Maximizing me : 30 lessons on the the journey to self-empowerment

By Hart Cuningham and Hart Cunningham

A collection of thirty concise lessons based on the author's maxims for success in business and personal life. Urges discipline, determination and unified resolve in the pursuit of clear goals based on a long-range life plan. Each lesson is augmented by a short assignment

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0944031994
• ISBN13: 9780944031995
• Release Date: November 2006
• Publisher: Aslan Publishing
• Length: 120 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.5" x 6.0"

Customer Reviews

Highly accessible and thoroughly solid self-help guide

Written by Hart Cunningham, founder of numerous still-flourishing global businesses, Maximizing Me: 30 Lessons on the Journey to Self-Empowerment is a self-help guide to realizing one's dreams, whether in business or other areas of life. Chapters address how to overcome the inertia that keeps one enmeshed in failed habits and choices, reject egoistic self-deception, orchestrate a series of realistic, well-chosen goals, and reinvent oneself for the better. Other invaluable skills covered include how to exercise emotive influence, effectively manage time, use tasking to measure progress, and much more. Bullet points and sample "try this" paragraphs close each chapter in this highly accessible and thoroughly solid self-help guide especially recommended for aspiring entrepreneurs.

Learning to Fulfill My Potential!

When I first had the opportunity to meet the author, Hart Cunningham, at a book signing in Scottsdale, AZ, I had only thumbed through Maximizing Me and not given it a thorough read. However, after meeting the charismatic Cunningham, I had to see what it was that drove this young entrepreneur to become such an impressive businessman and humanitarian, and at such a young age! (Young by society's standards for success, but once you read the book you'll learn to shrug off the shackles of social expectations and see that it is our own SELVES that place limitations on what we can and cannot acheive in our lives!) Once I picked up Maximing Me, it took just one day before I put it down, having read it cover to cover, and even marking the chapters that were most relevant to my own life to return to as needed. Many of the lessons Cunningham has gathered throughout both his personal and business life mirror those life-lessons which we all experience - but it is his ability to effortlessly explain the elements of the lessons and break them down into easily understandable excercises that urge the reader to be proactive in his or her approach to 'life' which make the book such a worthwhile read! In a nutshell, Maximizing Me will help you take stock in your own life, note both the bad AND the good you've already acheived, and help you see what it takes to allow the 'self' of your dreams to become a reality. Cunningham reminds his readers that it is the INDIVIDUAL who both drives itself to acheive, and sets limits for itself. In recognizing that every person has the potential for absolute greatness within, Mr. Cunningham provides his readers with all the tools necessary to unlock that potential and empower the self to acheive greatness and success in every aspect of their life! I highly recommend this book to anyone who strives to become a better person - for their family, for their friends, for all humanity, and most importantly, for themselves!

Maximizing Me

Maximizing Me, 30 Lessons on the Journey to Self-Empowerment invites you to embrace your dreams, discover the path you with to take, resolve inner conflicts, and reinvent your life. Throughout the pages, Cunningham challenges you to reject past mistakes and move forward with a clear mind. Each lesson is augmented by a short project, or task to try on their own, based on each chapter's information. Through these lessons you learn to play off your strengths and accept your weaknesses. We all have different qualities and aspirations. With the knowledge you gain from Maximizing Me, you will learn to set realistic goals based on your specific character and dreams, achieve what you strive to accomplish, meet your maximum potential, and live a more productive, fulfilling life. Cunningham's approach is to offer guidance rather than forcing change. Maximizing Me is for anyone looking for a change, big or small, in any aspect of their life.

offers a lot

What is stopping you from being everything you want to be? It could very well be yourself. In Hart Cunningham's book, "Maximizing Me," he offers 30 lessons on your journey to self-empowerment. Who are you? The first step is discovering just who you are. What are your talents? From there you can do all things as you develop yourself, make determined goals, and following Cunningham's advice, reach them. This book takes you through all of the steps to change your life. Whether it is something like changing you health for the better or developing a multi-billion dollar company, the path begins with the same steps. Written in a been-there-done-that-so-I-know-you-can-too tone, the book is easy to read and feels like a friend is giving you guidance. Wisdom is added to the friendly, no-nonsense feel with relevant quotes at the beginning of each lesson. Efforts to bring home the message are made with "remember this" and "try this" sections at the end of each lesson, where the author goes over the key points in the chapter and gives readers a particular assignment to complete and make the idea a reality. Overall the book is a nice package. It offers a lot, in a tight and simple form. Why take advice on changing yourself from Hart Cunningham? He's obviously on a highway to success, and he's offered to give you a roadmap. Take him up on it and see where you end up! Review by Heather Froeschl.