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From Survival to Thrival
From Survival to
How to catch the boat to your successful, thriving life (even if you thought you’d missed it)
This book explains how to turn your life around from merely getting by in life, to thriving.
Despite being well educated and talented, many people think they have missed the boat as they approach middle age or are in middle age. They may opportunities have passed them by, they made choices they now regret, they are stuck doing something they no longer like, they were thrown off track by a crisis, they lacked courage, suffered from economics that they have no control over. This has tainted their sense of prosperity and well being; it has affected their career and relationships and virtually everything that is important to them. Many times it has brought down their health and their happiness and short-changed their ability to thrive despite everything.
From Survival to Thrival provides tools to get people back on track as well as a new perspective on success. Through true-life stories and original exercises, this book guides people to discover the changes they want to make, the importance of their attitude, and how they can start small and build fast, covering finances, health, career and relationships. But more importantly, From Survival to Thrival also shows how to enjoy health and happiness NOW – not some promised time in their future.
From Survival to Thrival strikes a chord like no other book by defining success so everyone feels it is within his or her grasp. Pulling together knowledge from several areas, this newly coined “Thrival Guide” creates an overall plan that anyone can draw from. From Survival to Thrival not only gives great insights, but also gives original step-by-step exercises for trouncing fears and generating positive habits, that will make definitive changes in anyone’s life.
From Survival to Thrival is written by Certified Human Resources Professional, writer, teacher and coach, Kathrin Lake. Kathrin tells many tales of her own struggles as well as true-to-life stories from famous and ordinary real people. Using the classic tale of Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, Kathrin explores the question of whether any individual can make significant changes to turn their life around virtually overnight. Lake’s journey in answering this question will be helpful to anyone who is considering a career change, struggling with balancing career and relationship, desiring to start a business, distressed by debt, plagued with health problems or just not feeling happy and fulfilled at this stage of their life. This book embraces the idea of late-bloomers and is truly a guide for progressing from survival to thrival.
How to catch the boat to your successful, thriving life (even if you thought you’d missed it)
This book explains how to turn your life around from merely getting by in life, to thriving.
Despite being well educated and talented, many people think they have missed the boat as they approach middle age or are in middle age. They may opportunities have passed them by, they made choices they now regret, they are stuck doing something they no longer like, they were thrown off track by a crisis, they lacked courage, suffered from economics that they have no control over. This has tainted their sense of prosperity and well being; it has affected their career and relationships and virtually everything that is important to them. Many times it has brought down their health and their happiness and short-changed their ability to thrive despite everything.
From Survival to Thrival provides tools to get people back on track as well as a new perspective on success. Through true-life stories and original exercises, this book guides people to discover the changes they want to make, the importance of their attitude, and how they can start small and build fast, covering finances, health, career and relationships. But more importantly, From Survival to Thrival also shows how to enjoy health and happiness NOW – not some promised time in their future.
From Survival to Thrival strikes a chord like no other book by defining success so everyone feels it is within his or her grasp. Pulling together knowledge from several areas, this newly coined “Thrival Guide” creates an overall plan that anyone can draw from. From Survival to Thrival not only gives great insights, but also gives original step-by-step exercises for trouncing fears and generating positive habits, that will make definitive changes in anyone’s life.
From Survival to Thrival is written by Certified Human Resources Professional, writer, teacher and coach, Kathrin Lake. Kathrin tells many tales of her own struggles as well as true-to-life stories from famous and ordinary real people. Using the classic tale of Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, Kathrin explores the question of whether any individual can make significant changes to turn their life around virtually overnight. Lake’s journey in answering this question will be helpful to anyone who is considering a career change, struggling with balancing career and relationship, desiring to start a business, distressed by debt, plagued with health problems or just not feeling happy and fulfilled at this stage of their life. This book embraces the idea of late-bloomers and is truly a guide for progressing from survival to thrival.
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295 pages, Kindle Edition
First published January 1, 2009
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About the author
Kathrin Lake
16 books7 followersWhen Kathrin Lake was eight, she made up stories, cast the other kids in parts, raided her mother’s closet and then started rehearsals immediately. Much later she studied theatre and film at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver. Kathrin is an award-winning playwright, screenwriter, newspaper writer, author and writing coach who lives in Victoria, BC, but winters in Mexico where she gives writing retreats annually. She has written the well reviewed book, Writing with Cold Feet, as well as six other books AND including the "The Happy Hammock" series, described as a creative non fiction memoir and humourous romance about her and her husband’s adventures and misadventures in small town Mexico.
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September 20, 2010
"I really enjoyed this book and found parts that made me want to cry, laugh, sing and reevaluate my whole life from this new perspective." - Lori
"A powerful concept. I had goosebumps as I was reading!" - Leona
"Very impressive, wow is the word." - Glenn
Other Survival to Thrival reviews:
“Kathrin Lake is on a quest—to help you thrive! With vulnerability and insight she lets you in on pieces of her own journey, and shares principles and stories that have the potential to move you beyond mere survival. This book is filled with nuggets of inspiration and truth, followed up with concrete suggestions for action, many of which will alter your life for the better if you simply grab on and run with them. “
- Darren Wride, Author of Release: A Wilderness Adventure of the Soul
“Kathrin has created a great book for our crazy, chaotic world. She gives us compelling insights, as well as tips and techniques to live a more fulfilled life no matter what gets thrown at us.”
- Michael Schell, Author of Buyer-Approved Selling
“The clarity of Lake’s advice is a bit disconcerting… I appreciate a woman who points out that the word success has other meanings…And she asks the simple question: What if success were defined as progress, instead of a result? What if success were defined as not where you end up, but how you live your life every day? What if we stopped keeping our self-praise and self-esteem building blocks for special occasions, like your mother’s good china, and let it out every day? [Chapter 4 - The Good China Syndrome:] …I’ve read the weird and the wonderful, the odd and the inspiring…but I can say quite definitively that I have not read a self-help guide so down-to-earth. I will stop here, and recommend that you visit her website — there’s lots to see!”
- Lori Dunn, Word Press
"A powerful concept. I had goosebumps as I was reading!" - Leona
"Very impressive, wow is the word." - Glenn
Other Survival to Thrival reviews:
“Kathrin Lake is on a quest—to help you thrive! With vulnerability and insight she lets you in on pieces of her own journey, and shares principles and stories that have the potential to move you beyond mere survival. This book is filled with nuggets of inspiration and truth, followed up with concrete suggestions for action, many of which will alter your life for the better if you simply grab on and run with them. “
- Darren Wride, Author of Release: A Wilderness Adventure of the Soul
“Kathrin has created a great book for our crazy, chaotic world. She gives us compelling insights, as well as tips and techniques to live a more fulfilled life no matter what gets thrown at us.”
- Michael Schell, Author of Buyer-Approved Selling
“The clarity of Lake’s advice is a bit disconcerting… I appreciate a woman who points out that the word success has other meanings…And she asks the simple question: What if success were defined as progress, instead of a result? What if success were defined as not where you end up, but how you live your life every day? What if we stopped keeping our self-praise and self-esteem building blocks for special occasions, like your mother’s good china, and let it out every day? [Chapter 4 - The Good China Syndrome:] …I’ve read the weird and the wonderful, the odd and the inspiring…but I can say quite definitively that I have not read a self-help guide so down-to-earth. I will stop here, and recommend that you visit her website — there’s lots to see!”
- Lori Dunn, Word Press
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