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    Happiness Is Possible: Towards Unconditional Happiness
    Happiness Is Possible: Towards Unconditional Happiness
    Happiness Is Possible: Towards Unconditional Happiness
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    Happiness Is Possible: Towards Unconditional Happiness

    By LUIS ALVES

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    A Manual For Those Looking Permanent Happiness In Their Life's.

    This is the English version of my best selling book "Ser Feliz é Possível", exclusively available in e-book format (Digital Book).

    In the book I talk about my life's path toward happiness. In the early chapters of the book you get to know my biggest challenges and my greatest achievements.

    In the remaining chapters, I talk about happiness and all essential points to achieve it. Each learning chapter ends with a dynamic or exercise so you can start building your unconditional happiness.

    An essential book for all who seek a new internal direction, greater mental clarity and greater emotional control.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherLUIS ALVES
    Release dateDec 20, 2014
    ISBN9781507029459
    Happiness Is Possible: Towards Unconditional Happiness
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    LUIS ALVES

    PORTUGUÊS: Luis Alves é Coach, Mentor, Palestrante e Autor. É especialista em Sucesso e Lei da Atração.  Possui 11 livros publicados dos quais se destaca o best-seller internacional "Sem Limites - O Guia Para Atrair Riqueza, Prosperidade e Abundância" que ocupa frequentemente o número 1 de vendas da sua categoria no Google Play, iTunes e Amazon.  Na lista dos seus livros mais vendidos destacam-se também as obras: "A Matriz Do Sucesso", "Pense Positivo", "Inspiração Para A Vida", "Como Melhorar A Sua Comunicação" e "Ser Feliz É Possível". A sua obra mais recente é o livro "Os Segredos De Um Casamento De Sucesso". É formado em Coaching e Mentoring pelo Instituto Holos, Programação Neurolinguística e Oratória pela American Union of NLP, Hipnoterapia pela American Alliance of Hypnotists e Lei da Atração e Comunicação Hipnótica pela Global Sciences Foundation. Considerado um dos mais promissores profissionais na área do desenvolvimento humano em língua portuguesa, o Autor conta com uma comunidade de mais de 500.000 leitores em todo o mundo. ENGLISH: Luis Alves is a Coach, Mentor, Speaker and Author. Expert in Success and in the Law of Attraction.  He has 12 books published including the international best-seller "Sem Limites – O Guia Para Atrair Riqueza, Prosperidade e Abundância" which often ranks number 1 in sales in its category in Google Play, iTunes and Amazon.  Graduated in Coaching and Mentoring by the Holos Institute, Neuro-Linguistic Programming and Public Speaking by the American Union of NLP, Hypnotherapy by the American Alliance of Hypnotists and Law of Attraction and Hypnotic Communication by the Global Sciences Foundation.  Considered one of the most promising professionals in the area of personal development in Portuguese language, the author has a community with over 500,000 readers worldwide.

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    • 5/5
      In this book I truly found happiness in a way I was not expecting. The way the author explains about conditional and unconditional happiness opened my horizons.

      I was somehow expecting just another self help book so I was surprised by this new approach. I think that the fact of the author is European makes a big different when compared to US and UK authors. I can relate more with this step by step process for my self knowledge.

      I feel the chapters are we written and the text is fluid and simple to understand. All the ideas presented are logical and I feel the author have many experience in the "feelings" department.

      I recommend it to all the people searching for a inner light and to use the power of feelings to unleash a new Self.
    • 5/5
      I loved this book!
      I was going through a bad time in my life and it simply transformed myself.

      The exercises make us think about life in a different manner and it enabled me to unlock my full potential.

      I truly recommend it to anyone who thinks happiness is just for others. I can't wait for more titles in English by this author.

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    Happiness Is Possible - LUIS ALVES

    CHAPTER 1 - MY PURSUIT FOR HAPPINESS

    I was born in September 11, 1980, in the beautiful city of Oporto (Portugal) and, from a very early age, I showed I was someone extremely ambitious and paraphrasing my parents:  someone who always dreamed too high. Growing up in the 80 had numerous advantages, especially for a kid like me, hungry for innovation, communication, arts and freedom of expression. From my parent’s connection to the world of music, I always had contact with culture. Therefore, I started training in that area at the age of four, which allowed me to explore my communication skills in a very rich and pleasant way. As I was evolving in my knowledge, I started to want to be on the stage as something more permanent and, just before I turned twelve years old, I followed that first big dream.

    Since that idea popped into my mind, I looked around for accomplices that could also share my motivation. Quickly, and along with a great friend from my childhood, the first lines of that dream, started to appear. At this point, even if it was in its earlier stage, my mind was focused only on the ultimate objective: the stage, the music and the audience.

    Quickly, the idea of one person became the idea of two, and therefore it was not a surprise when others joined the project. The first obstacle was surpassed in a very curious way. We started without any money, without any musical instruments and without any support. We only had one dream in our minds and a lot of determination. Quickly, we have arrange the support we needed from the Oliveira do Douro’s parish,  near where I lived until the age of twenty-five and we started officially working.

    The band, called R3st in Peace had now five members and began gradually to make presence in some stages in the northern region of the country. Several challenges were appearing along my way and, consequently, in the path of the band. After each overrun, every show, every song created and composed, the feeling of happiness was tremendous, something that filled my body with energy and continued to feed my initial dream.

    During more than ten years, the project kept evolving, having performed a substantial number of shows. During this period, three original works were written in the Studio, there were published several articles in the specialty press, we gave interviews on television and radio, participated in national competitions and we have achieved regional awards. No doubt, those were years of great emotion and a lot of Happiness.

    Interestingly, we were never a band of national recognition. Anyway, we had the need to contribute with other garage bands, through the creation of regional festivals, where we offer as a prize a studio-recording contract. Even then, it became evident my natural desire to help other people pursue their dreams. Fortunately, many of these projects ended up growing up and won national recognition. I not only learned that it was possible to follow my dreams and get my own happiness, and at the same time, there was still time to help other people who, like me, were walking on the same life road.

    Later on, the second major pursuit of happiness came in the sentimental department. The first serious relationship, the search for personal affirmation and for someone who could fill the space that my heart had reserved. In 1998, that relationship came and lasted seven years. Along the years, several moments of achievements and victories were lived, many moments of joy were present but, at the same time, several unknown feelings emerged.

    Throughout that relationship, I have experienced frustration, anger, betrayal, suffering, loneliness, depression and the deep feeling of not belonging to anything or anybody. It was a moment extremely complicated, because, as I have always done, my delivery was complete and I had to submit myself to the consequences from my lack of defenses. However, this relationship was very rich in terms of experience and brought me valuable lessons that today are part of my experiential heritage.

    Even during the period of that relationship, I began my quest for professional happiness. After a brief passage by a market research company, I became a fashion consultant in the Massimo Dutti stores chain. After a year trying, I had finally joined the company. I worked in the Group for about a year and, as my work quickly gain prominence I was invited to be a store manager in the Throttleman group, by a client, who held a position of leadership in the company. This evolution and achievement brought me an enormous feeling of pleasure and a fantastic state of happiness. At the same time, there is also the feeling that I needed to expand my vision and my professional goals.

    Being aware that I had a remarkable aptitude for fashion, I decided to pursue another dream. I wanted at all costs to become a fashion designer and so I did. I completed my graduation at the Gudi Fashion School (Oporto), and complemented it, with other courses in the area, always searching for professional mastery.

    During the time of my fashion training, I have participated in the exhibition the car in time and space at the Museum of transports and communication (Oporto), with a collection inspired in the 1920’s. I have also won the third place in the New Talents in Fashion contest in the Mod'tíssimo trade show (Oporto), and have participated in several other trade fairs and events. All this involvement with the fashion industry gave me an enormous satisfaction and pleasure witch I continued to intensify when I entered the market place.

    After my graduation, I began my career in a small company in downtown Oporto (Platô Jeans), and quickly, I wish higher flights. I then started working in Ferrache, a national exposure company based in Barcelos (Braga) where I stayed until late 2006. During the years I worked in the company, there were several moments of happiness, annual trips to Spain as public relations at the Madrid’s International Fashion Week, training teams for the stores, fashion design, windows shop decoration and many other activities.

    Due to the constantly mutation in the fashion industry, I felt the need to acquire new skills. I chose to complement my training with several other courses related to marketing and communication in Citex (Oporto). Curiously, throughout 2006 I reached a professional stagnation phase. I began to feel the weight of the mechanical and repetitive work, which became monotonous and less challenging.

    At the same time, I receive an invitation to create a new brand with other group from the North of Portugal, who gave me full autonomy. I could not only put into practice my ideas, as at the same time highlighting me as freelancer professional.

    Before resuming my pursuit for professional happiness, I must get back to love field. In 2005, and after an extremely complicated stage, I managed to overcome my fears, and finally ended the unhealthy relationship I had at the time. As usual in these cases, a new relationship was totally out of the question. For several months, I focused only on my career and I tried to forget any romantic relationship.

    After a while, I started to feel the need to regain my emotional stability. So, I

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