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Branden has written, “A goal without an action plan is
a daydream.”
Motion creates the self. In my experience as a
teacher, consultant, and writer, I have accumulated 100
ways of thinking that lead directly to motivation. In my
work as a corporate trainer and public seminar leader,
I have often read and researched many volumes of a
psychologist’s or philosopher’s work to find a single sen-
tence that my seminar students can use. What I am al-
ways looking for are ways of thinking that energize the
mind and get us going again.
So this is a book of ideas. My sole criterion in assem-
bling these ideas was: How useful are they? I’ve drawn
on the feedback I’ve gotten from my corporate and pub-
lic seminar students to know which ideas make lasting
impressions on people and which don’t. The ones that
do are in this book.
Since its first printing in 1996, this little book has
enjoyed a success I never imagined. During its first five
years of sales (sales that have continued to be strong
every year, knock on wood) we have seen the emergence
of the Internet as the world’s primary source of infor-
mation. People have not only been buying this book on
the Internet, but they’ve been posting their reviews.
What’s wonderful about Internet bookstores is that they
feature reviews by regular people, not just professional
journalists who need to be witty, cynical, and clever to
survive.
One such reviewer of 100 Ways in its original edi-
tion was Bubba Spencer from Tennessee. He wrote:
“Not a real in-depth book with many complicated
theories about how to improve your life. Mostly, just
good tips to increase your motivation. A ‘should read’ if
you want to improve any part of your life.”