[.ca] 50 Ways to Create Great Relationships (ISBN 156511499X)

Treat your relationships like the work of art they can be:
Funny, smart, erudite, Steve Chandler affirms that our biggest and most powerful erogenous zone is our brain. Chandler deflates the myth that love just happens---true love, whether of a friend or a spouse or a pet, is cultivated and created, over and over again. Great stuff.

It has helped me:
A couple years ago the author of this book (who didn't know me, nor I him) sent me a free copy. I have no idea why... ...but I am thankful now that he did. It sat on my shelf for about two years. But I eventually picked it up with the desire to become more "relationship oriented." The chapters are nice and short -- they can be ingested in about twenty minutes. That's very convenient for me. He also does a fine job making profound relationship-truths simple to understand. This books has been a great help to me. Like a little seed that Steve planted in my life, it is now shooting up and bringing forth good fruit. Thanks for the book, Steve!

50 ways to create great relationships:
Till you read Steves book the title is wrong. You assume it should be about you and your mate. The truth is it should be called the life handbook and given to every one before the get out of grade school. Only after you read it do you figure out that. The first great relationship has to be with yourself. Even though the book is an easy read I don't want to pass my copy around. I want to buy a case of them and give it to all my family, friends, and coworkers. It should be reread every month.

50 Ways to Create Great Relationships is an eye-opener!:
How to Stop Taking & Start Giving helps you gain a brand-new sense of ownership for all your relationships. Learn how great relationships offer unlimited opportunities for support & sharing. In Chapter #1 we are invited to think back through our lives on what are the best gifts we ever received. What did they have in common? The Element of Surprise<, right? In your relationships this element of surprise works wonders. Try it & see! Steve Chandler offers us a light touch, a common thread of common sense; takes us on a tour of how we live our relationships - both intimate & formal - & allows us to get an idea of who we really are; how others see us & ultimately, how we affect our relationship to our own lives. The ripples are given names like: Magnetize Yourself; Rise Above Yourself; Give the Gift of Silence; Bring It With You When You Come; Satisfy a Deep Craving; Relax With Money; Think and Thank; Be a Servant; Build the Love In; Make a Difference; Eliminate Prejudice; Learn to Say No; Give from the Spirit & many, many more. Eminently readable, profoundly life-changing, engaging & authentic, 50 Ways to Create Great Relationships could just as easily have been 50 Ways to Love Your Life or 50 Ways to Build a Happy Business or 50 Ways to a Enjoy Your Friends, even 50 Ways to Confound Your Enemies. Nothing new yet Steve Chandler does have a way with words & ideas. He offers us healthy mental exercises as vital as any we perform with our body to keep ourselves flexible, lose the fat of fate, strengthen the muscles of our minds & allow humor & affection their rightful quota in this thing we call Life. If you can't catch Steve Chandler's seminars, then grab his books! Give them to every one of your friends. They will surely make a difference to you & your relationship to everyone in your life, from the person in the Complaint Department to your boss to your children to your spouse to your parents to their parents to the policeman who just pulled you over or the messenger with your pink slip! Do check out my eInterview with this author - you'll find it quite enlightening!

"Read It With Paper and Pen Handy":
I read "50 ways" and realized that I spent more time imagining and daydreaming how to best use Steven's brilliance, than actually reading it! So when I finished reading it I went back to start over again but this time, with my trusty clipboard, several sheets of clean white paper and my favorite pen. I captured ideas that I could put to use that moment, and for years to come. It's time to do something to strengthen your personal and business relationships whether it's writing a love note to the love of your life, or writing persuasive ad copy that tugs at the heartstrings of your prospects...there will always be a one-to-one connection you have to make. Steven will relax your mind and infuse your thoughts with his gems of knowledge that bursts with creative energy and inciteful answers. It belongs at work as much as it does at home. I personally recommend this amazing and truely necessary work. It's a treasure you'll hate to lend out, so buy an extra copy. Thank you Steven. Nelson J. Vega