The Won Thing: The "one" Secret to a Totally Fulfilling Life

by Peggy McColl

Book Overview

What is the "one" secret to a successful, fulfilling life? Don't we all want to know just that? Best-selling author and goal-achievement expert Peggy McColl spent many years pondering that question... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1401924662
• ISBN13: 9781401924669
• Release Date: September 2009
• Publisher: Hay House
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.4"

Customer Reviews

Peggy's Secret

This book is easy to read, with many practical tips and suggestions for building a life that will be personally meaningful rather than getting trapped in trying to do what others expect from you. Bestselling author Peggy McColl offers guidance for finding your own innate ability to be successful. As she shares the ups and downs of her own journey, she also gives the very clear message that it is okay to be "you" with your own desires and goals, even if others don't understand or support them fully. I know many people will relate to her story of bouncing from one self-help expert or book to another, learning as much as possible from each one, while still searching for a single answer that would make it all come together and make sense. At the heart of this book, Peggy shares the secret of her personal discovery along with clear advice that can help you synthesize all that you've been trying to do and achieve. I highly recommend the book for this reason.

A whole-life guide to achieving your dreams.

While Peggy McColl's The Won Thing: The "One" Secret to a Totally Fulfilling Life may sound like a "Rah rah!" guide to the entrepreneurial pursuit like many of the books on the entrepreneurial life, this is a much more comprehensive guide to finding, creating, and living the life you want - the /whole/ life. Peggy talks about her confusion about relationships in a real way - it was the '70s when Peggy was a young single mom struggling with how to survive, how to support herself, and still in some way hoping for that mythical Knight in Shining Armor to come to her rescue. The transition towards the desire to control her own life, her own direction, her own path was not an easy one. As a woman who is now in her adulthood, but grew up watching exactly this struggle, Peggy's story strikes a deep chord. One that resonates with my own recent discovery that I don't always want to be in the driver seat. The point though of Peggy's new book (already a smoking, overnight bestseller!) is not WHAT your personal desire is. It's how to reach that desire. How to make it real. How to achieve exactly the life you envision as the life that fits. Peggy also writes about her own experience of how her successes sometimes upset the status-quo - how friends, family relatives may be come jealous, or destabilized by the lifestyle changes, shifts in values and priorities that are the stepping stones to achieving this new, beautiful, ideal life. This is another experience I can personally attest to. The truth that Peggy repeatedly circles back to is that no one is going to change your life for you - you are the only one who can rescue you from the negative beliefs, negative patterns, and ruts that keep you creating the outcomes that no longer serve you. Thankfully, Peggy also gives concrete ways out of these negative patterns. Using universal techniques that I recognize from my own training - Neuro-Linguistic Programming, cognitive behavioral therapies, bio-psychology, and even my favorite, GRATITUDE! - Peggy tells us how to easily reprogram ourselves out of these old, habitual grooves that keep us running down the same old roads.

REALLLY GREAT BOOK!

Peggy McColl has written an Amazing Book. This book isn't full of the typical self-help truisms, rather this work distills life lessons and helps you apply them to your situation. Extremely introspective, the novel will make you think about the process of how you Achieve your Goals. The tome will also challenge you to reach higher levels of clarity. More importantly, what type of identity do you create for yourself as you achieve your destiny? Buy this book now! It will change the way you look at, accomplish, and appreciate your goals and life path. - Omar W. Rosales Author "Elemental Shaman" Elemental Shaman: One Man's Journey Into the Heart of Humanity, Spirituality & Ecology

What's YOUR Personal Recipe for Success?

"We have the ability to create the circumstances of our lives. We don't have complete control over everything, but we also aren't as powerless as we may think. If we're looking for someone to do the work of changing our lives for us, trust me, it's not going to happen. We've got to rescue ourselves." - From The Won Thing Is there a universal "one thing" that can bring joy, satisfaction and purpose to our lives? According to Peggy McColl, there isn't. However, in her newest book The Won Thing, she provides seven hard-won lessons that can--when combined in a personal recipe--promote balance, fulfillment, and growth. Like all of Peggy's books, The Won Thing is (deceptively) simple, straightforward, engaging, and illuminating. You get the sense that she truly cares about people, desiring that her readers gain the clarity, tools and methods they need to live their best life. Here are but a few gems that I particularly enjoyed (and highlighted!) from this 167-page book: * "The reason so many of us don't know our ambitions is because we're often not encouraged to discover what will give us a sense of meaning and fulfillment." * "Once you believe that answers and resources can show up in your life, they will: The universe works to mirror your beliefs. It will prove you right every time." * "...If we're not aligned to our purpose and try to conform to someone else's idea of what will fulfill us, we'll lose sight of what we value and experience frustration when problems won't go away." * "You can ask the universe for anything, but the question is: are you willing to do what it takes to get what you want? While hard work and sacrifice are necessities for achieving any goal, never allow yourself to abandon your family, health, or well-being to attain it. If an ambition requires that sort of sacrifice, it's probably rooted in self-critical sentiments..." * "Having a sense of purpose is knowing that what you're doing at any time is in perfect alignment with who you are, your values, and visions--which gives you grounding and guidance." * "...Your recipe is going to be true to your own unique feelings, beliefs, and values. It's important to always remember that there's more than one way to be spiritual, give in service to others, or do anything in life." Peggy McColl is one of my favorite authors and I find myself recommending her books to my clients quite often. (In fact, every time she comes out with a new book and it crosses my desk, I drop what I'm reading/reviewing and read what she has to say pronto!) She teaches the principles of the Law of Attraction in a practical and reasonable way, emphasizing that action and mindfulness are key components to creating states of abundance, openness, optimism, and well-being. Like her previous books, I highly recommend The Won Thing, especially for readers unfamiliar with her work. If you're feeling out of balance and are much too hard on yourself, strive for stratospheric perfection, give out of oblig

The Game of Life

When I read Peggy's book, I realized I was not alone in my desire to find the one thing that would make my life more fulfilling. It was also nice to have a roadmap right in front of me from someone I admire immensely. I knew I had to start somewhere and this book of knowledge has given me the necessary tools to carry forward. Most important, I learned the "won" thing I need to make my life more meaningful is unique to me - therefore; I am the only one who can achieve this for myself. Thank you, Peggy, for sharing your experience with me so that I could follow your path and be the person I want to be. The game of life is ever changing and I am pleased to follow whatever path I need to obtain the results that are best suited to me. Congratulations on another book well done.