The things they don't teach in school ... but you'll wish they did! The secrets to a happy and fulfilling life ... taught by those who blew it. As the late, great, success guru Jim Rohn lamented, "It's too bad failures don't give seminars. Wouldn't that be valuable? If you meet a guy who has messed up his life for forty years, you've just got to say, 'John, if I bring my journal and promise to take good notes, would you spend a day with me?'"
Well, Jim, your wish has come true. Author Mark Aspelin has demonstrated exceptional skill by messing up in nearly all of the important areas of life: relationships, money, health, education, career ... and the list goes on.
Mark wrote this book for his son, as a fun way to pass on the most important lessons of life, just in case Mark gets hit by the proverbial beer truck. You won't find any fancy buzzwords or "secret formulas" that are guaranteed to give you fame, fortune, enlightenment, and six-pack abs in 30 days without leaving your couch. Mark has poured through a bazillion books in the personal development space and has distilled the best of the best success principles into this fun, easy-to-read book.
There really is a right way and a wrong way to fail in life. For the few key areas that you want to develop and master, failure is something to be actively pursued and celebrated. It may sound strange, but when you fail fast and fail big in those few key areas, you'll shorten the time it takes to accomplish your definition of success.
For the other areas of your life, the right way to fail is to let others do it for you. Staggering amounts of time and suffering can be avoided by learning from the mistakes of others. When it comes to failure, it's usually better to watch the movie than be a character in it. Rest assured, you'll still have plenty of opportunities to fail, but you might as well narrow down the list so you'll fail "smart" and stay on the fast track to success.
This one's for you, Jim Rohn. Mark is happy to spend a day with you to show how failure is really done.
Get ready to take some notes.
About the Author: Mark Aspelin has a lot of degrees, but don't let that fool you! He's forgotten most of what he learned and rarely needs the rest. So far, he's held over twenty different jobs, in ten different industries, with no real success.
He was married once, but that didn't last.
His leisure activities include buying things he doesn't need on Amazon, feeding ravens in his backyard, and experimenting with snake oil remedies for his heart arrhythmia. Mark has also played classical guitar for over twenty-five years, yet he's still a beginner.
One of the few things that Mark has not messed up is that he's a pretty good dad to his son Erik and his Irish wolfhound Séamus.
Mark considers Albuquerque, New Mexico and the San Francisco Bay Area to be his home. On a side note, Mark is an avid traveler who recently accomplished his long-held goal to visit 100 countries and all 50 U.S. states before the age of 50.
