The Balanced Life: Achieving Success in Work & Love - Hardcover

McGinnis, Alan Loy

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0806635703 ISBN 13: 9780806635705

Publisher: Augsburg Fortress Pub, 1997

Synopsis

More than three million readers have found inspiration and guidance from best-selling author Alan Loy McGinnis. Now he turns his attention to some of the most urgent questions of our time:

How can I find a balance in my Life?
How do I juggle work and family?
Can I be successful at one without sacrificing the other?

In fast-paced chapters filled with real-life stories, psychological insight, and spiritual wisdom, McGinnis offers realistic counsel that can transform our fragmented lives into harmonious wholes.

He shares the secrets of:
--Tapping Your Inner Fire
--Increasing Your Energy
--Improving Your Self-Discipline
--Focusing to Do a Few Things Well
--Eliciting Help from Other People
--Finding the Opportunities in Change
--Managing the Comeback

For all seeking a balanced life, here is the inspiration, practical advice, and engaging storytelling that readers around the world have come to expect from Alan Loy McGinnis.

About this title

About the Author

Alan Loy McGinnis is the best-selling author of THE FRIENDSHIP FACTOR, BRINGING OUT THE BEST IN PEOPLE, CONFIDENCE, and THE POWER OF OPTIMISM. More than three million copies of his books are in print, and his writing has been translated into 14 languages around the world. He is a family therapist, corporate consultant, minister, and popular speaker to television, radio and corporate audiences.

CONCLUSION: Why Love Will Always Be the Greatest Thing in the World

From the Inside Flap

How can I find a balance in my life?
How do I juggle work and family?
Can I be successful at one without sacrificing the other?

Yes, says best-selling author, family therapist, and business consultant, Alan Loy McGinnis. In fact, according to his study of hundreds of successful people, peak performers use the same principles to build strong families and rich friendships as they use for building their career. McGinnis has identified these principles as the "portable virtues" that will be essential for life in our rapidly shifting 21st century.

In chapters filled with case histories, psychological insights, and spiritual wisdom McGinnis reveals his plan for success through fundamental principles everyone can master.

Edition details

• Publisher: Augsburg Fortress Pub
• Publication date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0806635703
• ISBN 13: 9780806635705
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 208