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My Very Best Self: A personal planner to grow by

by Linda Gellatly

251 pages; Black coil; catalogue #00-0239; ISBN 1-55212-573-4; US$25.50, C$28.50, EUR21.00, £15.00

This is a unique personal management planner that uses activities, exercises and inspirational essays to help readers explore the structure of their personal lives.

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About the Book Linda Gellatly has created a personal planner that allows a person to comfortably integrate ideas for personal development durind a fifty two week period. Most readers are amazed at the things they learn about who they are, once they embark on this program. While intended primarily to help those in need of direction during a change in career or lifestyle, My Very Best Self, shows all readers their unique qualities through exercises exploring the structure of their personal lives, as well as trying inspiring activities including: Creating a Time Capsule of Memories Filling out a Life Experience Inventory Compiling a personal magagement team Meal Planning for a week at a glance Personal journal pages to track day-to-day progress Monthly financial budget charts Vital Health Records and Better Health section Emergency preparedness planning kit The book concludes with the reader producing a reflective report card and space to jot down family and friend's comments. Also included are several short essays, quotes and insights to encourage a sense of control and balance. A very resourceful guide for everyone.

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About the Author Linda Gellatly lives in Victoria, British Columbia. After 8 years of working in bookstores this is her inaugural journey into the writing side of the book world. She also has a poem published on the poetry.comweb site, titled "Tournament of Torment". She marks the new millennium by starting her own Multimedia Studio, "Go Lightly Creative Productions", which can be found at www.golightlycreative.com. She is also working in front of the camera as a background actress and may be spotted in the films "Here's to Life" and "Final Destination" as well as behind the scenes as a Production Assistant. She is the creator of the "Noble Realm Academy", a youth interactive television show and hopes to be involved in the production of this show starting in 2001.

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Sample Excerpts

Knowledge Is Power

It is simply imperative in this age of constant changes, that we must not only have a foundation of knowledge acquired from a formal education that ends with high school. Whether we expect it or not people now have to challenge themselves to keep learning new skills and acquire more knowledge just to keep up with everyday life. More adults are entering into learnign projects voluntarily either for occupational or recreational reasons. The technological revolution has made continuing training a necessity. In a few years, if you don't have computer and internet skills, you are going to be left behind almost as much as anyone who is illiterate. Therefore, the more knowledge and skills you develop, the more valuable you become. Receptiveness to new knowledge, and a self dicipline is needed to not become set in your ways. You need to want to inject new ideas into your life.

Dreams

How many people can truly say, "I am living my dream life"? The messages are always there in pharses like "believe to achieve", "follow you're heart", "don't give up your dreams". Milestone birthdays or New Year's Eve seem to be when most of us re-evaluate our stock in life. It's a quest to actually reach out for what we dream. To find the possibility and potential for goals that satisfy our wants and needs to be happy. However, they sometimes seem to slip by us unexplored. It's almost as if our internal compass fails to warn us when we are going in the wrong direction and we become misguided, concerning the gifts we were meant to share and understand.

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Catalogue Information

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