The Daily Six: Six Simple Steps to Find The Perfect Balance of Prosperity and Purpose - Hardcover

Chappelear, John

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0399153020 ISBN 13: 9780399153020

Publisher: Putnam Pub Group, 2005

Synopsis

Outlines strategies for becoming financially and professionally successful without compromising one's beliefs, making recommendations for the daily practice of six truths, including "willingness," "quiet time," "service to others," "love and forgiveness," and "gratitude." 40,000 first printing.

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About the Author

John Chappelear is president and founder of Changing the Focus, a national consulting firm that provides keynote speeches, retreats, seminars, and coaching for business executives. He also provides consulting and educational training through CareerTrack and National Seminars Group, two of the major training organizations in the United States. He writes for The Washington Business Journal, The Cincinnati Business Journal, and The Greater Washington Society of Association Executives. END

Reviews

Like other multimillionaires who have come before, the author, the former head of a very successful company, discovered that money doesn't buy happiness. And like others, he reduces his hard-earned wisdom to simple bromides to help others. After he was a no-show for his own 1982 wedding anniversary party, his wife divorced him and he was separated from their daughters. He remarried happily and had a son, but in 1991 lost his overextended financial empire within 48 hours. This wake-up call motivated Chappelear, now an executive coach, to develop a six-point plan to bridge the chasm between fulfillment at work and at home. This warmly presented but less than novel program includes setting aside a daily quiet time, practicing forgiveness and acting to benefit others. Clearly directed at people who want to see their career flourish, the book offers advice on deepening relationships with co-workers and intimates. In a chapter on service, he suggests, for example, that holding the door for a strangeris a small step that can lead to volunteering for a prison mentoring program, an activity Chappelear considers a rewarding addition to his own life.
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Edition details

• Publisher: Putnam Pub Group
• Publication date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0399153020
• ISBN 13: 9780399153020
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 130