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Life & Love: Creating The Dream
Life & Love
Creating the Dream by Lisa Messenger.
DO YOU WANT TO BE DELIRIOUSLY, UNAPOLOGETICALLY HAPPY? IS IT POSSIBLE TO BE CALM, CENTRED AND GROUNDED WHILST LIVING IN A BUSY CITY, RUNNING A BUSINESS AND JUGGLING GROWN-UP RESPONSIBILITIES?
In her best-selling book Daring & Disruptive, serial entrepreneur Lisa Messenger shared the business insights gathered after years of success across multiple industries, including how to identify your true purpose, pinpoint your passions and create the working life most only dream of. But, while it can look perfect on paper, Lisa admits her life hasn’t always been that way. Blending advice from mentors and role models, together with lessons she’s learned the hard way, Lisa’s personal journey is proof that no mistake is undoable, no relationship is unfixable and no failure is in vain if you have the right attitude and an abundance of gratitude.
“In the short time I have known Lisa, she’s had an infectious spark, and a crazy, fun, anything’s possible, entrepreneurial attitude. She’s a woman to watch.”
- SIR RICHARD BRANSON
Creating the Dream by Lisa Messenger.
DO YOU WANT TO BE DELIRIOUSLY, UNAPOLOGETICALLY HAPPY? IS IT POSSIBLE TO BE CALM, CENTRED AND GROUNDED WHILST LIVING IN A BUSY CITY, RUNNING A BUSINESS AND JUGGLING GROWN-UP RESPONSIBILITIES?
In her best-selling book Daring & Disruptive, serial entrepreneur Lisa Messenger shared the business insights gathered after years of success across multiple industries, including how to identify your true purpose, pinpoint your passions and create the working life most only dream of. But, while it can look perfect on paper, Lisa admits her life hasn’t always been that way. Blending advice from mentors and role models, together with lessons she’s learned the hard way, Lisa’s personal journey is proof that no mistake is undoable, no relationship is unfixable and no failure is in vain if you have the right attitude and an abundance of gratitude.
“In the short time I have known Lisa, she’s had an infectious spark, and a crazy, fun, anything’s possible, entrepreneurial attitude. She’s a woman to watch.”
- SIR RICHARD BRANSON
- GenresNonfictionSelf Help
203 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2015
About the author
Lisa Messenger
47 books62 followersLisa Messenger is the vibrant, game-changing founder, CEO and editor-in-chief of Collective Hub. She launched Collective Hub as a print magazine in 2013, with no experience in an industry that people said was either dead or dying. Collective Hub has since grown into an international multimedia business and lifestyle platform with multiple verticals across print, digital, events and education – all of which serve to ignite human potential.
Five years and 52 issues into the print magazine Lisa made the courageous move to “break” the very thing that she started – the print magazine – enabling her to take some time and space to evolve into the next iteration and again disrupt… watch this space.
Lisa is an international speaker, best-selling author, and an authority on disruption in both the corporate sector and the start-up scene. Lisa’s experience in publishing has seen her produce over 400 custom-published books for companies and individuals as well as having authored and co-authored 24 herself.
Most notably, Lisa chartered her ride to success with her bestselling book Daring & Disruptive: Unleashing the Entrepreneur and its sequels Life & Love: Creating the Dream, which reached number-one on Booktopia; Money & Mindfulness: Living in Abundance, that shot to best-selling status within the first month; Breakups & Breakthroughs: Turn an Ending Into a Beginning and Purpose soon followed.
Her passion is to challenge individuals and corporations to get out of their comfort zones, find their purpose, change the way they think, and to prove there’s more than one way to do anything. She encourages creativity, innovation, and an entrepreneurial spirit, and lives life to the absolute max. Most mornings she wakes up and pinches herself at how incredible her life is, but is also acutely aware and honest about life’s bumps and tumbles along the way.
With fans including Sir Richard Branson and New York Times best-selling author Bradley Trevor Greive, and a loyal fan base, Lisa’s vision is to build a community of like-minded people who want to change the world.
Five years and 52 issues into the print magazine Lisa made the courageous move to “break” the very thing that she started – the print magazine – enabling her to take some time and space to evolve into the next iteration and again disrupt… watch this space.
Lisa is an international speaker, best-selling author, and an authority on disruption in both the corporate sector and the start-up scene. Lisa’s experience in publishing has seen her produce over 400 custom-published books for companies and individuals as well as having authored and co-authored 24 herself.
Most notably, Lisa chartered her ride to success with her bestselling book Daring & Disruptive: Unleashing the Entrepreneur and its sequels Life & Love: Creating the Dream, which reached number-one on Booktopia; Money & Mindfulness: Living in Abundance, that shot to best-selling status within the first month; Breakups & Breakthroughs: Turn an Ending Into a Beginning and Purpose soon followed.
Her passion is to challenge individuals and corporations to get out of their comfort zones, find their purpose, change the way they think, and to prove there’s more than one way to do anything. She encourages creativity, innovation, and an entrepreneurial spirit, and lives life to the absolute max. Most mornings she wakes up and pinches herself at how incredible her life is, but is also acutely aware and honest about life’s bumps and tumbles along the way.
With fans including Sir Richard Branson and New York Times best-selling author Bradley Trevor Greive, and a loyal fan base, Lisa’s vision is to build a community of like-minded people who want to change the world.
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September 7, 2021
This is the second book by Lisa Messenger that I read. I had a feeling I would LOVE it after reading Daring and Disruptive, but this book was the complete opposite. It was boastful and it felt like I was just listening to someone brag about their achievements for 200 pages (of which at least 50 were just pictures of her). This book was hard for me to even finish. There were some good takeaways, but they weren't worth the read.
March 26, 2019
A few harsh words written about this one by others. While it is more like a blog rather than a book, Lisa's anecdotes are refreshing as she's not afraid to laugh at herself. She's frank and vulnerable with gentle reminders to forge ahead with self growth interwoven.
August 27, 2017
Such an uplifting and honest book! Thanks for being such a positive influence to the world !!
October 7, 2017
Most of this book felt like I was reading articles in Dolly magazine for 14 years old girls... Definitely nothing groundbreaking here, and despite being so short this took me a while to read.
January 23, 2020
A fun, heartwarming and inspiring read. It feels like you are reading something written by a friend, so relatable and down to earth, showing that you can be highly successful and deeply grounded.
February 16, 2016
I loved Lisa Messenger's first book, but didn't get a great deal out of this one. I had the strong sense while reading that it was more of a long magazine article or blog post than a book. I guess this has something to do with Messenger's approach to book publishing - that of "turning them out" quickly. I might come across as a bit of a fuddy duddy when I write this - but personally, I don't want books turned out quickly! There are media for producing quick, unpolished, train-of-thought style material. For me, books should be a product of time, hard work, careful consideration, scrupulous editing. A book should feel considered and polished. This doesn't.
April 6, 2015
Lisa never fails to inspire and challenge me to push the limits of my beliefs and and preconceptions, both about myself and the world.
In Life & Love she challenges the popular opinion that you have to sacrifice things in one area of your life to achieve your goals in another area, proving through her own experiences that you really can be genuinely, unapologetically happy along the way, and that you can make time for everything that matters in your life.
Reading this book has made me a better, stronger, more genuine version of myself. Thank you Lisa, for once again changing my life. ❤️
In Life & Love she challenges the popular opinion that you have to sacrifice things in one area of your life to achieve your goals in another area, proving through her own experiences that you really can be genuinely, unapologetically happy along the way, and that you can make time for everything that matters in your life.
Reading this book has made me a better, stronger, more genuine version of myself. Thank you Lisa, for once again changing my life. ❤️
April 1, 2016
Lisa Messenger. Yes. A book about finding balance in your life, in all aspects. About living large and dreaming larger, all through being no one but you. Love.
August 3, 2016
Love this so much inspiration to be the best person I can be.
August 30, 2021
I quite enjoyed Lisas voice and the way she writes weaving in her own personal stories, I felt that it made it more real. I am definitely going to pick up more from her.
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