Joey Reiman - The Best Year of Your Life: Make It Happen Now!

Joey Reiman is author of the bestsellers THINKING FOR A LIVING and SUCCESS: The Original Hand Book. He is also chairman and chief executive officer of BrightHouse, an ideation company.

Reiman has won more than 500 national and international awards in competitions including the Cannes Film Festival in France.

A graduate of Brandeis University, Joeys advertising career has spanned the globe influencing the likes of General Foods to General Tire. In addition to serving Americas top Blue Chip clients such as The Coca-Cola Company, Joey was enlisted to help capture the 1996 Olympic Games for Atlanta, and he is active in the Atlanta Paralympics.

Joey is also one of the countrys most popular inspirational speakers. He has been invited to Americas largest and most prestigious conventions and organizations to share his philosophy and stories. He authored the off-broadway musical Discovery, studied filmmaking in Italy under director Federico Fellini, and is now writing a new book called Business at the Speed of Molasses. In 1987, Joey founded ORFUN, a nonprofit organization that raises money for emotionally battered children.

Joey, his wife, Cynthia, and their sons, Alden and Julien, live in Atlanta with their miniature horses, Holly and her baby, Little Horse, and their giant cat, Katsy.

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Joey Reiman

BRIGHT HOUSE

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3060 Peachtree Road Penthouse

Atlanta, GA 30305

- BOOKS I HAVE LEARNED FROM OVER THE YEARS

Brown, H. Jackson, Jr. Lifes Little Instruction Book. Nashville, Tenn.: Rutledge Hill Press, 1991.

Dyer, Wayne W. Real Magic. New York: Harper Collins Publishing, 1992

Heiby, Walter A. Live Your Life. New York: Harper & Row, 1966

Meyers, David G. The Result of Happiness. New York: William Morrow & Co., 1992

Preventions Giant Book of Health Facts. Emmaus, Pa.: Rodale Press, 1991.

Sark. A Creative Companion: How to Free Your Creative Spirit. Boston: Shambhala Publications, 1991.

Siegal, Bernie S. How to Live Between Office Visits: A Guide to Life, Love and Health. New York: Harper Collins, 1993.

The only risk in life is not taking one.

Take one now!

Dont take the day off. Take the day on.

Life is not a dress rehearsal. Its time to act.

Stop comparing yourself to others. Judging yourself this way causes 99 percent of lifes misery.

Dont should on yourself. Remove the word from your vocabulary.

If God isnt near, you moved. Get closer by taking a quiet walk.

Tune in to faith. Its your invisible means of support.

Hate people and you become their slave. Love them and you become their commander.

Be nice to everyone until 10:00 A.M. The rest of the day will take care of itself.

Sing outside the shower, too.

If you keep one foot in the past and one foot in the future, you end up tinkling on the present.

Dont seek a profession. Seek a passion.

Give a needy person five dollars.

It will make you feel like a million.

Hug a tree. For centuries Native Americans have believed that trees possess amazing energy. Tap into it!

Remember the word inspire means to breathe.

So take a deep breath and hold it for a count of 3.

Exhale at a count of 8.

Three-eight rhymes with create.

Dont act like a mouse or the cat will eat you.

If you want to talk to God, pray.

If you want to listen to God, meditate.

Smile. Everyone loves you.

They are just too shy to tell you.

The best present you can give yourself is the present.

Shoot for the stars. The worst that will happen is youll hit a planet.

If there is evil around you, just turn it around.

Now it spells live.

Find yourself a goal and you will have found one of the most beautiful places on earth.

Accept who you are. Then, be okay with it.

Think back to the finest moment of your life.

Now you know what reality really is.

Make every day a reality!

Dont worry about the money youve spent.

Would you rather have given it to a doctor?

Heres an easy 5,000-step exercise to alleviate stress: walk a mile.

Instead of crying over spilled milk, go milk another cow.

Remember the sign on Ted Turners desk: Lead, follow, or get out of the way.

Dont test the waters, make waves.

Keep in mind that success is a marathon, not a sprint.

Always live your life on purpose.

Get a massage and your spirit will get the message.

Tell a friend a secret.

Dance in your underwear.

Buy a new pair of shoes. Then go somewhere your old shoes have never been before.

Hug a friend and make sure youre the last to let go.

Dont take life so seriously. You wont get out alive.

Buy a newspaper and a cup of coffee and browse the world you live in.

Read all the good news you can find.

Give your mind a positive charge every morning by thinking a positive thought.

Keep a diary of everything youre doing right.

Fill it up.

Send a card to someone who needs a kind word.

Test-drive the car of your dreams.

Imagine you have all that you want and try to be nice to others.

Travel home a different way.

Instead of trying to move the boulder, break it into pebbles. Before you know it, youve moved mountains.

Become a vegetarian for a day.

Invite 5 people who cant say enough good things about you to dinner. Then just sit and listen.

Never forget that your goal in life is to wake up excited and go to bed feeling safe.

Bake a cake. Then eat it.

Go to a clothing store with a friend and tell her that you want to buy something for your best friend. Ask her to help you pick it out. When she does, have it gift-wrapped and give it to her.

Go to the park and swing.

Get a foot massage from a reflexologist and youll be able to conquer any feat in the world.

If youre having trouble believing, make believe and you will.

Forget you A.B.C.s and remember you C.B.As: Conceiving, Believing and Achieving.

The greatest pleasure in life is doing exactly what you think you cant do.

Believe, and unbelievable things will happen.

Act dont react.

Take the day off and spend time working on yourself.