Each of us has been invited to participate in the most exciting and wonderful party of all: Life. We each have a unique life purpose to fulfill, and each of us is born to succeed. However -- like every exceptional event -- we are destined to fulfill our life's purpose and achieve our greatest success only if we respond properly to our invitation. We must consciously choose to attend life's party, acknowledge our invitation to participate, and take the necessary steps to respond. We need to Recognize... Structure... Visualize... Project... This R.S.V.P. For Success book -- the result of over four decades of study and experience -- opens you to the essence of complete personal and professional success, and shows you how to achieve it. It has been in development for some time, and we're looking forward to having it ready for release in the not-too-distant future. R.S.V.P. For Success by Grady L. Dobbs If you would like to be notified when the book becomes available, CLICK HERE. If you would like to subscribe to one of my free newsletters now, CLICK HERE. To give you a feel for the book and its author, here is the introduction:           ** R.S.V.P. For Success **                          --    Introduction    -- Have you ever opened a door for someone? And has anyone ever opened a door for you? Isn't that simple thing -- one person opening a door for another -- a common occurrence in daily life? It is for most of us, yet that simple act was once very significant in my life. It was in the Spring of 1963, at the Ramada Inn in Champaign, Illinois. Although still in high school, I was visiting the home of the University of Illinois to attend a special lecture being given at the 16,000 seat Assembly Hall by one of the great and influential men of the 20th century. I had first heard of him when I was 8 years old, and was 11 when I first read his works. I had heard his name spoken with reverence, awe, and devotion by men of great wisdom and achievement. He had been an advisor and friend to several Presidents of the United States and to thousands of our country's most successful business leaders. He had been called the "Kingmaker of Millionaires." He had written a book, "Think and Grow Rich", that has become the single most recognized book on the science of successful living. He had touched millions of lives throughout the world. He seemed to me to be not quite a god, but not merely mortal. And on that auspicious night I would be seated among the many who would come to hear the great man speak. What was my state of mind? Well, I was young enough that I wanted to be "cool", but I was old enough to know that I wasn't. And, in my excitement and anticipation, I was having some trouble pulling myself together. As I prepared in the hotel room, trying to look my best, nothing would really function. Buttoning my shirt from the top down, I ran out of buttonholes when there were still three buttons left. Trying vainly to tie my shoes, I remembered the sense of mystery -- the seeming impossibility of doing it right -- that I had felt when I was four years old. My necktie was no better. It seemed that no matter how many times I tried to tie it, the bottom part was at least three inches longer than the top, and the knot was bigger than the one in my stomach. As you might imagine, I was the last of my family to get ready. In fact, as I struggled to hide the fact that I had forgotten the fine art of putting on a pair of socks, my father had sat down on the bed, put his hand on my shoulder, and told me to relax. He said that the rest of the family was going to the lobby -- and that when I was dressed I should come down to meet them so we could leave for the Assembly Hall. It was quite a few minutes later, when I had finally reached a state of semi-respectable appearance, that I raced out the door of the room...concerned about the length of time I had delayed the others. As I hurried toward the stairs, I noticed a small white-haired man struggling with the lock to his room. Concerned about the time, I almost passed him by. Yet the sense of values that my parents had instilled in me stopped me, and I asked if I might be able to help him. He turned, smiled and said, "Why, yes, thank you young man. I would be most grateful!" Thankfully, my hands seemed to be working again, and -- after a few seconds of tugging and twisting -- the key turned and the door opened. As I handed him the key, he said "Thank you my boy. Many young men of your age would not have been so thoughtful. And what is your name?" When I replied "Grady Dobbs", his eyes literally twinkled and he said, "You must be Harold's boy!" Startled, I asked, "How did you know?" His response was "Allow me to introduce myself. My name is Napoleon Hill. Tell your father what you have done, that you have opened a door for me, and that I would like to meet with you tonight to see if I can return the favor." Dumbfounded that I had met and done so small a favor for the great man I had come to hear, I nodded and walked away, repeating to myself the lines which that little white-haired man had once ghost-written for a President to speak in order to calm a frightened nation: "We have nothing to fear but fear itself." I remember almost nothing of what Napoleon Hill said to the audience of thousands at the Assembly Hall that night. I was too distracted by the few words he had spoken to his audience of one in the hallway at the Ramada Inn. Would I really get to meet with him? And how was he going to repay the favor? As we had dinner together that night, and during the hours of later discussions, he was amazingly kind and generous with me, freely answering questions I had about him (including how he stayed so thin) and about specific points of his books and his philosophy (including the "Transmutation of Sexual Energy"...which was a mystery of significant importance to me as an almost 16 year old kid) and how to discover our "Definite Major Purpose" in life. He seemed to delight in telling me stories about learning life lessons from his grandfather, about experiences that encapsulated key lessons he had learned, about the most difficult times in his life and how he had handled them. He also offered suggestions of what those lessons might mean to me. He laughed easily, gained my confidence, got me to tell him what I wanted to do with my life, and encouraged me to do it. He asked me many questions and told me many things. Before the night was over, we had begun a plan for the achievement of the dreams which I had shared with him. I had opened a door to a hotel room for him, and he had opened a door to opportunity for a richer and better life for me. Would you like to know the essence of what Napoleon Hill told me that night? First he told me that he was not special or unique. He assured me that anyone who truely wanted to be wealthy and successful and happy could achieve it. He said, effectively, that life is meant to be a joyous party, and the invitation to experience abundant success in life...whether measured in terms of personal satisfaction or career achievement, of satisfying relationships or physical health, of spiritual evolution or material wealth...is not limited to a select group or a chosen few. He explained that the invitation to share and participate in the full riches of life has -- already -- been extended to each of us. Yet the party will go on without us until we respond to the invitation. We simply have to respond properly to the invitation that life has extended to us, take the actions required to arrive the place that has been reserved for us, and thoroughly enjoy life's party. This book is about how you actually can do that. My hope is that it will open wonderful new doors for you, just as Napoleon Hill and Og Mandino and Bob Proctor and many others have done for me. I owe that to them, and I owe that to you. If you would like to be notified when the book becomes available, CLICK HERE. If youwould like to subscribe to one of our free newsletters now, CLICK HERE. It is our policy to hold your personal information in the strictest of confidence. We will not sell, exchange, or otherwise give away your email address or other personal information to anyone for any reason. When you provide your email address, it is used for our internal marketing and contact purposes only. 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