Review by: David L. Johnson, Ph.D

SIXTY SECONDS TO SUCCESS is a compilation of more than 100 tips collected from Bright Moments’ radio broadcasts and TV seminars with experts working in self-help fields of performance and behavioral change. The reader may select any of these tips to quickly jump start their day and, where desired, end each evening in order to focus and move forward with high-priority, sincerely-intended, actionable goals. One starts with daily objectives and writes down the action steps needed to reach an objective which increases the motivation to do more.

Each tip offers the reader a set of questions, and related options, that can be used to break-up negative moods, rigid routines, apathy, and "give-up" experiences by prompting one’s self to consider more valued alternatives and optimistic directives. The reader individualizes and rewards the taking of action steps, or combinations of steps, which, when repeated and rewarded consistently over time, can motivate and cement them into a pattern of perceived personal control and "success." With more success, one opens up one’s life to even more challenge, learning, meaning, and improved performance.

I especially enjoyed tips dealing with motivation: for examples, taking on BIG projects to stretch, explore, and visualize success; more risk taking; the need to improve one’s health; the necessity of skills to change bad habits (e.g., stop smoking, lose weight, etc.); the need to reach out for expert feedback and trustworthy help; the willingness to get out of one’s "comfort zone;" and other ways to improve mood, morale, and self daily, rather than seek perfection or wait, without working, for success and a consideration of questions like: 1) What did I do today that I must stop doing, in order to improve? 2) What didn’t I do today that I must start doing, in order to improve? 3) What did I do today that I should continue doing, in order to get better? 4) Did I take action on each of these questions?

SIXTY SECONDS TO SUCCESS is a timely, handy, self-paced work. The tips can be used by any one in a variety of proactive ways, settings, and circumstances. The psychological principles of learning, motivation, mood regulation and individual performance underscore the book’s face validity, general applicability, and the versatility of the tips.

If you take the tips to heart, do the personal work, and keep taking action, you will have more improvement and much "success" in the process. I highly recommend it!

David L. Johnson, Ph.D./Reviewer/Senior Author, Stop Smoking and Chewing Tobacco For LIFE CHANGES (http://www.bbotw.com) Program Director, Healthy Life Changes Director, Center for Applied Psychology and Human Services Akamai University.

Review by: John Grossmann, editor NewsReach

Unlike most self-help books, Sixty Seconds to Success delivers the goods--solid, useable advice in down-to-earth terms. Author Ed Smith is the small business mentor most harried entrepreneurs wish they had.

Review by: B. Cox, managing editor The Midwest Book Review

Sixty Seconds To Success is specifically designed by Edward Smith to enable his readers to quite literally change their lives by getting (and staying) motivated, staying focused, utilizing time management, and setting achievable goals. Smith draws upon his experience as a motivational speaker and the host/producer of the cable television show "Bright Moment" where he interviews top peak performance/success experts. He has distilled into this remarkably "reader friendly" book a series of quick, action-oriented tips and techniques for how to live life better and more personally fulfilling. Also included are methods for handling fear, increasing productivity, and in general, living just the kind of life that suits the reader's abilities and circumstances best. If you only have time to read just one self-help book, then make it Edward W. Smith's Sixty Seconds To Success. It's about the best investment of your time that you could make and will benefit you for the rest of your life!

"This book is loaded with powerful, punchy and practical ideas you can use immediately to get more done faster."
Brian Tracy, Author of Time Power, Speaker Consultant.

"Sixty Seconds To Success is an incredible book! Keep it on your desk or in your briefcase and open it up when you need a pick-me-up. Ed Smith is a motivational genius. He'll give you practical information and inspiring motivation. There’s a pep talk on every page! Guarantee: This book will become your secret weapon."
Dr Rob Gilbert, Ph.D., Professor of Sports Psychology, Montclair University.

"Sixty Seconds To Success is filled with practical tips that will have you achieving and being your best...fast! Ed Smith's bite-size chunks of wisdom are perfect for maintaining daily momentum."
Dr. Suzanne Zoglio, Ph.D. life balance expert and author of Recharge In Minutes.