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Being the Best
By the nationally acclaimed author of The Psychology of Winning and Seeds of Greatness.Success can be yours with Denis Waitley's Being the BestSuccess is fickle and fleeting, but living successfully by being the best you can be is always possible.The world's foremost producer of personal development and motivational audio programs now offers an inside look at how you can find success -- simply by being the best you can be.Dozens of books, hundreds of ads and thousands of media images give you the inside track on the secrets of acquiring so-called success. Power, authority, money, beauty, influence, things -- lots of things, impressive things -- can be yours if you follow their formulas. The prevailing personalities of status show-and-tell are living proof that the formulas appear to work. Yet their formulas don't seem to work for you. You've done everything right, and you still feel dissatisfied. What's the problem?For more than 20 years, Denis Waitley has been studying, learning and teaching the principles of being successful to literally millions of people. In Being the Best, he shows that there are light years of difference between learning to live successfully by being the best you can be in your sphere of living and shooting for some kind of phony jackpot at the end of a mythical rainbow called success. That difference is what Being the Best is all about.
- GenresSelf Help
Mass Market Paperback
First published September 1, 1987
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Denis Waitley
170 books138 followersDenis E. Waitley was an American motivational speaker, consultant, and best-selling author known for shaping the personal development movement. He rose to prominence with the audio program The Psychology of Winning, which sold widely and influenced audiences worldwide, along with books such as Seeds of Greatness and The Winner’s Edge. A former naval aviator and graduate of the United States Naval Academy, he later became involved in public relations and nonprofit fundraising before developing his success training programs. He served on advisory groups including the U.S. Olympic Committee’s Sports Medicine Council. He was inducted into the International Speakers Hall of Fame.
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February 18, 2021
A very good personal development book that explains how profound basic truths principles in life lead to success and shatters the self-destructive myths of success.
February 26, 2021
Loved it so I’m giving it 5 stars. It talked a lot about aptitude, graciousness, and a humane definition of success. The messages resonated with me and reinforced my personal belief system. You should give it a try if you’re currently at a crossroad. Enjoy!
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January 2, 2021I read this book in 1990, I wish I could find this book again and devour it all over again. It was really good that time
August 7, 2023
To move from Procrasination to proactive
1 Get up half an hour earlier each day and use the time to ask: How can I best spend my time today?
2 Memorize: ACTION TODAY NOT TOMORROW
Handle each piece of incoming mail only once. Block out specific times to initiate phone calls, receive phone calls, and meet people.
3 Give solution oriented feedback when people tell you their
problems. "What's the next step?" or "What would you like to see happen? ((Note: This is contrary to the advice given by the human relations types.))
4 Concentrate all your energy without distraction on the successful completion of your current major project. Finish what you start.
5 Instead of participating in group griping, grudge collecting, or pitty parties, single out someone to praise. ... be constructively helpful.
6 Limit your TV viewing to mostly enlightening educational or special shows, watch news programs on a need-to-know basis. Don't watch the news just before going to bed.
7 Make a list of five necessary, but unpleasant projects that you have been putting off. Put a completion date after each project. Stop stewing and start doing. Immediate action on unpleasant projects reduces distress & tension. It is very difficult to be active and depressed at the same time.
8 Seek out and talk in person to a successful role model and mentor. The most productive people are the ones that learn from the success and setbacks of others. Modeling is looking at other peoples lives, interviewing them, listening to them, and really finding out how they do it right.
9 Understand that FEAR is really False Education Appearing Real. LUCK is really Laboring Under Correct Knowledge. The more information you have on any sjubece, especially successful case histories, the less you'll procrastinate decisions.
10 View problems as normal indications of change and progress. Since society and business are changing rapidly, it's up to the individual to view change as normal, and to see many of the changes taking place as positive rather than negative.
With this proactive approach, you escape the clutches of procrastination and drive out spectres like fear of success. Most important you banish myths like: Whatever will be will be, and you wake up saying, whatever will be won't be because if it is to be it's up to me.
On the same side 9, there was a story about the house that love built. I notice that by putting into their own labor, they were able to make it work.
It sure would be nice to have a recorder with two entirely independent channels. One for recording on, and one for listening too.
Some things are easy to repair, and some aren't.
Harmful habits such as self criticism, smoking, excessive drinking, overeating laziness, depression, tardiness, and insensitivty are learned and developed into character traits. In the same way helpful habits of as high self esteem, substance avoidance and control nutrition, dedication, reliability, and empathy for others are also internalized and retained by relentless, self disciplined practice.
I listened to this on six audio cassettes. The above notes are from side 9.
1 Get up half an hour earlier each day and use the time to ask: How can I best spend my time today?
2 Memorize: ACTION TODAY NOT TOMORROW
Handle each piece of incoming mail only once. Block out specific times to initiate phone calls, receive phone calls, and meet people.
3 Give solution oriented feedback when people tell you their
problems. "What's the next step?" or "What would you like to see happen? ((Note: This is contrary to the advice given by the human relations types.))
4 Concentrate all your energy without distraction on the successful completion of your current major project. Finish what you start.
5 Instead of participating in group griping, grudge collecting, or pitty parties, single out someone to praise. ... be constructively helpful.
6 Limit your TV viewing to mostly enlightening educational or special shows, watch news programs on a need-to-know basis. Don't watch the news just before going to bed.
7 Make a list of five necessary, but unpleasant projects that you have been putting off. Put a completion date after each project. Stop stewing and start doing. Immediate action on unpleasant projects reduces distress & tension. It is very difficult to be active and depressed at the same time.
8 Seek out and talk in person to a successful role model and mentor. The most productive people are the ones that learn from the success and setbacks of others. Modeling is looking at other peoples lives, interviewing them, listening to them, and really finding out how they do it right.
9 Understand that FEAR is really False Education Appearing Real. LUCK is really Laboring Under Correct Knowledge. The more information you have on any sjubece, especially successful case histories, the less you'll procrastinate decisions.
10 View problems as normal indications of change and progress. Since society and business are changing rapidly, it's up to the individual to view change as normal, and to see many of the changes taking place as positive rather than negative.
With this proactive approach, you escape the clutches of procrastination and drive out spectres like fear of success. Most important you banish myths like: Whatever will be will be, and you wake up saying, whatever will be won't be because if it is to be it's up to me.
On the same side 9, there was a story about the house that love built. I notice that by putting into their own labor, they were able to make it work.
It sure would be nice to have a recorder with two entirely independent channels. One for recording on, and one for listening too.
Some things are easy to repair, and some aren't.
Harmful habits such as self criticism, smoking, excessive drinking, overeating laziness, depression, tardiness, and insensitivty are learned and developed into character traits. In the same way helpful habits of as high self esteem, substance avoidance and control nutrition, dedication, reliability, and empathy for others are also internalized and retained by relentless, self disciplined practice.
I listened to this on six audio cassettes. The above notes are from side 9.
September 12, 2015
I first read this book in the early 80's when I was early in my career. I am reading again in 2015 as I embark on a new career. Denis Waitley reminds us that we are completely responsible for our own success. We need to take that responsibility seriously (even obsessively). The good news is that we all have unlimited potential. We can do great things as long as we set our goals high, constantly move towards those goals and train our minds to positively focus on successfully attaining those goals. It requires hard work, discipline, positive thinking and self-talk and an unwavering commitment....but we all have this within us. I recommend this Denis Waitley book, but his follow-up book, The Psychology of Winning, is even better!
April 5, 2014
One of my all time favorites. I was reading this "coincidently" when I was receiving constructive feedback at work. It was the book that helped me consider changing my perspective that it was the world that was wrong, to maybe it was something wrong within myself.
The right book at the right time in my life!!
The right book at the right time in my life!!
April 8, 2008
Another typical self-help book. A waste of time
November 26, 2016
I wish I could find this book again and devour it all over again. It was really good that time...(1997)
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