EXCERPT FROM YOU TO THE 10TH POWER: I often wonder why people feel the need to wait until their lives are destroyed before they make changes, but more importantly I wonder why they always act astonished that it happened. Whether you make changes or not, once you've read this book, you wil now be choosing consciously. You will no longer be able to pretend you don't know any better. If you choose to remain in the same situation, job, or relationship that is causing you pain, be secure in the knowledge that you chose it. You are not a victim. You are not helpless. You are a conscious being making choices every moment of the day. If you don't like the outcome of those choices you have the power to change the choices you make. The conscious you decides what action or non-action you will take next. The conscious you realizes that every moment is only an experiment in cause and effect. The conscious you knows that life is a game in which you make the rules. The conscious you is YOU TO THE 10th POWER