Who Are You When Nobody's Looking?

By Marc Marsan

Book Overview

In Who Are You When Nobody's Looking?, marketing consultant and motivational speaker, Marc Marsan, offers a fresh and innovative program for inventing a new and exciting life.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1862045933
• ISBN13: 9781862045934
• Release Date: January 1999
• Publisher: Element Books
• Length: 164 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.1" x 8.0"

Customer Reviews

Highly Recommended!

In 1978, the legendary rock band The Who asked "Who are You?" In this book, Marc Marsan asks the same question but adds the clause "When Nobody’s Looking?" Unlike The Who, Marsan actually has an answer to the question he poses. You are, he says, the sum total of your genetics and environment plus your personal push. But Marsan is also smart enough not to get down into the gutter with the nature vs. nurture debate. He is really interested in how you move past your genetics and environment to chart a course that brings out your potential for genius. In this sense, he is asking everyone who reads his book to return to childhood, when they felt free to live, love, and learn. But he doesn’t offer just platitudes; he recommends concrete steps to help you make this trip, like advising you to study your family history and examine your ancestors for traits and talents that could be hidden in you. We ...recommend thisbook to any person who needs a little shove toward self-actualization. Executives, managers, human resource professionals, and students will find this book easy to read and immensely useful.

Waiting for a book like this

I would like to thank you for writing this book. I first found out about it through the Cincinnati Enquirer newspaper in the book section, the title caught my eye. It represented exactly the question that I've always asked myself, "who am I when Nobody's looking" and why don't I show that side of myself to others.This is the first book that I have read, (and I read many books!) that stressed finding that creative side again, as we were when we were children. I felt your energy come through, throughout the entire book. Your message also taught me how to use my mind to form associations-therefore giving myself more options, which in turn would cure me of that helpless feeling that I sometimes feel.It was interesting how you tied in genetics to the equation (DNA)..I am very close to my family, and they do have a major influence in my life. My parents, as well as my brother, and my friends, all impact my high concept.My major concern at this time is working a field that promotes the Spirit. For so long, I have felt restricted in the choices that I have to find a new career. Your association exercise helped here. I enjoyed filling out the high concept exercise. Perhaps the most difficult exercise for me was to write down my most defining moment. Maybe it's because I don't feel that I have reached that point yet, or maybe because I couldn't pinpoint my "most important" anything at the time. This book carries over into my personal relationships as well.Your book is better than "self-help" books, in that it is practical. I truly believe that one is a product of what they read--and your book has definitely had a positive effect and influence on me. I have already recommended your book to four of my friends. If it weren't for the title, I may have overlooked it. I'll keep referring to some of the chapters, as I need them.Thanks again for writing this book and sharing your brilliant ideas and way of thinking with others!

Strength Training for the Mind

After watching Mr. Marsan knock the socks off of the audience during a recent convention keynote address, I left wanting to know more about his concepts, and so I bought this book to see if his engaging concepts and real-life energy translated to the written page. I think the answer is yes. Mr. Marsan is a self-confessed "out of the box thinker," and his book asks the reader to step out of the box as well. One of the biggest strengths of this book is that it gives the reader the opportunity to be an active participant in the material presented. As a result, it helps to read throught the book one time,and once you think you have the "big picture," then go back a second time to participate. Self-help/self-discovery books are hot items in the 90's. What I liked about this book is that each section presents concepts that all lead to personal development, but each section can be taken individually. I didn't have the "where do I start" syndrome when I finished reading like I have had with other books which focus on personal development. For me, the first step is to work on what he calls "your high concept," or personal mission statement. For other readers, they may choose to work on their personal "DNA" (distinct neuron archetype). Also, Mr. Marsan does not ask the reader to do anything that he himself has not done. The book is full of real-life, sometimes painful, sometimes very funny anecdotes. Having had the opportunity to see Mr. Marsan speak, I can tell you that his wit and sincerity seem to be genuine. Lastly, I think the title of the book is the best way to think of its message and what it is attempting to help people with: Try and be the best person you can be for its own sake and reward - live with purpose and don't compromise yourself. Readers who are driving down the road of personal development should enjoy this book.

An exuberant and creative book on self-discovery

As Marc takes me on his voyage of self-discovery, he supplies me with examples and materials that allow me to accompany him on my own voyage of self-discovery. The core idea of the book--that each of us is a "Distinct Neuron Archetype" and we can best realize our best by developing a "High Concept"--makes a lot of sense. He gives good instructions and examples to help me on my way.Marc's suggestions on how to engage my creativity are particularly concrete and useful, and his examples not only clarify, they entertain!Who Are You is a valuable contribution to anyone interested in making the most of his or her gifts.

Marc's formula for reinventing your life really works!

The October 1999 issue of Foreword Magazine says the following about Marc Marsan's "Who Are You When Nobody's Looking?""What if someone could give you an actual formula for hapiness and fulfillment and show you, in language you can understand, how to apply it to your life? Marsan, an 'inventive thinking' expert with several patents to his credit, has taught thousands of people how to unleash their creative power in his 'Think Naked' presentations as well as at the University of Cincinnati Graduate School of Business. A member of the World Future Society and a consumer trends expert, Marsan is currently a principal member of Syntetics, the well-known Cambridge, Massachusetts 'think tank.' Illustrator Gary Kopervas, (Out On A Limb, Hagar the Horrible), has contributed the black and white illustrations....Marsan helps readers develop the skills necessary for this to happen with information and exercises that teach how to see challenges as opportunities, how to create for oneself a personal adventure story based in the history of one's family or origin, and how to create one's own 'high concept' based on a realistic assessment of one's skills and desires. Marsan believes that the mark of true maturity is the ability to accept responsibility and he ushers readers skillfully into a world of powerful,creative thinking that cannot help but to leave a lagacy for those who follow. The author's creative, actualized thinkers are able to cry easily, laugh deeply, greet life playfully...he encourages such thinkers to create a personal mission statement and to live it with gusto."Written with humor and wit, this book is bound to change the way you think and the way you live your life!