What inspired you to write your memoir?
After going on my own personal journey of “rags to riches” success and still feeling unfulfilled, I sought out to find a deeper level of success and fulfillment, and wanted to share that journey, and the lessons learned with others.
About your Book:
Review from ForeWord Magazine (Please site as such if you would like to use)
With scores of self-help books published each year, it is a wonder any author can come up with a new approach, particularly when it comes to the broad topic of achieving success. Typically, such books combine inspirational stories and a road map of some sort to help the reader embark on a positive path through goal-setting and hard work.
Jeffrey Gitterman follows this formula, but adds a healthy dose of spiritualism to Beyond Success, defining “prosperity” in more than monetary and materialistic terms. In so doing, Gitterman breaks the conventional mold and offers a very different conversation about personal wealth.
Gitterman’s road map is a four-pillar process that sequentially guides the reader from self-discovery through defining a passion to learning how to “invest our energy and attention in who we want to be in the future.”
The first pillar, which Gitterman admits is the most difficult to achieve, is called “Connecting to Source.” It is all about “harnessing the power of attention,” or more practically, learning the practice of meditation. Gitterman spends a considerable amount of time offering advice about various ways to meditate. He believes that fifteen minutes of daily meditation is a way to leverage the energy of the universe – “Source” – and as a result be more focused during each day.
The second pillar is equally spiritual, but in a different way. Here, Gitterman encourages the reader to find “the thing we are here to do.” The author believes that if an individual does not find his or her real passion, or “unique creative expression,” true happiness will be difficult if not impossible to achieve.
In the third pillar, Gitterman addresses the notion of investing in the future which, he says, “is the only thing we have any control over.” He urges the reader to practice visualization of the future. One sees visualization or self-actualization mentioned time and again in self-help books.
The fourth pillar offers advice that some may find unsettling: The best way to gain true wealth is to give to others. Gitterman strongly believes that letting go of wanting and giving one’s energy and attention to others provides the ultimate in fulfillment and happiness.
The reader searching for a quick way to a better job or more money will not find it in Beyond Success. What he or she will find is a thought-provoking, philosophical discussion of what happiness really is, and what it takes to achieve it. This is a dialogue that should benefit everyone.
-ForeWord Magazine
Author Bio:
Jeff Gitterman is an award winning financial advisor and the CEO of Gitterman & Associates Wealth Management, LLC. www.gawmllc.com. He is also the co-founder of Beyond Success, www.BeyondSuccessConsulting.com, a coaching and consulting company that brings more holistic ideas to the world of business and finance. His first book, Beyond Success; Redefining the Meaning of Prosperity, is published by AMACOM, the publishing house of the American Management Association.
In the past, Jeff has been featured in Money Magazine, CNN, AM New York, Financial Advisor, Affluent Magazine, London Glossy Magazine and New Jersey Business Journal, among others. In 2004, he was honored by Fortune Small Business Magazine as “One of Our Nation’s Best Bosses.” He also serves as chairman of the advisory board to the Autism Center of New Jersey Medical School, an organization that to date has raised over a million dollars for autism research and support services.
For more information, please visit www.BeyondSuccessConsulting.com and www.gawmllc.com
How did you decide how to publish your book and where is it published through:
The book was published by the American Management Association (AMACOM). I found a literary agent and we sent proposals to several companies – and took the offer that we felt was best for us.
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