Ron,

I hope you had a good week. I've thought a lot about your family and you've
been in my prayers.

I apologize for the delay in this email but i decided not to bother you with
this while you were away. As a follow-up to our conversation, the authors
that have had the biggest influence on me and along the lines we discussed
are:

Dr. Denis Waitley (The Psychology of Winning, How to Build your child's
self-esteem, many others but I can't remember the titles)
Dr. Norman Vincent Peale (The Power of Positive Thinking)
Og Mandino (The Choice, The mission)
Dr. Wayne Dyer (many)
Anthony Robbins (Unlimited Power, Personal Power, many others)

Attached are a couple of the outlines I did. To my extremee frustration I
can't find some of the others that i did many years ago. I got a lot out of
all of these, usually a little from each and when you least expect it. I am
a great believer in the old saying, "When the student is ready the teacher
will come".

As we discussed, the results of all of the hundreds of books and tapes have
had a profound effect on me and my family. A few direct tangible results
include: my extensive long and short term goal setting, affirmation
collection (over 100 pages and growing), my family journal (80 pages and
growing) .....

When you get a chance and things settle down, please give me a call or I can
definitely find time for lunch.

Mike