Effective Living is an Art that can be learned and mastered and then brought into your daily modes of behavior. How can you live fully and effectively? How did your present personality develop? How can you locate and change "beliefs" that limit your personal growth? These questions are answered in Geoff Smith's remarkable book, "The Art of Effective Living" in which he outlines a revolutionary new method of self-understanding called "Vision Renaissance" Drawing from classical teachers and the latest discoveries in personality dynamics "The Art of Effective Living" provides a powerful and highly practical tool for self-development and personal growth. This groundbreaking book tells you how to construct a highly effective framework for living by isolating and changing those beliefs that limit you from living a full and effective life. In this remarkable book you will learn about: - Understanding and strengthening your relationships - - Building your self-confidence and eliminating fear - - Repairing emotional damage from childhood - - Meaningful change in self-esteem and love - - Changing inner conflict into growth - Geoff is one of Toronto's most popular and sought after speakers on lifestyle management, the power of communication techniques, public speaking and the art of story telling. He is the author of "A Speaker's Guide to Effective Communication" and "The brotherhood of Ulan and other Mystery Stories". As a 45 - year member of Toastmasters International and a recipient of their highest award for speaking excellence, Geoff fervently believes in his book's description of an effective life: "The Effective life is lived with a passionate belief that it is worthwhile. It is lived with a self-induced enthusiasm, an all consuming appetite for living and with an all-transforming determination to savor life to the full. It tastes the sweets of existence and as it progressively achieves its own worthy ideals, lives vigorously and to the limits of its physical, mental and emotional capacities". Geoff Smith - The Art of Effective Living