Life is one great adventure and you have it in the power of your mind to make it the greatest adventure of all time. You only have one life, so it is up to you to make it the best you can. My life has been stupendous and it just seems to keep getting better and better, it is only now that I realize why. It's because I have always had Mindset Energy - the will and the determination to get up and go. Our energy determines how we feel, how we think and how we act. These three together make up our attitude. By choosing a positive attitude, you create positive waves of energy, which attract more of the same so your positive choice sets you on the path to a fulfilling, happy and prosperous life. It is totally your choice that determines your life, so you need to be very aware of how you react or respond to the situations you find yourself in. 'Dare to Live' will help you to realise that you do have choices and you can lead a successful and fulfilling life. Its powerful stories will show you how to make the best choices possible to be able to reach your goals and make your dreams come true. Dare to Live - Trust Yourself is telling wonderfully inspiring stories of life, narrated by the very people who lived through them. It is easy to be swept away by admiration for their courage and determination. These stories drill to the core of the human condition and bring into focus the boundless potential that lies within each person's mind. The stories will encourage you to start nurturing your own Mindset Energy, the stuff of legends we hear and read about, the inner strengths that can propel a human being to overcome adversity and incredible odds, to carry on with life and make it even better. As human beings, we are blessed with the ability to make choices. The stories told in this book will leave you in no doubt that it is your attitude that is the key to getting the most out of life. " After having the privilege of meeting Diane in person and listening to her tell her stories, I quickly realized that she is one-of-a-kind... sent to this world to share her stories of courage, perseverance and humility with all who have ever questioned their own true potential to succeed. Diane's "strength in adversity" is truly admirable, and if her stories don't motivate you to go after whatever it is you truly want from this life, then nothing will. The human race can learn much from wonderful people like Diane Carter. Rocky Warren Author "The Fighter Within" "Dare to live takes you on an emotional journey to rediscovering what really matters in life. The author faced death and despair head on and dared to live, and as she suggests, we do the same. This is a book that you will not forget" Steve Siebold, Author " 177 mental Toughness Secrets of the World Class"
About the Author: Born in London in 1946. Diane emigrated with her family to the then country of Rhodesia at the age of ten. Schooled at Lord Malvern, graduating from the Teachers' Training College, Bulawayo, Rhodesia; she spent almost all her professional life in education, ending up as Deputy Head at Hillcrest Preparatory School, Mutare and then as Head of Mvurachena School in Chipinge in Zimbabwe. She looks at herself as a survivor and thriver. She has led an exciting and varied life on four continents, experiencing many adventures that others would find extremely daunting. She has canoed on the Zambesi River, been on Safari in Africa, crossed the Tanami Desert, raced saloon cars, climbed glaciers, was an instructor at Outward Bound, swum with dolphins, been deep sea diving, climbed the Chimanimani Mountains, arrested in Mexico, married and brought up two children. Over the last few years, she has survived a wild animal attack and the subsequent operations to put her back together again, has lived with tyrannical persecution within the oppressive Zimbabwean regime, coping with political harassment, brutality and bullying by Mugabe's henchmen. She followed her heart and 'eloped' with her first love, whom she hadn't seen for over forty years. She handled the deaths of her first husband, elder daughter and mother, all within a few weeks of each other, with fortitude. Diane puts her indomitable spirit down to her very positive attitude, and since her retirement from her position as school principal of a Private School in Zimbabwe, at the end of 2006, has tried to spread the message of Mindset Energy, the power of positive thinking and positive attitude, to anyone and everyone she can reach. She believes that you can be and do anything you want to, if you really want it badly enough. You just have to have the right Mindset Energy. Diane is now a professional speaker, a speaker with a difference. Using real-life stories, Diane weaves her message, engaging and entertaining her audiences.