The Millionaire Course Seminar

In a seminar recording, a self-made millionaire and founder of a successful publishing company shares the secrets behind his rags-to-riches story. "I'm a Type Z," he quips as a way to introduce his laid-back approach to work, which is based on releasing anxiety about money, eliminating negative thoughts about outcomes, and staying close at all times to what feels relaxed and right. Allen is a persuasive and charming speaker--intense enough about his lessons to create interest in his ideas and appreciation for his humanity. An enjoyable, effective, and reasonably priced lesson on how to get out of debt, find work you love, and share the wealth that follows in a responsible way. T.W. (c) AudioFile 2004, Portland, Maine

May 15, 2003
This is the very personal story of how Allen (The Ten Percent Solution: Simple Steps To Improve Our Lives and Our World), founder of New World Library, achieved his dreams. Not a blueprint or a steps-to-success book, it's much more about spiritual fulfillment than about making money. Using koan-like "keys" (e.g., "We don't need money to be happy or fulfilled. In fact, money has nothing to do with it"), Allen devises a "course in creating the life of your dreams," combining plain, effective language and a confident, encouraging tone with elements of mysticism, pragmatism, and the oomph of a motivational speaker. When readers focus on self-created affirmations, for example, "things start to happen: Ideas come to you, plans form, opportunities appear." Readers seeking methods will be frustrated, but Allen's words will resonate for those who can co-opt them as an approach to life, and he captures a very American phenomenon-the spirituality of wealth creation. Readers who liked Tommy Newberry's Christian-themed Success Is Not an Accident will enjoy. For large public libraries.

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