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Shattering the Glass Slipper
Everyone knows someone who needs this book. Perhaps it's that person who's always talking about what he'll do once he wins the lottery. Maybe it's the woman who's just waiting for Prince Charming to show up and whisk her away. Or maybe it's the guy who changes employers more often than the weather in the quest for the "perfect job." All of these individuals suffer from a virus called fairy-tale thinking, the philosophical belief that something wonderful will happen someday simply because one is good or believes.Shattering the Glass Slipper exposes the infection and provides a prescription for the cure. In this exciting and groundbreaking motivational book you will learn The Three Deceptions - Three lies that prevent you from experiencing any chance of success. Learn to recognize these deceptions and replace them with healthy beliefs about yourself and your world. The Seven Powers - Seven incredible resources that can be used to create tremendous success in your life. Stop waiting for someone to create your success for you and start accessing these incredible tools for amazing achievement. The Five Deadly Enemies - Five subtle and cunning enemies that work tirelessly for your ruin. These foes are constantly at work within your life to destroy you. Unmask these traitors and defend yourself against their treachery Written by a former fairy-tale thinker, Shattering the Glass Slipper passionately argues for the reader's release from a seemingly innocuous, yet tyrannical philosophy. Through the use of imagery and allegory, it empowers the reader with a pragmatic, alternative perspective while doing so with all the charm, simplicity, and attraction of a fairy tale. Shattering the Glass Slipper is undoubtedly destined to be a motivational classic.
196 pages, Paperback
First published September 30, 2003
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Charles W. Marshall
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July 25, 2017
Among the books on motivations and inspirations I have read, nothing has captivated and engaged me so powerfully as the one by the Charles Marshall ‘Shattering the Glass Slipper: Destroying the Fairy Tale Thinking Before it Destroys You’.
In his book Charles talks about the silent, chronic psychological disease that million are living with, the one that renders one’s mind into the fairy tale thinking. The thinking that one day her ship will come to take her to the land of success. The thinking that the prince charming will come to get Cinderella to the palace of happiness.
The ‘disease’ that causes such thinking makes a person live a life of three deceptions – deception of magic, of ‘someday’ and of entitlement. The person is deceived into thinking that someday magic will happen and will give her unfathomable entitlement that she ‘deserves’. Charles urges to take action, to break the glass slipper with a hammer and use the hammer to build a ship of her own and sail to the land of success by herself.
Charles exposes the five deadly enemies that keep a person from achieving what she is supposed to achieve, deserve to achieve or capable of achieving. These enemies do not live outside, but inside the person herself. He calls these five enemies five lords. They are lords of doubts, indulgence, emotions, distraction and comfort.
To overcome the evil powers of these enemies, he ask to unlease the great powers that each person has untapped inside her. These powers that is sitting raw inside a person is so powerful that if used persistently and appropriately would decimate the ‘enemies’ and clear the road for her to walk un-resisted to success. Charles call them seven powers - power of choice (if option a or b fails seek for option x) the power of mind, the power of failure (that’s right, according to Charles failure is more powerful to get you where you want to), the power of belief and the power of character.
Charles is also a motivation speaker who is often invited to speak at conferences, seminars and organizations to provoke thoughts, inspire and to realize their potential. I had the opportunity to meet him in Memphis, Tennessee, during a scientific conference I had attended. I don’t of others, but he did captured my attention. He used his unique skills of humor to disseminate the messages. I bought his book that have got his autograph on it. Once I had emailed him asking for tips on finding time to write a book I have always wanted to write. He wrote me back ‘write everyday and don’t let the lord of distraction imprison you’.
Looking at his timeline of his life, he seem to have practiced ‘shattering the glass slipper’ himself by seemingly quitting his day job to be what he wanted to be – a motivational speaker and a writer. This is the rumors I had heard of him and need to verify. He would not have been a nationally acclaimed writer and speaker as he is now if he had just dwelled on his dream and not utilized the ‘power of action’.
Feeling low and down? Looking for a book to motivate you towards realizing your dream? Then you need not go any further than grabbing the ‘Shattering the Glass Slipper’. Reading this book would sure to freshen us up into realizing one harbors inside her and to up tap the powers that each one has to overcome them. I doubt there would be any person who after reading the book will walk away uninspired.
This review is also available in my blog post.
In his book Charles talks about the silent, chronic psychological disease that million are living with, the one that renders one’s mind into the fairy tale thinking. The thinking that one day her ship will come to take her to the land of success. The thinking that the prince charming will come to get Cinderella to the palace of happiness.
The ‘disease’ that causes such thinking makes a person live a life of three deceptions – deception of magic, of ‘someday’ and of entitlement. The person is deceived into thinking that someday magic will happen and will give her unfathomable entitlement that she ‘deserves’. Charles urges to take action, to break the glass slipper with a hammer and use the hammer to build a ship of her own and sail to the land of success by herself.
Charles exposes the five deadly enemies that keep a person from achieving what she is supposed to achieve, deserve to achieve or capable of achieving. These enemies do not live outside, but inside the person herself. He calls these five enemies five lords. They are lords of doubts, indulgence, emotions, distraction and comfort.
To overcome the evil powers of these enemies, he ask to unlease the great powers that each person has untapped inside her. These powers that is sitting raw inside a person is so powerful that if used persistently and appropriately would decimate the ‘enemies’ and clear the road for her to walk un-resisted to success. Charles call them seven powers - power of choice (if option a or b fails seek for option x) the power of mind, the power of failure (that’s right, according to Charles failure is more powerful to get you where you want to), the power of belief and the power of character.
Charles is also a motivation speaker who is often invited to speak at conferences, seminars and organizations to provoke thoughts, inspire and to realize their potential. I had the opportunity to meet him in Memphis, Tennessee, during a scientific conference I had attended. I don’t of others, but he did captured my attention. He used his unique skills of humor to disseminate the messages. I bought his book that have got his autograph on it. Once I had emailed him asking for tips on finding time to write a book I have always wanted to write. He wrote me back ‘write everyday and don’t let the lord of distraction imprison you’.
Looking at his timeline of his life, he seem to have practiced ‘shattering the glass slipper’ himself by seemingly quitting his day job to be what he wanted to be – a motivational speaker and a writer. This is the rumors I had heard of him and need to verify. He would not have been a nationally acclaimed writer and speaker as he is now if he had just dwelled on his dream and not utilized the ‘power of action’.
Feeling low and down? Looking for a book to motivate you towards realizing your dream? Then you need not go any further than grabbing the ‘Shattering the Glass Slipper’. Reading this book would sure to freshen us up into realizing one harbors inside her and to up tap the powers that each one has to overcome them. I doubt there would be any person who after reading the book will walk away uninspired.
This review is also available in my blog post.
October 13, 2012
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Quotes: " When you find yourself in a position of poverty or dissatisfaction, do not automatically classify yourself as failure. Stop thinking in terms of success verses failure, but rather as progress versus stagnation. You are taking steps, however small."
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