The Type-Z Guide to Success: A Lazy Persons Manifesto to Wealth and Fulfillment
By Marc Allen
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Marc Allen
Marc Allen is an internationally renowned author and speaker who studied Tantric Buddhism with a Tibetan teacher at the Nyingma Institute in Berkeley, California. He is the author of several important books and cofounder and publisher of New World Library, one of the most successful independent publishers in the United States. He lives in Northern California.
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Reviews for The Type-Z Guide to Success
11 ratings3 reviews
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Thank you, I wanted this. I'm tired of feeling ashamed of my laziness. And I needed a mentor.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5I really enjoy and relate to Marc Allen's writing. You still have to do work - mostly inside work - but everyone who can at least put their mind into that can succeed. The author does a great job providing strategy doing that.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Very simple. Good introductory content on vision and goal setting, but overall limited in detail and depth. Additionally, the author seems to be all about the power of positive thinking ala the secret and Think and Grow Rich. ie, just ask for a million dollars and you will get it.A short fun read, but little substance.
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The Type-Z Guide to Success - Marc Allen
AUTHOR
INTRODUCTION
A LAZY PERSON’S GUIDE
TO SUCCESS
You will be as great as your dominant aspiration. . . .
If you cherish a vision,
a lofty ideal in your heart,
you will realize it.
— JAMES ALLEN
I’m lazy. I admit it. For years, it was one of the things that kept me from succeeding in life — after all, you’ve got to work really hard to succeed, right? That’s certainly what I was told, and certainly what I believed.
We call it a work ethic: It’s good to work, right? It’s good for the soul. It builds character. And hard work creates success. But I had a problem with that, if I was really honest with myself, because I didn’t want to work all that hard. Given the choice between a day when I have to set the alarm clock and get up early and shower and shave and go to work and a day when I can laze in bed for as long as I want and then do whatever I feel like, I’ll take that second option every time.
I’ve never been a morning person.
It takes me three or four hours to get going, and some days, to be really honest, I never get going at all. Some days I do very little. I’ve always been that way, since childhood.
But look at the books you’ve written,
people have said to me. And the music you’ve recorded. And you run a publishing company. You can’t be lazy and do all that.
Oh yes you can, I say. All it takes to write a book (or record music, or run a publishing company) is persistence.
You can be lazy and still be persistent —
and once you learn how to do that,
you can accomplish a great deal.
Being lazy doesn’t necessarily mean being unfocused, unmotivated, and unsuccessful. It’s quite possible — it’s fairly easy, in fact — to be lazy and still be focused on a goal, and do whatever you need to do, in your own lazy way, to move toward that goal, toward the realization of your dream, step by step.
To many people, the word lazy has all kinds of negative connotations. If you’re lazy, you’re a procrastinator, or you never get started in the first place, or if you do, you’re a quitter. It’s impossible, most people believe, to be lazy and still succeed. There are very few role models for this, after all. Most successful people seem to have tremendous energy; most of them are Type-A workaholics.
"You’ve got to work hard,
all the time, to succeed."
That is a deep, core belief
that is pervasive in our society.
I decided to challenge that belief, and see
if it is possible to create success with ease.
I decided almost thirty years ago to try this experiment: I decided to try and be successful — on my own terms, as I want to define success — and yet to do it in my own lazy way (which means I take mornings and Mondays off and never neglect time for long vacations). My experiment was to try and live the life of my dreams, and yet at the same time have a life of ease.
As soon as I tried this, I found something important: When I allow myself to be really lazy for a good length of time, I inevitably find myself full of energy — at least for a while. During these times, it’s surprising how much I can accomplish in a relatively short period of time.
On most days, I don’t write at all. Some days I’ll write for fifteen minutes; some days I’ll actually write for a few hours. If you can average a page every other day, in one year you’ve got a 180-page book.
It took me three years to write my last book, The Millionaire Course: A Visionary Plan for Creating the Life of Your Dreams. I put everything I know into that book, everything I learned along the way that changed my life from one of poverty to abundance — and even, more importantly, from frustration and struggle to a pretty startling level of ease and enjoyment (something I couldn’t even imagine when I was younger).
But you probably haven’t read that book, have you? I can’t tell you the number of people who have come up to me and said, I bought your book, and it’s sitting by my bed, but . . . I just haven’t gotten into it yet.
I’ve even had people say, Wow, you’ve written a 300-page book! What’s it all about?
In other words, they’re telling me they’d never actually read a 300-page book, and they want to get the message in a shorter form. Almost all of us want success, but most of us don’t want to work too hard, if we’re really honest with ourselves. I can relate to that — and so, here’s the book that’ll show you how to make some definite, positive changes in your life, in an easy and relaxed manner, in a healthy and positive way.
If you aren’t lazy, you can still benefit
a great deal from this little book.
These simple tools work for everyone.
And if you are lazy, you’ve definitely come to the right place! I’ll make it as easy for you as I can.
If you’re really lazy,
just read these bold, centered words,
and skip the rest.
You’ll get the essence of the book —
everything you need to create
the life of your dreams.
I have a friend and colleague named Ruby. She calls herself a recovering Type-A workaholic.
And she wanted me to add this: This book is not only for lazy people. It’s for anyone who wants to succeed, and yet do it in their own unique way.
She says my work appeals to two types of people: Lazy people (like me) and Type-A people (like her) who have worked hard all their lives and would like to relax a bit more now and get off the treadmill of stress and constant work. These simple tools work for anyone who applies them.
HERE’S A LITTLE TALE — a day-in-the life story. I digress a bit in telling it, so feel free to skip the next two pages if you’re really lazy or if you’re a Type A and in a hurry as usual to get to the point.
Not long ago I spoke to a loud, enthusiastic group of mostly teenagers. It was a lot of fun. I followed a motivational speaker who had tremendous energy, pacing up and down as he talked. When it was finally my turn to speak, I said something like this:
I fully agree with everything our last speaker said, especially when he stressed the importance of goals, and making challenging goals, and doing what excites you. I say Amen!
to every word. And I have something to add — maybe it’s my one unique contribution to the world — but I have to add this:
You can succeed in an easy and relaxed manner.
You don’t have to be a Type-A workaholic
to succeed.
I’m lazy, in fact. No one has ever called me a Type A, or a workaholic. I’m more of a Type Z (as in zzzzzzzzzzz. . .).
A hand shot up. Are you really lazy?
a young girl shouted out. Yes, I am, I said, and I’m proud of it. What did you do today?
someone else called out.
No one had ever asked that one before. I had to think about my day for a moment. (I have a terrible memory, as well as being lazy and disorganized — don’t ever expect me to remember your name, or anyone else’s. In the evening, it sometimes takes me a while to remember what I have done all day.)
Well, I said, it’s a Monday, so I took the day off. I always take Mondays off; it’s my day to myself. Sundays are for family and rest — and I never do any kind of work on Sunday. Monday is my day for myself, my mini-retreat.
I slept until about 11:00, laid in bed on my back relaxing until about 11:30. Then I got up and had some coffee and