The Anacondas in Life - How to Defeat the Obstacles That Hold You Back From Your Dreams and Your Potential

This little book can change your life. It contains a simple and powerful message for living a happier and more successful life.

To achieve your dreams and potential you must learn how to recognize and defeat the obstacles that hold you back.

This book describes the 6 Anacondas in Life and explains how to defeat or avoid them so you can attain the joy, success, and happiness that you seek and deserve.
Four overall strategies for living a happy and successful life are also included. Included are plenty of examples, tips, stories, and short lists of Dos and Don'ts.

This book will help you:
- appreciate your capacity for greatness
- explain the obstacles holding you back from pursuing your dreams and potential
- teach you how to overcome these obstacles
- show you how to overcome the negativity in your environment
-motivate you to take charge of your life and become all that you can be.

Benefits for Individuals:
Read this book when you want to:
- Be all you can be and achieve your heart's desire
- Become motivated to take charge of your life and get out of any ruts you may be in
- Avoid negative people who deflate your enthusiasm and hold you back

Benefits for Leaders and Managers:
Give this book to associates and team members when you want to:
- Create a positive can-do atmosphere where everyone works together to succeed
- Overcome a negative environment and nurture a positive culture
- Release the stranglehold on limitation thinking and inspire creative new ideas and MORE!

This is the fifth title in the ,i>Keep It Simple for Success (KISS Books) series published by The Goals Institute.

Book Highlights
- Short, simple, and easy to read
- Practical concpets and ideas you can apply immediately
- Inspires confidence, hope, and a positive attitude
- Explains the 6 types of Anacondas, what techniques each Anaconda uses to bring you down, and 4 strategies for overcoming these beasts
- Teaches you how not to be an Anaconda to your family, friends, classmates, and co-workers
- Provides tips for creating an Anaconda-Free Zone to protect yourself and those you love from being bitten and crushed by these snakes

James Ball is CEO and Jennifer Kuchta is Vice President of The Goals Institute, the company they founded to help organizations and individuals achieve their potential through goal achievement.

Previously, Jim co-founded and was CEO of Venture America, a venture capital firm that helped launch more than twenty companies, including The Discovery Channel. Before that he was a managing partner at Arthur Andersen. Jim is a certified public accountant. He has been an adjunct faculty member at George Mason University where he co-founded and was the first president of GMU's Entrepreneurial Institute.

Jim is the author of seven additional books including:
- Professionalism Is for Everyone
- It's About TIME!
- ABCs for Life
- World-Class Customer Service
- Soar . . . If You Dare
- DNA Leadership through Goal-Driven Management
- The Entrepreneur's Toolkit.

Jim and his wife Dolly live in Virginia. They have two adult daughters, Jennifer and Stephanie, and two grandsons, Ryan and Tyler.

Previously, Jennifer oversaw finance, administration, investor relations, and services and support of portolio companies at Venture America.
Before that, she was a marketing specialist for fine arts. She has an accounting degree and is the publisher for all works produced by The Goals Institute.

Jim and Jennifer write books, develop learning programs, and provide speeches and seminars for organizations.