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    How Good Can It Get?: What I Learned from the Richest Man in the World
    How Good Can It Get?: What I Learned from the Richest Man in the World
    How Good Can It Get?: What I Learned from the Richest Man in the World
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    How Good Can It Get?: What I Learned from the Richest Man in the World

    By Alan Cohen

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    "Alan Cohen is a major, major player in the spiritual revolution taking place on our planet today. I love his work and want people to read and apply his message.” -Dr. Wayne W. Dyer, author of The Power of Intention and Change Your Thoughts--Change Your Life

    Most of us were taught that to reach our goals, we have to work hard and fight every step of the way. But it’s simply not true.

    Everything you need to know to achieve personal, financial, career, and relationship success is here in this modern-day, feel-good parable by bestselling author Alan Cohen. Take an inspirational journey with Mr. Everit, the avuncular owner of a wheelbarrow factory, and his management trainee, who challenge us to overcome our preconceived notions about money and our ability to create the good life.

    This touching prosperity parable illuminates the importance of attitude, expectation, and self-worth as keys to personal and business success. Cohen offers practical examples and tips in the context of an intriguing heartwarming story with a surprise twist. You’ll discover important lessons about changing from a fear mentality to a wealth mentality, overcoming small and self-defeating modes of thinking, and taking care of people while letting life take care of you.

    This refreshing mix of feel-good, home-spun, universal truths will make you think, laugh, cry, and remind you that the answer to your quest is closer to home than you may know.

    Cohen’s charming modern-day parable teaches us to overcome fear, relax, and enjoy the richness life has to offer. A mix of Paolo Coelho, Spencer Johnson, and Forrest Gump--a good tale about how to create the good life.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHampton Roads Publishing
    Release dateMay 1, 2011
    ISBN9781612830216
    How Good Can It Get?: What I Learned from the Richest Man in the World

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    How Good Can It Get? - Alan Cohen

    Lesson 1

    STARS BEYOND THE TELESCOPE

    SOME PEOPLE SAY THAT before we are born we make a date to meet everyone in our life who will affect our destiny. If I knew how much one odd man would change my world, I would have found my way to him when I was younger. But, then again, he taught me that there's a timing to life. Still, there are so many things I wish I had said to him. Maybe if I tell you my story, he will somehow hear. . . .

    I showed up for my interview at the wheelbarrow factory twenty minutes late. Bert Everit emerged from his little office wearing a new pair of Wranglers and a plaid flannel shirt just big enought to contain his modest Buddha belly. He greeted me warmly and shook my hand for a long time. I worried for a moment that he was going to hug me, but he didn't.

    I've been waiting for you, he told me right off.

    Had I blown the job before I even got hired? I couldn't afford that; my credit report was getting uglier by the day. Sorry I'm late . . . There was traffic on—

    No, no, don't worry about that, he laughed. I was just looking forward to meeting you.

    Did this guy greet every job applicant like this? Before I could make sense of his welcome, he whisked me off and introduced me to all the department heads as if I was a long-lost family member. Along the way he rested a comforting hand on my shoulder, looked me squarely in the eye, and asked me more questions about my life than my skills. In the hour I spent with him, he gave me more undivided attention than my therapist.

    I wasn't surprised when Mr. Everit invited me to stay for dinner. He escorted me to his studio apartment at the back of the factory, an oddball Hobbit hut strewn with a turtle shell from the Galapagos, overdue Anthony Robbins videos, and a rare collection of Yoda action figures. I had met people like him before. They were either nuts or geniuses. Maybe both.

    He donned a chef's hat personally autographed by Wolfgang Puck, cooked us up a tasty Cajun halibut, and then unlocked his private stash of cognac. I was astounded to watch this strange duck move with disarming simplicity, a homespun blend of mastery and humility.

    After dinner he took me out on his little patio overlooking a lush valley, where I could hear critters rustling in the night. How good is this? he uttered with eyes aglow as he inhaled a deep breath of country air. The moon had not yet risen, and in the dark of the night sky I was awestruck by a shimmering splash of stars across the heavens.

    Can you believe all those stars? I asked him.

    I can believe them—that's why I see them, he answered. Dominic didn't skimp on anything.

    Dominic? I turned to him and squinted, Who the heck is Dominic?

    Dominic is my name for God.

    Then why don't you just say, ‘God?’

    The word's gotten too beat up over the years. I like ‘Dominic.’

    Okay, Dominic it is.

    Dominic created the universe in fantastic abundance. Extravagant, even. Niagara Falls was His idea—not those silly little contraptions you put on your shower to save water. Jeez, you have to stand there twice as long to get wet. So what's the point? Ecologists should take a hint.

    I just sat there taking it all in, wondering if Bert Everit was an incognito sage or one fry short of a Happy Meal.

    Right where you're looking now, there are millions of stars, he went on, losing himself in a gaze. And billions more beyond them. He clasped his hands behind his head and leaned back so far I was afraid he would fall over. You could build a telescope bigger than Mt. Everest, and there would still be countless stars past its range. The universe is a bean counter's nightmare, but a mystic's delight.

    I never really thought of the universe as endlessly rich. I spent more time trying to figure out how to time my coming and going from my apartment so my landlord wouldn't corner me.

    Have you ever been to Hawaii? he asked abruptly.

    Hawaii? Are you kidding? Only seen it on TV and the movies.

    I went there on my honeymoon with Marlene. It's quite a place. Everything is gigantic! Palm leaves so big it takes two guys to load one in a truck. I asked a couple who live there, ‘Do you have seasons in Hawaii?’ The lady snickered, ‘Yes—every fall we argue over who is going to rake the leaf!’

    Was that really true, or was he just making this up as he went along?

    Ever been to Australia?

    Nope.

    I was there on business once. Saw a statue of a 12-foot prehistoric kangaroo. Momma! Can you imagine driving around a corner and running into one of those suckers? He slapped his thigh and laughed; he obviously got a kick out of himself.

    Ever been to prehistoric times?

    Did he, like, take me for a complete geek? Uh . . . not that I remember.

    Once, in a museum, I saw a replica of a prehistoric armadillo the size of a Volkswagen Beetle.

    Okay, already. And your point?

    He had toyed with me long enough. "Life was intended to be big and a lot. Everything, everywhere, in infinite supply, capable of reproducing itself in immeasurable quantities forever. Enough of everything for everyone. Always."

    Well, that might be, I thought, but then why do I have to go to the gas station to fill up my saggy left rear tire with air before I can drive anywhere? If I could afford a new tire, I would just buy one. Meanwhile, people are starving, trees are disappearing faster than Burger King sells Whoppers, and tap water tastes like transmission fluid. So what happened, Mr. Everit? I asked him up front. If the universe is so abundant, why have good things gotten so scarce and why doesn't everybody have everything they want?

    He stood there silently for a while. Maybe I stumped him, I thought. Finally he turned to me and asked, Do you need to get anywhere soon?

    I guess not. No dates with Britney Spears tonight.

    Then let's take a ride. Mr. Everit grabbed his keys and motioned for me to follow him.

    Lesson 2

    PYGMY THOUGHTS

    WE DROVE ABOUT TEN minutes along an old country road dotted with speed limit signs pockmarked with bullet holes by local yahoos. Stupid people with guns seemed to poke a big hole in Mr. Everit's life is good theory. Yet as I watched the

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