As an eighty four year old person looking back, I would like to pass on some observations to those of you starting out and looking forward. Your lives will be one of rational and emotional choices in a world of social reality and obstacles to success. Your natural goals will be to achieve success and happiness. An implicit goal in this quest will be the development of your potential and self-realization. You will also be challenged and tested by life's events in order to grow and develop your character. Ultimately, the achievement of your goals will be a function of your resolve and perseverance, despite the obstacles with which you will be faced. Your resolve will depend upon the interaction of your conscious thoughts, faith, beliefs and spiritual underpinnings. The following material brings attention to this important aspect in your lives.

Where do you hope to go with your life, your career, and your relationships? How will you muster the energy to keep on keeping on, in the good times and the bad? What skills do you have to learn—and then use—to make sure you get the payoffs you really want in your professional life and your personal life? The problem with so many positive-thinking books and self-help routines is that they don’t give you the whole formula. The Payoff Principle gives you that formula—Purpose + Passion + Process = Payoff—and then works as your guidebook, teaching you how to apply the formula to achieve success at work, at home, and everywhere you go. When you find purpose in what you do, exhibit passion for the outcome, and master the process to make it happen, you produce the payoffs you want, need, and deserve. Plenty of people have done exactly that, whether consciously and deliberately or accidently and luckily. But, you don’t have to depend on luck anymore. You have a formula for getting what you want. You have a practical set of strategies guaranteed to deliver greater happiness and success than you’ve ever experienced. All you have to do now is read The Payoff Principle to learn how to implement the formula to experience the new-and-complete you.

The relationship between the soul, consciousness and spirituality is presented. The soul is a part of God that he has bestowed upon us. It is our moral source. It represents our love and positive emotions that contribute to our moral value and growth. Consciousness is our creative and life force that derives from the soul. It is the spark of life that creates and sustains us. Our spirituality reflects the quality of our soul that is expressed through our conscious behavior. It is the intermediary between the soul and consciousness. We are spiritual beings living a mortal life and are reflections of God's love and spirit. Free will and choice are our burden. We are challenged to avoid less than honorable deeds. Our behavior, actions and treatment of others become the essence of our character. We are also spiritually interconnected. We attract like spirits throughout our lives for support, personal growth or loss. Our life represents the wisdom of our soul.

The idea that you could be more but got in your own way should wake you up in the middle of the night. Dave Hollis used to think that “personal growth” was just for broken people, then he woke up. When a looming career funk, a growing drinking problem, and a challenging trek through therapy battered Dave Hollis, a Disney executive and father of four, he began to realize he was letting untruths about himself dictate his life. As he sank to the bottom of his valley, he had to make a choice. Would he push himself out of his comfort zone to become the best man he was capable of being, or would he play it safe and settle for mediocrity? In Get Out of Your Own Way, Dave tackles topics he once found it difficult to be honest about, things like his struggles with alcohol and his insecurities about being a dad. Offering encouragement, challenges, and a hundred moments to laugh, Dave will help you: Discover the way for those of us who are, like he was, skeptical of self-help but wanting something more than the status quo Drop negative ideas about who we are supposed to be and finally start living as who we really are See our own journeys more clearly as he unpacks the lies he once believed—such as “I Have to Have It All Together” and “Failure Means You’re Weak” Learn the tools that helped him change his life, and may change your life too Get Out of Your Own Way is a call to arms for anyone who’s interested in a more fulfilled life, who, along the way, may have lost their “why” and now wonders how to unlock their potential or be better for their loved ones.

In today's world, innumerable books, articles, and websites give advice on how to cope with life's situations. But it is how we think about our faith, family, and goals that remains at the heart of our desire to change. If we want ultimate victory, peace, and joy, then the solution is simple: we need to turn our minds to the Lord. A unique self-help guide, Overcoming Life's Challenges shares scriptural principles that, if implemented properly, give you powerful tools for dealing with difficult times and circumstances. Through personal testimonies and biblical examples, Dr. N. George Utuk illustrates fourteen key concepts to developing "right" thinking during times of severe trials. Dr. Utuk shares how to change thought patterns by focusing on God and developing a personal relationship with Him. Discover how to maximize your faith, become your own cheerleader, thrive in the midst of despair, and trust in God to keep you anchored to Him. In addition, you can learn how to live in joyful hope. But above all, you can decide that quitting is never an option. Sure to give strength and hope for whatever journey awaits you, Overcoming Life's Challenges reveals the triumph we can find within the arms of the Lord.

Dad, You Were Right: Reflections from a Stubborn Son, is a collection of memories, reflections, and lessons learned from Schatz's Dad, who died suddenly from a brain tumor at age 54. From the author getting slapped in the face by his 3rd grade teacher, to his Dad's attitude while faced with a terminal illness, Dad, You Were Right recounts humorous, emotionally tense, and vulnerable moments, mixed with a twinge of humility as the author recalls the sensible wisdom and unique advice his Dad possessed about life. Dad, You Were Right covers various experiences and recollections from his Dad, written for the author's kids who never met him. The book offers guidance and insight, acquired through stubbornly learning things the "hard way," and realized in the years after his Dad's death. Dad, You Were Right: Reflections from a Stubborn Son offers practical wisdom, values, a touch of caution, and an optimistic mindset that is vital to success, happiness, and contentment for anyone in life.

Does your diagnosis have you desperate as to what to do next? Shocked, scared and practically paralyzed with your next steps? Help is here in this brilliant, quick and simplified book backed with the best advice from a two-time cancer survivor who walked in similar shoes. Like a good friend holding your hand, Caryn Sullivan’s Happiness through Hardship is written in support of cancer patients, their caregivers and/or friends who need direction during the first few weeks after diagnosis. This cancer-surviving guide book empowers readers to take immediate steps for being prepared, less-stressed and able to find a little joy within the journey. Happiness through Hardship directs those facing an initial cancer diagnosis with positivity and hope. Structured with thoughtful tips and anecdotes, this short book provides gentle guidance from the first few days to the thickness of treatments, and includes a journal and note-taking pages to be used as a reference during doctor appointments and meetings. After her own cancer diagnosis, Caryn understands the importance of a book that’s easily digestible and not overwhelmingly long. Her insight provides a little light during the darker days. The first few weeks after diagnosis are often most challenging. Caryn was blessed to have three angels, Ellen Cavaiuolo, Mary Ann Wasil and Meghan Zucker guide her throughout the early days. This book is dedicated to them and half the proceeds will be donated to metastatic breast cancer research through The Cancer Couch Foundation.