Here’s a review of my new ebook “How to Get Astonishing Results in Life Using the Eight Crucial Elements of Self-Development” written by Troy Boyd from over at http://www.successfulselfhelp.com…

Troy read the book and sent me the review saying that he’ll be posting this on his blog later today.   Hope you like it.

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We’re inundated with people pushing their products every single day on the internet, and sadly most don’t live up to all the hype.  Let’s face it, how many times have you been promised the world on a sales page, only to be disgusted by the amount of disappointment you have.

After all, sometimes we’re desperately searching for a solution to our problems and when we drop some good money on a book or report that promises to give us that solution…then we’re hoping beyond hope that the report will deliver.

This is especially true in the self-development field where the solution could mean the difference between our hopes soaring or being beaten down even further in the dirt than they were in the first place.

All this is going somewhere, I promise.

Recently a good friend of mine David Feinstein gave me a review of his new e-book in the self-development field titled “How to Get Astonishing Results in Life Using the Eight Crucial Elements of Self-Development”.

Now I’ll be honest, I get a lot of stuff to review and very often just skimming through a product I can tell that it’s going to be pretty much the same old crap that’s all over the internet already.  So in other words, most of the stuff I get sent for review doesn’t make it past the table of contents and a skim through the chapters.

I felt a little differently getting a copy of David’s new e-book because well, frankly I knew David already, and I knew that David was already hugely successful in his own right.  I also knew from working with him that he was a guy with huge amounts of integrity, so basically I was fairly confident that this book would make it through the skim test.

What I didn’t expect though was that the book actually stopped me in my tracks, and all the skimming went out the window.  I pretty much read from cover to cover (well, virtual cover to cover since it was an e-book but you get the point)…

From the introduction David pretty much had me gripped.

Here’s why.

He immediately explains exactly why the reader might not be seeing success in their lives…and in great detail.  He then goes on to say that the elements of success are within each of us already – and in fact we already use them, we just use them backwards.

I finally understood exactly how so many people get confused with their lack of success, even though they might feel like they’re doing all of the right things.

Each chapter goes on to explain a new element of success, and how it’s meant to be used correctly, with real world examples given at each opportunity.

The thing I really like about all this though is that these are not just chapters like so many other books have that simply explain the problem, and never giving a real solution.  David gives real usable solutions that anybody can start implement immediately to see results.  He seems to realize that sometimes people need to have something that they can relate to rather than just text book theories…and he gives that all throughout the book.

Probably the best part of the e-book is the personal letter to the reader about exactly how to use the e-book to get the most out of it.

Listen, we all have our e-books that we read and never go back to again, but David lays out a plan so that you can get tons out this e-book.  He shows you how to implement the ideas and see consistent and constant improvement…and how to use the book as an actual tool, not a quick read.

One thing that I think makes this book really truly stand-out – that some may not actually like to be honest – is that he doesn’t tell you anywhere that by simply reading the e-book that your life will change or any success will happen.  But he does lay out a nice plan for that to happen in a very effective and long reaching way.

I would recommend “How to Get Astonishing Results in Life Using the Eight Crucial Elements of Self-Development” for anyone in the world who wants to see their life improve from where it’s at now.  With this book I think that it’s possible for that to happen at near warp speed, simply because of the rock solid principles and success based elements within it.

You can read more about it by clicking here…

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Life is a continuous journey of cycles and events.  When we’re on our way to achieving success things can easily get away from us.  And quickly!

How many times have you found yourself sitting there, knowing that you have a bunch of stuff that you need to do, but not having a clue what?

I’ll tell you right now who this happens to and you may not like it, but I’m a straight shooter.  This happens to the people who have no discipline and have not developed the habits in their life in order to get the things that need to get done…done.

When you are able to prioritize things and delay your gratification…which means doing the things that need done, before doing the things that are fun to do, you’ve began the process of building self-discipline.

The key to carrying out self-discipline are habits.  You must get into the habit of doing the tasks that get you closer to a successful life every single day like clockwork.  When this happens great things begin to happen in what seems a very short period of time.  This is because your discipline is having an accumulative effect, and each task, each day, builds onto the next…and eventually you end up one day as having a successful life.

Those people who don’t take the time to build self-discipline and good habits are the people that you see in life who flounder along.  They’re the people who always jump from one next great thing to the other, because they don’t have the discipline to stick with one thing long enough to see it through to fruition.

You must have a goal, or better yet, a plan, and you must do the things each and everyday to reach that goal to the end.  If not, then instead of going from A to Z with your goal, you’ll get stuck somewhere in the middle…perhaps at around P or worse H, and start something over again.

What happens then?

That’s right; you have to start again at A!  If you’re always starting at A, and never making your way to Z… that is a life begging for failure.  What’s it take to get from A to Z?

You guess it.  It takes discipline, and the habits to carry out that discipline.

Your life is a series of events and tasks.  Letting the events go by, without performing the needed tasks is the quickest way there is to flounder around through life never getting anywhere.

Take the time to develop your self-discipline and good habits and you’ll very soon find yourself at that coveted Z, with a goal that’s been reached, and another success under your belt.

What is your Self-Value?  Do you know?  Do you have a clue?

Though they do go a hand-in-hand in many ways, and though one gives a clue to the other, Self-Esteem and Self-Value are actually two different things and should not be confused.

Self-Esteem has more to do with your feelings of yourself and how much pride you have in yourself.

Self Value however has more to do with what your value is to not only yourself but in other areas as well.  There are actually three main levels that you should concern yourself with when it comes to self value and I’m going to cover them now.

The First Level of Self-Value is just that…how valuable you are to yourself.  This is the level in which self-esteem actually plays the biggest part.  This level covers how you think of yourself in regards to your own ideals.  How you meet up to those ideals and principals.

It regards how you live up to your own expectation of life.  Do you conduct your life, and treat yourself in the same manner of respect that you require other people to treat you?  This can become a cycle in a way, because your perception of your self-value and self-worth determines how you actually expect people to treat you and respect.

In other words if you don’t feel that you have a high self-value or self-worth, then you’re not going to expect other people…or hold other people to treating you as if you do.  So it’s important that we give ourselves a fair valuation and not sell our selves short, but just as well not try to fool ourselves so much that we don’t aim for improvement.

The Second Level of Self-Value is your actual value to others.  This is how others see you and perceive you in their eyes.  The way to raise the bar on this level is by service to others.

Now some people hear this word “service” and run the other way because they feel as though “serve” means to bow down to and/or essentially become dependant upon or answer to someone.  This is far from the case.

You see, the only way that you can actually build any sort of value for yourself is by actually serving people and showing people first that you are valuable.  You see this in every area of your life.  Let’s say you own a business.  Well, in order to attract business you have to prove to people that you are worthy of their business.  If people are going to pay you for your service, they want to know that what they are paying for is worth it.

If you show them that this is true then they will not only be happy with your service and not ask for a refund, but they’ll also show their appreciation in continuing to do business with you, plus spread the word that you’re worthy of doing business with.

In order for this to happen you have to perform your service extremely well and create value.  You also need to maintain that value by constantly and consistently performing the same service.

Let’s take my business network marketing for instance.  In network marketing you’re essentially wealth coach…someone who teaches people how to grow their business to new heights.  My job is to bring people into the business, and teach them how I grow my business.  Well, in order for that to happen, people need to see that I’m able to teach them exactly that.  How to grow their business in leaps and bounds!

My wife and I have actually done this thousands of times over, and now have a massive self-value because of it.  People want to work with us because they see that we have value.  That’s why it’s very important to build your self-value up extremely high.

If you do this then you’ll never be in want of money.

The Third Stage of Self-Value is value to the world.  Many people don’t ever consider this stage but frankly it’s the most important of all.  You see, this doesn’t have to be monetary at all.  Your value to the world can be determined on very simple things.  Your service to others, how you treat people, your attitude toward people, how you motivate others, how you help others build their own self-esteem and self-value, how you give back to the community, etc.

It’s you, making the world an overall better place.  This is self-value that you can feel directly every single day.

All of these stages are completely essential and make up the triangle of self-value.  What you should be doing now is everything in your power to continually and consistently build yours.  As you do this, your wealth will follow and work its self out.

“Our attitude tells the world what we expect in return.  If it’s a cheerful, expectant attitude, it says to everyone with whom we come in contact that we expect the best in our dealings with our world.”  ~ Earl Nightingale

Let me start with a question.  Out of a seven day week, how many of those days would you say that you wake up with a positive, “ready to take on the world” attitude?

I’m willing to predict that your answer is probably either 1 or 2 if you’re being honest…especially if you work outside the home 5 days a week.  To be really honest, I know some people who never wake up with a positive attitude so the answer for them is a big fat zero.

Have you ever considered the effect that waking up and starting your day like this, with a negative outlook, has on your entire life?  Would you say that it’s held you back a bit?  If you’re saying “no” then you’re lying to yourself.

Your attitude holds the key to your level of success in life, hands-down before anything else.

Nightingale goes on to state: “It is then our attitude toward life that determines life’s attitude toward us”.  What he means by this is really pretty simple…the attitude that you reflect outwards is reflected right back toward you.

Now this might just seem like some crazy “Secret” type motivational speech talk…but the fact is that until you take a good hard look at your attitude toward life, toward yourself, and toward all the people around you, your results in any endeavor are going to be and remain dismal.

On any one of those days that you’ve woken up “on the wrong side of bed” so to speak, with a less than desirable attitude… have you noticed that nothing else seemed to go your way on those days?  If you felt like the world was against you it’s because you were against the world, and it was just reflecting back what you were putting out.

Your attitude sets the tone for everything in YOUR life…for your, and only your reality.

You see, your reality is the only reality that you can ever be aware of at anytime.  Everything that you see and do comes through your perceptions, through your eyes, and your mind, and therefore what you see…and how you perceive anything at all, is totally unique to how anybody else sees it.

But the great thing is that with a change in attitude, you can actually change the way you see and perceive something.  Depending on your attitude you can change whether or not it becomes a negative or positive.  Some call this a paradigm shift.  You shift your paradigm of perception.

So now what does this have to do with your chances of success?

Well basically it goes like this.  Your quality of life – or lack of – is directly shaped by your attitude toward life.  You then are like the sculptor of your life, and your attitude is your number one sculpting tool.  This is because, since everything that you put out…attitude wise…is reflected back to you, then if you’re putting out a positive attitude that looks for the good in everything and everyone; that sees life as a winning game where there’s an abundance of prizes at the end; and as a life of vast opportunity then all of that will be reflected right back toward you.

It has to because that’s the perception and the reality that you’re creating for yourself.

Your attitude will shape your future…and frankly it’s one of the few things in this world that you actually have control over, so why not take control and mold it into exactly what you want it to be?