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ARE YOU READY TO SUCCEED?

Unconventional Strategies to Achieving Personal Mastery in Business and Life

Yoga Journal : May 2006 - Hyperion: www.hyperionbooks.com
By Srikumar S. Rao
URL: http://www.hyperionbooks.com/titlepage.asp?ISBN=1401301932

The title reads like a Tony Robbins info-mercial, but Are You Ready to Succeed? is anything but trashy hype. The first book from Srikumar S. Rao, who teaches at Columbia University's business school, is drawn from his wildly popular Creativity and Personal Mastery course, designed to teach students how to create a more intentional, ethical, and, yes, successful life. Rao's program involves awakening the witness mind, practicing nonjudgment and nonviolence, and bringing consciousness to daily tasks. All this sensible stuff will be familiar to most yogis, but Rao makes it fresh by shaping it into an appealing, manageable plan.

To help readers "ignite a transformation process," Rao offers a series of journal-writing exercises and awareness boosters, such as eating in silence once a day. Cheer-fully telling readers to do the exercises seriously and consecutively, he's hard to resist, with his optimism and fluid writing style. The exercises can be tough-try writing down your mental chatter every day for two weeks-but they generally yield satisfying insights that plug in easily to Rao's philosophy of mindfulness. Despite its bullish title, this is a fine guide to creating a more thoughtful life - CLAIRE DEDERER

To read an excerpt, visit Yoga Journal : May 2006 - http://www.yogajournal.com/views/1951_1.cfm

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