Soar...If You Dare [Paperback]

James R. Ball (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 16, 1998

Create your own future! No matter what obstacles you face in reaching your goals, Soar...If You Dare can be your biggest supporter and help you succeed! Learn how to create your own future by dreaming BIG, thinking BIG, and acting BIG. Combine the power of your beliefs, imagination, and faith with your abilities to concentrate, set goals, and take action to make success your habit for life!

Soar...If You Dare will put you back in charge of yourself. Here are simple yet powerful daily techniques to help you build an unshakable self-confidence and then visualize and achieve your successes.

Never again let people and circumstances hold you back. This remarkable, uplifting guide can make a major impact on your life. It is particularly helpful for those at a turning point in their lives or on the threshold of a new level of personal development and growth. Keep it nearby as a daily reference for happiness.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"Soar ... If You Dare" was great and it clearly is a common sense approach to a successful life-in layman's language so everyone can understand the message. This is a book that all people who want to succeed in life should read. Taking your advice, readers will face no obstacles in achieving their dreams." -- Dwight C. Schar, Chairman and CEO, NVR, Inc. (Ryan Homes and NVHomes)

"Soar...If You Dare" is a powerful and entertaining book. It is one of the greatest examples of a deep message so enjoyable that one can hardly put it down." -- Cavett Robert, Founder, National Speakers Association

"[Soar...If You Dare] is filled with creative ideas which many of your readers will utilize to go on to great success and happiness. You are a benefactor to your readers. You tell them what they can become, then you tell them how." -- Norman Vincent Peale

About the Author

James R. Ball, "Jim" to everyone, is the president and co-founder of The Goals Institute, a company that helps individuals and businesses achieve their potential through goal achievement.

Starting early in life as a clerk in his father's grocery story in the small steel town of Sharon, Pennsylvania, Jim experienced firsthand the characteristics to mold success. Putting himself through college at Youngstown State University while working all shifts in the steel mill, Jim graduated with a degree in accounting.

Jim began his professional career as a staff accountant at Arthur Andersen and over a sixteen-year career worked his way up to becoming the managing partner of one of Andersen's fastest growing offices serving emerging businesses and high technology firms.

Jim left Andersen to become the co-founder and managing partner of a venture capital firm that helped launch and grow over twenty companies including The Discovery Channel. Jim served on the board of many of these companies and helped them grow and develop. As John Hendricks, the founder and CEO of Discovery Communications (The Discovery Channel) puts it: "Jim is an authority on goal power."

Jim knows what it takes to make dreams come true and succeed and he will show you how you can, too.

Product Details

• Paperback: 270 pages
• Publisher: Goals Institute; 2 edition (October 16, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1887570020
• ISBN-13: 978-1887570022
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.9 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,025,434 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars "Soar" has become my owner's manual for a successful life., April 14, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Soar...If You Dare (Paperback)

"Soar" was given to me by a dear friend. At first I was a bit hesitant about reading it. But, I picked it up and found myself reading it cover to cover in the first sitting. The information in it is so valuable that I read it with a pad an paper handy to jot down notes.

This book has become a manual that I keep close at hand. I refer back to it often. "Soar" is an intelligent, passionate outline of how to succeed by applying focus, imagination, and hard work. Mr. Ball explains the importance of prioritizing goals, imagining them coming true, planning a course of action, and working hard to achieve those goals. He is at once forceful in his strategies and supportive in his intent. The reader is left energized and empowered. I recommend this book very highly.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I LOVE THIS BOOK!!!!!!!!, December 20, 2008

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This review is from: Soar...If You Dare (Paperback)

I had borrowed out this book to someone that had never given it back......I had to get myself another copy. What an amazing motivational book.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars "Soar" is a call to action!, April 12, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Soar...If You Dare (Paperback)

"Soar" encourages you to look within yourself, to identify your goals and avoid the obstacles that may be standing in your way.

The author's voice is both encouraging and forceful in expressing the discipline required to acheive your true potential. "Soar" encourages and pushes you in the way a good athletic coach inspires his team. As with any training, this discipline requires practice. As a result, the book is organized in such a way that you are encouraged to re-read sections, make notes and review the ideas discussed.

"Soar" is a necessary reminder that we must all look to accomplish the "most" that we can and to share our unique talents with the world. The message of this book goes a long way in reminding us to believe in our dreams and to stop at nothing!