Shine: A Powerful 4-Step Plan for Becoming a Star in Anything You Do

by Larry A. Thompson

USE THE SECRETS OF THE STARS From one of Hollywood's premier star-makers--a four-step plan for becoming a star in everyday life From the high school homecoming queen to Hollywood celebrities, the boss's favorite employee, or a beloved relative, there is always one person whom everyone thinks is fantastic--a person who glows with star quality. What is it about some people that makes them so special? Now Larry Thompson, one of Hollywood's foremost producers and personal managers, shows you how to use the wisdom and life secrets of the stars to shine in any arena, whether it's the career track or the social scene. You will learn to maximize personal potential, abandon self-defeating strategies, and be the magnetic, and unforgettable, presence you've always wanted to be. All it requires is utilizing four essential--and

Genres: Nonfiction

246 pages, Hardcover

First published September 8, 2004

About the author

​​Larry A. Thompson is an acclaimed Hollywood film producer, personal manager, lawyer, book packager, author, Broadway Producer, and motivational speaker.

Thompson has managed the careers of over 200 Stars and produced 20 Movies for Television, 5 Motion Pictures, 2 Television Series, 9 Television Specials, and various Series Pilots.
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As a motivational lecturer and author, Thompson's bestselling self-help book, Shine: A Powerful 4-Step Plan For Becoming A Star In Anything You Do serves as the catalyst for Project Rise and Shine, an organization he founded whereby successful stars, who serve as role models to so many fans, can use their power of celebrity to uplift and motivate others to become stars in their own lives. This living community provides daily personal guidance and original inspiring programming through a dynamic online networking environment, a series of motivational workshops, and personal affirmative stories directly from celebrities themselves.

As a book packager, Thompson has also developed and packaged with Joan Rivers a series of murder mystery novels titled The Red Carpet Murder Mysteries. The first book in the series, Murder At The Academy Awards®, written by Joan Rivers with Jerrilyn Farmer, was published in hardcover by Pocket Books, a division of Simon & Schuster, on January 27, 2009. The Red Carpet Murder Mysteries is also being developed as a franchise of television movies.

Thompson also developed the book Men Are Stupid And They Like Big Boobs: A Woman’s Guide to Beauty Through Plastic Surgery, written by Joan Rivers with Valerie Frankel. It was published in hardcover by Pocket Books on December 30, 2008.

- excerpted from his website

Reviews

[Eman Afundee · Rating 3 out of 5]

الكتاب جميل يشمل النقاط المهمة في الوصول للشهرة والنجومية .. خطوات واقعية تحتاج للجهد رغم ان الكتاب أسرد بشكل مبالغ فيه في شرح النقاط .. فيه بعض من الحشو والتكرار .. إلا أنه بالمجمل جميل

[Sam · Rating 2 out of 5]

I got more than halfway through this book before losing interest in it. It was recommended to me by my old piano teacher.

Shine is a combined autobiography and self-help book. The author is a famous lawyer, manager, and producer in the music and film industries. His mother instilled her idea of success in him at an early age and he took it to heart, moving to Los Angeles at a young age and quickly working his way onto and up the ladder in the music industry then Hollywood.

The book contains what the author identifies as his keys to success. These keys are similar to what can be found in many other self-help books so you really just have to see if this author and book speak to you right now. The main key to the author's success is what he calls "rage." Rage is basically an unstoppable drive to do or achieve something. Other self-help books usually use similar terms like passion or purpose. As I mentioned, the author's mother instilled in him at a young age a rage to hobnob with celebrities and he took it to heart. I felt like the author just had this rage instilled in him by his mother, kind of like the way Tiger Woods had a rage for golf instilled in him by his father. It didn't seem like the author truly understood how others could find or develop this rage if they didn't already have it. Therefore, I found the book to be of little help to me.

[Narendra · Rating 4 out of 5]

Larry A. Thompson bercerita tentang kisah pengalamannya menjadi manajer lebih dari 200 bintang (film) dan produser film ternama. Dia merumuskan 4 hal yang harus dilakukan untuk menjadi seorang bintang di bidang apapun antara lain:
1. Kenali bakat anda
2. Fokuskan kemauan keras anda
3. Bentuk sebuah tim
4. Belajar meraih keberuntungan
Cocok dibaca oleh orang yang ingin meraih ketenaran, menjadi bintang dalam berbagai hal, khususnya bintang film.

[Reese Lightning · Rating 2 out of 5]

Bunk. Refers to such inspirational success stories as Lou Pearlman, Lance Armstrong, and Joe Paterno. Need I say more? I'm all for the power of a positive mental attitude, but there are countless better books on the subject.

[Tri · Rating 3 out of 5]

Belajar dari pengalaman Larry A. Thompson tentang bagaimana memaknai hidup sendiri dan hidup orang lain.