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Summary: Great Book!
Review: This is the first book in our Real Estate office Book club. It has been inpsiring to read. Many of my thought habits are being challenged. The cobwebs of my mind are being cleared away and challenging me to not put up with mediocrity anymore and become more proactive about my position in my personal and professional life. It is especially enjoyable knowing it is written by a "Layman" who just discovered his longsuits and decided to utilized them.
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Summary: Get this book if you want to stop being a failure & succeed
Review: Randy has written an excellent expose on what it takes to succeed. He writes that we learn how to be successful and what true success is. Instead of looking at any mistake as a failure - look at it as an opportunity to succeed. His idea of building in a contingency plan for the possibility of a big failure - will help to rebound and to succeed.Not only does Randy give suggestions and strategies on how to help you to succeed - he also gives a strategy on how to help your children to become more successful. This well-written book on success should be part of your library and to be read over and over again. Bob Choat, C.Ht, GMS
Certified NLP Trainer
Certified Hypnotherapist
Certified FastTrac Facilitator/Administrator
Author of the upcoming book - "The Inspired Warrior"
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Summary: How to turn failure into success
Review: This is a great book regarding turning negatives in one's life into positives. Anyone who has overcome adversity or is in the process of overcoming adversity needs to read this book. Great street smart success advice. Definitely a different type of success book and a good one.
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Summary: I have a problem with this book
Review: I have a problem with this book ; I couldn't put it down. I am an avid reader of many of the success genre type books and most are a rehash of the same ol stuff. Randy has a really readable book with some excellent ideas and perspectives. I give it a Claude"The Mentor" Diamond - Guru Thumbs Up :-)
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Summary: SUCCESS BOUND
Review: I had a big need to let others know what do they have in front of the them when they look at this book!I have red a lot of books and must say that there are realy some life changeing ones.This book is definitively one,I have never read a book who has took care of every little thing about every metter that is going on in ones life!-when trying to go out of same circles and not knowing how to get out!It is like a good cook book with every detail took care of to make sure that you make a culinary art even if you do not know what to do with all the ingredients that you have-and I am not makeing a jok just to be interesting!!!Neither did I read from a writter who has so strong ancestral standing and taking care of the one who is reading, like his one child useing knowledge and experience in the matter he is writting of.Lot of other books have very good but just logical whey of giveing the information!And here I have found not just logic but a lot of heart!!!He is realy a mature writter- heart and mind in one-biblicaly said a complete Man and he is defenitly working in this book to make his reader become ONE to(mind & heart at one)-(he realy wants you to go for it and do it,to break throught and succed)For me this is a best one I have read-learn,change,form & succed!This is a metamorphosis-from a larva to a butterfly.
God bless every reader and the author!
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Summary: The easiness of understanding of our failure/success process
Review: It wasn't accident that I found Randy Gilbert's book. After having read it I know it was the situation. I need badly success. My family need it. But earlier I didn't understand how close to the success I already am. Like that Japanese student who lived by Gilberts'; she was a perfectionist and didn't dare to use her English skills by fearing to make a mistake; so she kept her mouth shut. Like guaranteed many others I have kept myself someway handicapped in my human relations. When it is needed by others I had said something that could have encouraged others to join me or just like me, anything which could have released that other person of her own fears; I have just kept my mouth shut. I haven't understand the meaning of encouragement. Or even that I could encourage others with my behavior. I haven't even been aware of my fear of failure that I have met again and again in my life. And I am MSc! The simplicity which Randy is able to use by subscribing people's failure strategies is admirable in its plainness. And which more meaningful; you become aware of your own failure patterns by reading this fine book. I think - actually I am sure - I will become a success as an entrepreneur with the support of Randy Gilbert and his book. And I'm getting so excited that I want to spread Randy's message to every possible corner of the globe!
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Summary: This Has Become My FAVORITE Book
Review: I don't usually read this type of book, but I read a review by another reader and I got so curious I just had to get it. I can't say enough about how much Success Bound has helped me already. I am shy and I had let the fear of failure run my life. BUT NO MORE . . . Randy Gilbert has completely changed that. I am finally on a path that is taking me to confidence and happiness. All I can say to any of you who read this is, don't hestitate to buy and read Success Bound. I'm already happier than I have ever been and I'm looking forward to reading Randy's next book. Signed, Still shy, but no longer afraid of life.
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Summary: Transcending Self-Imposed Limits
Review: Gilbert asserts (and I agree) that, for various reasons, many people may be willing but are unable to escape from mediocrity in their careers as well as in their personal lives. They are victims of what he calls "FAILURE-itis." Gilbert speaks from his own experience from which he learned 21 strategies "to turn stumbling blocks into stepping stones, solve any problem, overcome any obstacles, and achieve any goal" he could set for himself. Having the benefit of what Gilbert shares in this book, will it then be easy for anyone else to do so? Of course not. The journey to success (however one defines it) involves overcoming numerous and formidable barriers; there are great perils along the way; and not everyone embarked on that journey eventually completes it. In this context, I am reminded of Henry Ford's observation: "Whether you think you can or think you can't, you're right." Hence the importance of having a positive attitude, a confidence in one's abilities, and a determination (preferably a tenacity) to achieve success, once embarked. Gilbert carefully organizes his 21 strategies within four Parts: Rainbows After the Rain (i.e. viewing "failure" within an appropriate context from the right perspective), Wisdom for Young and Old (i.e. leveraging knowledge from failure to gain wisdom), Shatter the Glass Ceiling (i.e. replacing a fear of failure with an appreciation of benefits to be derived from what it reveals), and Free to Live and Love (i.e. how to "fail in love" and thereby nourish an "active faith"). I hope my parenthetical i.e. comments do not incorrectly suggest that Gilbert advocates a soft-headed, "feel good," "You can do it!" approach. On the contrary, make no mistake bout it, he fully understands how difficult it is to overcome negativism and despair with positive, affirmative values. As he candidly acknowledges in this book, it took him years to do so. His own journey to success continues. His life remains a "work in progress," as is everyone else's. Throughout the book, Gilbert includes dozens of especially relevant quotations (from diverse sources as Thomas Edison, S.I. Hayakawa, Napoleon Hill, Dale Carnegie, Stephen Covey, Robert Allen, Ralph Waldo Emerson, and Benjamin Franklin) which help to illustrate as well as support the key ideas with which he concludes each chapter. Some readers may be uncomfortable with Gilbert's frequent references to basic tenets of his Christian faith. Frankly, I commend him for sharing them. His purpose is to place proper emphasis on spiritual values whatever each reader's religious faith (if any) may be. Those captive to mediocrity tend to be self-preoccupied and frequently view themselves as victims of forces over which they have little (if any) control. Connors, Smith, and Hickman have much of value to say about this in The Oz Principle: Getting Results Through Individual and Organizational Accountability. One of the most important assertions in this book is that each person not only can but should determine what her or his purpose in life is. Gilbert is totally convinced that each of us "is meant to succeed in life. It is our destiny." He goes on to quote Thoreau: "Men are born to succeed, not to fail." Gilbert is thoroughly convinced that success is a human birthright. It remains for each person to decide what to do with that birthright. It is possible but unlikely that every person who reads this book will immediately embark on a journey to fulfill her or his human potential but several will. Some will then become discouraged because of a fear of failure, others because of a fear of success. The strategies which Gilbert shares obviously offer no guarantee of success but they do provide valuable perspectives on human nature which, I am convinced, will help many people to free themselves from self-imposed limits, to become more forgiving of themselves and therefore of others, to turn at least some stumbling blocks into stepping stones, to solve at least some problems, to overcome at least some obstacles, and to achieve at least some goals. Gilbert would be the first to insist that his own "journey" is still underway. Problems and obstacles await him as he proceeds. There is no "right time" for anyone to embark on such a journey except now, this moment. That is a commitment only each of us can make. To those who have already embarked on that "journey," I join with Gilbert in wishing them bon voyage!
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Summary: Success Is Available to Anyone
Review: I found this book to be exciting for the many positive strategies and examples given in it. It is not an overly exuberant 'quick fix' type book like many on the market today. The strategies given are insightful and can be practised by anyone willing to try. It is also a great reference book in that there are many topics and issues discussed where if you want to pursue them into more depth a book by another author is listed. I enjoyed the examples given about the author's own family, they make the book more personal to the reader. Being 'pro-active' is now a key method for me that I can use for dealing with daily occurances and long range planning. Plus I have a whole new outlook on how I view and will handle failures in my life. They are no longer something to be dreaded and avoided. I recommend this book to anyone looking for strategies to improve their life so it is more exciting, fulfilling and successful. For 'life long learners', this book would be a great addition to their library. It's not a book to read just once, but to refer back to and keep throughout one's life.
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Summary: Thumbs-up!
Review: Fantastic book which assures you that Failure is o.k..Lot of points which can make you smile on a gloomy day.
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