REALIZING YOU
By
Ron
Doade with Susan Sloate
BLURB:
Meet
Robby Aihn, the newest star in the self-help universe and author of
the runaway bestseller, Realizing You, now struggling with his first
taste of fame. Though his five principles for good living are
changing other people’s lives, his own life is starting to fall
apart. When Robby stages a lavish self-help conference in Dallas, he
attracts others with their own secrets: his estranged wife and
unhappy teenage daughter; the businessman pursuing his own agenda;
the all-star pitcher facing the end of his career; and the shy
co-author Robby never acknowledged, who is searching for meaning in
her own life. Join Robby and the others on their journey toward
understanding and fulfillment, in this truly novel approach to
changing YOUR life.
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Liz liked him like this—listening to other people’s problems, thinking about how to help them. This was the Robby whose principles in coaching and teaching had been the basis of his bestselling book. They were solid principles, and he’d taught them for years, and Liz knew herself that they did change people’s lives.The Robby she had trouble admiring had emerged as the book shot up the bestseller lists. Always neat and well groomed, he’d now become fanatically clothes-conscious. He’d recently begun to order custom-made suits and add monograms to his expensive English shirts. While she decided how many new computers they needed for the office, he flew to New York for fittings with the city’s most exclusive tailor. She hired and trained new staff, and he consulted a professional colorist and lightened his hair.When Robby solicited her opinion afterward, Liz asked, “What about the people who were fans before, some of our biggest customers? Won’t these flashy changes bother them?”
“You’re
not looking at the big picture,” he said patiently. “These people
are coming to me for answers. They expect to see someone who has
them.”
Liz chose
her words carefully. “And someone who has the answers
is—attractive? Youthful? Using a facelift?”
“Stop
it.” He glared at her. “The spa people I talked to said weekly
facials were a good idea. They said it would make my skin softer and
make me seem more approachable.”
Liz
couldn’t think of any polite answer to that.
The current
Robby had shown up after Marie moved out. It didn’t help that Liz
knew why. But what did his wife expect him to do, now that he
was finally creating a national impression?
It’s
difficult seeing him humbled, Liz thought. Robby had worked a long
time for success and done whatever was necessary, cheerfully and
willingly, to achieve it. Yeah, he’d gone overboard with the glitzy
success guy. It was still hard watching him hurt—not because he’d
failed, but because he’d succeeded, after years of
striving. And seeing him hurt over his family’s defection
upset Liz. It wasn’t right, but there was nothing she could do
about it.
Liz thought
all these things while she watched Robby stare out the window. Sad
that things hadn’t been good for him personally since the
publication of Realizing You.
Professionally,
things were fantastic. The book was a runaway bestseller, the website
hits had gone crazy, Robby’s online presence had gone viral. One
month after the book shot to number one, Liz arranged joint ventures,
after five years of trying, with three of the top
personal-development people in the country, all who eagerly endorsed
Robby’s work and sought his endorsement as well.
They’d
taken a huge step forward. Robby’s plan, scrawled on a piece of
paper torn from a dime-store notebook, was starting to come true, in
a big way. He’d been aiming at this success for a decade, and he’d
brought in Liz five years ago to set up the structure and foundation
while he set about becoming the persona in whom people could put
their faith.
Both of
them had succeeded, but now Robby was failing in all the important
areas of his life.
“He’s
impossible,” Marie said through her teeth. “I don’t know how we
lasted this long.”
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