Who Else Wants to Learn About Love?

I had just written a blog entry for Lauren Oliver’s upcoming novel Delirium where “love” becomes a sickness that people have.
But in this blog entry I’ll discuss how Love is a DRUG.

I’m a big fan of Dr. Helen Fisher.

Her new book: Why him? Why her? How to find and keep lasting love is on relationships.

Fisher writes in an easy-to-read fashion.

Basically, in her book she explains four types of personalities in book:

• Builders – they like tradition and values
• Explorers – they like adventure
• Directors – they are logical and analytical.
• Negotiators – they value harmony

You really can tell a lot about a person from the book on her (or his) shelf.

Fisher shows a book cover in one question for the personality test. It shows a man and a woman on a balcony. It is sunny. The man is walking away from the woman. The question asks the test-taker to select one title out of four.

Title # 1: Adventures on the Rhine -- was selected by explorers
Title # 2: Anatomy of Frienship -- was selected by builders
Title # 3: Power Plays -- was selected by directors
Title # 4: Things Left Unsaid -- was selected by Negotiators. (And yes, I clicked this one on the quiz).

So, if you like a woman then just ask her to pick a title for your next book. (Laugh aloud). This is easy for me since I'm an author. You'll know right away which of the four personalities she is by the choice of her title. If you're an outgoing adventurer and a woman says she'd name the book anatomy of friendship, then you'd know she values tradition, family, and community and she might not be up for adventure all the time.

These four personalities are similar to the Myers-Briggs personality indicator or the Keirsey personality temperament scale.

Fisher says reminds of two familiar mottos about love:
a.) Birds of a feather flock together; and b.) Opposites attract.

Fisher believes that builders flock with other builders. Explorers like to be with other explores.
However, she claims that opposites attract when it comes to Directors and Negotiators.

I took her personality quiz. I’m a Negotiator with a minor in Exploring. I thought oh no, I’ll never find true love. (laugh aloud). I personally don’t enjoy being around people with the director personality, although her test suggests that I should be compatible with a director. They’re rational thinking is often a bummer for my idealistic world views.

A director would think I’m too hopeful or unrealistic. I don’t enjoy their views. But Fisher would suggest a director – negotiator relationship could help bring balance to each other’s lives.
I’m often attracted to women who are explorers, but I get worn down because I am an introvert in nature. I date them often, but they get bored with me because I’m not 100% adventurer.
I admit that I feel most attracted to women who are builders, which seems to be a contradiction to Fisher’s idea of negotiators and builders. However, Fisher does suggest there are potential benefits for a negotiator – builder relationship.

Of course Fisher also suggests other factors for love including: proximity – being around someone and being at the right place at the right time.

Want to learn about love? Lous Pasteur had written that “Chance favors the prepared mind.” You may want to prepare yourself by reading this book before you jump into a relationship.
Here is an interview with Fisher on youtube:

Here is the amazon.com link:


You may also be interested in this book:

Who else likes adventure?

“Cursed Pirate Girl” is our generation’s ‘Alice in Wonderland’!” according to Gail Potocki an award-winning symbolist painter.

Cursed Pirate Girl is a graphic novel by Jeremy Bastin.

Bastin is a very talented artist and story-teller.

I first discovered the book from a kickstarter campaign where Bastin was raising funds to publish the book. I received one of the first copies of it.

It’s about a Pirate Girl (of course) and she goes to sea to look for her father – one of the great pirates.

She has to find the right sea. She has a talking parrot friend named PepperJack (who I really liked). He’s kind of funny. PepperJack goes along with her.

Pirate girl discovers she can breathe underwater. Pepperjack gets inside of a giant fish and swims underwater because parrots can’t breathe underwater.
Deep underwater, she passes through a hot area and comes up in the other sea where the pirates rule.

She gets aboard a ship to snoop around to see if the captain might be her real father.

The book is # 1 in a series – so I’ll (we’ll) have to read the next one to find out more.

My review of this book is pretty poor. The book is a lot more interesting than what I can write about it.

The print is small. The lines in the pictures are delicate – like the ones on a dollar bill. They’re really small. And the writing is really small too. It strained my eyes. A magnifying glass would be good for reading this book.

My copy is a collector's edition. I don't collect books. I'm afraid of becoming a hoarder. Do you watch that show?

You can get my copy for just $15 (with free shipping). Plus, I'll send you a hard-cover copy of the Kick-Ass graphic Novel, too as a free gift.
Use the buy now link below if you'd like to get these two books from me for just $15:

The book is also on amazon.com. Here is the link:

Could a comic book make you rich?

I’m pleased to announce that one of my all-time favorite self-improvement books is now a comic.
SmartComics has turned Napoleon Hill’s classic “Think and Grow Rich” into a comic book.

I like the original book better than the comic.

The book has a really nice book video here:



And I was a little disappointed in the quality of the comic drawings. The resolution wasn’t the best either.

However, the comic does focus on the major parts of “Think and Grow Rich.”

It puts the lessons into a simpler format. I’ll be keeping the comic on my shelf. I often get rid of books after reading them. This one is a keeper for me, especially since the original book is in my top ten all-time favorite self-improvement books.

In this book you’ll discover:

Why your thoughts are worth millions of dollars, the three enemies blocking success, how to overcome procrastination, and the power of your subconscious mind.

The comic has one part on how to use sexual energy for success. I hate that part was included because I feel it makes the book rated “not for children.” I work with children and would not feel comfortable explaining that chapter.

Here is the Amazon link for the book:



And if you've not done so already -- check out my self-improvement book if you'd like to discover more secrets on success:

Delirium.

I can’t wait for Lauren Oliver’s upcoming book. Delirium.
I had recently read her last book “Before I Fall.” (scroll down blog to see entry on it.)
Here is the video trailer with Lauren Oliver:

Here is a teaser for the book. I’m not sure how she has a copy of it already because it hasn’t been released at Amazon yet? But here is the video:

Here is the amazon link to pre-order the book:

Who Else Loves Creativity & Making Things?

The Tiny Book of Tiny Stories by Wirrow and other artists.




It is an underground book.

You won’t be able to find in bookstores, amazon.com, or Books-a-Million.

I purchased it because I’m a big fan of wirrow’s art.

Click here to see wirrow's art.

The book focuses two creative aspects: writing and drawing.

Many people had contributed to this book. They had submitted one or two page stories with a piece of art, including wirrow.

Some of the stories were funny. Some of them were inspirational and thought-provoking.
Some sad -- or funny if you have that type of humor.

I felt and thought that they were inspirational.

These tiny stories encouraged me to write, draw, and create more.

My favorite story in the book was called “The Diver” by wirrow. It showed a picture of an astronaut in the stars, but the character was afraid of heights. The same picture was reversed on the bottom half and the astronaut appeared to have been a diver among the star fish.

I think that was a creative little story.

The book was published by HitRecord.org. It is a neat web-site all about creativity. People contribute and share their writing, photography, music, paintings, videos, and pretty much anything (as long as it is creative).



Click Here -- if You Want to get the Tiny Book of Tiny Stories for yourself. It could inspire you to become more creative!

The Tiny book of Tiny Stories reminds me of two other books that you may want to check out too. If you like The Tiny book of Tiny Stories then you'd probably like these two tiny books too.

Check these other two books out here...

Want to Learn More About Becoming Creative?

Here are my top three book recommendations on being creative:

1. The war of art: break through the blocks and win your inner creative battles. (This one is in my top ten all-time favorite books.)

2. Creativity now

3. Journal Spilling

You owe it to yourself and the world to use your talents to give this world something.

I hate to see grave yards because they remind me of wasted potential.

How many great plays, books, movies, artwork, and things did people vision, but failed to create while they had the chance. I admire people who DO it. Rather it be -- play a guitar -- sing -- write poetry -- paint -- draw -- write a book -- develop computer games -- landscape -- develop a beautiful garden -- build houses -- build ships -- put ships in a bottle even.

-- Go do something creative.

All my friends are dead shows a dinosaur. He is sad because he is the last dinosaur. It also shows an elder man who says all of his friends are dead. What comes next? It is sad. People grow old and die, but it could encourage people to do something with their lives.

The Tiny Book of Tiny Stories has something like that too. It shows a man who says when he was younger he wished to be something. Now he is older and he wished he was younger.

My advice. Don't wish to be something, but take action and Do Something. And mess up too. Some people only want perfection. They're so afraid they'll mess up -- they don't try. Here is an example: What if my novel turns about bad and people don't like it. I best not even start on it to save myself heart-ache. laugh aloud. Many authors who hated their books were surprised to discover so many people loved reading them.

Here are the three books I suggest that could help you to get more creative in your life:

And of course -- if you want to learn more about becoming your greatest -- then check out my self-help book here:

Got Goals for 2011? My Journal Could Help.

Click here to get journals.

Question # 1: Do you have a goal for the New Year?

Question # 2: Do you have a new journal for the New Year?

I was fortunate to get a journal as a gift for Christmas.

You can see it in the picture above. It has a picture of puppies on it.

Journals are a powerful tool if used right.

Here is a list of things a journal could help you do:

Get organized

Set goals

Measure achievements

Solve problems

Express self and feelings

And so much more.

Thanks for following and reading my blog. Here is my gift to you...

You’re invited to download two FREE journals that I’ve created.

Journal # 1: A New You in a New Year

Clilck on the book cover graphic below to open a pdf copy of this journal. Print it and put it in a 3-ring binder to help you with your goals in the New Year:

Or you can just go to this link to download it. Please share the link with all of your family and friends, too.

Please share the link with all of your family and friends, too.

http://www.dannypettry.com/check_list.pdf



Journal # 2: Wisdom Revealed: A Journal on Becoming Successful (It goes along with my book Secret Wisdom.) but you don’t need the book to use the journal.

Clilck on the book cover graphic below to open a pdf copy of this journal. Print it and put it in a 3-ring binder to help you with your goals in the New Year:

Or you can just go to this link to download it. Please share the link with all of your family and friends, too.

Please share the link with all of your family and friends, too.

http://www.hiddensecretwisdom.com/wisdom_revealed.pdf

If you want to get a copy of my book, go here:

Review of Radiance by Alsyon Noel

Radiance is the first Alyson Noel book that I’ve read.

It’s apparently part of a series for young readers and teenagers.

I’m amazed at how so many books for younger readers seem to be dark (based on my experiences reading).

This is about a girl Riley who passed away. She crosses over the bridge into the “afterlife” area.

She can manifest anything by just thinking about it.

A council reviews her life and gives her a job. So, the afterlife isn’t all leisure and play. Riley is assigned to be a soul catcher. Basically she returns to Earth to encourage ghost/ spirits to cross the bridge to go on into the “heaven” area, which should have more to offer.

Ghosts have freewill. You can’t make them go. Riley also has a “guide” who trains her. She thinks he is a nerd/ dork, but sometimes thinks of him as cute. He was a skateboarder in his former life on Earth, but he had died of cancer.

Oh yeah, Riley’s dog, Buttercup goes with her. So, I guess dogs to go to heaven.

I like that this book can be read in two settings. I read half of it one night and the second part the next night.

I think Alyson Noel writes in a simple, easy-to-read fashion. She keeps the story interesting. I felt like it was a real page-turner. Her book has a lot of hypnotic elements: ghosts, afterlife, flying, adventure. It isn’t a mystery book, but I felt that many elements of the afterlife and the council were mysterious. Riley could advance to a level 2 if she does her job well. What is a level 2? What does she need to do? What will happen next?

Here is an Amazon link for the book:


Here is a youtube video trailer for the book:



Here is a book review by Morgyn (SN: LexieVamp666 on YouTube). As you can tell she is a younger reader. I'm amazed. I tell most people the truth that I didn't read a full book until I was a senior in high school (age 18). I'm always glad to see young readers.

Read This Next...

CNN posted a list of 10 books a person might like to read during the holiday season:

http://www.cnn.com/2010/LIVING/12/20/unusual.christmas.reading.books/index.html?hpt=C2

The list was created by Howard Mittelmark. He is the author of Read This Next. I went ahead and downloaded Read This Next using a gift card from my sister Carrie!

You can see the 10 books at this link:

http://astore.amazon.com/readthesebooks0b-20