# Lift: Becoming a Positive Force \*\* Great New Book Free For the Next 50 People **URL:** \ **Category:** Messages From Michael\ **Created:** [August 20, 2009, 1:34am UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/lift-becoming-a-positive-force-great-new-book-free-for-the-next-50-people/31722 "2009-08-20T01:34:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![MHarris](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/pheromonetalk.com/mharris/32/2107_2.png) [@MHarris](https://pheromonetalk.com/u/MHarris)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2009, 1:34am UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/lift-becoming-a-positive-force-great-new-book-free-for-the-next-50-people/31722/1 "2009-08-20T01:34:43Z")
[Lift: Becoming a Positive Force in Any Situation: Quinn, Ryan W., Quinn, Robert E.: 9781576754443: Amazon.com: Books](http://www.amazon.com/Lift-Becoming-Positive-Force-Situation/dp/1576754448/) Lift: Becoming a Positive Force in Any Situation (9781576754443): Ryan W Quinn, Robert E Quinn: Books An offline friend recently recommended this book to me. He said “Hey look, it’s a book about you!” Well, glancing over it today, I can see how he might think that about me normally. I perhaps don’t think it applies 100% when I’m completely stressed and freaked out past the breaking point, but hey… everyone goes a little wobbly under those circumstances :o Anyway, this is about staying focused on solutions, and helping people to become the best they can be. About creating the best for others, and the best for world around you. It’s basically about remembering the plot in your daily life. Keeping mindful, always, of _why_ you’re doing _anything at all_. About truly making good use of your very limited time here on earth. So far, just skimming, I can _highly_ recommend it. It helps explain a lot of the “seemingly kooky” stuff I do, and it has given me some good new ideas, too. Sure – as I actually dig deeper into it, I’m sure there’ll be a thing or 5 I’ll disagree with (I don’t ever seem to agree with _everything_)… but, big deal. None of us see eye to eye, even with information or people we most admire. The key thing is that there’s something we all “get”, something positive we all harmonize with, at a deeper level that just words can describe. I think books like this help take us there. Overall, I’m definitely glad someone made a book like this. I’ve felt a bit too much like a sole voice of positivity recently. When listening to certain others, it’s almost like I’m being told that being value oriented is somehow wrong, or that being positive is somehow negative. Of course, that’s simply not true. In fact, that’s an extension of Orwellian double speak. Good=evil, Peace=war, and all that completely crazy stuff. [Doublespeak Then and Now](http://www.orwelltoday.com/dblspkthennow.shtml) These people are either confused, and perhaps one or two is trying intentionally to mentally trip me up. Either way, that just ain’t right. I know what’s right, and so do you. We all do in our hearts. What’s right is constant improvement and elevation, each of us helping others (and ourselves) to make life worth living. What’s right is constant, never ending improvement for all, right up until our bones turn to dust and we just can’t get any better anymore. ---
**Author:** ![MHarris](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/pheromonetalk.com/mharris/32/2107_2.png) [@MHarris](https://pheromonetalk.com/u/MHarris)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2009, 1:34am UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/lift-becoming-a-positive-force-great-new-book-free-for-the-next-50-people/31722/2 "2009-08-20T01:34:56Z")
So then… how can I share this lovely gift with you? If this was a paperback, I’d buy 50 of ‘em give them away with the next 50 orders. We’ve done that before with other key books, and people really liek it. However, this is a hardback. It’ a bit too big and thick for our shipping envelopes. I hope you get it, anyway. I hope you get it so much, in fact, that if you’ve been a customer for a more than a month, just respond here with your Amazon receipt #, and we’ll send you a $20 gift certificate to cover it’s cost on Amazon. You can also order from [amazon.co.uk](http://amazon.co.uk) or any other Amazon. Something we can check easily, and no, no affiliate ID is required. We don’t make any money off this. As I’ve said time and time again, life for people is not all that different than it is for fish in a bowl. You can learn _a lot_ by studying a “closed system” like that. If you contribute little fish toys and fun stuff for _everyone_ to play with, then it’s a great time for _all_. When someone else truly benefits from something, you do, too. Except for throwing yourself in front of a car to block it from hitting a child, most acts of altruism get back to you somehow. When you improve the world, well, you live in that world, too, don’t you? You can truly watch “karma” at play in any system. No spirituality required. You see it even computer systems. Your output looks a lot like your input, just sort of processed a bit to look different. It’s still the same stuff. _Hello_ in English is _Bounjour_ in French, yet they both have the same core meaning and function. To better understand this, think about what happens in the opposite case. A swimming pool is a system, too. You can take a beach ball and some drinks for others, and really get a party started that everyone will enjoy. On the other hand, we all know that if you sh\*t in the pool. It’s not good for you… or _anyone_! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![MHarris](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/pheromonetalk.com/mharris/32/2107_2.png) [@MHarris](https://pheromonetalk.com/u/MHarris)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2009, 1:36am UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/lift-becoming-a-positive-force-great-new-book-free-for-the-next-50-people/31722/3 "2009-08-20T01:36:02Z")
Actually, in this weird economy, a lot of people are getting grumpy and taking it out on others. This will backfire and only make things worse for everyone. You’ve got to be strong enough to do the right thing, _regardless_ of the supposed odds. Someone has to be the injection point of sanity into any system, otherwise the whole thing collapses. The more beneficial voices we have, the more we all benefit. So let’s do our part to spread some good, and make this offer good for at least the next 100 people. The next 100 people who buy this book, will get compensated with a gift certificate here for it’s full cost of $20 US dollars. So if you like the products here, ultimately this book will cost nothing for you. To make this a practical thing to do, gift certs will be sent once daily at the same time intro gift certs are sent. Good stuff? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![MHarris](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/pheromonetalk.com/mharris/32/2107_2.png) [@MHarris](https://pheromonetalk.com/u/MHarris)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2009, 1:52am UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/lift-becoming-a-positive-force-great-new-book-free-for-the-next-50-people/31722/4 "2009-08-20T01:52:36Z")
Ooops. Having trouble getting the link working. Trying to fix it now ---
**Author:** ![Snoopyace](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/pheromonetalk.com/snoopyace/32/1727_2.png) [@Snoopyace](https://pheromonetalk.com/u/Snoopyace)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2009, 1:55am UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/lift-becoming-a-positive-force-great-new-book-free-for-the-next-50-people/31722/5 "2009-08-20T01:55:56Z")
That is incredibly generous of you! Thanks Michael. 🙂 From what I’ve read on your post as well as the amazon website it looks like a book that I am going to find fascinating as well. Thanks again! Order # 002-8705775-1688206 ---
**Author:** ![mikotorocks714](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/pheromonetalk.com/mikotorocks714/32/1509_2.png) [@mikotorocks714](https://pheromonetalk.com/u/mikotorocks714)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2009, 2:16am UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/lift-becoming-a-positive-force-great-new-book-free-for-the-next-50-people/31722/6 "2009-08-20T02:16:50Z")
This book sounds good! Self help books and other media are always good to have on hand, as you can never stop trying to be the best you can be. ---
**Author:** ![MHarris](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/pheromonetalk.com/mharris/32/2107_2.png) [@MHarris](https://pheromonetalk.com/u/MHarris)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2009, 7:08pm UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/lift-becoming-a-positive-force-great-new-book-free-for-the-next-50-people/31722/7 "2009-08-20T19:08:01Z")
Uh oh. Only Snoopy got it. I hope this book isn’t _too positive_ or something silly like that. 🙂 It’s actually quite realistic. There’s a lot of case studies and examples inside. This is pretty much what the world needs now. You cannot expect things to get better in the world, if you do not play your part in making things better. Hopefully they come out with a paperback soon, something small enough that we can throw into outgoing orders. ---
**Author:** ![MHarris](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/pheromonetalk.com/mharris/32/2107_2.png) [@MHarris](https://pheromonetalk.com/u/MHarris)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2009, 7:11pm UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/lift-becoming-a-positive-force-great-new-book-free-for-the-next-50-people/31722/8 "2009-08-20T19:11:05Z")
[Amazon.com: Customer Reviews: Lift: Becoming a Positive Force in Any Situation](http://www.amazon.com/Lift-Becoming-Positive-Force-Situation/product-reviews/1576754448) ---
**Author:** ![mikotorocks714](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/pheromonetalk.com/mikotorocks714/32/1509_2.png) [@mikotorocks714](https://pheromonetalk.com/u/mikotorocks714)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2009, 7:25pm UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/lift-becoming-a-positive-force-great-new-book-free-for-the-next-50-people/31722/9 "2009-08-20T19:25:04Z")
Michael, that’s awesome! That’ll be a great gift for everyone, as we all know [pheromones](https://a314.com/shop/) are great, but offering this book in orders is also even better! Because this paired with pheromones could bring a dramatic change to someone in need of social/relationship help. I think these two combined can and will bring even more dramatic results, and a change for the better. I’m very interested in this book, I need to buy it. Sounds like it’ll really help me out, as well as others. Good find! > [@MHarris](#): > > Uh oh. Only Snoopy got it. I hope this book isn’t _too positive_ or something silly like that. 🙂 > > It’s actually quite realistic. There’s a lot of case studies and examples inside. This is pretty much what the world needs now. You cannot expect things to get better in the world, if you do not play your part in making things better. > > Hopefully they come out with a paperback soon, something small enough that we can throw into outgoing orders. ---
**Author:** ![MHarris](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/pheromonetalk.com/mharris/32/2107_2.png) [@MHarris](https://pheromonetalk.com/u/MHarris)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2009, 7:34pm UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/lift-becoming-a-positive-force-great-new-book-free-for-the-next-50-people/31722/10 "2009-08-20T19:34:20Z")
> [@mikotorocks714](#): > > Michael, that’s awesome! That’ll be a great gift for everyone, as we all know pheromones are great, but offering this book in orders is also even better! Because this paired with pheromones could bring a dramatic change to someone in need of social/relationship help. I think these two combined can and will bring even more dramatic results, and a change for the better. I’m very interested in this book, I need to buy it. Sounds like it’ll really help me out, as well as others. Good find! Oh yes, it’s definitely a good one. When it hits paperback, I’ll give a ton out. Right now, the world really does have a serious case of the grumpies, with too many being dragged into survival mode. The news programs certainly are part of the problem. If I know anything, I know systems. In the systems we live and act in, being proactively aggressive with each other is not going to help. This is a time for everyone to be as positive and generative as they can, doing their best to truly help their fellow man. It doesn’t matter whether an economy is “good” or “bad”. You can make things good when you do your best to aid others, and as the old-time business teacher Zig Ziglar said “You’ll always get what you want if you help enough others get what they want”. This is _always_ true. Always. It’s not about to suddenly become untrue, just because our stupid rulers messed up our monetary system. Worse comes to worse, we can just trade apples for oranges again. Or you trade me an hour of your consulting for a bottle of my product. Whatever. Each of us still has value, and we can still trade. We can still exchange one value for another. From the right perspective, problems are just exciting challenges. They’re only a big deal if we allow them to be. Speaking of Zig, it might nice to review some of his notable quotables: [http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/z/zig\_ziglar.html](http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/z/zig_ziglar.html) He has some good stuff: “Failure is a detour, not a dead-end street.” “Every choice you make has an end result.” “Every obnoxious act is a cry for help.” “Expect the best. Prepare for the worst. Capitalize on what comes.” "If you can dream it, then you can achieve it. You will get all you want in life if you help enough other people get what they want. " “If you don’t see yourself as a winner, then you cannot perform as a winner.” “Many marriages would be better if the husband and the wife clearly understood that they are on the same side.” (great one, this that applies to _everyone_!) “If you go looking for a friend, you’re going to find they’re very scarce. If you go out to be a friend, you’ll find them everywhere.” Zig Ziglar ---
**Author:** ![MHarris](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/pheromonetalk.com/mharris/32/2107_2.png) [@MHarris](https://pheromonetalk.com/u/MHarris)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2009, 7:34pm UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/lift-becoming-a-positive-force-great-new-book-free-for-the-next-50-people/31722/11 "2009-08-20T19:34:35Z")
“Be the change you want to see in the world.” Mahatma Gandhi ---
**Author:** ![MHarris](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/pheromonetalk.com/mharris/32/2107_2.png) [@MHarris](https://pheromonetalk.com/u/MHarris)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2009, 7:35pm UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/lift-becoming-a-positive-force-great-new-book-free-for-the-next-50-people/31722/12 "2009-08-20T19:35:14Z")
One of the truest things I’ve ever heard from another person (and, personally, I read “God” as “the universe”, yet I still harmonize greatly with this): “Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won’t feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It’s not just in some of us; it’s in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.” - Marianne Williamson ---
**Author:** ![Kelsey](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/pheromonetalk.com/kelsey/32/8468_2.png) [@Kelsey](https://pheromonetalk.com/u/Kelsey)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2009, 7:57pm UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/lift-becoming-a-positive-force-great-new-book-free-for-the-next-50-people/31722/13 "2009-08-20T19:57:57Z")
> [@MHarris](#): > > One of the truest things I’ve ever heard from another person: > > “Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won’t feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It’s not just in some of us; it’s in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.” > > - Marianne Williamson Thanks, I am reading this thread and totally agreeing with this. In your very first post you read in this thread I was like nodding my head like I was able to be seen. I do agree that in this world today things are all screwed up and right seems to wrong and wrong right. We all know what is right because of that still voice speaking to us yet we decide to do the wrong. The shocking and disturbing thing is that it seems we are getting away from it. It gives me great comfort to know one day all evil doers will get their just reward. [Psalms 37. The Holy Bible: King James Version.](http://www.bartelby.net/108/19/37.html) The quote by Williamson is powerful stuff and I am happy you decided to share it. Thanks 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Kelsey](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/pheromonetalk.com/kelsey/32/8468_2.png) [@Kelsey](https://pheromonetalk.com/u/Kelsey)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2009, 8:03pm UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/lift-becoming-a-positive-force-great-new-book-free-for-the-next-50-people/31722/14 "2009-08-20T20:03:16Z")
> [@MHarris](#): > > [Amazon.com: Lift: Becoming a Positive Force in Any Situation (9781576754443): Ryan W Quinn, Robert E Quinn: Books](http://www.amazon.com/Lift-Becoming-Positive-Force-Situation/dp/1576754448/) > > An offline friend recently recommended this book to me. He said “Hey look, it’s a book about you!” > > Well, glancing over it today, I can see how he might think that about me normally. I perhaps don’t think it applies 100% when I’m completely stressed and freaked out past the breaking point, but hey… everyone goes a little wobbly under those circumstances :o > > Anyway, this is about staying focused on solutions, and helping people to become the best they can be. About creating the best for others, and the best for world around you. > > It’s basically about remembering the plot in your daily life. Keeping mindful, always, of _why_ you’re doing _anything at all_. About truly making good use of your very limited time here on earth. > > So far, just skimming, I can _highly_ recommend it. It helps explain a lot of the “seemingly kooky” stuff I do, and it has given me some good new ideas, too. > > Sure – as I actually dig deeper into it, I’m sure there’ll be a thing or 5 I’ll disagree with (I don’t ever seem to agree with _everything_)… but, big deal. None of us see eye to eye, even with information or people we most admire. The key thing is that there’s something we all “get”, something positive we all harmonize with, at a deeper level that just words can describe. I think books like this help take us there. > > Overall, I’m definitely glad someone made a book like this. I’ve felt a bit too much like a sole voice of positivity recently. > > When listening to certain others, I’ve almost like being value oriented somehow wrong, or that being positive is somehow negative. Of course, that’s simply not true. In fact, that’s an extension of Orwellian double speak. Good=evil, and all that completely crazy stuff. > > These people are either confused, and perhaps one or two is trying intentionally to mentally trip me up. Either way, that just ain’t right. I know what’s right, and so do you. We all do in our hearts. What’s right is constant improvement and elevation, each of us helping others (and ourselves) to make life worth living. What’s right is constant, never ending improvement for all, right up until our bones turn to dust and we just can’t get any better anymore. Ps : I am hoping I get a free copy sent my way too. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![mikotorocks714](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/pheromonetalk.com/mikotorocks714/32/1509_2.png) [@mikotorocks714](https://pheromonetalk.com/u/mikotorocks714)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2009, 8:07pm UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/lift-becoming-a-positive-force-great-new-book-free-for-the-next-50-people/31722/15 "2009-08-20T20:07:44Z")
Here, here! 😛 > [@kelsey](#): > > Ps : I am hoping I get a free copy sent my way too. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Mtnjim](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/pheromonetalk.com/mtnjim/32/2010_2.png) [@Mtnjim](https://pheromonetalk.com/u/Mtnjim)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2009, 8:53pm UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/lift-becoming-a-positive-force-great-new-book-free-for-the-next-50-people/31722/16 "2009-08-20T20:53:47Z")
> [@MHarris](#): > > “Expect the best. Prepare for the worst. Capitalize on what comes.” Or put another way > [@](#): > > Pessimist by policy, optimist by temperament–it is possible to be both. How? By never taking an unnecessary chance and by minimizing risks you can’t avoid. This permits you to play the game happily, untroubled by the certainty of the outcome. –Woodrow Wilson Smith AKA Lazarus Long ---
**Author:** ![matthie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5ac83/32.png) [@matthie](https://pheromonetalk.com/u/matthie)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2009, 11:57pm UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/lift-becoming-a-positive-force-great-new-book-free-for-the-next-50-people/31722/17 "2009-08-20T23:57:34Z")
Thank you so much for the generous offer. 🙂 I’ll buy the book myself so someone else, who is unable to afford the book, can benefit from it. ---
**Author:** ![floyd777](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ebca7d/32.png) [@floyd777](https://pheromonetalk.com/u/floyd777)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2009, 4:44am UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/lift-becoming-a-positive-force-great-new-book-free-for-the-next-50-people/31722/18 "2009-09-09T04:44:05Z")
Wow - this forum really is the best I’ve been to in a long long time. ---
**Author:** ![Snoopyace](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/pheromonetalk.com/snoopyace/32/1727_2.png) [@Snoopyace](https://pheromonetalk.com/u/Snoopyace)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2009, 6:12pm UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/lift-becoming-a-positive-force-great-new-book-free-for-the-next-50-people/31722/19 "2009-09-10T18:12:51Z")
Anyone who has been on the fence about buying this book really should consider getting it. I finally got mine from Amazon today and I’m already halfway through it. When I finish I am going to go back with a highlighter and make sure to highlight the passages I feel are most beneficial for me to remember. I’ve always tried to be a positive influence on the world but this book does an excellent job of giving me the tools I need to ‘be the change I want to see in the world.’ (to paraphrase Gandhi.) I also plan on getting a few copies to give out because I understand why Michael was so moved by this book. It really is very helpful. ---
**Author:** ![SteveO](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/87869e/32.png) [@SteveO](https://pheromonetalk.com/u/SteveO)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2009, 6:59pm UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/lift-becoming-a-positive-force-great-new-book-free-for-the-next-50-people/31722/20 "2009-09-18T18:59:51Z")
So far this is a FABULOUS book and is very well written and therefore easily digested. I’ll report with a full review when I’m finished. I like to take my time when reading and sometimes will read a sentence, paragraph, what not repeatedly until I feel it has completely rendered its content to me unequivocally. I’ve been reading Think and Grow Rich again for the past year. I presume that I should be done with Lift before the end of the year. Oh yeah if there was a molecule that I would say is synonymous with Lift: P96 [Next page](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/lift-becoming-a-positive-force-great-new-book-free-for-the-next-50-people/31722.md?page=2)