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How to be Brilliant [Paperback]

Michael Heppell
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13 Nov 2003 0273675826 978-0273675822 1

For many of us, being ‘good’ isn’t really good enough. We want to make the very best we can out of our lives – to achieve all we can achieve and be the best we can be. We want to be Brilliant. This book will give you tools to find out what point you are at now, understand where it is you want to get and develop strategies and powerful methods to get you there. As quickly as possible and as economically as possible with as much fun as possible.

The book uses many clear examples and stories to show you how to overcome barriers that hold you back. You’ll learn how to develop a clear vision for a brilliant future and communicate with your friends, family and colleagues at a higher level.



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  • Paperback: 160 pages
  • Publisher: Prentice Hall Business; 1 edition (13 Nov 2003)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0273675826
  • ISBN-13: 978-0273675822
  • Product Dimensions: 23 x 15.2 x 1.2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (66 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 379,373 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Would you rather be a good salesperson or a brilliant one? A good manager or a brilliant manager? A good friend or a brilliant one? Some areas of your work and life might need a bit of help – others you might think are pretty good. But even the good bits could almost certainly be better. It's time to make the next step up and really shine. This book provides a complete practical guide to give you new levels of energy , enthusiasm and inspiration. You'll be amazed what a difference it will make. Ready to be brilliant?

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How to Be Brilliant: Change Your Ways in 90 Days! Is ‘good’ not good enough any more? Fed up with doing the same old things day in, day out? Tired of working hard for average results? Do you really want to shine instead? How to Be Brilliant is the book to show you how to make that critical step from good to brilliant – at work and in life. It’ll help you work out where you are now, and get clear about where it is you want to get to. Then you’ll be given strategies and powerful methods to help you get there:
- As quickly as possible
- As economically as possible
- With as much fun as possible. And because brilliance is a standard, not a skill, once you know the secrets to being brilliant you can then apply it to all areas of your life. If you’re ready to act – this is the book that will tell you what you need to do in order to make that step up to a different league. You really can change your life – here’s how. Don’t be good. Be brilliant.

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars True success is about "being brilliant"... 11 Sep 2012
By Mark Stipanovsky TOP 500 REVIEWER
Format:Paperback
I bought my first copy of Michael's "How to be Brilliant" in 2004 and thought - interesting - and read it in about an hour or so...

I picked it up - probably 5 or 6 times over the next few years and again - thought it was quite interesting - but actually realised I had started implementing some of Michael's theory of "Brilliant" into my own life...

So when this edition came out I decided to buy it and take a little bit more notice...

Over the last 10 years, my life has changed beyond anything I could have even "mentally rehearsed" as Michael would say.

I went back to University - studied 2 degrees (am currently on a year out after finishing 5 years of an Msc in Transactional Analysis Psychotherapy).

I have presented "Authentic Joy" workshops at national and international conferences - my children are all functioning extremely well - my eldest has just been promoted at work - middle son is an a* student - youngest is captain of a very successful football team - my wife is currently running her own successful business - and I could probably keep going on about all the "Brilliant" things in my life,..

I am an now an expert in helping people overcome addictions, lose weight, create better relationships and a few other things.

I remember that when I first picked this book up - I had just finished a course in hypnotherapy and counselling - and thought if this stuff "really works" then I'm going to hypnotise me...

By continually reading books such as this one - I have managed to stay focused for much longer than 90 days and "becoming brilliant" or "getting better" or whatever you want to call it - is well worth applying to you and yours...

Anyway, back to the book - the simple idea of "becoming brilliant" and measuring it in a journal is so simple - and life changing - you either overlook the obvious - or read it - and not actually implement it...

When I ran very successful weight loss groups - the best predictor of success was if you used a food and drink and exercise journal.

When I started to practice psychotherapy - I learnt how to contract with people and as part of the contract - we would use very similar principles like in this book "How to be Brilliant" and measure "getting better"...

If you believe you can become "Brilliant" then you probably will - however - if you start to measure "becoming brilliant" you will also start "getting better" at whatever brilliant means for you.

Michael is a great story teller and the book is full of lively and lovely anecdotes. It also has easy to understand diagrams and lots of helpful exercises...

Can you become "Brilliant" in 90 days?

My take on this is that "Brilliant" is a process (or as Michael says a standard) rather than an event and if you can get a run of 9 days - never mind 90 - you're on the path...

90 days of focused attention on "becoming brilliant" won't do you any harm - and as a philosophy - is in one word...

You've guessed it - "Brilliant"...

Buy this book and see what happens...
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Does what it says on the tin 19 Mar 2010
Format:Paperback
This is a brilliant little book. I felt that the author took ideas from Behavioural Therapy, Life Coaching and NLP and put them into bite size, happy, readable chunks. It really encouraged me to be brilliant, something I wasn't expecting. I guess he reminded me of the delight in doing things well, and the joy of just exceeding, for its own sake.
In the heart of the book, he talks about changing your values, belief systems, and re-looking at the evidence for the belief systems you created. All quite deep stuff, but presented very well and in a way I could understand. I've been coming across lots of stuff about personal responsibility and people saying that "we create our own lives and everything that happens is as a result of our own decisions, actions and beliefs" but this is the first book I read that really explained to me why. I liked it very much and I would recommend it to anyone on a quest to live a more productive and fulfilling life.
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22 of 25 people found the following review helpful
2.0 out of 5 stars What exercises? am I missing something? 9 May 2008
Format:Audio CD
I read these reviews and bought the live CD as I have a lot of books and fancied listening to a live event for a change. I liked the guys style but after listening to the whole CD (including adverts at the end) I felt there was nothing much new or really anything you couldn't work out for yourself and where were the exercises?
I can sum up the whole talk up in a few points.

Don't just do things averagely or even really well - go the extra mile and do them brilliantly.
Do a lot right now and you will see a lot of results
Think positively not negatively.
Imagine and visualise yourself doing things brilliantly.
Don't do everything yourself - get a great team of experts working for you.

And that is it really. I am sure if you do those things it will be good for you, but I know that. If I pay for someone's expert advice I would expect a bit more than them being very up beat and telling me to be brilliant.

Make up your own mind how much you money you want to spend on getting that information.

Not greatly impressed.
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5.0 out of 5 stars How to be Brilliant: Change your way in 90 days!
Really Brillant.
Simple, efficient, practical and a lot of common sense.

After your reading, it is up to you, you just have to put in practice. Read more
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