Having it All

by John Assaraf

Our schools and parents teach us only a small fraction of what we need to learn in order to reach our true potential and achieve success. The rest we must learn through our own trials and tribulations. 'Street kid' John Assaraf broke free from a troubled past to create a multi-million dollar empire. In Having it All, Assaraf tells of his discovery that, no matter what kind of difficult circumstances someone happens to be in at any one time, he or she can achieve whatever they want in life. By combining old-world wisdom and street-smart tactics, Assaraf created the life of his dreams. He shares his method here.

Genres: Self Help, Nonfiction, Personal Development, Audiobook, Business, Philosophy, Spirituality

240 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 2003

About the author

For over 25 years, John Assaraf has been seeking and finding the secrets to success—both in business and in life.

John Assaraf is a two time New York Times bestselling author, lecturer, business growth expert and entrepreneur.

His expertise for achieving the psychology and strategies for success in life and business has him as a frequent guest on Larry King Live, Anderson Cooper 360, The Donny Deutsch Show, Ellen DeGeneres and numerous radio and print media worldwide.

John appeared as one of the featured experts in the movie “The Secret” which he helped launch into a worldwide phenomenon and in the PBS special “Quest for Success” with the Dali Lama and Richard Branson.

In the past 25 years, he has grown four multimillion dollar companies and
his current company OneCoach has helped over 5000 small business owners’ increase revenues profits and value.

His first book, Having it All, made it to The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal bestseller lists. In 2008 his Second Book "The Answer" Grow any business, achieve financial freedom and live an extraordinary life, also became a runaway hit making it to New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestseller lists with 60 days of it's release, see www.readtheanswer.com

His business passion is OneCoach, a company dedicated to helping small business owners and entrepreneurs grow their businesses so they can live extraordinary lives.

John resides in Southern California and his passions are spirituality, his family, traveling, cooking, exercise, and making a significant and positive impact in the lives of others.

Reviews

[Avel Rudenko · Rating 5 out of 5]

I am happy that Assaraf is living the life of his dreams, one he envisioned, spent time germinating and incubating with deep seeded emotion, in his brain, daily. Now that I know how it is done, now I will. I have used many of the techniques in this book, some of which are not new, just presented in another light. One thing I particularly like about John Assaraf, is that he demonstrates the benefits of having a degree from the 'university of life'. Far too many of us place too much importance on "official" university degrees and rubber stamps. John Assaraf's sincerity comes through in this audiobook. Highly Recommend!

[Rania Succar · Rating 2 out of 5]

Lots of books with the same idea. If you want good things in life put your trust in God, be positive, really positive and ask Him in abundance. Expect beautiful things.
"أنا عند ظن عبدي بي"

[General · Rating 3 out of 5]

The focus of the book is regarding the Law of Attraction. Rewire your brain with positive thoughts (so that you can match your consciousness with your subconscious mind) and believe in yourself. Another subject named many times is the efficacy of meditation, which the author doesn't explain in detail what to do, rather just an invite to make your life more positive.

[Alison Livingston · Rating 2 out of 5]

I don't know if I want to have it all. I would settle with just having enough.

[Cullen Haynes · Rating 3 out of 5]

Quite an insightful read; albeit also quite generic in approach. In similar form as 'The Secret' Assaraf charts his life, and goes onto explain ways of living a life full happiness, joy, love and worth.

His personal story, though impressive, of a street boy who managed to grow a multi-million dollar business empire, has many of the chapters read more like platitudes just to fill the pages.

I enjoyed it nonetheless.

[R.A. Bentinck · Rating 5 out of 5]

An exceptional personal development book. Well written John Assaraf

[Ghouzlaoui Zakaria · Rating 5 out of 5]

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[Bridget · Rating 5 out of 5]

Best PD read to date. The addition of physics and brain science make it a unique approach and something for everyone. Accessible and applicable. A definite favorite.

[Ana Rangel · Rating 3 out of 5]

It's inspiring and it makes you question your mindset

[Suha · Rating 3 out of 5]

الكتاب جيد وبه طرق جيدة لكتابة وتقسيم الأهداف

[Jennifer Gamboa · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is the first book I read by John after seeing him in “The Secret”. It is very good.

[Dimas · Rating 5 out of 5]

I think this book for me...

[Gloria Cowdery · Rating 5 out of 5]

Awesome book! Great practical advice, revelations, and insight on how the mind works when you 'take the leap' of reinventing yourself!

[Anita Renaghan · Rating 5 out of 5]

I like motivational books, and this one was insightful.

[Adrian · Rating 3 out of 5]

I got some useful stuff out of this book like visualizing your goals achieved and writing those goals out from the point of view of already having achieved them.

[Seemy · Rating 3 out of 5]

A good reminder about how the brain and mind function, and how powerful they can be in impacting our everyday thoughts and life outlook -

This book will help you on how to use and frame your mind/brain for getting the best out of yourself and what you want out of life - foundational self help content for the familiar and newbie

To Our Continued Success!
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[David Geschke · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book started out very strong for me, really liked the first half a lot. First book of John Assaraf's that I have read. The reason's it doesn't get five stars from me have to do with the latter portions of the book. I've never been a big fan of books that have "workbook" sections where you have to list this, that and the other things and think specifically about what's right and/or wrong with your current situation. I've read several books like this, they always bog down at that point in the book so I usually avoid them entirely. Didn't realize that was a part of this book when I started it. The beginning portion was SO good that I went through all the workbook exercises and was able to finish the remaining chapters and then entire book. Worthwhile read. I'd read more from him in the future based on the quality here.

[Yazaid Ahmed · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is a must read, it just shows you no matter how hard you are having it right now success is still possible for you and you will actually find out that the very same tough life you are having is the very same life providing you with the necessary training that you will later use to have it all.

I actually had to go through parts of this book again to re-enforce the principles I learned. definitely a must read.

[Dustan Woodhouse · Rating 5 out of 5]

A light read if you have read dozens of books in this genre already. Yet still a nice synopsis of a lot of material.

The interesting thing for myself was the number of parallel points I hit on in a recent presentation. So many that anyone in the audience who read this book would have thought I had too. Instead it has been my own journey, experiences, and readings that drew me to many of the same conclusions.

With the small time investment for sure.

[Sandra · Rating 3 out of 5]

Great ideas on how to find and get your dreams going towards being realities. Learned some great things in this book. Things that made me say: "Wow--that's cool!" Funny part of learning these things, is that they were always right there in front of my but I never saw them in that perspective before.

[James · Rating 5 out of 5]

Inspirational quick read..
The Main Message That I Received From The Book...
We all have INFINITE POTENTIAL, and it's up to us to create the life that we want. So, if you're going to create a life for yourself... why not have it all!

John offers many valuable exercises in the book for indentifying & creating the change you desire.

[Mshai · Rating 2 out of 5]

The book is a brief summary of several neuro-linguistic programming texts I have come across (like Rhonda Byrne's The Secret) but the most practical aspect of it is the Daily Results Planner at the end.

With a journal, it is easy to set the tone for the year by planning it 30-60-90 days ahead.

That is the one highlight I loved from this book, as short as it was.

[Kevin · Rating 2 out of 5]

I only made it through a few chapters, got bored.

[Ryan · Rating 3 out of 5]

Listened to audio book on CD in summer/fall 2008. It was pretty good.

[Betsy · Rating 3 out of 5]

Read the old version, may want to check out the new one. Heard a lot of this before, but always good to hear again. Will read anything by him.

[Lincoln · Rating 5 out of 5]

Super positive and motivational with some pretty good ideas. Really short too which makes it an easy pick up.

[Blessing Ajuwon]

if i can read this book,i believe i can have it all.....

[E. Scott Harvey]

Good motivational book. A little "new-agey" at times, but still some solid principles.

[Lisa Whitehead · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great self coaching book, with simple exercises to follow!

[Gary · Rating 5 out of 5]

Really practical book with many exercises that if you open up to and give 100% will put you in the mind frame to be the success story you want to be.