A Truly Successful Life

"The book increases awareness and is a thought-provoking and insightful read that will take readers deeper into the heart of humanity." - Reader's Favorite.com What is success? Is it really just material abundance? Or reaching the pinnacle of your career? Or is there something more? In A Truly Successful Life: Ten Principles for a Life of Meaning and Purpose, author Douglas Tanner writes, "A truly successful life is one that is purposely lived, moment by moment, in the grip of unconditional love, with values and priorities ordered from the perspective of eternity." With straightforward nonfiction prose, interspersing dramatic anecdotes, the author lays out the essential ingredients for a truly successful life in three parts and ten succinct chapters: Faith Love: The Moral Law of the Universe Live Your Life from the Perspective of Eternity Surviving the Darkness The Family of Mankind: Loving Your Neighbors Romance: Loving Your Spouse Parenting: Loving Your Children Taking Responsibility for Your Own Life Work: Pursuing Your Calling Enjoy Your Life A Truly Successful Life: Ten Principles for a Life of Meaning and Purpose will help you live your life from the perspective of eternity.

Life is full of many colors and we don’t have the ability to choose the colors but we do have the absolute powers to choose the light in which to see the colors which of cause changes the actual colors to the ones we desire depending on the choice of color mix of light we adopt which are in our attitudes, perceptions, and thought choices. In Pathway to a Happy and Successful Life, Christian O. O. Okwori simplifies in the most precise and concise terms the workability of a sweet life on earth for everyone despite the vicissitudes of life and the adversities that come a person’s ways in the course of existence both natural and manmade, within and beyond human control, and chance phenomena. This book is a practical help to living the quality life that you most desire and consciously design for yourself in making the world a haven and meaningful place for all. You will in the course of reading this life changing piece, acquire the extraordinary ability and rare understanding of enjoying life, making the best of everything, turning your home to heaven, living beyond problems and difficulties, how to love and be loved by fellow men, building and keeping wonderful relationships for life, and most importantly, experiencing true success and life in consistent happiness. A life of boundless happiness is possible for you! A life of understanding and living in your utopia is possible! A worry-free life is practicable and costs nothing! This and many more golden secrets to the mastery of life in simplistic principles both preceptual and heuristic have been exposed by Chris in this book so you can finally free yourself and loved ones from the cages of pains, worries, torment of diseases, emotional troubles, failures, and fears so as to be ushered in to a whole new vista of life in all its pristine beauties and goodness simply by learning the tri-balance of living with yourself, fellow man, and Almighty God.

"Filled with eloquent, sincere answers, the results are truly touching... For readers who enjoy the Chicken Soup for the Soul series, this soothing work will reassure that all one needs is love." —Publishers Weekly Am I living my life to the fullest? It’s a question we all ask ourselves, yet there is no universal answer. In Is Your Life Successful?, Dr. Frank Boehm guides readers through an entertaining, insightful, and ultimately hopeful exploration of life’s joy and hardships. Through years of interviews, Boehm curated more than 200 stories from people spanning all ages and backgrounds. Enjoy stories from figures like former Senator Bob Corker and singer-songwriter Tonya Tucker to nurses, lawyers, Uber drivers, those with special needs, people experiencing homelessness, and more. Fans of If I Could Tell You Just One Thing... will delight in this fulfilling journey to discover their own definition of what it means to live a successful life.

Are you claiming all of Gods promises and benefits to live the abundant joyful life? Learn the four key principle steps Jesus taught that promises to give you peace, joy, and happiness in every aspect of your life. Jesus said, I am the way and truth to that life. John 14:6 I wasted 40 years of my life trying to find happiness in all the wrong ways with drugs and alcohol, and never found it. You’ll hear a lifetime of experience and stories of how Jesus dramatically changed my life by following his steps. He has a blessed journey planned ahead for you too.

During the mid-fifties, five young sailors, stationed at Pensacola, Fla. aboard the U.S.S. aircraft Carrier Saipan would carpool to their homes every weekend. They liked to call themselves The Fabulous Five'. Steve was the first to get home to Atlanta as the others continued on. One weekend, early on a Saturday, Steve's friend Ira took him on a fishing trip into the wilderness outside Atlanta to a secret lake. They passed a mansion located near the lake that Ira informed Steve was really a casino. Steve couldn't get the casino out of his head. As fate would have it, The Fabulous five sat on the beach the following Wednesday and the conversation turned to money and then to a perfect crime. Steve proclaimed to have an idea on the subject. A bet was made and what starts out as just a lark to win the bet turns into an adventure that would alter their lives forever.

Mihalis Philotimo, a native of Greece, wasn't born with riches, but he inherited what many of us lack: a fierce determination to succeed. The author pays homage to the values he was taught growing up in a small village in Greece in the 1940s and 1950s, including calculated action, presence of mind, attentiveness, and mental agility during fluid times. On a shepherd's mountaintop across the ocean and a world apart from the United States of America, he dreamt of a better life. In 1961, he left for Germany to work in a factory so he could earn money and acquire an education. Then he headed to Canada?a move that brought him one step closer to his dream of living in the United States. Once there, he began his quest to achieve his version of the American Dream. The first part of this book is filled with autobiographical entries from the author's diary?handwritten in his native Greek tongue and translated by the acclaimed film critic and professor, Constantine Santas, a fellow Hellene.