Written to teach people to take the lid off of average lifestyles and live lives of excellence.

Best-selling author John Mason again launches an all-out attack on mediocrity with this sequel to his phenomenally popular book An Enemy Called Average. Divided into 52 "nuggets" of truth, Conquering An Enemy Called Average is a source of godly wisdom, scriptural motivation and practical principles. The words of this book will break down the barriers to excellence in your life and release you to be all that God created you to be. Think about it... Imitation is limitation. Procrastination is the fertilizer that makes difficulties grow. Living a double life will get you nowhere twice as fast. If you chase two rabbits, both will escape. Adversity has advantages. Know your limits, then ignore them. The only place to start is where you are. There is no future in the past. Do what people say cannot be done. "Take the lid off" of an average lifestyle and live a life of excellence today!

In An Enemy Called Average", John Mason presents principles to help you get from where you are to where your dreams are; ultimately breaking the chains of mediocrity. You'll find 29 short chapters that will set you on track to dream big and achieve your goals! Learn to deal with negative feedback, be open to change, set deadlines, hang on to your dreams like a bull dog and so much more!

In An Enemy Called Average", John Mason presents principles to help you get from where you are to where your dreams are; ultimately breaking the chains of mediocrity. You'll find 29 short chapters that will set you on track to dream big and achieve your goals! Learn to deal with negative feedback, be open to change, set deadlines, hang on to your dreams like a bull dog and so much more!

This is the new, updated and expanded version of the national best-selling book, An Enemy Called Average, originally published in 1990. Stand Out - Don't Blend In! Within every person is a desire to be fully who they were created to be. No one really wants to "just get by." Regardless of where you are in life, how much you have or have not accomplished, God is not finished with you yet! Divided into 52 "nuggets" of truth, An Enemy Called Average is a source of godly wisdom, scriptural motivation, and practical principles. The words of this book will stir up the gifts and dreams within you. Instead of digging through ten pages to find one good idea, you'll find ten good ideas on every page. Think about it... Your problem is your promotion Worry is interest paid in advance on something you may never own The faith to move mountains always carries a pick People are born originals, but most die copies Ideas go away, but direction stays Stop every day and look at the size of God "John Mason wrote a very good book that I recommend you read: An Enemy Called Average. I learned from this book: 'Know your limits, then ignore them. The most unprofitable item ever manufactured is an excuse. Don't sit back and take what comes. Go after what you want' " (excerpt from her book, A Leader in the Making). - Joyce Meyer, Minister and Best-selling Author "The originality and practicality of John Mason's words and wisdom are a proven commodity which makes every new book of his a celebrated event...Read and prosper!" - Jack Hayford, Founding Pastor of Church on the Way and Author Give An Enemy Called Average one year, just one nugget a week, and your life will never be the same. About the Author: John Mason is an internationally recognized best-selling author, speaker, minister and author coach. His books have sold over 1.5 million copies and have been translated into thirty-five languages. Four of his books have reached #1 on an Amazon best-seller's list.

Forgetfulness occurs when those who have been long inured to civilized order can no longer remember a time in which they had to wonder whether their crops would grow to maturity without being stolen or their children sold into slavery by a victorious foe....They forget that in time of danger, in the face of the enemy, they must trust and confide in each other, or perish....They forget, in short, that there has ever been a category of human experience called the enemy. "That, before 9/11, was what had happened to us. The very concept of the enemy had been banished from our moral and political vocabulary. An enemy was just a friend we hadn't done enough for yet. Or perhaps there had been a misunderstanding, or an oversight on our part -- something that we could correct.... "Our first task is therefore to try to grasp what the concept of the enemy really means. The enemy is someone who is willing to die in order to kill you. And while it is true that the enemy always hates us for a reason, it is his reason, and not ours." So begins Civilization and Its Enemies, an extraordinary tour de force by America's "reigning philosopher of 9/11," Lee Harris. What Francis Fukuyama did for the end of the Cold War, Lee Harris has now done for the next great conflict: the war between the civilized world and the international terrorists who wish to destroy it. Each major turning point in our history has produced one great thinker who has been able to step back from petty disagreements and see the bigger picture -- and Lee Harris has emerged as that man for our time. He is the one who has helped make sense of the terrorists' fantasies and who forces us most strongly to confront the fact that our enemy -- for the first time in centuries -- refuses to play by any of our rules, or to think in any of our categories. We are all naturally reluctant to face a true enemy. Most of us cannot give up the myth that tolerance is the greatest of virtues and that we can somehow convert the enemy to our beliefs. Yet, as Harris's brilliant tour through the stages of civilization demonstrates, from Sparta to the French Revolution to the present, civilization depends upon brute force, properly wielded by a sovereign. Today, only America can play the role of sovereign on the world stage, by the use of force when necessary. Lee Harris's articles have been hailed by thinkers from across the spectrum. His message is an enduring one that will change the way readers think -- about the war with Iraq, about terrorism, and about our future.

Amoral, cunning, ruthless, and instructive, this multi-million-copy New York Times bestseller is the definitive manual for anyone interested in gaining, observing, or defending against ultimate control – from the author of The Laws of Human Nature. In the book that People magazine proclaimed “beguiling” and “fascinating,” Robert Greene and Joost Elffers have distilled three thousand years of the history of power into 48 essential laws by drawing from the philosophies of Machiavelli, Sun Tzu, and Carl Von Clausewitz and also from the lives of figures ranging from Henry Kissinger to P.T. Barnum. Some laws teach the need for prudence (“Law 1: Never Outshine the Master”), others teach the value of confidence (“Law 28: Enter Action with Boldness”), and many recommend absolute self-preservation (“Law 15: Crush Your Enemy Totally”). Every law, though, has one thing in common: an interest in total domination. In a bold and arresting two-color package, The 48 Laws of Power is ideal whether your aim is conquest, self-defense, or simply to understand the rules of the game.