Product DescriptionThrough 25 years of teaching Stanford University's famed Personal Creativity in Business course, Michael Ray discovered that people who move beyond ordinary success and achievement have a secret: They live for a 'highest goal' that drives them to accomplish their dreams, find fulfillment, and become generative leaders. Here Ray shares that secret, offering a distinctive set of 'live-withs' or credos that empower readers to live in a way that supports their highest goals. The topics addressed include experiencing synergy in every moment, going beyond passion and success, finding true prosperity, and relating from the heart.
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Rating: - The secret to happiness....
Michael Ray has nailed it! The highest goal as he describes it is what some might call their unique calling or the deep yearning that lies at the very core of their being. Like his Path of the Everyday Hero book, this one addresses what many have called true happiness. - John Renesch, author, Getting to the Better Future
Rating: - A Life Changing Book--Truly Transformational
I recently read on Google that a thousand books are published every day in the United States. However, in my opinion, there are only a very few that are personally transformational or life changing. My short list of books that changed my thinking or made me sit up and take notice includes:
"The Road Less Traveled by M. Scott Peck
"The Art of Selfishness" by David Seabury
"Man's Search for Ultimate Meaning" by Viktor E. Frankl
"Ideas Have Consequences" by Richard M. ... Read More
Rating: - Clear look at why you should align your life
If you experience a lack of connection between what you love doing - what you are genetically and physically programmed to do - and your work, the misalignment can make you miserable. Author Michael Ray contends that life doesn't have to be that way. He guides you through some soul-searching steps to put you in touch with that one thing that really brings you joy. He calls this your "highest goal" - the quest that drives you to fulfill your purpose. He explains that you can think creatively, discover ... Read More
Rating: - Live with
Michael Ray, a professor at Stanford University, has some wonderful ideas for living fully in the present. In his book The Highest Goal, he suggests a concept for initiating meaningful change in our lives called "live withs."
A live what? A live WITH is a conscious way of seeing and perceiving the world. A live with allows us to purposefully choose our perceptions easing change and bringing awareness to our filters that we see through.
Rating: - Beware!
This book is full of eastern religious philosophy and has little to do with reaching your highest goal. This book was assigned as required reading for an MBA program and I was extremely disappointed. Even if the author is a well-known Stanford professor, I believe he's a yogi first. Buyer beware! Needs to be -5 stars.
- The secret to happiness....
- Clear look at why you should align your life
- Beware!
