Product Description

An optimistic frame of mind is essential both as a basis of happiness and in providing the momentum we need to fulfil our potential in our personal and professional lives. Positive thinkers see opportunities all around them and they have the curiosity, energy and self-belief to chart their futures. We can learn to be optimistic and to think positively at any time, and here, Douglas Miller offers wide-ranging positive-thinking techniques that respond to the complexity of contemporary lives. He condenses diverse philosophies into straightforward steps that will enable you to find greater happiness and fulfilment in your life.

• Understand how simple steps, from changing your perception of yourself and others to   adopting a position of curiosity, can enhance your optimism
• Discover how to focus on goals and maintain your motivation even in the face of setbacks
• Achieve greater happiness and fulfilment in all areas of your life, and enhance the lives of others

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #331317 in Books
• Published on: 2005-08-04
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 192 pages

From the Back Cover

An optimistic frame of mind is essential both as a basis of happiness and in providing the momentum we need to fulfil our potential in our personal and professional lives. Positive thinkers see opportunities all around them and they have the curiosity, energy and self-belief to chart their futures. We can learn to be optimistic and to think positively at any time, and here, Douglas Miller offers wide-ranging positive-thinking techniques that respond to the complexity of contemporary lives. He condenses diverse philosophies into straightforward steps that will enable you to find greater happiness and fulfilment in your life.

• Understand how simple steps, from changing your perception of yourself and others to   adopting a position of curiosity, can enhance your optimism
• Discover how to focus on goals and maintain your motivation even in the face of setbacks
• Achieve greater happiness and fulfilment in all areas of your life, and enhance the lives of others

About the Author
Douglas Miller is an established author, speaker and trainer. He specializes in Postitive Thinking, motivation, working under pressure and dealing with stress for organisations around the world including the UN and OSCE (Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe) in Kosovo and manyprivate and public sector organisations in the UK. He is author of Make Your Own Good Fortune.

Customer Reviews

Positive Thinking
In today's fast moving world it is very easy to become demotivated and thereby negative for those of us who are not natuaral optimists. The trouble with demotivation and negativity is that we bring it home from our workplace and this enhances the our downward spiral.

Doug Miller's book helps to reverse this processby teaching us the benefits of positivity. We all know people who appear postive and with such positivity goes success. Not necessarily always in their work but in their lives. The book draws upon the experiences of self motivated people whose lives have taken off because of their attitude and their postive approach to everything they do.

There are plenty of techniques with the 192 pages to help the most stubborn pessimist. An ideal present for a disaffected offspring going through an identity crisis.

Voyage into your new future with confidence
In addition to the other POSITIVE contribution below this book is broken down into nice short & easy to digest paragraphs & chapters. This book is a no hype & no frills book that gets to the point & the basics of what it is to be "truly" successful, including many valuable and do-able tips & exercises on how to achieve "REAL" success.

It's written in a very clear style, language & typeset, the lessons and techniques are easy to read, understand & digest, thus allowing one to get through the book without having to wade through pages of American Psychobabble & slang. Nor does it languish on the "I knew a man once who bla bla bla ....." typical of most of the ancient PMA (Positive Mental Thinking" books about success & positive thinking.

Douglas' reputation & credentials must have been quite remarkable to have his book published by the BBC World Learning!

Take yourself out of the of Carnegie, Covey & Hill et al dark ages & read this modern & thoroughly well researched course that will propel you to your own success.

No luck needed.....just read it!

Don't waste your money
Trite, patronising collection of recycled ideas,presented in a series of unconnected bullet-points without any flow or structure. It reads as if the author has read a few self help books on holiday and decided he can do just as well, without having really grasped any of the fundamentals of what the reader might be looking for. Full of really irritating stories of other people who are really positive and have magically turned their lives around, but somehow without the magic ingredient of inspiration for the reader. Plus some really trite old-hat snippets about "the Power of Laughter" and "Playing for a Living", and "GOATs" (a supposedly amusing alternative word to sum up goals and objectives, which adds nothing to what you DO about them, just uses another word which jars the eye as you read). I ordered several books on this subject as once - this was the worst by miles. Spend your money instead on "Positive Thinking" by Vera Peiffer", for some real understanding, structure and constructive ideas. If you really want this book, please don't waste your money - email me and you can have mine for free.... if I haven't already thrown it on the fire, which is probably the most Positive Action I can think of for it.