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Dr Robert Anthonys Advanced Formula For Total Success

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I read this book over 6 years ago and now have several copies I carry round with me to reread whenever I have the opportunity. This book, in one clear sentence "Turned my life around!" I highly recommend it to those seeking wisdom, fighting dispair, and trying to understand the nature of people and to gain insight into yourself. I am looking for the author to thank him. I was living in a one room shack, (one of several over the past years), and now have a tremendous home. I have traveled around the world, increased my income over 4 times, been promoted four times, helped my family graduate from college and launch their careers, have a beautiful wife and a new beautiful daughter. Read this book in the still of the morning before sunrise for an hour clip at a time, and see if you are not transformed too!!!!! PS - I am looking for this book on cassette. I understand that there was a multi-casstte volume at one time.

Dr. Anthony does an excellent job of breaking down the spiritual and psychological makeup of humans into understandable delineations. Then he gives useful, doable, techniques that assist you in 'reprogramming' yourself into what you consciously choose, not what others may have chosen for you. His message is positive and exciting, short and simple. There is a strong underlying spiritual message that places a Higher Power at the center of all positive change. This book is not preachy, new agey, religious or zealous. It's very matter of fact, and I sense no ego from the author, which is usually the case with these types of books. My only complaint, is the 'packaging' of this book. Sort of like something you'd see on the shopping network. The cover reads like a screeching two-bit snake oil 'self help' salesman, so unlike the inside. The only reason I haven't bought copies for everyone I know. I guess you can't judge a book by it's cover, and hey, I picked one up the first time, didn't I?! My copy has been read and reread, dogeared and hightlighted. A wonderful book.

This book teaches principals on how to have a successful thought train. I have read a lot of motivational material, but no other book has done a better job at getting inside my head than this book. Great Book!

I like Dr. Anthony's message and have bought several of his books now. I, too, feel that following his principles of belief -- true belief in oneself -- can transform your life. I would recommend this book -- and all of his books -- for anyone who wants to change the direction of their life. Still, what Dr. Anthony says in this book isn't much different from what he writes in the others. (He could have used an editor at times, too.) Lastly, Dr. Anthony seems to owe Ralph Waldo Emerson at least a brief acknowledgement; he's obviously been influenced by Emerson's writings -- unless, of course, Dr. Anthony plucked these ideas from the "Universal Mind."

In 1998 I wrote the following (beneath the asterisks ***). I still carry the book wherever I go. I reread it because it is awesome and provides reminders of how to see life. I found the cassettes and they are powerful too.

READ THIS BOOK if you want to have control over what happens to you. ANd here is the big secret: It is all controllable. YOu control the circumstances of your life thru your thinking. WOW!! I could not believe it either. If I just read this somewhere or someone said it to me, I would have said "mumbo jumbo, hocus pocus - yeah right." But since I have read the book I now understand a lot more about me and how I am responsible advertantly or inadvertantly. Read it - you'll see.

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I read this book over 6 years ago and now have several copies I carry round with me to reread whenever I have the opportunity. This book, in one clear sentence "Turned my life around!" I highly recommend it to those seeking wisdom, fighting dispair, and trying to understand the nature of people and to gain insight into yourself. I am looking for the author to thank him. I was living in a one room shack, (one of several over the past years), and now have a tremendous home. I have traveled around the world, increased my income over 4 times, been promoted four times, helped my family graduate from college and launch their careers, have a beautiful wife and a new beautiful daughter. Read this book in the still of the morning before sunrise for an hour clip at a time, and see if you are not transformed too!!!!! PS - I am looking for this book on cassette. I understand that there was a multi-casstte volume at one time.

I not only own this book, I have purchased additional copies for friends. I watched a special on Inspiration given by Wayne Dyer on PBS this weekend and thought of this book again. It was and is inspirational to me. After the Dyer special, I looked through my bookcase for this great book. I then realized I had made my last copy as a gift to a friend last summer. I will buy another copy for myself today and hope that all the other copies I have given over the years are truly inspirational to my friends as well. Peace be with you...

I would agree with the reviewer who said that Anthony should give credit to Emerson for many of the basic ideas in this and other of his books. In fact, most of the info. in this and scores of books of similar genre have become pretty much new agey, generic stuff about looking for the answers within, setting and writing down goals, visualizing, etc. You've got to hand it to these guys for enterprise though; they really know how to find a market need and exploit, er fill it. In this case the market is the estimated 30 - 40% of the population that is high in self-doubt and low in self-confidence. Which of us can resist such catchy, promising titles as "Advanced Formula for Total Success" or "Achieving Total Self-Confidence." It must be nice to be the alpha males on the other side of the spectrum not troubled with such annoying anxieties and doubts and able to take advantage of these opportunities and get wealthy themselves in the process. One question: Doctor Robert Anthony really is a "doctor," right? The reason I ask is that I've read most of his books and nowhere did I find mention of what doctorate he has or where he received it. Other self-improvement gurus like Wayne Dyer and Scott Peck clearly state their credentials. I read an article that many self-anointed, self-improvement gurus go around giving seminars with Doctor in front of their names which turn out be bogus. In any case, you can save a lot of book reading by following their basic advice and looking inward to draw from the same source they do for all the answers you'll ever need.

This is one of those books that grabs you by the eyeballs and won't let go. The depth of insight of Dr Anthony is mind stretching. You will definately get something from reading this book. I'm only half way through yet still put it in my top three inspiring reads. In fact it's at number two with number one being "A happy pocket full of money." It is in the same vein as it delves deeper into what holds us back from getting where we want to go. I highly recomend it.

This book is an easy read to pick up & re-read even when you only have little bits of time to spend on it. Great principles!

This is another book I borowed from the library, and after I finished it I felt I have to have it. Great life lessons!
Maria D.
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