Brian Lucas is a local business coach, entrepreneur and motivational speaker. Double your Success in 12 Months is his fourth self-published self-help 'believe in yourself' title.
This slim volume tackles everything from enhancing your home-life (Tip number 9: help with the housework 10 per cent more) to increasing your fitness and boosting your bank balance. At its heart is the ingenious premise that if you pick ten areas of your life and increase your effort by just ten percent in each you will double your success in 12 months.
There’s nothing really new in this book but if you’re a self-help devotee it’s probably worth a look. Its message is in the 'write it on a post-it note and stick it on the fridge' genre of positive visualisation interspersed with well-known motivational quotes. To his credit, Lucas does say repeatedly that the key to success is to actually do something about improving your life. And he says we should all smile more – who can disagree with that? Proper Books, $29.95.