Mindset of Success: The Science of Personal Leadership Development

How do you build a profitable business AND the lifestyle that you want?

I'm an avid reader, sometimes reading a book per week. I have to tell you about a new book that is among the very best I have read in quite a while.

This book is for business owners of all types- service business owners, entrepreneurs, professionals... It's called Beyond Booked Solid by my friend and colleague, bestselling author of Book Yourself Solid, and thought leader, Michael Port.

Michael's idea (that he backs up with both theory and dozens of practical tips) is that you can do more with less. You can help more people, earn more money, find more fulfillment, with less time.

Timothy Ferriss, author of The 4-Hour Workweek says, "If you want a four-hour work week, this book is required reading."

I believe in creating a business that supports my lifestyle and a lifestyle that supports my business. I don't want to work all the time. I'm no good to my clients or my family if I'm burning the candle at both ends. Beyond Booked Solid offers a unique and powerful solution and I agree with Timothy Ferriss that it's required reading.

Learn more about Michael Port's new book Beyond Booked Solid here.

Enjoy!

Larina

Book Review: Becoming a Resonant Leader (a new book on emotional intelligence)

I just finished reading and working through an excellent new book called Becoming a Resonant Leader: Develop Your Emotional Intelligence, Renew Your Relationships, Sustain Your Effectiveness by two of the authors of the ground-breaking book Primal Leadership, Annie McKee and Richard Boyatzis (they coauthored Primal Leadership with Daniel Goleman), and Annie McKee's co-founder of Teleos Leadership, Frances Johnston.

I recently had the good fortune to meet Annie McKee and Frances Johnston in Philadelphia and they are wonderful people who truly embody the concepts in the book. It was great to see that level of authenticity and passion about what they teach.

Resonance is the cornerstone of emotionally intelligent leadership because the emotions of leaders are contagious. Twenty years of research have shown how critical emotional intelligence is for optimal work performance and leadership, and this book builds on the author's previous work and provides practical steps for creating resonance within your work team, company, and community.

The authors dispel several myths about leadership, and show how anyone can learn to be a wonderful leader. There are dozens of action steps that allow you to use the book as a self-study program that creates depthful and powerful change. It is like having these thought leaders in emotional intelligence as your own executive coaches.

If you read this book, I highly recommend completing all the exercises, and the book will pay for its purchase price hundreds of times over.

Happy Reading!

Larina

A Great New Book on The Psychology of Selling

I just wanted to let you know about a great book that is now out: Selling: Powerful New Strategies for Sales Success.

The lead author is Kevin Hogan, the psychology of sales and persuassion expert, who I greatly respect.

Have a look (click below) and be ready to transform your approach to sales if you get it! Cheers, Larina

Book Authors: Learn Everything You Need to Know About Marketing Your Book

Have a book that's not selling as briskly as you like?

Reluctant to even start writing your book because you don't know how to market it?

I'm speaking at a great event coming up the first week of October, Book Marketing Blitz. It will be an incredible event and I plan to learn a lot from it. I'm honored to be a speaker with this great line up.

Host, my friend and book marketing expert, Lynne Klippel has put together an amazing array of speakers for this webinar based event. You can enjoy 18 hours of book marketing instruction from some of the biggest names in the business from the comfort of your home.

You can listen to a very useful interview with a book cover designer just for checking out the website, grab your free copy of the interview, and look for my presentation next week!

Cheers- Larina Kase

Learn More About Book Marketing Blitz!

Today (Fri 9/21) Only- A Gift for Authors and Aspiring Authors

I have some exciting news to share and I want you to be among the first to know: I got a new book deal with McGraw-Hill for a project I've been working on for 3 years!

This book is about how to get outside of your comfort zone for greater business success, currently entitled Success in The Discomfort Zone. It is the topic I'm most passionate about and it's exciting that all my hard work on it has paid off.

But it wasn't just my hard work that made it happen. I have an incredible literary agent, Rita Rosenkranz, whose help was invaluable.

She was also my agent for The Confident Speaker, which became a New York Times bestseller. The success of the launch of that book rested upon the tremendous response of my mailing list members and blog readers (you!).

I was thinking of how I can thank my agent and you, and I came up with the idea of a tele-seminar in which Rita shares her helpful ideas for the authors on my list.

Rita may find her next bestselling author, and you will surely get valuable tips that will help you turn your dream of getting published with a major NYC publisher into reality.

This call is TODAY, Friday September 21st at 1pm eastern. Hold your spot now and join me on the call later today.

To Your Success,

Larina