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It is when you do it. It is not fun when you think about it. Especially when

you think about it ahead of time.

To light a fire you need a fire. Rubbing two sticks together creates enough
friction and heat to produce a spark and then a flame that you can put into the
bigger fire.

It is the same process for yourself. Getting into action whether you feel like
action or not is like rubbing two sticks together. Do you think the sticks felt like
being rubbed together? Do you ever see them do it on their own?

Since its first printing in 1996, this little book has enjoyed a success I never
imagined. During its first 18 years of sales, we have seen the emergence of the
Internet as the world’s primary source of information. People have not only been
buying this book on the Internet, but they’ve been posting their reviews. What’s
wonderful about Internet bookstores is that they feature reviews by regular
people, not just professional journalists who need to be witty, cynical, and clever
to survive.

One such reviewer of 100 Ways in its original edition was Bubba Spencer
from Tennessee. He wrote: “Not a real in-depth book with many complicated
theories about how to improve your life. Mostly, just good tips to increase your
motivation. A ‘should read’ if you want to improve any part of your life.”

Bubba gave this book five stars, and I am more grateful to him than to any

professional reviewer. He says I did what I set out to do:

“Making the simple complicated is commonplace; making the complicated
simple, awesomely simple, that’s creativity.”

—Charles Mingus, legendary jazz musician