Today I’m sharing a book that could be one that gives you great insight into yourself and your possibilities. While I haven’t read the book yet, I have heard that if you like The Secret you just might like this book too. My husband and I are big proponents of The Secret and manifesting what you want and desire and now I’m intrigued with this book and will have to pick up a copy to see what Matt can share with us for our lives.
Synopsis
Z-isms [Zee-iz-umz] (Noun) Pearls of wisdom, original wit or personal experience shared to positively impact as many people as possible; Insights to Live By.What do you wish your younger self knew? What life lessons would you share to benefit others? These are among the core questions Matt Zinman posed as inspiration to provide readers with insightful guidance to create and live their best life, along with practical tools like the Self-Care Report Card and a Life Enrichment Action Plan (LEAP). Richly authentic, deeply personal and highly motivating, Z-isms offers new ways to better ourselves, our experiences and our encounters. Matt keeps it casual, as though in private conversation with readers, freely sharing his own life experiences and challenges. It’s impossible to read this book and not be better for it.
Matt’s goal is to provide as much practical guidance as possible and describes how readers will come away with:
● unique approaches to self-discovery with a certain mindset to defeat unnecessary worry, anxiety and stress; ways to find and stay in your zone; and, straightforward solutions to ease daily living;
● original concepts to improve your relationships and interactions by sizing people up, seeing things differently, saving yourself from common hassles, eliminating needless assumptions, and better managing your energy;
● techniques to heighten mindfulness, such as learning how to go with the flow, harness gratitude, achieve your why; and,
● actionable tools and practices to enrich your life by winning the battle within, becoming a life athlete and maintaining self-accountability.
In making his commitment to be comprehensive, Matt was sure to feature a few chapters with the essentials for a straightforward, total personal development tune-up. On the whole, readers will find that the book delivers on originality and advances some original topics, such as about making coincidences matter and the experience of ‘catching’ 11:11 on digital displays.
Praise
“A highly personal and practical primer packed with anecdotes and life lessons. It’s also well-written, easy to understand, concise and often quite funny.” – John J. Kelly, Detroit Free Press, 5-star review
“Matt Zinman has provided each and every one of his readers with a blueprint for success, both in business, and in life.” – Susan Keefe, Midwest Book Review, 5 star review
Excerpt
Z–isms [Zee-iz-umz]
(Noun)
Pearls of wisdom, original wit or personal experience shared to positively impact as many people as possible; Insights to Live By.
What matters above all else is that Z–isms is not exclusive. It’s about anyone who has cultivated unique insights that they want to make known for the greater good.
Not everyone has a book in them, but just about everybody has something exceptional within themselves that they believe would help others to know.
There’s no substitute for experience.
From Chapter 1: Earned Confidence
Every one of us identifies with having been through however much in our lives. What doesn’t kill us makes us stronger, right? And here we are: still standing!
Earned Confidence, among other things, enables us to apply the logic of experience to save ourselves from self-inflicted stress, worry and anxiety.
In short, if you know you have been through your share of life challenges and survived, what is the point of worrying or being anxious about what you know you’re fully capable of enduring?
About the Author
Matt Zinman is a personal success trainer whose varied experiences as an entrepreneur, athlete, single parent, caretaker, consultant and nonprofit founder drive him to be a difference-maker and positively impact as many people as possible.
In addition to his earned insights about self-discovery, relationships, heightening awareness and life enrichment, Matt is CEO of The Internship Institute, which he established in 2005, to bridge the gap between education and employment while cultivating opportunity for students, veterans, businesses, nonprofits and communities.
Matt also partners with his wife Erica to help others improve their physical health and financial well-being with Isagenix nutrition and wellness solutions.
He began his career in marketing communications working for some of Philadelphia’s most prominent agencies where he assisted nearly 100 companies, including through his own firm, Z Communication, Inc., which he started in 2002.
Matt earned his B.A. in Journalism from Temple University in 1989. He and Erica reside in Bucks County, Pennsylvania with their savvy teenagers, Jake and Greta.
