This very small book is Ralph Waldo Emerson's essay, Self-Reliance, translated into modern English by me, Adam Khan. When I tell people about translating Emerson, the first thing people always ask me is, "Why would his work need to be 'translated?' After all, he lived a fairly short time ago and he spoke English." I've found when I share quotes from Emerson, it becomes clear why a translation might be helpful. For example, this is from the original Self-Reliance: "As soon as he has once acted or spoken with eclat he is a committed person, watched by the sympathy or the hatred of hundreds,...

Whenever a setback occurs, you automatically explain it to yourself. And you explain setbacks in a particular way. Most of us never even think about the way we've learned to explain setbacks, but the way we do it has tremendous consequences in our lives. This short book will show you how to improve your explanations to get the most out of life.

While it's true that sometimes you are naturally motivated, especially immediately after deciding on a goal, it is also true that you can cultivate motivation or let it do what it naturally does most of the time: fade. Motivation is a tremendous power. A highly motivated person can accomplish seemingly impossible things. In this tiny book, you will learn how to stoke your inner fire, to get and keep your motivation burning white hot. This not only makes you more capable of accomplishment, but it makes life more fun. Would you like to see what you are really capable of? Intense motivation can...

This small book is a manifesto for fuel competition and explains clearly why enough cars on our roads capable of burning multiple fuels will change the world. Fuel competition will not only help the United States improve its economic vitality, its national security, and its environmental health, it will also reduce pollution, help small farmers in developing nations rise out of poverty, and end the repression of women in OPEC nations. In this book you will find out how the problem got started and what YOU can do to help solve it. We have been the victims of oil's destructive monopoly long...

See Her Smile is a book for men about how you can do something you really want to do: Make her happy more often without compromising your integrity, without being phony, and without being any less of a man.

This is a collection of short articles, most of them originally published in Rodale Press's newsletter, At Your Best. The articles are about how to have a great attitude, how to get along better with people, and how to be more effective at work. This book is being used as a textbook for a Life Skills class in San Diego. You'll learn effective strategies for developing your emotional, professional, and interpersonal skills. The chapters are almost all short and to the point, with a short summary of the core principles at the end of each chapter. The material is practical and highly readable.

The way you think has a big influence in how the events of your life unfold. Whether you act impulsively or consider your options first, whether you have the self-discipline to exercise regularly or eat healthy food or want to exercise and eat better but fail repeatedly, etc. -- all these outcomes and many more are ultimately determined by how you think. Direct Your Mind is about how to use the natural processes of your mind to work in your favor rather than working against you.