It’s about time I started to write something down. I’m starting the blog as a support function for the book, The Physics of Success: Getting the Car You Want from the Universe You Live In.
The book is in final stages: final editing, diagrams, and tables, at least a couple of weeks out from sumitting something for proof. The big challenge is the holiday season. Come on, already, people! Christmas happens every year, but this book is a once-in-a-lifetime event! Get your priorities straight!
My background is engineering, and I have always had an interest in physics. As a business owner, I studied several success methods, and became convinced that they worked, although I didn’t really buy any of the explanations. I was recently grappling with some of different theories of physics being debated in contemporary scientific literature; as I grew to understand them, I realized they provided a solid explanation of why “success principles” (pretty much any of them) actually lead to success.
It’s a different way of looking at the world – think in terms of realizing the world is round instead of flat. Although it’s fairly easy to understand, it is not intuitive and requires more than just a casual conversation to get the point across. I started writing down the underlying concepts – everyday stuff – and building on that to include concepts that are routine to modern physicists, but hardly known at all to the general population.
After the basic concepts are presented, I propose a viewpoint that uses these concepts to explain why things happen, even on a personal level. With that new paradigm, readers will be able to clearly understand how nearly any success method works (I include a generic technique in one chapter).
I’ve found this knowledge to be invaluable in keeping my life on track, and understanding what is going on in the world around me. It can stand alone as a guide to success, or it can be used to supplement and fine tune any process that the reader chooses.
The book will be approximately 250 pages, and includes a glossary, recommended reading, and an appendix with expanded discussion on a few key points of interest.
One of my ideas is to post the “Miracle of the Day”, an idea I’m stealing out of a Robert Heinlein novel, and a topic in The Physics of Success.
Stop by. Check back for status on the book, and maybe a few peeks inside.
-MC
