Steve Shallenberger - Becoming Your Best

Praise for Becoming Your Best

I have a few books on my shelves that have deepened my appreciation of profound principles of life. I have many that articulate strategies and tools that lead to greater results in many domains. But I own precious few that excel at both. Shallenberger not only invites careful thought about first principles, but offers generous wisdom from a lifetime of experience to make them live in your life. This is not a book to read. It is a book to live.

Joseph Grenny, coauthor of Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes Are High and Influencer: The New Science of Leading Change

If youre motivated to improve, dont put down this book until youve read every page. Whatever your profession or background, Becoming Your Best provides a masterful approach. Its filled with real-life, inspirational stories as well as powerful tools that an individual, family, or organization can immediately implement.

Jack Canfield, coauthor of The Success Principles and Chicken Soup for the Soul

Steve Shallenberger has been an inspiring leader in several companies and three different industries, while at the same time being highly sought after as a guide to others through their own business and personal development. Becoming Your Best is the distillation of that lifetime of experience into a set of clear, timeless principles from which all of us can learn how to develop and sustain excellence. Its the most valuable time you will spend with a book this year!

Randal Quarles, Managing Director, the Carlyle Group and former Under Secretary of the U.S. Treasury

Steve Shallenberger is a positive influence on everyone he meets. Hes distilled the principles that have steered his own life into Becoming Your Best.

Richard and Linda Eyre, New York Times bestselling authors of The Entitlement Trap and Teaching Children Values

I can say with confidence that the principles taught in this groundbreaking book will provide you with a foolproof road map on how to excel in life. Whether youre interested in becoming the best CEO, coach, athlete, spouse, or parent or becoming the best in your career, you need look no further than applying what is taught in Becoming Your Best.

Dallin Larsen, Founder and Chairman, MonaVie

In Becoming Your Best, Steve Shallenberger masterfully teaches how to blend all of the variables that you control with eternal principles of success. He also helps people to see that they can control vastly more variables than they would ever have believed. I believe this book will positively change who you become. It will make you more successful in any pursuit, but, more important, it will help turn you into the person you might otherwise only dream of becoming.

Blake Roney, Founder and Chairman, Nu Skin

A fascinating book on understanding and improving ones personal balance, ones relationships, and ones leadership and management success. I wish I could have had this book when I started my Air Force career in 1970. Steve Shallenbergers research, timeless stories, and delightful writing style make this a book youll want to refer to for the rest of your lifeI know I will! Enjoy.

Gregory Speedy Martin, General, USAF (Retired)

A must read for anyone looking to lead themselves and others through a transformation of success in life, family, and business. This is one of those books that I will pass down to my son in hopes that he will adapt Steves 12 guiding constants for becoming your best. Required reading for anyone who strives for excellence.

James D. Murphy, author of Flawless Execution and Founder/CEO, Afterburner, Inc.

Becoming Your Best is a fun and inspiring book to read. It provides simple yet compelling strategies for dramatically improving your effectiveness, level of accomplishment, and personal satisfaction in the way you go about doing it. I highly recommend this book for corporate leaders.

Bob Marquardt, President, Management & Training Corporation

Ive worked with thousands of speakers who have amazing ideas. Steve and his team have developed something powerful in Becoming Your Best. Every person, family, or organization needs to attend a live Becoming Your Best event and read this book. Its a game changer!

James Malinchak, featured on ABCs hit TV show, Secret Millionaire, founder, www.BigMoneySpeaker.com

Performing a leading role in The Phantom of the Opera demanded my best every single night. Becoming Your Best offers a unique step-by-step process that will teach you how to give a Broadway-caliber performance in your life and business!

Sandra Joseph, coauthor of Your Creative Soul: Expressing Your Authentic Voice

Many people talk about ways to improve, but the team at Becoming Your Best is unique because they actually provide an organized blueprint to help anyone achieve their best. This book is not only motivational and inspirationalit also gives you the specifics on how to take action.

Michal Y. Noah, PhD and author of AZ: The Universe in Me

Becoming Your Best is a powerful and simple approach. The unique approach taught in this book can be used by an executive, individual, family, or organization.

Anson Dorrance, Womens Soccer Coach, North Carolina, 22-time Collegiate National Champion

Becoming Your Best has made an amazing difference in my life and the lives of all the associates I work with. It is a system that is invaluable and has had a profound impact on so many areas in my professional and personal life. I use this system with my office staff continuously, and they are always amazed at the results. The 12 guiding constants are a way of life for me, and by using them on a daily basis, they have brought me a life of happiness and joy!

Julie Richardson, CEO, Energy Efficiency Inc.

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