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August 2010 Newsletter Good Books Infinite Possibilities “As you begin uncovering more and more of life's truths, so will you begin to understand the awesome potentials that are latent in all you think, say, and do.” -- Mike Dooley You might remember that I mentioned Infinite Possibilities in the December 2009 issue of this newsletter. I was looking forward to reading it and, now that I have, it deserves further mention. When the book came out in September 2009, it made it onto the New York Times bestseller list. If you can't find it in stock locally right now, you can still find it on the internet. The heart of Mike Dooley's work is centered on helping people to grasp that “thoughts become things.” What we repeatedly think about, is what we get. It doesn't matter if we're aware of our own thoughts or this principle. It's simply the way things work. In the first chapter, Thoughts Become Things, Dooley includes the story of the totally miserable start to his first career, working as an auditor for the former accounting firm Price Waterhouse. Things were not going well, everyone knew it, and Dooley didn't have a clue what to do. He feared he was going to be fired and was obsessed with these dire thoughts. Since Dooley had no idea what a successful auditor did, he couldn't visualize himself doing those things. Instead, he leaped to the end result and began to visualize himself walking down the hall—greeting and being greeted by partners and staff—happy to be at work and loving his job. Shortly after he began his visualization project, he was loaned to the tax department. “...in what seemed like no time at all, I was walking up and down the hallways of P.W. just beaming with joy. It turned out that the tax department loved me, and I loved being in the tax department. My short-term loan became a permanent transfer, and from that day forward my career at P.W. took off.” Dooley has a way of taking what could be slippery concepts and making them user-friendly. He wants readers to understand the basics of living their dreams and begin applying them, now. You'll find lots of help for understanding the thoughts and beliefs at work in your life. “You want to go from thinking the kind of thoughts that have delivered you to this day to thinking the kind of thoughts you'd think once your dreams have already come true.” An important step in living your dreams involves recognizing what has worked superbly for you and what isn't working at all. Dooley never implies he has the answers for your life; instead, he wants you to remember they're already arriving for you. If you work with visualizations and affirmations, you'll probably discover a few tips you haven't encountered elsewhere.
Infinite Possibilities does an excellent job of balancing the world of spirit and intention with the material world of action and results. Disneystrology This is the first book I've mentioned in Good Books that was written by a friend of mine. It's an amazing, fun, and spirited book. Did I mention it's beautiful, too? For each day of the year Lisa selected a Disney character whose personality and traits represent the essence of that day. Readers will be delighted and amazed how the character of their birthday reflects back to them their own strengths, gifts, and challenges. You'll see beloved and familiar characters from the Disney Classics all the way to UP and Toy Story 3. You'll also meet characters you might have missed, or totally forgotten about. Lisa brings them all to life for you. You don't need to be a certain age or even a Disney fan to appreciate the truths of each character's story and celebrate their special contributions. But if you're a follower all things Disney, or you know one, this is definitely a book to add to the collection of Disney favorites. Congratulations, Lisa! Here's a link to Disneystrology on Amazon where you can order a bunch.
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