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The New IQ, by Dr. David Gruder

Posted by Dan Janal, Your Fearless PR LEADER | May 7th, 2009

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Question: Who is the intended audience?
Answer: Everyday people to world leaders who are passionate about pursuing success, abundance and impact without sacrificing life balance, loved ones, social responsibility, or integrity.

Q: What is the book about?
A: The New IQ provides practical answers to the five biggest challenges of our time:
1) Why have we allowed severe integrity deficits to damage virtually all parts of our society?
2) How did so many of us adopt the insane belief that life fulfillment, wealth accumulation and a comfortable lifestyle require sacrificing integrity, people and social responsibility?
3) What do the few who succeed without making these sacrifices do to create happy fulfilling integrity-centered lives?
4) How can the rest of us easily learn to do on purpose what these rare folks do intuitively?
5) What profound improvements will we see in the world as more and more of us shift toward integrity-centered living, loving, working and serving?

Q: Why are you the best person to write this book?
A: I am perhaps the world’s only clinical and organizational psychologist whose primary specialization is integrity development, enhancement and education. I have studied natural developers to discover how they create life fulfillment without sacrificing integrity, people or social responsibility. I have assisted everyday people to world leaders in developing their capacity for integrity-centered living, loving, working and serving. I am known in the media as “America’s Integrity Expert.” And, most important of all, I have lived through and recovered from the devastating impact my own integrity deficits created.

Q: How is this book different from other books on this topic?
A: Two things set The New IQ apart: 1) It is part personal development road map, part health and wellness manual, part social change blueprint, and part staff development and leadership template; and 2) It shows everyday people to world leaders how to coordinate personal, relationship, career, and leadership development in an elegantly efficient and streamlined way.

Q: Is there anything else we should know about this book?
A: The New IQ’s blueprint for reconnecting the dots among integrity, life fulfillment, love, abundance, business success, and social responsibility, has been:
* Endorsed by over fifty leaders across a wide range of fields
* Embraced across the political and faith spectrums
* Honored with five book awards in the unusually diverse categories of:
* Social change
* Current events in politics & society
* Health & wellness
* Metapsychology
* Self-help

To learn more, visit www.TheNewIQ.com.

Embrace Ultra-Ability! Wisdom, Insight & Motivation From The Blind Who Sees Far And Wide, By Shirley Cheng

Posted by Dan Janal, Your Fearless PR LEADER | July 22nd, 2008

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Question: Who is the intended audience?
Answer: The intended audience for Embrace Ultra-Ability is conscious people who seek spiritually rich and rewarding lives, whose desires for goodness span more than self-interest. They want to embrace spirituality to not only love the lives they live but to make a positive difference to fellow creations.

The readers are spiritual to start with and want to embrace more. They are truly serious in using spirituality to bring more good to themselves and others. True self-empowerment starts within, so they have to have the desire deep in their hearts before they can expand on their spirituality to achieve greatness.

People with disabilities and health conditions will also find this book of interest. It will lift their spirits and make them see their limitations not as roadblocks but as exercising machines for their spirits. Their perception and attitude toward life will brighten, and that, in turn, will brighten their future and touch others in wonderful ways.

Q: What is the book about?
A: How would you like to turn your disability into ultra-ability to welcome a truly fulfilling life? This book gently yet powerfully empowers you to accept the wondrous jewels God abundantly offers and helps you use the gifts wisely. Readers will learn how to create an essential spiritual foundation for a truly successful life, limit their limitations to achieve greatness, maximize time usage and avoid time wasters, effectively conquer and prepare for challenges and negativity, win with positivity, establish and go for their gold medals in life.

Q: Why are you the best person to write this book?
A: I am a blind and physically disabled individual who has overcome seemingly insurmountable challenges by embracing a life of spiritual riches. Coming out of fiery oceans and thorny jungles as a winner, I will be able not only tell but show readers effective ways to overcome everyday challenges. I am a living proof what real success is all about–what life is all about–and how to achieve true happiness. Who else is a better person to write about winning and overcoming all odds than a victor who has climbed high mountains and crossed deep oceans?

Q: How is this book different from other books on this topic?
A: This book is different from other books in this subject area mainly because it was written, formatted, and published by a blind and physically disabled person, whose own experiences serve as inspiration throughout the book. All the topics covered in Embrace Ultra-Ability! come from the author’s own life experiences. She has been there, done that, and she knows what is effective for true bliss and what you should stay far away from.

This book is also written from a devout Christian’s perspective, and therefore, touches upon the importance of faith in God. The author owes her successes and happiness to God, and all the treasures He has abundantly bestowed upon her. Yet, her invincible faith and Christian mentions in this book will not deter people of other faiths from still embracing her messages of essential values and enjoying her lyrical but powerful writing.

Q: Is there anything else We Should Know About This Book?
A: Embrace Ultra-Ability! is a finalist in the 2008 Next Generation Indie Book Awards in the Motivational category.

Embrace Ultra-Ability! has received many 5-star reviews, including the following:

“If there is ever to be a poster person for people with ultra-abilities, it would have to be twenty-four-year-old Shirley Cheng. The author has turned her disabilities into an ultra-ability and written the awe-inspiring Embrace Ultra-Ability! Cheng’s slim but power-packed motivational guide delivers what it promises with its wisdom, insights, and motivation. It is a volume to be read, re-read, and treasured for its originality, readability, and courageous approach to dealing with life’s adversities, and from an individual who has had far more than her fair share of them.

“Cheng is a first-class role model for taking the cards one is dealt in life and turning them into a winning hand.

“With typical humility she refers to her volume as only a basic guidebook. But it is a guidebook full of sage advice, helpful exercises, common sense analyses, and tough love prescriptions…” –M. Wayne Cunningham, ForeWord CLARION Reviews

“each teenager should be given this book in high school as a basis from which to build their values, morals and gratitude toward life. I honor her endurance and envy her strength.” –Trish Lay, Life/Leadership Coach, Speaker, Author

“a powerful book that demonstrates a spiritual insight I have not seen in a person as young as she is. I highly recommend this book for those seeking ways to embrace every aspect of their lives and develop them to serve others.” -Rowena Holloway, Ordained Lay Minister, Speaker, Co-Author of the Pray it Forward Trilogy

“…very effective and empowering in teaching positive affirmations, self-confidence, self-love and true sight.” –Dorothy Lafrinere, WomensSelfEsteem.com

“Shirley Cheng’s vibrant prose refreshes the soul. Her positive message of hope and love has universal appeal.” –The Rebecca Review, Top Ten Amazon.com Reviewer

Autographed copies are available from the author’s website, http://www.shirleycheng.com

Courage In Patience, A Story Of Hope For Those Who Have Endured Abuse, By Beth Fehlbaum

Posted by Dan Janal, Your Fearless PR LEADER | July 17th, 2008

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Question: Who is the intended audience?
Answer: The protagonist is 15, so young adults are a major audience; however, I have received letters from men and women of all ages, even into their sixties, expressing interest and enthusiasm about the release of Courage in Patience.

Q: What is the book about?
A: After six years of emotional, physical, and sexual abuse from her stepfather, 15-year-old Ashley finally finds the courage to reveal the painful details of her experiences with her mother, who refuses to acknowledge the problem and turns her back on her daughter. After confiding in her teacher—the only adult whom Ashley can trust—she is removed from her home and sent to live with her father and his second wife, Beverly, an English teacher. Nurtured by Beverly, an extraordinarily positive influence in her life, Ashley and a summer school class of troubled teens learn to face their fears and discover who they really are.

Q: Why are you the best person to write this book?
A: I am a survivor of childhood sexual abuse at the hands of a family member, as well as an experienced English teacher.

Q: How is this book different from other books on this topic?
A: It is not an autobiography or a self-help book. Honestly, with the exception of some of Chris Crutcher’s books that include the problem of sexual abuse, I have not seen many others like mine.

Q: Is there anything else we should know about this book?
A: I wrote Courage in Patience to give hope to anyone who has to face their greatest fears and find out what they’re made of.

The No Nonsense Approach To A Successful Life, By Jean Daniel François, M.D.

Posted by Dan Janal, Your Fearless PR LEADER | July 8th, 2008

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Question: Who is the intended Audience?
Answer: This book is a very valuable tool for anyone who wants to improve his or her life and act responsibly to make changes happen.

It provides the essentials for every aspect of life, be it personal health, finance, love, aging, family, youth, interpersonal relationships, spirituality. etc. Women and minorities can also find the book very helpful.

It is a compact, easy-to- read, self help for anyone who is tired of the status quo and wants to engage on the road towards a meaningful life.

Q: What is the book about?
A: It is about stopping the restless “rat race,” taking inventory of one’s life, defining one’s life purpose, identifying the steps to be taken and engaging oneself on the road to make it.

The book encourages a positive mind set with no-frills, no fake promises, and no excuses. It emphasizes that there is no “miracle cure” towards success, but one steady constant that is oneself. The reader is embarked on a journey to improve not only his or her life but also his or her surroundings. It provides the basic necessities for reaching one’s goals. Success is not compartmentalized, not limited to one demographic. The book leads to holistic success. It is hard not to find a chapter or several chapters that apply to the reader.

Q: Why are you the best person to write this book?
A: Born in one of the poorest countries in the western hemisphere, the author came into the USA with “a small suitcase and a head full of dreams”. He has a BS in management, a Bachelors in Theology, a Masters in Economy and a Doctorate in Medicine. He has been a practicing neurologist for over 10 years and the spiritual leader of a community based church for 15 years. Through it all, he has experienced and dealt with people with grief, suffering, rejection, loss, emotional disturbance, physical illnesses, discrimination and abuses. This book is the result of many years of real life study and experiences to see what works and what does not work.

Q: How is this book different from other books on this topic?
A: This book takes a revolutionary approach to the word success. As a neurologist, the author believes everyone was born to succeed. So he wants to change the mind to endure the road for success as a life time commitment. Then he points out the actions needed to set a solid foundation for success in the key areas of one’s life. The book allows room for anyone to find fuel, preparation and guidelines to full personal accomplishment by getting rid of all excuses and myths of why one cannot make it.

Q: Is there anything else we should know about this book?
A: The biggest challenge in one’s life is to overcome the myths, misconceptions and limits set by the society. The biggest handicap to success is one self. Once the mind set is freed from the negative ideas, the fears of failing, then everyone can change the old approach, adopt a positive attitude and embrace changes that can have a positive impact in one’s life.

The No Nonsense Approach to a Successful Life is a great book for people to live by!

Contact : Jean Daniel François, M.D. P.O. Box 360543, Brooklyn, NY 11236
Phone: 718-531-6100; Cell: 718-534-8951
Jfranc6704@aol.com
Web site: www.successfullife.us