Vernon Howard began his writing career, in the 1940s, as an author of humor and children's books.
He began speaking on the principles of personal development in the late 1950s while living in southern California.
In the 1960s, he began writing books that focused on spiritual and psychological growth, emphasizing the importance and practice of self-awareness. By the early 1970s, he had moved to Boulder City, Nevada and had begun teaching spiritual development classes after being contacted by numerous individuals interested in his writings.
What's holding you back? What are the road blocks keeping you from achieving the happiness, fulfillment, and joys of your life? This little paperback strives to answer those questions of skepticism, fear, and doubt all of us ponder. Vernon Howard takes the great spiritual and cosmic truths and distills them down to plain, simple, and easy to understand concepts rebutting everything that stops us from striking out and going in the direction necessary for a fulfilling, successful, and satisfied life. Vernon Howard's insightful and common sense answers to our questions covers a myriad of circumstances and situations that show us the things we fear are only illusions and we, ourselves, are our own worst enemies. The answers stand before us, hidden in plain sight.