Who among us would not like to be successful? How many people do we know who aspire to mediocrity, or worse, to fail intentionally? Likely no one. If everyone wants to be successful, then why do so few people attain true success in our world? In this book, Dr. David R. Hawkins explores these issues and offers pragmatic guidelines that direct us to the source of real success—a way of being in the world.
This manuscript was originally drafted in 1991. Since then, almost everything in our world has changed technologically. The proliferation of the Internet’s availability worldwide has made many earlier information systems obsolete. Nevertheless, we will discover that the basic principles for building success remain much the same. Dr. Hawkins encourages us to try these timeless principles for ourselves.
Readers will see that Dr. Hawkins draws on his personal experience as a World War II veteran, businessman, psychiatrist, and scientist to illustrate the points he wishes to make. Some of the examples he uses naturally reflect earlier time periods in his life. (How many movie theaters currently use answering machines?) Still, the points he makes are not lost, despite their references to things that more recent technology eclipses. The combination of his humor and unpretentious communication style makes us feel a part of the journey he lays out before us.
Throughout Dr. Hawkins’s life, he was a man committed to loving others, reducing unnecessary suffering, and promoting others’ success. What he accomplished in his lifetime—which was quite sizable—was a consequence of who he was and a reflection of the integrity with which he conducted himself. He was successful in virtually everything he undertook. Consequently, the principles he outlined in this book were born of personal experiences across many decades of his life and numerous ventures; they have been proven effective. Like most super successful people, Dr. Hawkins was humble, approachable, kind, generous, compassionate, loving, joyful, humorous, and supportive of life in all of its expressions. To be in his presence was an immeasurable gift.
It is from a grateful heart that this book is offered to all who truly wish to be successful.
— Donna L. Robinson, Ph.D.
Editor