100 Ways to Motivate Yourself

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Author: Steve Chandler
Narrator: Steve Chandler
Genres: Self-help
Publisher: HighBridge Company
Date: June 2000
Length: 1 hour, 30 minutes
Ratings:
  • Book Rating: 3/5
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  • CD

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Overview

Live the life you've always wanted to live! 100 Ways to Motivate Yourself is packed with techniques for breaking down negative barriers and pessimistic thoughts that prevent you from fulfilling your goals and dreams. It's easy to get stuck in a humdrum life and only fantasize about what "could have been." Motivational speaker Steve Chandler helps you change that way of thinking to what "will be." His ideas will help you create an action plan for living out your vision.

You will be intrigued at some of the real-life experiences upon which Steve has based his techniques--from Arnold Schwarzenegger, who told the author in 1976 that he was going to be the number one box office star in Hollywood (at the time, Arnold was only a body builder with a heavy Austrian accent), to Leonard Nimoy, whose life was reshaped through the rational, logical thought of Spock, the character he played on Star Trek.

100 Ways to Motivate Yourself is filled with proven methods for changing the way you think and developing self-creation. Steve draws on the feedback he's received from corporate and public seminar students to ensure that his methods work.

Selected Reviews

So many tricks to control our thinking

by Anonymous
  • Book Rating: 3/5

Great Motivation Tips

by Alex Taylor
  • Book Rating: 5/5

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Reviews (26)

So many tricks to control our thinking

Written by Anonymous on March 18th, 2010

  • Book Rating: 3/5

I collected a useable number of tricks that I use to keep me on a path consistent with my goals. This book lists all of those tricks plus many more. At first I thought I would be hearing a dry list of 100 things you could do to stay happy, optimistic, and focused. Indeed, that is really all this is. He doesn't go into depth about any of the 100 ways, but there are a few of them in this list that stand out for me. My wife listened to it and those that stood out for her were very different than mine, which I suppose is the way it should be since we are all different and need different things. I will listen to this again at a later time, and I'm sure to pick up a few other motivational practices that will appeal to me at that time. I can't really call this inspiring, but there are a lot of reminders here about the daily practices we could put into place to keep ourselves motivated and focused on our goals.

Great Motivation Tips

Written by Alex Taylor on December 25th, 2007

  • Book Rating: 5/5

Loved this audio book. Kept it for several weeks listening to it in my drive in and drive home. I especially enjoyed how he talks about creating your life vision and "live into it." Also the vision board ideas was great. Completely changed my thinking. Regarding the authors voice, he sounds like a sleepy Harrison Ford, but it's not bad at all, calming really. There are some real motivational gems here, chunked out in 100 easy sections. Highly recommended if you find yourself stuck in a rut or in need of a motivational pick-me-up. Worked for me.

Worth It

Written by Wendy C. on September 29th, 2007

  • Book Rating: 4/5

I have already implemented three of the techniques suggested by the author and have found these simple suggestions have already given my life more focus and organization. The authors voice is a tad monotone, but, it was well worth listening to.

Motivate yourself to listen to this book

Written by Cheryl G on June 4th, 2007

  • Book Rating: 4/5

Great ideas on how to motivate yourself. Listen 2-3 times just to get all the basics!! A must read for anyone who needs that extra "kick in the behind" to get going.

Really enjoyed this

Written by Tammy Henson on March 27th, 2007

  • Book Rating: 5/5

If you want quick one-liners to motivate you to begin the day on a good note then I recommend this audio. It put me in a positive frame of mind on my commute. Almost think I need to hear about 10 minutes of this each day. Not anything deep but it really does provide some positive material to think on.

Just not that motivating

Written by Anonymous on January 17th, 2007

  • Book Rating: 1/5

Didn't love it. Author's voice was very unmotivating. Found it full of rhetoric, nothing really useful to apply.

100 Ways to Motivate Yourself

Written by Anonymous on June 14th, 2006

  • Book Rating: 4/5

I loved this book and found it filled with great ideas and/or reminders. There has been some criticism of the speaker's voice. I think if you stick with it, you will realize that he has a great speaking voice, just not the best reading voice. I give him kudos for this. His voice is not a paper-cutter self-promoting one. All fluff and tired message. His ideas aren't startling, but his sincerity shines through and did more to inspire me than all the pretty platstic preacher-esque reading voices put together. He believes in what he is saying and he doesn't try to spin the way he says it, but on what is being said. Good enough for me.

100 Ways to Motivate Yourself

Written by Anonymous from Crown Point, IN on April 27th, 2006

  • Book Rating: 4/5

Chandler has some great ideas on motivation. It's not difficult to get through the 100 tips (2 CDs) but the recording is on 1 track which can be highly annoying. Also, while Chandler (author and narrator) mentions how people call him a great speaker, it was like listening to Ben Stein. But if you can get over the fact that his voice is a de-motivator but his book is a motivator, it's a good one. I will be buying the book to keep and use in other circumstances.

100 Ways to Motivate Yourself

Written by Anonymous on April 14th, 2006

  • Book Rating: 3/5

Many of the same items I've heard in the past. However , it was done will.

100 Ways to Motivate Yourself

Written by Anonymous on January 26th, 2006

  • Book Rating: 1/5

I am not sure how much good info was contained as the narrator (author) was so boring I could not stand to listen any longer than 20 mins-even though I was stuck in traffic - very disappointing.

Selected Reviews

So many tricks to control our thinking

by Anonymous
  • Book Rating: 3/5

Great Motivation Tips

by Alex Taylor
  • Book Rating: 5/5

More...

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Author Details

Author Details

Chandler, Steve

Steve Chandler is a consultant, trainer, and keynote speaker whose clients include over one hundred Fortune 500 companies. His books and tapes have sold over 300,000 copies worldwide. Two of Chandler's top-selling audiobooks, 100 Ways to Motivate Yourself and 50 Ways to Create Great Relationships, both published by HighBridge, were named the Chicago Tribune's Audiobook of the Year in 1997 and 1999 respectively.