Winner Takes All : Exceptional People Teach Us How to Find Career and Personal Success in the 21st Century

What do you do . . . - when you're 50 and all dressed up and nowhere to go, a casualty of "downsizing"? - when at 32 years old, you survived the mastectomy and your Doctor happily announces you can look forward to a long, healthy life . . . that you didn't plan for? - when you suddenly realize that the second family you started at 45 is going to be your responsibility for the next 20 years (at least) and you haven't a clue how you're going to handle it? - when at 57 years old, the work you've been trained to do and loved all your life goes not just out of business, but out of existence? - when you are 20 years old and it seems there is no way out: no one wants to hire you, no one want to know your problems, and the world is in a mess . . . WHAT DO YOU DO? When you look into the future, what do you see? A future filled with uncertainties? Too many rapid and unpredictable changes in the economy, your career, your health? Well, you're not alone… Many people are scared of the future–and it's not just the gloom and doomers who expect an apocalypse on January 1, 2000. Everything is different now. The old rules no longer apply. What used to spell success, doesn't. "Work hard, nose to the grindstone" - may just mean you get your nose ground. We're living to ripe old ages and who's ready for it? No doubt about it, people are scared. Chaos, constant change and the specter of the unknown are highly anxiety provoking for all of us. Winner Takes All answers these fears. It is the first book to provide a map for individual success and fulfillment by describing ways to deal effectively and positively with the unique uncertainties of the coming Millenium. In Winner Takes All Dr. Nelson describes a step-by-step process for 21st Century success, illustrated by four individuals suddenly facing an out-of-control future filled with frightening unknowns. She shows in straightforward down-to-earth ways how to take control of the future by reaching out to the Future, and how to create a plan for success using intangibles, such as creativity, belief systems, inner qualities, and imaginative access to resources in practical ways, to create tangible success. Dr. Nelson provides readers with the tools to face the chaos and turmoil of the 21st Century in productive and proactive ways. Winner Takes All is inspirational as well as practical, filled with real-life stories of exceptional people, who show us how these tools are used by Winners from all walks of life, so-called "ordinary people" to celebrities like Christopher Reeve, Willye White and Muhammad Ali – people of all shapes and sizes, representing a variety of ages, ethnicities, physical capabilities and genders. All of these Winners experienced unanticipated life-altering events that threw them into lives bereft of traditional moorings. Yet these Winners managed to transform themselves and achieve success and fulfillment. So can we!Winner Takes All is indispensable for finding and maintaining success in the coming century in a Future where success may seem ephemeral, if not impossible.