Product Description

All true motivation is self-motivation to action. Acquiring the skills of self-motivation to action and making it a habit is not easy, but it is doable. Every one of us has the potential inside. Sometimes it takes a master motivator to unlock that potential in us. The motivational mentoring presented in this book offers examples of self-motivation pitfalls and failures as well as successes. The goal is to grow, to become stronger and move forward.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1135217 in Books
• Published on: 1995-12
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 146 pages

About the Author
Mark Victor Hansen is a professional speakers who, in the last twenty years, had made over four-thousand presentations to more than 2 million people in 32 countries. His presentations cover sales excellence and strategies; personal empowerment and development; and how to triple your income and double your time off. Mark has spent a lifetime dedicated to his mission of making a profound and positive difference in people’s lives. Throughout his career, he has inspired hundreds of thousands of people to create a more powerful and purposeful future for themselves while stimulating the sale of billions of dollars worth of goods and services. Marc is a prolific writer and has authored Future Diary, How to Achieve Total Prosperity and The Miracle of Tithing. He is co-author of the Chicken Soup for the Soul Series, Dare to Win and The Aladdin Factor (all with Jack Canfield), and The Master Motivator (with Joe Batten). Mark has also produced a complete library of personal empowerment audio- and videocassette programs that have enabled his listeners to recognize and use their innate abilities in their business and personal lives. His message has made him a popular television and radio personality, with appearances on ABC, CBS, HBO, PBS, and CNN. He has also appeared on the cover of numerous magazines, including Success, Entrepreneur and Changes. Mark is a big man with a heart and spirit to match — an inspiration to all who seek to better themselves. Visit the Chicken Soup for the Soul website, at www.chickensoup.com.

Joe Batten, M.S., C.P.A.E., is one of the first professional speakers voted into the Speakers Hall of Fame and the man that coined the phrase “Be all that you can be” for the Army. He is the author of 14 books, including the bestseller Tough-Minded Management, Tough-Minded Leadership. Batten has been featured as an expert in 35 training films on leadership, sales, management and motivation. He has played a seminal role in achieving positive, lasting behavioral changes as Corporate Mentor to companies, governments and associations around the world. His personal mission is to enrich the lives of others through the richness of his own. You may visit Mr. Batten at his website www.daretolive.com

Customer Reviews

More hype than substance
Just didnt find anything that floated my boat on this. Its not a horrible book by any means but seems to me more hype than substance and more about motivation than real leadership. Just didnt do it - dont have much to say about it really. Disappointing

Dull, dull, dull
I heard one of Batten's tapes and liked what I heard so I was inspired to get this book. My mistake! This book is so contrived with a sappy Doug character who is used to tell us the story of a Master Motivator. Doug wins the award of a Master Motivator at his company at the beginning of the book and we go back to his story over the last year. Doug is a nobody who is really excited at the beginning because someone believes he has potential. This person who believes Doug has potential hooks Doug up with The Mentor. Yawn. Doug is his totally agreeable puppy thinking everything The Mentor says is wonderful. While I suspect that most readers will think that everything The Mentor says is like a parent lecturing a slow child. Or a slow parent lecturing a slow child.

But that's not all! In this experimental book we get to learn 200 things that each of the authors accomplished. Such as walking to school, or having a really expensive car!

If you are not waiting for someone to believe in you and want a professional discussion of leadership, I recommend you check out some of John C. Maxwell's books.

Whole-hog Self improvement
Through a memoir of how "Doug" became a glittering personal success the authors offer a total self improvement advice package centered on using wasted time to read and listen to motivational tapes. "Doug" does this to affirm, list, and build upon his strengths and energize himself (and others through mentoring) to unleash and expand his potential. I am assembling a bibliography of works on leadership and motivation, and this is the best I have found, due largely to concise writing and a "whole person" approach, including physical and moral fitness and including business, family, and the totality of life. A good read that will be referred to often.