The Ant and the Elephant: Leadership For the Self

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Summary: maximizing your potential
Review: A dee-lightful (with an extra "e" for the extra delight) book, skillfully written to show how unaware we can be of our potential and what it takes to unlock and nuture it.

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Summary: Power of the subconscious
Review: I have been spinning my wheels not focusing on important tasks in my personal and business life. Mr. Posente's book has helped me realize some of my fears and how i can redirect my energies. I must read.

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Summary: Clear, consisent, refreshing, motivational!
Review: I heard Vince Poscente - The Speaker - address a huge audience last year and he was the most captivating speaker I've ever seen. When I heard about his new book, I purchased it immediately. This book is the most straightforward motivational book there is PERIOD. Vince clearly explains, by using a clever metaphor, the vast untapped potential that each of us has buried in our subconscious minds. Once understood, he shows you how to use this potential to achieve more results in all aspects of your life. I liked it so much that I bought a copy for each of my employees.

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Summary: Must read, must share!!
Review: I, too, have attended one of Vince Poscente's presentations to well over a thousand people. Vince is filled with integrity, charisma, and energy, the best you could ever see. This book gives you a roadmap to understand the enormous potential you have for achieving your personal goals. Understanding the relationship between Adir and Elgo, the Ant and the Elephant, will truly unleash your personal capabilities and lead you to heights you knew you had in you, but prior to reading this book you could not attain. I have purchased extra books to give to my friends to help them reach the heights they are clearly capable of. As Adir and Elgo would say, "that's what friends are for."

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Summary: Invaluable Self Motivation!
Review: Perhaps one of the most captivating self motivation novels I have ever read. I immediately began practicing Vince's lessons, and I'm already realizing the rewards with my employer and associates.

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Summary: Awaken Your Elephant Within!
Review: Vince Poscente has created a powerful little book that will propel you to be the best you can be. Written as a quick read using an entertaining allegory between an ant and the elephant, the book contains strategic tools that you can use to create peak performers personally and personally.

Vince also weaved in his great sense of humor that had me laughing out loud! The crux of the book is his five-step program that he calls the 5 C's. Here are the 5 C's that you will learn about in the Ant and the Elephant:

1. Clarify your vision.
Make fear your friend, not your master. You don't know what you don't know. Open your mind to discover possibilities that may not be obvious at the time. Zero in on a goal that has depth of meaning. The journey has to be worth taking.

2. Commit to cultivating positive dominant thoughts.
Shift beliefs, attitudes and truths so they are in alignment with your vision. Envision having the goal, rather than merely wanting the goal.

3. Consistently focus on performance.
Experience the goal as though it were happening right now. Show your gratitude consistently.

4. Strengthen confidence.
Frustration will lead to negative thoughts. Negative thoughts add fuel to more negativity. This negativity can be a pattern that destroys confidence. No two thoughts can occupy the mind at the same time. Replace negativity with positive, confident thoughts.

5. Control the response to any situation.
Unforeseen circumstances will arise. Expect the unexpected. Anticipate your response to challenges as well as your team's.

Zev Saftlas, Author of Motivation That Works and founder of EmpoweringMessages.com