Jill Liberman - Success Factor X: Inspiration, Wisdom, and Advice from 50 of Americas Best

PRAISE FOR

This book reminds us all that we can make a difference and be a change agent. Success Factor X will inspire you to lead by example, challenge, and transform.

DIMITRI HALKIDIS , president and founder of Boo2Bullying

Through the fifty amazing and diverse people featured in this book, three things are accomplished: knowledge is shared, goals seem attainable, and inspiration overflows. This book is a great example of paying it forward.

JAMES LOTT JR. , host of The SOS Show with James Lott Jr.

Ive always heard if you want to know how to succeed, hang around people whove already gotten where you want to go! I would add to that by saying, if you cant physically be where they are, read what theyve written. Nowhere will you find a greater collection of highly accomplished people than in this book. It is chock-full of pearls of wisdom from some of the most successful humans on the planet! If youre looking to ignite your own passion for success, this must-read book is where you want to start!

TONY MCEWING , Emmy Awardwinning news anchor for Good Day LA and FOX 11 Morning News

A beautiful coffee-table tome that explores the topic of success with such joy and encouragement that its impossible not to be moved by the stories of its participants. Their enthusiasm and inspiration is contagious, and just what our troubled world needs right now. When it comes to the Success Factor, X indeed marks the spot.

TOM STACY , senior writer at Soap Opera Digest

Its been said that theres no secret formula to success. That may be true, but there is frank, helpful, and intelligent advice to be found in the pages of Success Factor X: Inspiration, Wisdom, and Advice from 50 of Americas Best. This book compiles stories from myriad people who have achieved great success in unique and diverse fields. What the contributors have in common is personal stories that will inspire readers to persevere and persist until they achieve their dreams. This book doesnt preachrather, it presents stories of success, and from those stories, the reader can feel inspired, something necessary to get through the inevitable challenging periods.

Authors Sean Kanan and Jill Liberman, who also share their journeys in this book, have assembled an impressive list of participants, including businessman/investor Mark Cuban (Shark Tank), Emmy-winner Susan Lucci (All My Children), and cosmetics mogul Dimitri James (Skinn Cosmetics).

Whether you want to own a professional sports team, perform in the arts, or create a product line doesnt really matter. The stories found in this collection are universal for anyone who wants to bring their visions to fruition and then breathe in the sweet smell of success.

Read on and become inspired to more fully live the life youve always wanted to live.

MICHAEL MALONEY , author of The Young and Restless Life of William J. Bell

Success Factor X is this years literary anthological compilation for the masses, webbing together fifty of the most composed and eclectic artists, actors, directors, writers, literary gurus, and entrepreneurs, in my opinion, to be assembled. The thought-provoking subjects take the reader on an otherwise unwavering journey that toggles between spirited concepts about life and lifes ultimate quest and, in that, rising to the occasion when the occasion isnt necessarily handed to you.

The books ideas reveal a collision between the potentiality of success in tandem with the recognition of subtle and sometimes unidentifiable or unannounced hardships that life will inevitably bring to us all. That being said, each page reveals the common thread of passion, drive, and tenacity that provokes ones craft to speak for itself again and again. A talking book that will definitely speak to, connect with, and provoke the masses who engage each page.

WILLIAM LANKFORD , writer and editor at Juxtapoz Art Magazine

Success Factor X gleans wisdom directly from some of the most powerful, wealthy, and famous people in the world. Its beauty resides in its embrace of the mindset that these qualities are not what define success. It encourages you to discover a personal path to happiness and stay the course. Although its not a road map, it provides some helpful mile markersdozens of iterations of the words love and gratitudefor your journey.

JIM MERCURIO , screenwriter, development executive, and filmmaker

2019 Jill Liberman and Sean Kanan

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ISBN 13: 978-1-4621-3607-0

Published by Plain Sight Publishing, an imprint of Cedar Fort, Inc.

2373 W. 700 S., Springville, UT 84663

Distributed by Cedar Fort, Inc., www.cedarfort.com

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data on file.

Cover and interior design by Shawnda T. Craig and Sarah Wakefield

Cover design 2019 Cedar Fort, Inc.

Edited and typeset by Kaitlin Barwick and Nicole Terry

This book is dedicated to the highly accomplished actors, athletes, musicians, and industry leaders who gave their time to share what success means to them. Thank you for your inspiration, generous spirit, and insightful contributions.

We also dedicate this book to you, our readers, who share our passion for excellence and for traveling on this continuing road toward greater success.

Sean and Jill believe that an important part of success is giving back. A portion of the sale of each book is proudly being donated to the American Red Cross, a humanitarian organization that provides emergency assistance and relief to people affected by disasters across the country and around the world.

Contents

Foreword by Jimmy Star

PRODUCER DIRECTOR AUTHOR

I n the media-driven world were immersed in 24/7, were constantly bombarded with the pressures to find successhowever we choose to define it. Part of what makes this book so special, though, is the diversity of the stories within it, helping us see that there are multiple ways to succeed and diverse paths to attaining glory. From the comic timing of Jason Alexander to Harry Wayne Casey, the disco pioneer who created KC and the Sunshine Band, from boxing promoter Don King and his historic matchups in the ring to the historic prowess of investor Mark CubanSuccess Factor X presents us with stimulating stories of what success can be.