The Daily Six: Six Simple Steps to Find the Perfect Balance of Prosperity and Purpose by John Chappelear Review by C.S. Clarke, Ph.D. Are you are a Type A, stressed out, work, work, work achievement junkie who is not really satisfied with the half-life you're living, but doesn't really respect the "touchy-feely" pseudo-psychologist self-improvement gurus? I've got a great book recommendation for you. The Daily Six is written by a hard-driving, Type A, no-nonsense businessman who ran headlong into a kind of brick wall of enlightenment that helped him change his focus and his life. He learned how to make a whole, balanced life for himself and teaches you to adopt the perspectives and actions that will produce the same balance without the brick wall. You'll find John Chappelear is someone you can respect and believe, because he's had the experience and he makes very good sense. Like the good businessman he is, he gets right to his points when he outlines and explains six practices you need to incorporate into your daily life to be successful, prosperous and personally fulfilled. Yet, he includes exactly enough instructive detail and plenty of apt anecdotes to keep a smooth flow of interest in this easy, fast read. He is both succinct and persuasive. Best of all, he doesn't ask you to add time and tasks to your already hectic life. He asks you to change your focus to be able to select the most important things to do to live well and happily. And to drop the unnecessary busyness and worry that you never needed in the first place. Take the short time needed to read this book. You'll be glad.
About the Author: As a speaker, John Chappelear energizes audiences across the globe to create dynamic, positive changes. His speaking, training and coaching programs create positive individuals and they in turn creative and engaged organizations. He approaches traditional issues such as strategic planning, leadership and professional development, from the unique perspective that engaging people emotionally rather than simply providing more knowledge will build a happier and more engaged workforce and that changes everything. His programs on Emotional Intelligent enhance and expand leadership and communication skills, which insure increased engagement and creativity, while simultaneously reducing absenteeism and turnover. Chappelear has guided five high-performing businesses from the ground up, turning them into top nationwide producers, He has 27 years of experience as an executive and entrepreneur, founding his first company in the Washington, DC area at age 30. John provides leadership and guidance to people who want to achieve success, generate a sense of happiness, gratitude and significance for themselves and their organizations. Chappelear travels internationally to delivering his inspirational message of powerful, positive, productive change, and encourages his audiences to examine their lives and their organizations to change their focus from planning for a distant tomorrow to working and living a joy-filled life today. His message highlights the importance of taking small, consistent steps of action everyday in order to create positive change and to achieve a sense of success. Chappelear's book The Daily Six (GP Putnam's Sons), is an international best seller and winner of Best Book award from USA Book News. The Daily Six was published in Arabic in 2012 The Daily Six is used for graduate school studies and undergraduate studies at the University of North Florida and Johnson Wales University. Chappelear has worked for over 5 years with the GCC with internationally recognized and respected organizations. Chappelear has published over 100 of articles covering many varied business and personal improvement subjects. John is a regular contributor to the American Business Journal's 43 weekly publications and 2.6 million readers. John is gratefully married to Susan and lives in Florida in the USA.