Lodestar: Tapping Into the 10 Timeless Pillars to Success

Like the North Star, pointing you in the right direction, Lodestar by Jim McCann and George S. Everly, Jr. PhD, FAPA is your essential guide to learning the key components of success and applying them to your life.

A ONE-STOP SHOP FOR THE BEST OF SELF-HELP

The innate drive to “do better” and to “be better” seems to be hard-wired in most individuals. In fact, the $10 billion self-help industry would seem a compelling testament to that conclusion. It has produced libraries of priceless insight from gurus and everyday folks, celebrities and prodigies, millionaires and poets. There’s plenty of advice out there to get you almost anywhere you want to go—and more than enough to get lost in. So, where do you begin?

That’s where Jim McCann and George S. Everly, Jr., PhD, FAPA come in. Together, the 1-800-FLOWERS.com founder and the esteemed psychologist have combined the practical with the scientific to explore the most celebrated self-help books and unveil the top reoccurring themes: why they matter, and how they are applied, in one digestible volume. No book like this has ever been written!

The core tenets of building a better life for yourself are covered here through the best thinking of the last hundred years of self-improvement, plus exclusive interviews with people whose success stories bring it all to life.

The endless quest for growth is universal to human nature. You can overcome hardship to thrive and flourish if only you find the right way forward. Lodestar is your shortcut to that elusive path.

Jim McCann is an accomplished entrepreneur, who took a single flower shop and turned it into today’s billion-dollar omnichannel retailer, 1-800-FLOWERS.COM, Inc.  One of the first brands to embrace new technologies, Jim leads through his visionary approach, bringing products and innovative experiences to customers, allowing them to connect and build more meaningful relationships.  A devoted philanthropist, Jim is the Founder and Chairman of Smile Farms Inc., a not-for-profit creating employment opportunities for people with disabilities.  He also serves as Chairman of Worth Media Group, which celebrates leaders who positively impact society, and serves on multiple private and not-for-profit boards. 

George S. Everly Jr., PhD, ABPP, FAPA is a clinical psychologist and public health scholar. He has held faculty positions at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. Dr. Everly is the author of more than 10 books including The Johns Hopkins Guide to Psychological First Aid, and A Clinical Guide to the Treatment of the Human Stress Response. He specializes in the study of stress, human resilience, and personal growth in the wake of adversity. He has given invited addresses in over 25 countries on six continents.