Take It from Me by Erin Brockovich, Marc Eliot (2001...

Advice on how to overcome life's obstacles, and live the life you want, from one of today's most inspiring heroes

"It is as challenging a task to comment on Erin Brockovich as it was to portray her. She seems to defy description. I shall put it simply, because Erin is someone who appreciates a clear point. She is kind, and she is tireless. Erin is inspiring, and I know the world to be a better place because she is in it."--Julia Roberts

Erin Brockovich delivers her irrepressible spirit and down-to-earth wisdom in Take It from Me, an inspiring trove of stories, lessons, and motivational strategies anyone can use to summon their inner strength and free the winning forces that lie within us all.

Famous and still fighting, Erin Brockovich shows how to develop the courage, dedication, and tenacity to overcome any obstacle

"Real-life sleuth Erin Brockovich gets the prize for pluck, passion..."­­People

"Some choices we make aren't choices at all, merely capitulation to our weaknesses. To develop your inner strength you must push yourself to do your best, especially when you aren't sure you can. You can because you have to."­­Erin Brockovich

Straight-forward, self-help advice from one of today's most inspiring heroes

Oscar-winning actress Julia Roberts calls Erin Brockovich her hero. To motivational giant Tony Robbins, Brockovich is an "incredible role model," and thanks to the block-buster movie "Erin Brockovich," to millions of Americans she is a household name.

But before the movie and the fame, even before the legal victory that was the catalyst for it all, there was simply Erin Brockovich, a woman whose only resource was her own inner strength­­and the determination to make a difference. It was her ability to call upon this strength that enabled Brockovich, a divorced mother with little education, struggling to raise three children on $800 a month, to set off an investigation that not only saved a town's water supply from carcinogen contamination, but also raked in a $333 million settlement. Now, Brockovich wants to show others how they too can call on their inner resources to achieve amazing success.

In this insightful book, Brockovich shares the motivational strategies and tactics that helped her win her David- versus-Goliath-like battle and continue to help her grow today. Weaving advice with her own personal stories­­many of which are told here for the first time­­Brockovich sets readers on a path to empowerment that will equip them to beat overwhelming odds and transcend painful obstacles, such as dead-end jobs, dead-end relationships, and loneliness. Fresh, accessible, and inspiring, the lessons in Take It from Me are sure to free the winning forces that lie within us all.