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Prosperity Every Day: A Daily Companion on Your Journey to Greater Wealth and Happiness
With wisdom and strategies for becoming more prosperous every day of the year, this essential little volume from bestselling author Julia Cameron serves as a daily reminder of how to live a full and abundant life.
“People think of prosperity as a fiscal bottom line. ‘When I have X amount of money, I will feel better.’ The truth is that prosperity is a spiritual bottom line, and the formula should actually ‘When I have X amount of faith, I will feel better.’” —Julia Cameron
In this collection of 365 reflections on prosperity, readers will discover how they can become more prosperous with each new day of the year. According to Cameron, true prosperity has nothing to do with money. Rather, prosperity is about appreciating the life you have, even as you take practical steps to better your financial situation. Prosperity Every Day offers daily support on your journey toward greater prosperity—both in your wallet and in your life. Read daily, these meditations will put you on a spiritual path that will improve your solvency.
“People think of prosperity as a fiscal bottom line. ‘When I have X amount of money, I will feel better.’ The truth is that prosperity is a spiritual bottom line, and the formula should actually ‘When I have X amount of faith, I will feel better.’” —Julia Cameron
In this collection of 365 reflections on prosperity, readers will discover how they can become more prosperous with each new day of the year. According to Cameron, true prosperity has nothing to do with money. Rather, prosperity is about appreciating the life you have, even as you take practical steps to better your financial situation. Prosperity Every Day offers daily support on your journey toward greater prosperity—both in your wallet and in your life. Read daily, these meditations will put you on a spiritual path that will improve your solvency.
- GenresNonfiction
382 pages, Paperback
First published January 2, 2015
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About the author
Julia Cameron
93 books2,317 followersJulia Cameron has been an active artist for more than thirty years, with fifteen books (including bestsellers The Artist's Way, Walking In This World and The Right to Write) and countless television, film, and theater scripts to her credit. Writing since the age of 18, Cameron has a long list of screenplay and teleplay credits to her name, including an episode of Miami Vice, and Elvis and the Beauty Queen, which starred Don Johnson. She was a writer on such movies as Taxi Driver, New York, New York, and The Last Waltz. She wrote, produced, and directed the award-winning independent feature film, God's Will, which premiered at the Chicago International Film Festival, and was selected by the London Film Festival, the Munich International Film Festival, and Women in Film Festival, among others. In addition to making film, Cameron has taught film at such diverse places as Chicago Filmmakers, Northwestern University, and Columbia College. Her profound teachings on unlocking creativity and living from the creative center have inspired countless artists to unleash their full potential.
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December 23, 2014
This book was given to me by the GoodReads First-Reads program
If you're using Julia Cameron's book, The Prosperous Heart: Creating a Life of "Enough", you want this book. This companion volume offers daily reminders/meditations for the program described in The Prosperous Heart. It will help anyone stick to the changes Ms. Cameron suggests.
In sort, The Prosperous Heart: Creating a Life of "Enough" offers money management lessons for artists and other creative people with financial trouble. Ms. Cameron has managed to present fiscal control in concepts more readily absorbed by people who would rather focus on other things. Some of us love to surf the spreadsheets; others will benefit from Ms. Cameron's gentle assistance.
If you're using Julia Cameron's book, The Prosperous Heart: Creating a Life of "Enough", you want this book. This companion volume offers daily reminders/meditations for the program described in The Prosperous Heart. It will help anyone stick to the changes Ms. Cameron suggests.
In sort, The Prosperous Heart: Creating a Life of "Enough" offers money management lessons for artists and other creative people with financial trouble. Ms. Cameron has managed to present fiscal control in concepts more readily absorbed by people who would rather focus on other things. Some of us love to surf the spreadsheets; others will benefit from Ms. Cameron's gentle assistance.
December 2, 2014
I won this book in a Goodreads First Reads Giveaway....
I gave this book 5 stars because it has nothing but good things inside!! It is very enlightening and I will read every passage throughout the New Year. A great companion book!!
I gave this book 5 stars because it has nothing but good things inside!! It is very enlightening and I will read every passage throughout the New Year. A great companion book!!
January 7, 2015
The path toward financial success or financial freedom can often seem daunting. Sometimes you just need to start your morning with some encouraging words. Prosperity Every Day: A Daily Companion on Your Journey to Greater Wealth and Happiness (Tarcher/Penguin, 2015) is here to help. This devotional book gives short inspiring passages – most only a few sentences long – by artist Julia Cameron and musician Emma Lively, reflecting on the spiritual aspects of prosperity and motivating the reader to pursue a more fulfilling life.
To give you a taste, here is the entry for December 1:
"Money madness takes many forms. Financial anorexia is one of them. We refuse to deal with money, so we underearn and underspend. We get “high” on our lack of money."
While this is not normally the kind of book I’d pick up, I found it parts of it inspiring and motivating, during a time of a lot of job stress and financial worry. It particularly spoke to me on the subject of procrastination, something I’ve had to struggle with for a good three decades. The authors also have a lot to say about debt, money mismanagement, dependency, and issues of pride. Lacking practical advice, the book is not an instruction manual about how to get out of debt or become rich. Rather, it encourages the reader towards those goals.
While the book isn’t “religious” per se, it is “spiritual” and freely references God, the Creator, and the Spirit. This sort of bothered me because I was constantly wondering what the author meant, but the vagueness might appeal to a large number of readers coming from many different backgrounds. Something else that I didn’t like was the amount of repetition. Because I was reading a whole year’s worth of entries (including a leap year one) in less than two months, I found myself asking, “Didn’t I just read this?” However, for someone not reviewing it but going at a normal-once a day, this might not be an issue.
I’d like to make one last comment, and it’s not related to the content. It has to do with the timing of the release (January 2, 2015). This book – like a calendar – is supposed to be bought in December, so that it can be utilized and appreciated all year long. It would’ve made a great Christmas gift. Now anyone who buys it will have to start a few pages in or wait until a new year begins again. That shows very poor marketing, and I’m puzzled as to why neither the publishing staff nor the authors noticed. It would be unfortunate for Prosperity Every Day to never have a real chance because everyone’s already gotten their daily devotionals for 2015.
Disclaimer: I received an advanced copy (uncorrected proof) of this book as a First Reads giveaway winner on GoodReads.com. There was no obligation to write a review.
To give you a taste, here is the entry for December 1:
"Money madness takes many forms. Financial anorexia is one of them. We refuse to deal with money, so we underearn and underspend. We get “high” on our lack of money."
While this is not normally the kind of book I’d pick up, I found it parts of it inspiring and motivating, during a time of a lot of job stress and financial worry. It particularly spoke to me on the subject of procrastination, something I’ve had to struggle with for a good three decades. The authors also have a lot to say about debt, money mismanagement, dependency, and issues of pride. Lacking practical advice, the book is not an instruction manual about how to get out of debt or become rich. Rather, it encourages the reader towards those goals.
While the book isn’t “religious” per se, it is “spiritual” and freely references God, the Creator, and the Spirit. This sort of bothered me because I was constantly wondering what the author meant, but the vagueness might appeal to a large number of readers coming from many different backgrounds. Something else that I didn’t like was the amount of repetition. Because I was reading a whole year’s worth of entries (including a leap year one) in less than two months, I found myself asking, “Didn’t I just read this?” However, for someone not reviewing it but going at a normal-once a day, this might not be an issue.
I’d like to make one last comment, and it’s not related to the content. It has to do with the timing of the release (January 2, 2015). This book – like a calendar – is supposed to be bought in December, so that it can be utilized and appreciated all year long. It would’ve made a great Christmas gift. Now anyone who buys it will have to start a few pages in or wait until a new year begins again. That shows very poor marketing, and I’m puzzled as to why neither the publishing staff nor the authors noticed. It would be unfortunate for Prosperity Every Day to never have a real chance because everyone’s already gotten their daily devotionals for 2015.
Disclaimer: I received an advanced copy (uncorrected proof) of this book as a First Reads giveaway winner on GoodReads.com. There was no obligation to write a review.
July 30, 2015
LOVE Julia Cameron and her book: "The Artist's Way" is phenomenal, life changing and led me directly to a major change in my life, a major awakening. This daily devotional is just far too remedial for me...to simplistic. I am sure it is very helpful for many though.
April 2, 2015
I had thought this would be about spiritual prosperity vs $, so not as of much interest to me – but good for the spiritual peeps who need a bit of financial advice.
January 1, 2017
Excellent
Changes the way you view the world.
Helps get rid of old, false subconscious programming that sabotages your life. !
Changes the way you view the world.
Helps get rid of old, false subconscious programming that sabotages your life. !
April 6, 2017
I love Julia Cameron and The Artist's Way is my bible but I've found both her books on prosperity a little disappointing.
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