Book Description

THE UNDERCOVER ROAD is an insightful and unusual guide to creating the various components of a successful, balanced life: money, health, relationships, career, happiness, and personal satisfaction.It begins with the premise that the culture, media, government, corporations and even educational institutions dispense fraudulent, misleading or unrealistic suggestions for achieving most people's goals in a Western, developed country.After years of dead ends, frustration and unimpressive progress, the author, Ira Shapiro, discovered strategies and mental tools that turned his life around phenomenally. He succeeded to such a striking degree that he kept his approach hidden and under cover.Now, Ira is revealing the attitudes, methods and observations that will unquestionably-with practice-bring readers closer to their individual life goals. This is a practical, frank offering replete with anecdotes about successes by other every day people as well.In down-to-earth chapters about less obvious ways to make big money and the details of reinventing yourself or starting up new businesses, the author also calls upon coincidence, intuition, and Asian thought. You will learnhow your brain tricks you to avoid stress and discomfort in making major decisions involving your partner or your career. Ira shows you how to learn more about your likes and dislikes by examining the groups you have joined. You will discover the surprising benefits in traumatic setbacks. If you are out of step with most people, you will read how to exploit thinking out of the box to help reach your goals. If your views are more conventional, there are techniques to spur creativity.Finally, there are chapters on determining your goals, spotting trends, changing your attitude and extremely practical tips about life that will enhance your enthusiasm, zest for each day and perhaps joy to be alive.