Optimal Thinking: How to Be Your Best Self

by Rosalene Glickman

"The quantum leap beyond positive thinking, Optimal Thinking offers a whole new way of looking at life, business, and relationships. This prescriptive self-improvement book is filled with superlative information for every type of reader."

Genres: Self Help, Business, Nonfiction, Personal Development, Psychology, Personal Growth

256 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2002

About the author

Thought leader, Rosalene Glickman, Ph.D. is the international best-selling author of Optimal Thinking, hailed by academia and the media as "the successor to positive thinking" and "the essential ingredient for best practices, personal, interpersonal, and organizational optimization."

Dr. Glickman is President of The World Academy of Personal Development Inc., a Marina del Rey, Los Angeles optimization training and consulting firm. Rosalene is also a UCLA instructor (eMBA Program) and a distinguished expert witness in cognitive analysis and leadership development. She served as the Director of Professional Development for The American Society for Training & Development in Los Angeles.

Rosalene has provided executive and life coaching, business consulting and training for individuals and organizations including Warner Bros., Johnson & Johnson, U.S. Army, Young Presidents' Organization, BP, California State University (School of Business Administration), National Australia Bank, Internal Revenue Service, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Century 21 Real Estate, Red Bull, Australian Institute of Management, Mensa, and Air New Zealand.

Dr. Glickman is the recipient of the "Woman of the Year" award for National Business Women's Week in Hollywood. She has been nominated for special recognition by Queen Elizabeth II for Australia's highest award, The Order of Australia.

This Optimal Thinking woman is a seasoned print and electronic media interviewee. She has been featured on Bloomberg TV, Fox News Channel, CBS Weekend Magazine, New York Times, Association Management Magazine, Government Executive Magazine, Inc magazine, Business Review Weekly, Australian Business Magazine, The Australian, The Age, Personal Success Magazine, Successful Selling and Managing Magazine, Woman's World Magazine, L.A. Weekly, and the list goes on.

Dr. Glickman, who was born in Australia, lives in Los Angeles. She began her career as a high school Physics and Chemistry teacher, and later became Chair of the Science Department. She has earned a Ph.D. in Psychology, a Teaching diploma and a degree in Business Administration.

Reviews

[Sandra · Rating 5 out of 5]

I am an enthusiastic reader of business and personal development books. This book is a classic that outshines all positive thinking books. It stops us from settling for second best in any situation. Excellent!

[Daisya Spencer · Rating 1 out of 5]

This is supposed to be a self-help book on how to essentially think more positively. The reason I picked this book up was that I've always struggled to do so, so I was hoping this could help even a little bit and it didn't. I listened to this on audiobook and it was the worst decision I've ever made. The music made this book less serious and I couldn't really focus at all. I just got annoyed. And then there was a whole portion where it was just ocean sounds. This was just a waste of time.

[Demorie DeSpain · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not my favorite self improvement book. But I did like how interactive it was. The author was continually asking you questions that really got you thinking and she included a lot of real life examples to make it easy to understand. I also liked how there was a lot of opportunity to write things down and figure out where you stand when it comes to optimal thinking.

[Eva · Rating 2 out of 5]

I think this is one of those books that either does something for you or it doesn't. I'm apparently in the latter camp. A friend recommended it highly, but the advice didn't resonate with me.

[Rym Nihad · Rating 3 out of 5]

النسحة العربي #شكراًمكتبةالمعادي :-D

[Danijel · Rating 4 out of 5]

Optimalno mišljenje

str. 35- moto produktivnega sveta je že desetletja "Misli pozitivno!". Medtem število ločitev raste, zelo inteligentni ljudu so nesrečni, morala in etika naših voditeljev pa je pogosto dvomljiva.

KAJ JE NAJBOLJŠE, KAR LAHKO STORIM V TRENUTNIH OKOLIŠČINAH?

Str. 65- "Zaupajte svojim notranjim namigom. Ponavadi temeljijo na dejstvih, ki ste jih popravili tik pod zavestjo." - dr. Joyce Brothers.

Str. 70- ko sebi in drugim postavite najboljša vprašanja, pritegnete najboljše rešitve.

Str. 73- pet optimalni vprašanj za začetek dneva:
1 Kaj mi je najpomembnejše?
2 Kateri cilji so danes najpomembnejši?
3 Katera dejanja bodo danes najbolj koristila moji samozavesti in samospoštovanju?
4 Kaj lahko danes vsako dejanje naredi kar najdonosnejše/najkoristnejše/najprijetnejše?
5 Kako lahko v tem trenutku najbolje porabim svoj čas?

Str. 77- iz trenutka v trenutek se zavestno odločite biti najboljše, kar ste, in misli na višku. Postavite si najboljša vprašanja, da bi dobili najboljš odgovore.

Str. 102- "nikoli se ne smete vdati. Morate si zapomniti, da je treba tvegati, da bi dosegli kar koli, in da boste včasih poraženi. Moč vsakega posameznika je v tem, da se pobere od poraza in razočaranja, pojde naprej ter da najboljše od sebe." - Richard Milhous Nixon.

Str. 159- mnogi ljudje verjamejo, da jim bo veliko denarja prineslo notranji mir in srečo. Žal nekateri med njimi izgubijo svojo dušo, ko se vzpenjajo po poti uspeha. In ko končno ustvarijo finančno obilje, v sebi čutijo praznino, nemir ali depresijo.

[Ahmed Khaled · Rating 3 out of 5]

I did not take full time to read this book-- In fact, I may have very well just read the important pieces, There was too much content that was unnesecassry to look at, such as the many examples per everything, which in my opinion subtract from this book.
Take the filler content out, and you will have got a slightly better version of Positive Thinking, well, a much better.
I'd recommend it, I finished it all in about 50 minutes or so. [Testing PhotoReading, turned out a slightly better version of skimming.]

[Francesca · Rating 5 out of 5]

Optimal Thinking by Rosalene Glickman helps anyone make the most of life, whether it be personal or work. The book not only helped me to save my marriage. It gave me the pathway and tools to make my marriage the best it can be. A book I read from cover to cover over and over again.

[Mike · Rating 4 out of 5]

A great concept. As with most business books, it gets fluffy about halfway through. I don't think I even finished it, but still think it was very worth reading the first half.

[Terry · Rating 2 out of 5]

This book has some good concepts butmthen devolved into the last half being more sessions of self hypnosis. Two hours of ocean sounds isn't really much of an audio book.

[Jen · Rating 2 out of 5]

Cliff notes: do your best.