The Success Guidebook: How to Visualize, Actualize, and Amplify You by Elizabeth Hamilton-Guarino
Don’t get caught up in the benchmarks and dreams of others. If The Success Guidebook: How to Visualize, Actualize and Amplify You by Elizabeth Hamilton-Guarino teaches us anything, it’s that success is a personal thing.
Hamilton-Guarino, a master life coach and founder of The Best Ever You Network with millions of followers, takes readers out of their comfort zones only to guide them back to a place where comfort is everything and success is in the eye of the particular beholder. Everyone is already a success in their own way — by their own definition, once they are able to cultivate that definition and embrace it. And in doing so, readers will understand there’s much more to life than the stereotypical symbols of success such as financial wealth, tangible possessions, fame, adoring followers and power — traditional measures that are often not attainable.
“Success is a profoundly personal word that combines our deepest hopes, dreams and desires all folded under one big umbrella,” says Hamilton-Guarino. “For many years, I have been observing the top factors of success and how they manifest in each of us; why we struggle to identify them, and how we keep them.”
Visualize, Actualize and Amplify
Hamilton-Guarino, similar to her earlier companion book, The Change Guidebook, has created a path to self-assessment and self-evaluation, and a participatory primer breaking the concept of success into visualizing, actualizing and amplifying. Within those three categories, she identifies 10 disciplines and takes a granular approach to evaluating and understanding each of them: Imagine, Believe, Focus, Plan, Ask, Network, Collaborate, Sustain, Adjust and Celebrate.
Along the way, she provides insights into each step, and introduces a number of her friends to share their own stories of how they climbed a mountain and achieved success — people ranging from entertainers, writers and comedians to sports coaches and business executives, even her own son. Together, they paint an inspirational picture of what success looks like.
The book also contains exercises at the end of every chapter, forcing readers to think about their own lives in the context of the particular segment. Their participation ranges from digesting open-ended questions, writing down thoughts and even developing a journal.
The ideas shared by Hamilton-Guarino are “proven tactics of creative action to help you visualize, actualize and amplify excellence and success — and make them last.”
And the rewards are enormous.
That Magical Feeling
“Success has an energy to it,” says the author. “And when you are in the presence of someone who demonstrates it, the construct is palpable … The aura is magnetic.”
The key, says Hamilton-Guarino, is letting truth intersect with infinite possibilities. And it all starts with imagining — if we can see it, we can be it and do it.
Yes indeed, The Success Guidebook teaches us that success is a personal thing. So how does Elizabeth Hamilton-Guarino measure success? “For me, true success is reflected in the smiles that brighten our faces and the peace that settles in our hearts.”
Now that’s a formula for success that money can’t buy.
In 2008, Elizabeth Hamilton-Guarino closed the door to her office to think about her life. When she opened it, she walked out, leaving behind an almost two-decade career in the financial services industry to start The Best Ever You Network, now a multimedia brand and platform with millions of followers.
Elizabeth is a bestselling author of multiple books in the children’s book genres and in the self-help category, including the bestselling and award-winning books PERCOLATE – Let Your Best Self Filter Through and The Change Guidebook.
A member of the Forbes Business Council, and creator of YOU Magazine, Elizabeth hosts her long-standing syndicated podcast, The Best Ever You Show, which has millions of downloads. Recently, she has returned to the financial services industry and serves as the Chief Executive Officer of Compliance4.
Elizabeth and her husband Peter reside in Maine, have been married for over twenty-five years and have four adult sons. Visit BestEverYou.com.
