The Type-Z Guide to Success: A Lazy Person's Manifesto to Wealth and Fulfillment

In this piece I am reviewing Marc Allen's "The Type-Z Guide to Success: A Lazy Person's Manifesto for Wealth and Fulfillment" (Novato: New World Library, 2006). But, to be fair, this book should be reviewed together with Marc Allen's "The Millionaire Course: A Visionary Plan for Creating the Life of your Dreams" (Novato: New World Library, 2003) and especially Marc Allen's "The Secret of All: Moving from Abundance to a Life Of True Fulfillment" (Novato: New World Library, 2008). In fact, I have produced a summary of all these books with the following title, "The Secret of Being a Millionaire the Lazy Way". It can be secured for free from me, Dr Jusuf Hariman, at [email protected]. And now to the task at hand, Marc Allen is a lazy man. He seldom gets up before 12 AM. In his 20's he was fired from several jobs including busboy, dishwasher and typesetter. Yet, whilst he was 30, with zero money, he built New World Library. 6 years later, he became a millionaire. He is now a multi - millionaire. Marc Allen's modus operandi is four-fold: (1). Dream; (2). Imagine; (3). Believe; and (4). Create. They are extensively explained in the book. Furthermore, Marc Allen learned "course correction" to make sure that his business is on track. And lastly, Marc Allen describes that we should move from "abundance" to "fulfillment". He believes that this is the secret of all ie loving and serving yourself and others. This is the key to fulfillment, happiness and inner peace.

I appreciate books that not only educate you about the topic, but give you concrete steps to follow. This book not only gives you steps to follow, but it does it in such a way that you can easily make a difference for yourself in a few hours, as opposed to several hours a day for a few weeks. The part of the book I like the best, however, is the next to last chapter entitled, "Course Correction." It addresses that thing that happens to all of us humans when we read a book or take a class or workshop and start out inspired and in action. Then the inevitable falling of the course happens. Marc Allen explains how this wandering off course is natural and gives us tips to continuously make our own course correction. This book is quick and easy to read, to put into action and has made a difference in my life.

I love Marc Allen's book, I thought it was a very enjoyable and useful read. The book shows you how you can lead a more relaxed life ánd still fulfill your dreams. It blows the myth that you need to work hard and kill yourself in order to have success, includes practical steps to discover what your ideal life would look like, how you can plan and work towards it and how to overcome doubts and difficulties, and all this in a positive and relaxed manner. It helped me to get clear about what I wanted from life, and also learn to accept that there's nothing wrong with my natural speed, which is in fact very, and I mean VERY slow. I have always pushed myself to live a high paced life (like three times the pace than is good for me) to keep up with modern life's demands and become succesful, and this book helped me to take things slower and follow my own pace. Highly recommended.

I found this book to be as easy to read and useful as other Marc Allen books I've read (Visionary Business is excellent!) In keeping with the title, he even writes his book to accommodate your level of laziness. You can read the whole thing, or just take note of the key points in blue boxes. I have used just a few of his simple suggestions for affirming the life I desire and am already seeing results. This is a quick read and it's loaded with sound advice from someone who has the fulfilling lifestyle and success to support his ideas and plan.

I happened upon this book by chance and am so glad that I did. I've been beating myself up for a long time since I'm not a type A personality and felt that because I wasn't, success would be very difficult for me to achieve. Now, after reading this book and doing the exercises, my entire mindset has changed. Things are already starting to look up and I've started having some serendipitous moments just as Marc Allen describes will happen. I highly recommend this book!