Power and Soul
by Alexandria Brown, compiler
Published by Love Your Life
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Reviewed by Connie Anderson
Subtitled: 42 Successful Entrepreneurs Share Their Secrets for Creating the Business and Life of Your Dreams
Alexandria (Ali) Brown compiled these stories, starting with her own story of how she built a million-dollar home-based business. I have met Ali Brown, a leader in Internet marketing success—and one of the first women to do so. She knows what she is talking about! Ali is the “Ezine Queen” and amazing self-promoter who went from start-up to this amazing success in eight short years.
So many of the other entrepreneurs struggled to find their place in the world—sometimes both personally and professionally. They have so much to teach us with their personal story and how they learned their own secret to success.
If you need to be inspired, this book will do it. Uniquely, most of the stories are by women business owners.
The book is divided into four parts: 1. Power Strategies for Business Success (12 stories) 2. Turning Your Dreams into Reality (10 stories) 3. Success from the Soul (11 stories) 4. From Surviving to Thriving (10 stories)
While each section has significant first-person stories, I found Success from the Soul most interesting. Without really believing in ourselves, we cannot have success in business. Each writer had to overcome incredible obstacles, including divorce, poverty, betrayal, illness and accidents.
My copy of the book has many stories tabbed, with a note to “share with Grace/Barb/Mary.” And of course, many of their points hit home with me.
Again, there is really ‘nothing real new’ in these stories-but the way these successful people tell them will make you feel renewed and energized by their message. “If they can do it…maybe so can I,” you might think.
Many of these people left demanding big corporate jobs with big salaries. They usually bailed to save their life because of the stress, demands, long hours and extensive travel. Most had the desire to do what they love and work when and where they wanted to.
They remind us that it might take five years to become an overnight success, and often we see the results but not the hard work that went with it. I gleaned an important tidbit in almost every story
Armchair Interviews says: These 43 stories have a lot to teach you, and to confirm that you are on the right track. Good advice for both personal and professional lives.
Author’s Web site: http://www.EzineQueen.com