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Life Lessons in Success

About the Book

Life Lessons in Success offers timeless insights and personal stories from 36 extraordinary leaders across various industries. These individuals share their paths to success—detailing both their triumphs and challenges. This book is a roadmap for anyone looking to overcome obstacles and achieve success in their personal and professional lives.

Whether you’re an aspiring entrepreneur, a seasoned professional, or simply looking for inspiration, these stories will give you practical tools and motivation to move forward on your success journey.

Lessons to Fuel Your Success

 Gain actionable strategies and inspiration from real-life experiences.
  • Resilience: How to bounce back from setbacks and maintain focus.
  • Mindset Mastery: Techniques to develop a growth mindset that fuels success.
  • Overcoming Obstacles: Real stories about turning adversity into advantage.
  • Leadership: Lessons on leading with purpose and creating lasting impact.

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About the Authors

George Brown is a retired First Class Power Engineer. He has taught power engineering at college. He has a BA from the University of Western Ontario. He is a Jack Canfield Success Principles transformational trainer and a Cultural transformational trainer certified consultant. He has been married for 38 Years. He helped raise two girls and has two Grandchildren. He used ReWirement to move to the next phase of his life. brown.george@gmail.com
Filissa Caserta is a board certified Acute Care Nurse Practitioner, author, international speaker and nurse success consultant. She is passionate about supporting her fellow nurses and thrives on helping her peers excel both professionally and personally. Her vision is to inspire all nurses to find and live their bliss through self-discovery, transformation and empowerment. A native New Yorker, she currently resides in Maryland surrounded by love and abundance. fcasert1@jhmi.edu
Lawyer and mediator Philip Daunt is a professional conscious conflict manager. He uses Jack Canfield’s Success Principles to help his clients transform their legal problems into opportunities for personal growth and positive change, teaching them how to engage in conflict consciously and to resolve conflict in peaceful, positive, life-affirming ways. He lives in Monterey, California with his amazing wife, Heidi, and is enjoying his new role as a grandfather. pjd@pjdlaw.com
Angie Dobransky is an award-winning coach, trainer, author, and speaker who shows people how to reach RADical success using The Success System in their lives and businesses. She runs transformational retreats in Baja, Mexico, coaches people worldwide via Zoom’s magic, spends much time at the beach, and travels the world experiencing its wonders. She and her husband currently split their time between Washington, DC, Daytona Beach, and Todos Santos, Mexico www.radstrategic.com
Shannon Faulkner is a certified Success Coach, as well as, author, mentor, and speaker. One of her strengths is teaming up in partnerships and this has given her opportunities with companies such as MindValley, Wellnomics, and the Harbour Club for collaborative success. Using her hands-on approach and coaching skills, she enhances her clients’ experience of what success means for them. This allows her clients to achieve their aspirations for their business and achieve their vision no matter how large or small they may be. shannon@aate.co.uk
Author of Don’t Stand Still: You Could Get Run Over! Stuart Fields is a Success Coach, Facilitator, and Consultant connecting with corporations, teams, and individuals across the globe. Stu excels at inspiring and encouraging others to step outside their comfort zones. Through coaching and facilitation, he becomes a trusted advisor who guides others to overcome obstacles on their path of continued growth. www.stuartbfields.com
Tammy Gibson is an entrepreneur and competitive amateur golfer who lives her passion as a Golf Success Coach. She and her golf pro husband work as a team to help middle-aged and older golfers play the best golf of their lives and get healthier doing it. Tammy lives in Winnipeg, Canada, and loves to vacation anywhere where it's warm in winter! www.holeinonesuccess.com
Paula Harris is a part-financial-advisor and part-dream-architect, who takes great pride in helping her clients, particularly widowed women, obtain financial peace of mind while they get back on their feet and navigate forward. Paula is an engaging speaker and leader. She enjoys assisting women in the life planning that goes hand-in-hand with financial planning and is the creator of Rise Up Success Training and Retreats.  www.whcornerstone.com.
Hanna Hermanson is a Certified Business Coach and Success Trainer, helping coaches and entrepreneurs build brands that afford them freedom. Her philosophy is that "Dream Life is Real Life" and she teaches mission-driven brands now to create more streams of income, contribution, and purpose in their daily lives.   www.dreamlifeisreallife.com
Louise Neel Høyer is a change management expert, trainer, mentor, author, and speaker who shows people how to create successful and sustainable changes in their organizations, teams, and individuals. As a partner in HUMAN UNIVERZ she runs virtual and live training, workshops, mentor sessions, and facilitates changes in both local and global companies. She loves learning about change, brains, behaviors, psychology, and more and experience the world with family and friends. www.humanuniverz.com
Mark Hugh Sam is an entrepreneur, trainer, and father of six children. After living a roller-coaster life, he was able to create his loving inner world. Now, his mission is to use knowledge and skill to be an exemplar and to help others to be their best selves as we create a better world together. His 2040 goal is to create ten+ businesses, mentor or invest in 2,000+ entrepreneurs, and teach ten+ million people. Mark Hugh Sam is a Chinese, Jamaican, Canadian living in Indonesia.  www.markhughsam.com.
An inspirational, multi-talented bilingual speaker and author, Johannys Jiménez-Hartog is a Jack Canfield Certified Trainer and an ordained Unity Minister, with a Master’s degree in Education. She acted and sang professionally, principally in Puerto Rico, including in telenovelas and her own TV show, before called to ministry and founding Unity Para Todos, an online Spanish ministry. She has recorded two spiritual albums with her own original music www.unityparatodos.org
Grace Liang is a speaker, energy healing coach, and author of the book “Finding Grace.” Grace’s story of overcoming poverty, domestic violence, and losing her husband to cancer will bring you hope and inspire you to thrive! She teaches women how to suffer less and heal faster from their grief by using her Gracefully Grieving Energy Healing Process! You can follow her Facebook page Gracefully Grieving to learn more! www.activateyourinnerpower.com
Michael Maske is the founder/president of ZM Medical, a medical supply/distribution company that provides healthcare facilities with innovative products that improve the safety of both healthcare staff and patients. He holds two patents on patient handling devices. He is the author of the book, Voice of the Nurse, and advocates on behalf of Nursing and Patient Safety Issues. He served in the military for 12 years, including Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2003, and is a Certified Canfield Methodology Trainer.  Michael@zmmedical.com
Sherry worked for Marriott International for 34 years before creating McCool Consulting. She brings a vibrant energy to any situation and enjoys working with clients to help them achieve greater success and breakthrough results. Her signature workshop SUCCESS LOOKS GREAT ON YOU, was designed to help people have happy, healthy successful lives that bring them joy. sherrymccoolconsulting.com
Dorota McKay is a creative problem solver with a passion for finance and personal development. As a corporate finance executive in the biotechnology industry, she provides technical and operational support to publicly traded companies and helps optimize their financial reporting through automation and process improvement initiatives. Dorota holds active CPA, CMA, and CFE designations is a corporate trainer certified in Canfield Methodology and a CTT Practitioner with the Barrett Values Centre. dorota.mckay@gmail.com
Gwen Medved, M.Ed., Best Selling Author. Speaker. Trainer. Success Coach. Product investor, entrepreneur, and mom. Executive Producer of the documentary "It's Happening Right Here." Gwen is a powerful strategic partner for entrepreneurs, individuals, community leaders, and businesses ready to create the success and abundance they dream of. Gwen's unique fusion of transformational life coaching and business strategy creates a powerful roadmap for success.
Pam Miller has over 25 years of experience as a business owner in multiple markets. She has worked with organizations and individuals globally, helping them build their dreams, and accelerate their results. A sought-after speaker and trainer, Pam is a certified life coach and trainer with the Jack Canfield Methodology. She is the author of Un-Doing Conditional Love summer 2020 and Co - Author of Life Lessons in Success. www.pammillerconsulting.com
Dr. Marilyn Montgomery is a professor, mentor-coach, and founder of Wellspring Development. She has taught, published, and presented on fostering positive development and mental health across the lifespan, and is past-president of The International Society for Research on Identity. Marilyn’s published books include Theories of Counseling and Therapy with author Jeffrey Kottler. She is a Certified Canfield Trainer, Barrett Values Certified Consultant, and a RIM® Essentials Facilitator.   marilynmontgomery@me.com
Sunil Parekh is an International Success Coach, keynote speaker, and author. He quit his high-profile corporate career to follow his passion for making a difference in people's lives. He conducts transformational programs for people from all walks of life and has a mission of transforming a billion lives by December 31, 2032. Sunil is known for his unique methodologies of transforming lives in a simple and effective manner! sunil@riseda.com
Jeannette is a #1 International Bestselling Author, sought after speaker and coach for adults and children. She's passionate about helping everyone live the life that they want to live, no matter what age they are. Through her children’s programs, speeches (children and adults) and coaching she guides and supports people in making the changes they want to make in their lives. j.p@paxhealthcoaching.com
Ati Rahbani Rexroad is a certified coach, consultant, facilitator, and speaker with 20+ years providing lasting transformation for her clients. Author of “The Adaptable Girl” in Life Lessons in Success, she and her husband live near the nation’s capital where their children teach them daily what “adaptable” truly means! rahbani@gmail.com
Samantha’s a Transformational Psychologist & Coach who guides people to live their best life - as their true self. She has the tools and heart-centered teachings, not only based on her education but from her own life experiences. Samantha has been there, in rough, puzzling places, many times and she’s come out on the other side.  sam@samantharuth.com
Mari-Liis Sallo is an Integrative Nutrition Health coach who has specialised on hormones and also is a certified Canfield Methodology Success Principles coach. By combining both practices she helps women to get in shape with whole foods, make best nutritional choices for a robust immunity, develope massive confidence and live a healthy life full of happyness, alignment and fulfillment. mariliissallo@me.com
Melissa is the CEO of a Real Estate Integrated Company Everyday RE Group, is the President of the LIREIA, has a NY broker license, licensed commercial lender and EXIT Realty regional owner for Connecticut and Rhode Island. She has been an experienced real estate investor for the past 15 years has raised over 35 million for real estate projects. She is committed to helping the homeless and is a mother of 8 children. melissa@lireia.com
Bob Sollazzo has 40 years as an Information Technology professional. From troubleshooting things to analyzing systems, to transforming himself, he believes that our greatest gifts come disguised in heartbreak and tragedy; that the sweetest life is created when we step out of our comfort zone to create more joy, love, and success in our lives and those around us. Bob@InspiredAim.com.
Maggie Sullivan is a retired elementary teacher who is now a #1 Best Selling Author, Certified Canfield Methodology Trainer, and Speaker. She shares her passion of helping others deepen their self-awareness through her stories, keynote speeches, and events. Her on-line programs focus on topics of everyday life and how to create and enjoy a beautiful life.  maggiesullivan.ca
Nelly Torras has been an Economist specialized in auditing and advising many companies for almost 30 years. She has developed the coaching methodology in the last years of her career consolidating a new path as a Consultant, Speaker, Trainer, and Coach based on Success Principles to empower people to achieve their goals and give them the support and help they need to fulfill their professional and personal wishes. www.nellytorras.com
Rupali Trehan is a certified Jack Canfield's success principles coach. A personal growth coach/founder at My daily cup of joy by day, and best friend to her two children by night, Rupali loves playing many roles in her life. An MBA from Boston University, promoter of charitable organizations, and a master at procrastination, she believes daily habits hold the secret to realizing one's unlimited potential! Currently residing in New Delhi, India, she aspires to be a global coach working closely with people to truly live up to their potential. www.rupalitrehan.com
Aparna Vemuri was born and raised in India. She is a spiritual alchemist, intuitive healer, and coach who helps people to transform the limiting beliefs that are holding and preventing them from achieving what they want. Aparna empowers people to become aware, acknowledge and release their limitations and lead a happy and joyful life. She is a speaker on tele-summits, podcasts and creates magical moments of transformation for her participants around the world. Aparna lives in Virginia with handsome “Three’s” of her life. www.personalTransformationPathways.com
Wendy Witt, JD serves as a Master Law Firm Business Strategist. Her mission is to tilt the legal universe toward wellness and she does that by guiding the owners of solo and small law firms in building the law firm that gives them the life they love - even million dollar law firms. She’s a former trust and estates attorney and her guidance has been seen on ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox, Huffington Post, and Forbes.  MillionDollarAttorney.com
Carole B Young values the pursuit of excellence with a 20+ year career in the Merchant Payment Industry. In addition, her hunger for learning paved her path to becoming a Transformational Strategist in creating multiple streams of income. Transforming limiting beliefs and paralyzing procrastination into fearless conviction and empowered confidence gives you the ability to release the brakes on your potential and lean into your dreams. The sky’s the limit! carolebyoung@gmail.com
Susan Brown susan.brownbts@gmail.com
Cindy Hochart chochart0@gmail.com
Amy Burton amyaburton@att.net
Ryan Abitz, Rabitz77@icloud.com

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