Hope Can Make You Healthier, Happier, and Wealthier

Hope for Health, Happiness, and a Higher Income is a book that promotes the idea that ALL people can generate “hope on steroids” regardless of their life circumstances. In this enlightening first entry in a three-part series, John Liptak introduces readers to the first vital step in generating massive amounts of hope. John’s research suggests that people experience enhanced health, happiness, and wealth with increased hope. John conducted multiple experiments in the United States, Europe, and Canada to test his theory.

This book highlights the first step of John’s “Hope on Steroids” theory, where he shows readers how to trigger the emotion of hope and the feelings that accompany hope, such as joy, peace, elevated mood, self-motivation, pride, self-confidence, and inner drive. This cultivation of hope perspective suggests that genuine hope and a hopeful mindset are not something you switch off and on at a given moment. The perspective purports that a genuine lived experience of hope goes well beyond a fleeting moment and is more a feeling that transcends into every aspect of your life. 

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More people are working from home, even hypercompetitive employees. While hypercompetitive employees often enjoy working with other employees face-to-face, many work from home or in hybrid situations. Regardless of why you are working at home, it would be best if you adopt hypercompetitive skills and remain focused and productive. 

This book will help you challenge your competitive self by setting up a workplace at home, including creating a designated workspace with the right technology, learning competitive ways of dealing with kids, pets, and other disruptions, and developing a schedule that allows for social contact and stimulation. While hypercompetitive employees may cringe at the thought of working in isolation at home, you can still use your competitive skills to be more productive than all of the other members of your team. 

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People today see the benefits of leisure time over work! We are in the midst of a change from the Protestant Work Ethic to the new Leisure-based Work Ethic.  My theory, The Leisure Theory of Career Development, suggests that the more you can satisfy your needs at work, the more you must rely on leisure-time activities for life satisfaction. Conversely, if you are lucky enough to fulfill your needs at work, you will need less to rely on leisure-time activities for life satisfaction. After reading this book, you know you can meet such needs as self-esteem, security,  belonging, love, and self-actualization by identifying and engaging in satisfying leisure activities. As the workplace and the makeup of employees change, fewer people rely on work to meet their needs. They quickly turn to leisure interests to satisfy needs and eventually put these needs to work. 

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“If I'm lost in a forest and see a path, I can believe!” ~ William James

I believe that this quote by William James is one of the most insightful words of wisdom ever spoken. As someone who has spent most of their life trying to help people see their unique path so they can believe, I am confident that greater levels of hope are the ultimate goal of all people. While the pandemic has stripped hope from many people, hope can be restored. 

I have spent decades researching, writing about, and creating materials for facilitators to help their students and clients generate higher levels of hope. I have traveled and researched the essence of hope. I have been asked to share my ideas, techniques, and tools with teachers, counselors, and social workers in many diverse countries, including China, Romania, Scotland, and Jamaica. 

In this book, I share my therapeutic insights into how you can begin to focus on enhanced hope as an outcome for your work with students and clients. I share with you some strategies for understanding the notion of hope, exploring ways of generating hope, providing questions for reflection on your current life, and discussing ways to generate tremendous levels of hope in the future. 

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