionary book truly empowers you to experience the full capacity of your mind. You will eliminate self-sabotage, master disturbing emotions, minimize unwanted behaviors, bring out the best in others, and much more. Take the ultimate quantum leap - enjoy the style of thinking that gives you the best chance of having everything you want

Paperback

Published June 1, 1990

About the author

Thought leader, Rosalene Glickman, Ph.D. is the international best-selling author of Optimal Thinking, hailed by academia and the media as "the successor to positive thinking" and "the essential ingredient for best practices, personal, interpersonal, and organizational optimization."

Dr. Glickman is President of The World Academy of Personal Development Inc., a Marina del Rey, Los Angeles optimization training and consulting firm. Rosalene is also a UCLA instructor (eMBA Program) and a distinguished expert witness in cognitive analysis and leadership development. She served as the Director of Professional Development for The American Society for Training & Development in Los Angeles.

Rosalene has provided executive and life coaching, business consulting and training for individuals and organizations including Warner Bros., Johnson & Johnson, U.S. Army, Young Presidents' Organization, BP, California State University (School of Business Administration), National Australia Bank, Internal Revenue Service, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Century 21 Real Estate, Red Bull, Australian Institute of Management, Mensa, and Air New Zealand.

Dr. Glickman is the recipient of the "Woman of the Year" award for National Business Women's Week in Hollywood. She has been nominated for special recognition by Queen Elizabeth II for Australia's highest award, The Order of Australia.

This Optimal Thinking woman is a seasoned print and electronic media interviewee. She has been featured on Bloomberg TV, Fox News Channel, CBS Weekend Magazine, New York Times, Association Management Magazine, Government Executive Magazine, Inc magazine, Business Review Weekly, Australian Business Magazine, The Australian, The Age, Personal Success Magazine, Successful Selling and Managing Magazine, Woman's World Magazine, L.A. Weekly, and the list goes on.

Dr. Glickman, who was born in Australia, lives in Los Angeles. She began her career as a high school Physics and Chemistry teacher, and later became Chair of the Science Department. She has earned a Ph.D. in Psychology, a Teaching diploma and a degree in Business Administration.