The Magic Lamp: Goal Setting for People Who Hate Setting Goals [Paperback]

Keith Ellis (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 30, 1998

Do you have trouble setting goals? Would you like to have greater focus, stronger follow-through, and achieve dramatically better results? Would you like to learn how to get anything you want from life--more money, a new home, a promotion, better relationships, a greater sense of fulfillment, or anything else you can imagine?

If so, then read The Magic Lamp. This remarkable book describes a simple yet unforgettable process for how to obtain whatever you want from both your personal life and your career.

What's the Secret?

The Magic Lamp is the first goal-setting guide for people who hate setting goals. Goals can take you anywhere you want to go, but they rarely give you the inspiration you need to get there. Wishes are different. They have emotional impact. They give you the freedom to dream and the power to make your dreams come true.

The Magic Lamp transforms the process of setting goals from a dull routine into an exciting adventure because it's the first book to combine the methods of goal setting with the magic of making your wishes come true.

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From the Inside Flap

Do you have trouble setting goals? Would you like to have greater focus, stronger follow-through, and achieve dramatically better results? Would you like to learn how to get anything you want from life--more money, a new home, a promotion, better relationships, a greater sense of fulfillment, or anything else you can imagine?

If so, then read The Magic Lamp. This remarkable book describes a simple yet unforgettable process for how to obtain whatever you want from both your personal life and your career.

What's the Secret?

The Magic Lamp is the first goal-setting guide for people who hate setting goals. Goals can take you anywhere you want to go, but they rarely give you the inspiration you need to get there. Wishes are different. They have emotional impact. They give you the freedom to dream and the power to make your dreams come true.

The Magic Lamp transforms the process of setting goals from a dull routine into an exciting adventure because it's the first book to combine the methods of goal setting with the magic of making your wishes come true.

From the Back Cover

"The first new thinking about goal setting in decades."
--Rick Butts, author of The Safari Chronicles

"Bravo! The Magic Lamp does nothing less than reinvent the age-old process of goal setting, making it more appealing and far less intimidating than ever before. If you aren't getting everything you want from life, this should be the book you read next."
--Ed McComas, Regional Manager, Perot Systems

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Product Details

• Paperback: 256 pages
• Publisher: Three Rivers Press; Updated edition (June 30, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 060980166X
• ISBN-13: 978-0609801666
• Product Dimensions: 5.2 x 0.5 x 8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (25 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #88,639 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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51 of 52 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Believe it or not, it will actually help you achieve goals!, March 30, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: The Magic Lamp: Goal Setting for People Who Hate Setting Goals (Paperback)

IN the 'self-help' category, The Magic Lamp stands out - It REALLY HELPS YOU SET GOALS AND ACHIEVE THEM! It is not only a thoroughly good 'read' but a practical, straight forward way to focus in on the areas YOU dream of improving, rather than trying to convince you that you need to do/be/becoome many of the things OTHERS want you to become. Since reading this book, I've started exercising reguarly, getting up 30 minutes earlier to work on my dream (remember, that's the most important thing you do all day!) and generally stop beating myself up in the process about all the "shoulds" and "could-have's" in my life. When distracted by the white noise of my day, I can now pause to remind myself of what is important - working on my dream rather than trudging along. A GREAT book!

98 of 106 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic! One of the best on the subject of goal-setting., November 29, 1999

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This review is from: The Magic Lamp: Goal Setting for People Who Hate Setting Goals (Paperback)

This book is different. It avoids all the cliches used in so many other books. I have already started implementing many of the ideas from this book in my daily life. Alot of self-help books get me excited as I read them, but when I finish them I put them back on the shelf and forget about them. Not this one. It will never be too far out of reach. It's funny, but all self-help authors seem very egotistical, thinking that their book is the answer to the worlds problems. This author shows no pretense, but portrays a consise, easy to understand method of setting goals. Changing ourselves is not easy. No matter what methods we us, or who tells us of an easier way to do it. This book is better than most at putting the message across.

59 of 65 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Reads well; better for implementing than for setting goals., August 14, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: The Magic Lamp: Goal Setting for People Who Hate Setting Goals (Paperback)

This is a nicely written book; it is a "good read." Its strong suit is in showing how to implement goals once they are down on paper in front of you. But that is 95% of the book. The process of determining what your goals are, or setting them, gets short shrift.