Bryan Cohen Post and Giveaway

Today I have Motivational Author Bryan Cohen landing on my blog from his whirlwind tour around the blogosphere. He's got some interesting information on money, something we could all use more of and I plan to read more. Please make sure to comment to enter his giveaway. Thanks for stopping by!


How to Become a Winner

By Bryan Cohen


There are no classes in high school or college called “How to Become aWinner,” but I think there should be. A class that focused on dumping the habits and traits of an unsuccessful person and building up those of an industry leader would have been helpful for me growing up. Mistakes wouldn’t have burdened me as much and perhaps I would have taken an optimistic Edison approach as he did with his “10,000 ways not to make a light bulb.” I would have cherished my time and money more. I may have even started writing and self-publishing much earlier. But let’s not focus on the past; let’s see how we can be successful now and in the future.


Winners use their time wisely throughout the day, even if it’s for rest. They set impossible goals and act as fools who rush in to tackle problems.Successful people start now and don’t wait until the moment is perfect (hint:there is no such thing). Winners provide people with a service and if that service is good, they tell people about it. The best of the best come with a forward-thinking comprehensive plan and they’re willing to change it if opportunities present themselves in a different direction.


The wealthiest people in the world don’t have one job with one source of income, in fact, they may have hundreds or thousands of sources of income. According to research in The Millionaire Next Door, many millionaires and decamillionaires shop at bulk discount stores, buy used cars, and live well below their means. Wealthy successful people give back to their community through foundations and some even give anonymously. Successful moneymakers think only of abundance and have done so even before they were well off.


Winners are kind and encouraging to their loved ones without expecting anything in return. Successful people realize that without the help of others they wouldn’t be where they are and as a result they always listen empathically and look for win-win situations. They try to embody integrity and avoid losing contacts through shady dealings.


Maybe it’s better that I didn’t learn these things until later in life. In losing years to being unfocused and timid, I learned the value of time and the appropriate application of energy. By falling far into debt in my youth, I had to dig deep to come up with the most effective method to create income for myself just to stay afloat. After losing friends to unreliability and a partial absence of integrity, I found the value of those who stuck around for the long haul and how they should be treated.


Some people go their entire lives without learning these principles of success while others simply ignore them. If you feel like you aren’t living up to your potential, seek out the stories of successful people. Biographies and autobiographies of Andrew Carnegie, Warren Buffett, Michael Dell, Felix Dennis, and Sam Walton are just a few out there that inspire like mad with tales of triumph. Their concepts are woven into my books, which are meant to turn readers into successful writers and complete people. Try out both my books and theirs to see how their inspiration led to my writing success.

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Bryan Cohen is giving away 100 personalized writing prompts to one giveaway entrant chosen at random during the blog tour. Personalized prompts are story starters that cater specifically to a writer’s subject matter, strengths/weaknesses, etc. Cohen will create the prompts to cater exclusively to the winner. He is giving away free digital copies of his book The Writing Sampler to everybody who enters, which includes excerpts from each of his four books on writing.The book contains essays, writing prompts and tips and tricks to enhance your writing skills. In addition, for each of Cohen’s books that reach the Top 500on Amazon during his blog tour, he will add a $50 Amazon gift card to the drawing (up to six $50 cards in total)!

To enter, simply post a comment to this blog post with your e-mail address. Entries will be counted through June 2nd, 2011.

Thanks Bryan for visiting and sharing your successes and failures with us.  I'm sure we can learn a lot from you!
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