Settle for Excellence (Stop Chasing Perfection) - Hardcover

Topher Morrison; Christopher Morrison

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1424321719 ISBN 13: 9781424321711

Publisher: Topher Morrison, Inc., 2006

Synopsis

Settle for Excellence is being hailed as 'the self-help book for people who are tired of self-help books' with its down-to-earth approach and refreshing style. You will not find get-rich-quick schemes, magic cures to fixing your relationships, or magic pills to lose weight. Instead, this book delivers the tried and true, real-life techniques for tapping into greater potential, releasing unhealthy limitations, and achieving a level of happiness in your life that has been out of reach until now.

About this title

About the Author

Topher Morrison is the founder of a Topher Communications, a firm that specializes in pitch development for business leaders.  He is the author of 4 best-selling books and was voted one of the top 10 business speakers in Tampa Bay. 

He volunteers his time to mentor students at the University of Tampa's entrepreneurship center and is a member of UT's Board of Fellows.  As a founding member of the Center Circle at the Center for Women, Topher has a track record advocating for equal rights of women in the workplace.  He is a member and serves on the development committee for Feeding Tampa Bay and the Tampa Bay Mobility Alliance.

Most recently, he was a Mayoral candidate for the City of Tampa.  While unsuccessful in winning the election, he succeeded in raising critical issues for the city which otherwise would have gone unnoticed, like minority owned businesses not receiving government contracts, our need to become a 100% Green Renewable Energy City, and implementing innovative transit solutions instead of widening our freeways. 

His extensive speaking career, spanning over the past 30 years, has earned him a global reputation as an expert in mass-communication and influence.  He has spoken for top execs with American Express, Microsoft and Google, just to name a few.

Topher is shockingly honest, sometimes irreverent, and always down-to-earth. 

From the Back Cover

What You'll Discover:

The 3 Irrefutable Laws of Human Nature - How breaking them can make you a prisoner of failure... for life

• 5 Ways Your Thoughts Sabotage Your Success - How you can stop them before they stop you
• Breakaway from Therapy - How "breakthroughs" hold you back
• 2 Steps to End Disagreement - With those you love - including yourself
• 7 Benefits of Staying In a Comfort Zone - Yes, you read that correctly

From the Inside Flap

Some think they will find happiness when they get out of debt. Others feel they'll be happy when they find their soul mate or get married. Still, others believe it is accompanied by landing that dream job or getting promoted. However, the more they chase happiness, the farther they find themselves from it.

Many people are never happy with where they are. When they find happiness, it only lasts a fleeting moment before the hunger to be even better, richer, bigger, or smaller takes over again. Happiness isn't something we seek. It isn't out of reach or in the future. Happiness is something you can enjoy right here, right now.

The formula for happiness is simple. Happy people have four traits in common:

1. They achieve their goals, but do not obsess over them.
2. They eliminate the times when they are unhappy.
3. They quit holding onto things that are no longer true.
4. They avoid becoming addicted to a specific outcome or way of life.

What you receive by accomplishing your goals is not nearly as important as what you become by accomplishing them. Happiness comes first in being, and only secondly in doing.

Edition details

• Publisher: Topher Morrison, Inc.
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 1424321719
• ISBN 13: 9781424321711
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 263
• Illustrator: George Foster, Marc Doty