Books

Communicating To Results

Communicating To Results, Beyond Judgments To Actions

The latest book we have to offer is being developed in our new course. Just like the other books, it started with testing the ideas ourselves, then outlining and writing. As we have done for all the books, this initial development is followed by teaching the ideas in a course and getting feedback from the participants.

At the course is being taught much more will be written as the strategies are practiced.

Our plan is to have this book available early 2027. In the meantime, the best of the ideas are on our website. If you want a deeper review of the suggestions, join the course.

Falling Awake

Falling Awake: Creating the life of your dreams

Falling Awake is based on Twelve Success Strategies that can help you get what you want and create the life of your dreams, no matter what your history or current circumstances. You can use these strategies to create a life rich with authentic happiness, deep intimacy, vibrant health, full celebration, meaningful contribution, and most of whatever else you want.

Life Coaching

Life Coaching: A manual for helping professionals

This manual is specifically designed for therapists, counselors, and other helping professionals who are looking to add life coaching techniques to their portfolio of skills. Dave Ellis has produced a step-by-step practical guide to turning your natural people-helping skills into a profitable life coaching business. Life coaching is not therapy, but many of the qualities that therapists possess and the techniques they use naturally lend themselves to a life coaching approach.

Creating Your Future

Creating Your Future: Five steps to the life of your dreams

Creating Your Future guides you through a five-step process to determine what you want and ways to get it. You can:
1. Commit by declaring your intentions to improve your life
2. Create goals to energize your vision
3. Construct a comprehensive plan for your life
4. Carry out goals one by one
5. Celebrate each achievement, however small

The result of these steps will be living the life of your dreams.

Human Being

Human Being: A manual for happiness, health, love, and wealth

The is a comprehensive manual of human effectiveness strategies. The five parts include:

  • Power Processes: 21 unique strategies for solving any problem or achieving any goal
  • Happiness: three chapters dealing with unhappiness, problems, and generating happiness
  • Health: six chapters dealing with changing habits, nutrition, exercise, relaxation, and health-related resources
  • Love: seven chapters on dealing with communication, parenting, romance, leadership, conflict resolution, and diversity
  • Wealth: five chapters dealing with time management, long-range visioning, money, career, and contribution.
Becoming A Master Student

Becoming A Master Student (9th Edition)

Becoming a Master Student, a best-selling textbook for college courses. It has made a difference in the lives of millions of students. Many readers have discovered the power of self-responsibility for the first time. Others have changed a habit or managed their time more effectively. This book offers hundreds of strategies for success in school and for success in life.

Inside tip: This book is currently in its 17th edition, but you can download Dave’s favorite edition here for free.

Career Planning

Career Planning (2nd edition)

Career Planning is a college textbook that could change your life. The prospect of planning a career can be daunting. This book leads you on an exciting journey of self-discovery. You will discover your values, your dreams, and your strengths. And in the process, you may discover your life’s work.

Learning Power Strategies

Learning Power

Learning Power and The Learning Power Workbook go hand in hand and are designed to help you think, write, and change the way you do school. You can use the suggestions in these books to be more effective at studying, taking tests, doing math, writing, improving your memory, managing your rime, speaking in public, getting along with other people, and much more.

The Falling Awake programs are for anyone or any organization that has the goal of producing breakthrough results while leading a balanced, enjoyable, and wonderful life. Dave Ellis presents ways to do so in concrete, achievable steps.

- Alex Counts

Founder and Former President, Grameen Foundation

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