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6 Mega Life Transforming Hacks

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Everyone desires success and happiness. But many routinely seek a previously untold universal secret or big gold nugget solution rather than using the abundant specks of gold constituting success and happiness all around them.

So, we often desire happiness and success. 

But don’t know what it takes.

Some believe destiny is all.

Others, like the author, prove that happiness and success are in your hands.

What do you think?

Are you happy? Successful?

Are you willing to make small changes to improve your quality of life?

If so, you are in luck!

This book is a treasure trove of life hacks and tools to be your best self and live your best life. This book doesn’t claim to disclose a previously closely guarded, untold, universal secret, or big gold nugget solution requiring little effort, instead it is based on simple but proven and powerful, abundant, and readily available specks of gold that we often overlook or underestimate individually, but that provably combine synergistically and explosively to create breakthrough transformational change for happiness and success.

You will have to engage in the activities described for self development to be more happy and successful.

And this guide will show you exactly how, in a step by step, methodical, easy to understand manner.

Based on conclusive scientific research and a lifetime of award-winning transformational change experience at world-leading companies, this book is presented to you in the form of 6 mega life-transforming hacks.We often waste energy on fruitless missions in search of satisfaction.

With this guide, you will be able to see and think more clearly and make better judgments to achieve your life’s missions. It offers you a personal development plan, the beauty of which is the simplicity of the often- ignored abundant specks of gold from which arise such explosive mega life-transforming hacks.

This personal development plan is based on the self development activities of positivity, grit, expertise, mindfulness, happiness, and clear perception and superior judgment through self-administered cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT).

This book will help you achieve a transformational change. You have nothing to lose and a lot to gain.

You will love this book because its strength is its simplicity, anyone can follow it, and everyone deserves an invitation to a happier and more productive life.This one is yours.

So, seize opportunity and get it now because your success and happiness are definitely worth it.

213 pages, Kindle Edition

Published November 16, 2020

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Mirza Barlas

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Mirza Barlas, MBA, is an ongoing award-winning career executive, entrepreneur, industrialist, and philanthropist who champions the wronged and disadvantaged Indigenous people of Northern Canada. Barlas has owned and headed several award-winning global companies, including a record 5 time winner of Forbes Magazine's Best Managed Small Companies in America (under $400,000,000), a winner of the Industry Canada's prestigious British Columbia Export Award, a winner of the Indigenous Employer of the Year Award, and a two time winner of the Governor General's Canadian Award for Business Excellence. He has been invited to accompany the prime minister of Canada on international trade missions multiple times and regularly works with top government and top global business leaders of Fortune Magazine's Global 500 world leading companies. Barlas' field of expertise his entire career has been breakthrough capabilities development for transformational change. That is what this book is about. Barlas' experience spans multiple industries, including mining, recycling and refining, renewable energy, environmental services, advanced manufacturing, amusement and entertainment, management consulting, and sports.

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Profile Image for Píaras Cíonnaoíth.
Author 124 books163 followers
December 17, 2020
Creating a happier and more productive life...

I really enjoyed reading this book. And, I suspect all fans of the Self-Improvement genre will love having a read of this one also. 6 Mega Life Transforming Hacks by Mirza Barlas is an exceptionally well-written life-improvement book. This book is intelligent, wise and packed to the rafters with practical common-sense advice. It becomes obvious as you read through this page turner that the author is imparting his wisdom and understanding as to what happiness and success really means. It’s an excellent guide for putting things into perspective. Highly recommended.
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1,775 reviews9 followers
December 18, 2020
Have you ever heard a lecture or read a book that talked about reaching a level of happiness, but failed to explain how to obtain it? 6 Mega Life Transforming Hacks by Mirza Barlas takes the guess work out of attaining happiness and gives you have formula to practice until it is a way of life. It took the author twenty years to perfect his journey and pave the way in a book. Just like when the young man, Jack, panned for gold in the Klondike gold rush, there are specks of gold sprinkled through this book that can lead you to a fulfilling life.

What I liked about 6 Mega Life Transforming Hacks is Mirza Barlas's interesting approach. He explains one of his life transforming hacks then uses an illustration or story to show how this hacks can apply to your life. My favorite point was on perseverance and grit. Each of the thirteen specks of gold applied to me in a special way, or motivated me to change. If you follow the author's direction, you will find you are happier than before.
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Author 1 book12 followers
December 29, 2020
Gold Sparks of Wisdom

Mirza Barlas, MBA, is an ongoing award-winning career executive, entrepreneur, industrialist, and philanthropist who champions the wronged and disadvantaged Indigenous people of Northern Canada.

Multiple Awards for Business Excellence. He has been invited to accompany the prime minister of Canada on international trade missions multiple times and regularly works with top government and top global business leaders of Fortune Magazine’s Global 500 world-leading companies.
Maximize capabilities development for transformational change. That is what this book is about. Barlas’ experience spans multiple industries, including mining, recycling and refining, renewable energy, environmental services, advanced manufacturing, amusement and entertainment, management consulting, and sports. To cap it all, the author is a member of Mensa, the high- IQ society.

His continues research and affords to quote the latest results on the subjects and names the resources he used :

1. Perseverance and Grit for Better Life Results
2. Expertise for Better Life Results
3. Positivity for Better Life Results
4. Mindfulness for Better Life Results
5. Happiness for Better Life Results
6. Better Perception and Judgment for Better Life Results

The titles of the book's chapters lead to a unified life goal: Better life results based on 6 relevant states of mind and capabilities for action.

Research bibliography is given to support the scientific data collected : to achieve better life results, organizations processes, and technologies. A manufacturing company also near Vancouver, where he again uses transformational change, transformational leadership, and breakthrough capabilities improvement.

His wide vision propels him to  150+ quotations he uses in the book for you to internalise.
At the  end of a chapter he summarizes “ gold specks” in points form and gives hints and illustrations which you can follow. The recommendations have a scientific base, in many instances a psychological  foundation. He shows the benefits of the recommendations. His work also integrates the latest business  concepts and quotations from big names in history and masters in their fields.

A motivational quote:

“I was perhaps smarter than these successful men gave me great self-assurance. I started believing that I could achieve even greater success than they had. I thought that if these ordinary men had done it, so could I.”

It is a book that you can keep by your side daily to read truths that will help you understand your purpose in life. There are many spiritual lessons to follow and his words are gold.

 The points discussed in each of these 6 hacks, though high in value – nuggets of gold, what the readers need is to be conscious of in everything they learn, everything they experience, is how they then apply that knowledge to their lives,  actually applying knowledge daily, changing bad habits, forming healthy ones,  transforming knowledge into wisdom.  Inaction leads to years slipping away, or a direction so consumed with focus one forgets the journey, eyes only on the destination, also wastes that miracle gift. So, if these 6 hacks inspire you, move you, resonate with you, the power lies in your hands to then act upon the directives with the tools at hand. To purposefully build yourself, your world. Only then will any of this matter.

Scarlett  Jensen
21 December  2020
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216 reviews11 followers
December 17, 2020
Gold Mine

6 Mega Life-Transforming Hacks by Mirza Barlas, MBA is a powerful and potentially life-changing book that provides a map for the reader to gain control of their life. A life that may be defined as out of control.

This book is written to inspire and motivate the reader to achieve that aim.

Additionally, it is not just a book that grabs the reader's attention and "dangles" a carrot of potential achievement of its aims. It provides useful and practical tools to help the reader to help realize the goal of slowing down the process of life, take control, and enact powerful change.

The book discusses six specific life qualities and devotes a chapter to each. Some of those topics include perseverance to enjoy success, embracing an attitude of positivity, and being mindful to name a few.

The various chapters are inspirational and replete with significant illustrations that will stimulate the reader's thought processes. For example, in the chapter on perseverance, the author draws on an illustration of two different plants that experience different stages of growth over the same time. Ultimately, the lesson is divulged that one of the plants is growing but the growth is not being seen as it is developing its root structure. Once the root structure has been developed then there is a significant growth that takes place visibly above ground. Consequently, the power of the illustration is the importance of perseverance and once their roots have developed, their dedication will pay off with significant growth. This lesson can spill over into one's personal life as well as the development of their business.

Another powerful aspect of the book is that at the end of each chapter is the culmination of little specks of gold that when compiled together provide significant gold nuggets for the reader. These "panned" nuggets may well benefit the reader's life and possibly produce a higher quality of living.

Mega Life-Transforming Hacks by Mirza Barlas, MBA is a wonderful, powerful, and delightful book that delivers on its claim. The way that it is written in the various reflections illustrations and poignant teachings offered will most likely help the reader to revolutionize their life and value those things that will enhance the quality of living.
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94 reviews2 followers
December 19, 2020
6 Mega Life Transforming Hacks by Mizra Barlas is a comprehensive book that lays out six strategic life hacks that can be used in order to achieve happiness in life and live a more fulfilling life. Many people believe that the key to happiness is having lots of money. It makes sense when you think about it. Money allows you to have freedom and have the ability to buy whatever you want whenever you want, go where you want when you want. Most of us never experience this. But, the reality is having lots of money will not bring happiness. Happiness is something that you need to achieve on the inside. But, how do you do this? By following the life hacks provided in the pages of this book.
The six hacks provided by the author are grit and perseverance, gaining expertise, positivity, mindfulness, choosing happiness, and better perception and judgement. I really like these ideas because they all work together and make perfect sense. If you want something, you need to work hard to get it. Get good at your skills and then get better at them. Stay focused and look for the upside even when things are not going the way you want. I think there are many people who will find this book helpful. This is not a recipe for success, but happiness tends to be a step in the direction of success.
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541 reviews12 followers
January 8, 2021
I call it a cowrie of wisdom: an engrossing read with powerful ideas

Mega Hacks talks about how to maximize your life satisfaction, experiences, and results. The author streamlines methodical and practical steps to prosperity, success, happiness, and states that at the end of every chapter are the chapter’s “specks of gold” and the relevant “mega life-transforming hack”. I loved how the author laced his context from historical analects of Chinese philosopher and politician Confucius, the exploits of Thomas Edison up to the story of the invisible bamboo, and the interpretation of some parables. The author, Mirza Barlas by his analogies and life stories made me remember a famous assertion of the difference between working smart and working smart. I now know of the balance between time management skills, being in the right industry and right position and carefully selecting the right opportunities. The book, 6 Mega Life Transforming Hacks is simply written in two hundred and twenty-four pages with six underlying chapters and will serve greatly to those who are caught in between careers or positions and organizations, take it as a deciding portal whenever you are caught in a dilemma of taking a major decision as a leader or manager.
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112 reviews3 followers
December 11, 2020
A guide to happiness and excellence that takes the reader on a journey through the six steps to maximize life satisfaction, experiences, and results. Filled with wisdom, poignant quotes, and parables that help tell the story of Mirza Barlas and how, after becoming a multi millionaire in his twenties, he found that wealth was not the key to joy. Dedicating his life to finding that key, he shares with the reader the 6 valuable but simple steps toward achieving the goal and living in joy and gratitude. I have a passion for the deep books that leave wisdom behind with me when I close the cover, sticking through life to lead and guide. Few do that, few have the skill in writing or lack the value in the message. But not here. I would rate this alongside Miguel Ruiz or Richard Bach. It leaves its voice behind to whisper in moments you need them.
Written with skill and the steps executed in a real way that can be used in life as a tool to achieve results, this is the top of my list for m this year. Will be buying a box full for Christmas gifts!
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260 reviews6 followers
December 29, 2020
A rare and special touchstone to achieve success and happiness in life.

Like the unlucky gold prospector, in the parable that the author quotes in the introduction to this book, this is an invaluable guide to finding the nuggets of gold, or good fortune, in the dirt rocks that our lives often seem to consist of. I was honestly pleasantly surprised and amazed about how effortlessly the author conveys so much useful information about achieving success and happiness in life. Packed with dozens of useful tips and hacks, this book is an inspiring repertoire of lessons gleaned from the great masters of life. All of these lessons and examples are superbly relevant and easily applicable to life and to any situations that you may be confronted with. This book is a touchstone for happiness and a life filled with all the desires that you could ever wish for. Although I found the first lesson and parable to be the most relevant to me, I believe that this book should be kept and referred to daily, or on a very regular basis, as the inspiration contained in it is timeless and endlessly applicable.

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1,378 reviews53 followers
December 16, 2020
6 Mega Life Transforming Hacks: Maximize Your Life Satisfaction, Experiences, and Results by Mirza Barlas is one of the most inspiring and helpful books you will ever read. Based on his own personal life experience, one in which he achieved great monetary and material success, the author presents a revolutionary plan to achieve happiness. That's right, the pursuit of happiness rather than monetary success is the key to this exceptional book. This is a well laid out book, with six stepping stones that form the foundation for making your life the best it can be. These are solid and useful hacks, not just wishful thinking, but concrete, actionable steps you can take to achieve the happiness and satisfaction in life you are looking for. An easy read with plenty of relevant examples interpreted by the author, this is the perfect book to improve the quality and essence of your life. Highly recommended.
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246 reviews2 followers
December 20, 2020
Mega Life Transforming Hacks is a complete and visionary book that is motivating and engaging. Mirza Barlas describes and suggests some main features that should be incorporated in everyday life to be excellent professionals and individuals.

Barlas speaks from experience and he shows how his suggestions have helped him, which makes him reliable and trustworthy. I believe this book is really encouraging and, after reading it I started to appreciate some aspects of life that I had taken for granted. I try to be positive and determined to achieve my goals. I became also interested in mindfulness, which is recommended as an effective tool for self- development.

It is truly practical, easy to read and concise. There are some quotes that are worth reading once and again. Highly recommended!
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534 reviews9 followers
January 2, 2021
Author Mirza Barlas sold me out with this exceptional, motivational book 6 Mega Life Transforming Hacks that talks about how to improve your existing abilities and make them your strength in order to gain success in whatever you aspire for. For starters, I totally loved and enjoyed the author's writing style. It was very inviting that it kept me reading page after page. All the things he tackled here made me learn a lot of things.

It is nice to know how the author started off his journey. He stated that like most of the successful people, he came from an unfortunately poor family that has to struggle in order to change their fate and not remain poor forever. I also loved the fact that he was influenced by his mom and he put his mom's knowledge to use and learn from it. All in all, a great self-help book to start the 2021!
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25 reviews
March 2, 2021
The 6 Mega Life Transforming Hacks by Mirza Barlas is in interesting book about self-development. It is one of the best new books in this genre and will definitely take you on a journey of self-reflection.

The book is an exceptionally well-written piece on little things that could contribute towards self-improvement. The writing is wise, intelligent, and packed to the crossbeams with logical guidance and common-sense. It becomes visible as a reader goes through the book that the writer is presenting his wisdom. And the author also showed his understanding of what success and happiness means.

The book is an excellent model for placing things into a thinking perspective. Fans of the genre would definitely find something to come back to in this book whenever they re-evaluate their own selves.
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555 reviews8 followers
December 22, 2020
I am amazed by this book! The author, Mirza Barlas, an ongoing award-winning career executive, entrepreneur, industrialist, and philanthropist, masterfully talks about his field of expertise in his career, which has been breakthrough capabilities development for transformational change. Barlas manages to touch us deeply while giving us insights on how to obtain success and happiness.
This book is a reminder that we are responsible for our own future, and if you want to be happy you have to be proactive and work for it. The author teaches us that we have to be ready to make the effort to change our life and by following his simple, yet enlightening six life hacks, we can be the best version of ourselves. I believe this book is a must read for anyone who is looking to live a joyous life!

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606 reviews12 followers
December 24, 2020
6 Mega Life Transforming Hacks by Mirza Barlas is a book that changed my life.
It is a narrative that inspires, and the author's main goal is to help the reader achieve their full potencial in life.
The different chapters provide very detailed information about the journey and changes people have to make to fufill this. What I like the most about this is that it is a very enjoyable book and the number of pictures it has helped me to fully understand what Barlas was describing.
Another thing to have in consideration is the amount of resourses the author leaves after every chapter, so in one or two cases I was able to look for more information in other places and to me that’s fabulous.
A great book, that I recommend to anyone that is looking for a big change in their lives.
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1,002 reviews18 followers
December 24, 2020
This is an interesting and reflexive book by Mirza Barlas that I really enjoyed. It is amazingly written with an easy format to follow. I absolutely loved it as it changed some of my bad habits making me a better person.
It is a must read for anyone looking to make any type of lasting change in their lives. I found it extremely helpful and thought-provoking. I felt all the time as if the author was taking me on a personal journey of self-discovery; his personal and professional experiences were inspiring and helped me feel connected with myself and my soul. His guidance allowed me to gain personal insight and make the much needed adjustments in my routine.
I would highly recommend this book for anyone as it is more of a self-help bible to a happier life.
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1,100 reviews19 followers
December 25, 2020



A helpful book. Very interesting

I am of the idea that success doesn´t come up by chance, it is through everyone´s deeds that people can be successful or not; happy or not. So, I agree with the author´s idea presented in “Mega Life Transforming Hacks”. Mirza Barlas MBA has penned a complete piece of writing that will help people who are in the pursuit of happiness and success. As it helped me.
Throughout the reading I learned about the author´s life, some morals and interesting phrases worth remembering, such as: “Perseverance is the foundations of all actions”. I mean, as a student I can assure this. It is better to go step by step and do not hurry in the process. I enjoyed so much this book that I thoroughly recommend it.




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149 reviews5 followers
December 26, 2020
I must admit that the first thing that attracted me to about this book was its cover; it is very ingenious and striking. But when I started reading it, I discovered that it was the book I should read at this time. It is a reading that leads us to reflection and knowledge of ourselves. No matter what life situation we are in, we can always be better.
It is a methodical and practical guide, with many activities to do. It has a clear and bright language. Once I started reading this book, I felt totally trapped by its pages. It has very referential illustrations and with that the author explains his point of view in a masterful way. I really enjoyed reading it.
It is a book that I recommend without hesitation and one that has helped me to be a better person and live a better life!
871 reviews27 followers
December 21, 2020
A simple but yet powerful and abundant book. “6 Mega Life Transforming Hacks” is a really powerful reading written with the aim of helping readers find success and happiness, but in the simplest possible way. Author Mirza Barlas delves with the idea that everyone deserves to be happier and to have a more productive life. The writing is clean, clear, and completely understandable, so everyone can follow this personal development plan.
The 6 mega life-transforming hacks are broad-minded and witty, and truly helped me in the way to make my dreams come true and to achieve my life goals. I really recommend this to everyone trying to live a better life, happier and more successful.
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1,098 reviews20 followers
December 22, 2020
I really enjoyed reading positive and life transforming books and certainly “6 Mega Life Transforming Hacks” is one of those books.
Along 6 chapters Mirza Barlas provide us with tools and activities to try to be our best self. Positive thinking, perseverance and loving kindness motivation (LKM) are some of the things to bear in mind.
I liked the approach author Barlas gave to this book, I think it's very useful. When someone is in peace with oneself, then it is easier to be in peace with others. Another thing I liked is that at the beginning of each chapter, there is a positive quote. I highly recommend this incredible book.
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603 reviews8 followers
December 22, 2020
A life-changing reader

To all readers who are feeling a little bit under the weather, perhaps overthinking the idea that another - particular - year has gone by, I heartily recommend the book “6 Mega Life Transforming Hacks” by Mirza Barlas.

Inside this book I found pages overloaded with advice that lead to a happier life. Before reading this piece, I couldn’t perceive the tools that surrounded me. I wasted loads of opportunities to make myself feel better, and, as a result, to make good things happen to me.

This reader is life-changing. The ideas are clear and are accompanied by illustrations and pictures that aid to the understanding of the points developed. I highly recommend it.
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244 reviews5 followers
December 24, 2020
A wonderful guide

I have found this book to be of great help. Through time I’ve found that I might not be successful in everything I do. This book by M. Barlaz is a great guide for everyone. The 7 steps mentioned in the book bring knowledge of how to handle situations, carry ourselves and reach the best in us. I believe that this book will be helpful to anyone who reads it as I personally feel touched by this book.
This book is simple and to the point and it’s easy to comprehend. I will always keep this book in mind and remember the guidance provided by an incredible author. Highly recommended to everyone!
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1,023 reviews17 followers
December 24, 2020
This self-help book was like a journey into my thoughts, my feelings and my desires.

The author doesn’t have new ways to achieve everything you want, just the opposite, he has a real way to do that. I realized that I have already known most of the things he talks about, but the key is how he tells them, the resources and tools he uses, how I received that information and most importantly, how I react to them. That’s why I liked “6 Mega Life Transforming Hacks” so much, it is very down to earth and it gives a clearly message: the power is in our hands. I would recommend reading it because I believe it is really useful.
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28 reviews
December 27, 2020
A truly helpful book about self-improvement. I found this book at such a perfect time and this book, 6 Mega Life Transforming Hacks, truly enlightened me in a lot of aspects at the moment. The personal development plan in this book is what I really liked the most because it genuinely helped me see things that I would normally miss or shrug off. It teaches and changes your perspective on how to look at other things, which is extremely helpful as a guide in finding the answer to your questions. This greatly guided me in finding myself and changing for the better, improving my productivity at my down time so this is an absolute win and highly recommended for all of you out there!
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358 reviews9 followers
December 26, 2020
I was looking for the perfect guide to be more successful and happy and I found “6 Mega Life Transforming Hacks” by Mirza Barlas MBA. It is an easy writing where I found all the right mantras to learn to be a better person everyday for the rest of my life. The author teaches in a pedagogic way how to get the best out of one.

To be honest, it is a kind of a personal victory for me to inculcate all these pieces of advice in my daily life. I am certain that these tools can truly make a difference in how I think, feel, assess situations and take action. It is a great book not to be missed.
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17 reviews1 follower
March 14, 2021
Some people believe in destiny and are, therefore, passive bystanders as their lives unfold in front of them. Others, like this author, believe that you must take your life in your own hands and find ways of fulfilling your potential yourself. This is of course challenging – it’s much easier to sit patiently waiting for all good things to come to you! I will not list the six hacks here but suffice to say that the current vogue for mindfulness finds its place here! This is an easy book to read and the end of each chapter lists “specks of gold” distilling the essential message.
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804 reviews22 followers
December 27, 2020
Six steps to success

“6 Mega Life Transforming Hacks” written by M.Barlaz is a clear guide which shows that the secret to succeed in life is to trust in oneself and that anyone can achieve this objective making small changes. The author explains these changes in six key points.

There isn’t a unique universal formula or solution to become rich without effort or changes. After this insightful reading, easy to follow and understand, i have the power to discover and develop myself.

I loved this book because I found it simple and inspiring. Following the principles of Mindfulness, I understood that anyone can transform their lives in happy and productive ones without depending on fate or destiny.

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