Title and author: Success Magazine – Review
Contents synopsis:
Darren Hardy brought Success Magazine back to life in 2008 and he has done a fabulous job. Success is the oldest more or less continuous hit magazine in the United States. It was founded more than a century ago by Orison Swett Marden.
The modern version of Success is more valuable than previous versions. In addition to a wealth of great content, each issue comes with a CD containing interviews with successful people, authors, and experts. As an example, the April 2011 issue of the magazine contains articles by or about Howard Schultz, Starbucks CEO, Seth Godin, Derek Jeter, Jack LaLanne, John Wooden, John C. Maxwell, Mel Robbins, Tom Hopkins, Barbara Weltman , Drs. . Michael F. Roizen and Mehmet C. Oz, Robert Bloom, Former President Jimmy Carter, Coach Mike Krzyzewski, Alexander Hamilton and many others who are achieving success.
The magazine includes articles on how to stay organized, how to help teens succeed, what books to read, and many other things that can help almost anyone in their quest for success, financial and otherwise.
Each issue is dedicated to a theme, the April issue is about Leading change and how to inspire and focus a team.
If you want to stay on top of trends, learn how others succeed in life and in business, and increase your general knowledge of how to be more effective, there is nothing better you can do than read this magazine.
Readability / Writing quality:
Success is well written and professionally presented. Copy editing is good; I have yet to find a typo. The articles are mostly short and concise, although each issue contains at least one or two detailed articles with good content.
Notes on the author:
There are many authors for this magazine, but the editor, Darren Hardy, stands out for creating the standards and vision for reincarnation of this American tradition. Nothing can be more American than the idea that anyone can succeed. Hardy not only subscribes to that belief, he lives it and publishes it on a monthly basis.
Three great ideas you can use:
Only since the April 2011 issue:
1. To be an effective leader, you must understand and follow the late John Wooden’s advice that you must first lead yourself and achieve genuine self-discipline. (John C. Maxwell)
2. Learn About Howard Schultz of Starbucks Success: Growing With Discipline; balance intuition with rigor; innovate around its core; find new ways of seeing; don’t embrace the status quo; listen with empathy; and many more. (John H. Ostdick)
3. The key to reinvention and success is having that rare ability to actually get things done. You must create results that people want. (Seth Godin)
Publication information:
Success Magazine is a monthly publication of Success Media of Lake Dallas, Texas. Copyrighted by Success Media.
Rating: Success Magazine is the best of its kind in the world today. Sets the standard for publishing in your area. The author of this review is a subscriber but has no other financial relationship with the journal.