The Balanced Life: Achieving Success in Work & Love [Hardcover]

Alan Loy McGinnis (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 1997

More than three million readers have found inspiration and guidance from best-selling author Alan Loy McGinnis. Now he turns his attention to some of the most urgent questions of our time:

How can I find a balance in my Life?
How do I juggle work and family?
Can I be successful at one without sacrificing the other?

In fast-paced chapters filled with real-life stories, psychological insight, and spiritual wisdom, McGinnis offers realistic counsel that can transform our fragmented lives into harmonious wholes.

He shares the secrets of:
--Tapping Your Inner Fire
--Increasing Your Energy
--Improving Your Self-Discipline
--Focusing to Do a Few Things Well
--Eliciting Help from Other People
--Finding the Opportunities in Change
--Managing the Comeback

For all seeking a balanced life, here is the inspiration, practical advice, and engaging storytelling that readers around the world have come to expect from Alan Loy McGinnis.

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From the Inside Flap

How can I find a balance in my life?
How do I juggle work and family?
Can I be successful at one without sacrificing the other?

Yes, says best-selling author, family therapist, and business consultant, Alan Loy McGinnis. In fact, according to his study of hundreds of successful people, peak performers use the same principles to build strong families and rich friendships as they use for building their career. McGinnis has identified these principles as the "portable virtues" that will be essential for life in our rapidly shifting 21st century.

In chapters filled with case histories, psychological insights, and spiritual wisdom McGinnis reveals his plan for success through fundamental principles everyone can master.

About the Author

Alan Loy McGinnis is the best-selling author of THE FRIENDSHIP FACTOR, BRINGING OUT THE BEST IN PEOPLE, CONFIDENCE, and THE POWER OF OPTIMISM. More than three million copies of his books are in print, and his writing has been translated into 14 languages around the world. He is a family therapist, corporate consultant, minister, and popular speaker to television, radio and corporate audiences.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 208 pages
• Publisher: Augsburg Fortress Pub (July 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0806635703
• ISBN-13: 978-0806635705
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.6 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,558,929 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Terrific. Dr. McGinnis has done it again!, November 28, 1999

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Alan L. McGinnis - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Balanced Life: Achieving Success in Work & Love (Hardcover)

I've been a fan of Alan McGinnis's books (such as The Friendship Factor,and Bringing Out the Best in People) for a long time. But this new one, with practical suggestions for juggling work and family, is my all-time favorite, perhaps because I'm a working mom, and need help such as this. The author argues that you don't have to choose between being successful at a career and successful at relationships (the book has lots of good tips for singles who want a balanced life as well as marrieds). To the contrary, he says, personality traits such as commitment, discipline, flexibility, are the same necessary ingredients for success at both work and love. The author is a family therapist and knows what he's talking about.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Author! Wonderful Book!, November 7, 2003

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Dr. W. G. Covington, Jr. (Edinboro, Pennsylvania) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Balanced Life: Achieving Success in Work & Love (Hardcover)

Passion comes before excellence. That is the lesson of chapter one and where attaining the balance in life starts. In the second chapter he follows up by explaining how talent is developed through use. One must polish the gifts he's been given for them to shine.

In chapter three I picked up a key that helps you to stimulate motivation when it has a tendency to fade. That key is "review and revise your goals constantly." One has to be focused, yet flexible for new realities.

McGinnis has some profound things to say about maximizing life. He talks about loving other people, loving one's work, and above all, loving God. You can't go wrong by taking the advice he offers in this book.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Changed My Life WOW WOW WOW, September 14, 2000

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Toni M Dimitros (Vineland, NJ United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Balanced Life: Achieving Success in Work & Love (Hardcover)

This Book Changed my Life. I have a new zeal to excell in anything I put my mind to. I'm 23 and glad that I got my hands on this book at my age. It's so interesting, I read it so quickly. The research is exceptional. The examples of famous successful people and where they started and where they are today, was awesomely encouraging. LOVED IT...LOVED IT...LOVED IT. I see my daily experiences in work and in relationships in a whole new light. Thanks so much ALAN. YOU GO!