Living With Intention

We Have a Bestseller!

Yes, it’s true. Living With Intention spent several blissful days on the Amazon Health, Mind & Body bestseller list beginning on 11/29/2005, and I couldn’t be more thrilled. Unless, of course, when it hit "the big time" I had been sitting on a beach somewhere eating chocolate and receiving massages. But, hey, it’s not a bad outcome even without any of those additional sensory pleasures.  I was elated!

Hitting any bestseller list is no small feat, and it only happens when a huge array of people come together to help spread the word, support the cause, and (yes, of course) buy the book. Thanks to all of you who took the time to support me during the campaign and in my ongoing efforts to share this resource with as many people as possible.

And, if you don’t have a copy yet, there’s still time to visit The Living With Intention Website to order your copy of Living With Intention and enjoy the fabulous assortment of bonus gifts included with it. Happy reading and, again, many thanks for your interest and support!

Today's The Day! My Book Hits The Shelves

The day has arrived!  I'm excited to announce that my book has hit the shelves and we're actively working to take it to "online bestseller" status today.  Visit www.deannadavis.net for all the details.

We've pulled together an amazing array of bonus gifts for anyone who orders Living With Intention today...resources from renowned experts and bestselling authors like Jack Canfield, Dr. Cherie Carter-Scott, Jon Gordon, Marcia Wieder, Hale Dwoskin, and Dr. Jane Nelsen (and a host of others!). 

I'd love your help spreading the word about the campaign.  In two steps and two minutes, you can reserve your copy of Living With Intention and have immediate access to an entire library of free resources for helping you live with intention at every age, stage, and in every area of your life.

Thanks for your support and for helping spread the word about this opportunity.  And here's to celebrating a new bestseller at the end of the day!  See you at www.deannadavis.net!

Chocolate and Gratitude--What a Combo

Well, the book launch event was unforgettable and amazing and exquisite and a bunch of other words that I could easily go on and on with, but I won’t because it’s late and because I think you get the picture.  I’ve never felt quite so much like I was having an out of body experience than last Saturday night, when friends, family, and colleagues gathered to help me celebrate the culmination of a long-held dream—the release of my book. 

I thought for a while that the out of body sensation was due to the fact that I was hypnotized all night long by the gentle cascading of a decadent chocolate fountain in the corner.  I’m a bit chagrined to admit that I actually thought to myself that night, “if my destiny is such that I will one day drown, please let fortune smile upon me enough to drown peacefully and blissfully in a fountain of chocolate.”  Not really the stuff of literary greatness, is it?  I’m finding that my chocolate addiction might be a bit disturbing to some.  But it’s mine, in all its glory and bitter(sweet) truth, so we’d best get back to the matter at hand. 

I finally figured out that the out of body experience was a fixation less on chocolate and more on a profound and utter sense gratitude for the breadth and depth of supportive people in my life.  I was awestruck and moved beyond words to look out at a sea of smiling faces whose only purpose that night was to share in my joy.  Well, truth be told, they were also there to share in the chocolate, but that actually makes it all the more endearing and meaningful.  We share a tasteful common bond. 

As I spent the next 24 hours reflecting on the event and basking in the afterglow of good wine, good cheer, and good company, I realized the power gratitude has to not only elevate your own experience, but also to connect you even more wholly to the people and experiences that have shaped your life.  To all the people who shared my joy on Saturday night…thank you from the bottom of my heart, not only for who you are, but for the spirit of humanity that you shared with me and with everyone there that evening.  What a blessing.

And to the person who may have wound up with several pounds of leftover truffles that I can’t seem to lay my hands on (rest assured, I have made a valiant effort)…enjoy them!  May those fabulous little delicacies ignite the same level of gratitude in your soul that I experienced in mine on Saturday night.  Cheers!

The Book is Here!

Yep, it’s almost that time!  My new book (aptly titled Living With Intention—go figure) hits the shelves soon.  What a rush!  I’m running around doing some last minute touches to make sure that everything is in place for the big launch party this weekend and the even bigger online bestseller campaign on November 29th. 

I’m feeling overwhelmingly blessed that a few minor things I overlooked actually worked out in my favor by some major miracle.  Little things like forgetting to order a batch of my own books so that I can have them available at my signing tomorrow.  Indeed, dear readers, I almost had a signing with no books.  Nightmares this week consisted of me signing post-it-notes, random grocery receipts, and crumpled IOUs rather than the actual book itself.  I mean, what if you held a signing and there was nothing to sign?  Exactly my point.

It was a nail-biter.  I actually interrupted a client appointment today to run out and greet the UPS delivery man with far too much enthusiasm for his taste.  He seemed a bit taken aback.  I think he was afraid I would kiss him.  And, truth be told, I almost did, so I guess his fears were sadly justified.  But I ended up stopping just short and simply patted him excessively on the right forearm, emphatically thanking him for saving the day.  Not that he knew what he had saved the day from (perhaps media headlines shouting “Newbie Author Signs Cocktail Napkins In Lieu of Books”), but nonetheless I wanted him to know that he had saved it.

He left shaking his head, wondering, I’m sure, whether his salary compensates him enough for such unanticipated displays of emotion bordering on nervous breakdown.  I guess that’s his issue to deal with because I’m just sitting here completely beside myself with unfettered joy looking at six glorious boxes of books.  My books.  They’re here—maybe just barely in time—but they’re here!  And, thanks to divine intervention and a timely UPS dude, at this time tomorrow I will be delightedly signing my first books for a blissfully supportive group of family, friends, colleagues, and media representatives.  Since they’re blissfully supportive, I’m sure they would have gingerly accepted signed cocktail napkins or post-it-notes, but it feels good to hand them the real thing.  How cool is that?

I’m looking forward to sharing the rest of the journey with you.  A journey filled with adventure into the unknown, a huge dose of good humor, and a few (I can only hope) of these last minute acts of grace when I most need them. 

More later…