Personal-finance

Ms. Sharbuno writes with exceptional clarity, wit, organization, and insight into everyday concerns and challenges. Additionally, she has pulled together fifty-two marvelous quotations to segue into each short essay.

She explains her term "success from the inside out." To attain success, she advises, we cannot rely on outer circumstances. Instead, success depends more upon how we use our inner resources, often in the face of a threatening environment.

The book is highly contemporary, in matters such as providing guidance for launching a new career after a job loss. Readers will listen to her because she experienced that adversity herself, and transitioned happily into a new arena.

Likewise, when she talks about making your dreams come true, she explains how she achieved her fantasy of becoming a published writer.

Ms. Sharbuno counsels us on other important topics. Examples: overcoming procrastination, the value of our "body wisdom" (which others might call "gut feelings"), dividing huge tasks into manageable pieces, adopting an attitude of abundance, and reshaping our attitudes.

52 Ways will make you think, laugh, and reassess yourself, and will prompt you to alter your personal and professional relationships. I consider this book both practical and inspirational. I'm sure you will, too.