ExtractThere are so many people who feel that dreams are made for dreaming and reality must simply be en-dured; so many people who will never attempt to take their secret ambitions out of the cupboard, where they sit gathering dust; so many people who resign themselves to merely existing, "just like everyone else", without ever daring to hope for more than a holiday in Florida, or a raise at work, that this makes you part of a very small minority… I'm even tempted to say… of a tiny elite!
You think, or at least hope, you can make your dreams come true. That is why you were drawn to this book. You have realized that life is not a prison sentence to be endured; that we are not shackled like convicts, condemned to slave away our days, and that for those who have the courage to dream their lives and live their dream, sooner or later, the doors to success and happiness will open wide.
Congratulations.
Within these pages, you will discover a new method that is simple and extraordinarily pow-erful. You do not even have to believe it is going to work, in order for it to do so. The 'offirmation' technique is effective for everyone, even for sceptics. However, it is not the same as the well-known 'positive affirmation', pioneered by Émile Coué, or the 'afformation' method formulated by Noah Saint John, although it owes much to both of these.
This book is different. It contains ideas you will not find elsewhere. These original ideas do not contradict well-established theories that have gone before, but link them together and illuminate them in a brand-new way. In short, the book you are about to read is one you will never have never read before; the riches you are about to discover are not yet part of your consciousness.
Is this a little ambitious? Yes indeed! But read this book carefully to the end and you will see that it holds its own.

Publisher's Note
No, it's not a spelling mistake: it's definitely 'offirmations', not 'affirmations' or 'afformations'. In a sphere where writers have an annoying tendency to keep churning out the same old ideas, Lucia Canovi brings us something new. Her offirmations method, inspired by the work of Emile Coué and Noah Saint John, constitutes a significant move forward; a truly revolutionary innovation. In this book, Lucia Canovi will give you all the keys for using these magic little questions as effectively as possible, thus creating your own future and fulfilling your dreams. Without the rhetoric, but instead with humour, she also provides the information you need to be able to separate the wheat from the chaff in the vast domain of personal development and along the way, dismantles some of the false concepts which travel on the back of the 'law of attraction'. 'The Treasure' is an essential book for your collection; one of its kind and one which will take its place in the history of personal development.

About the author
Winner of six literary prizes and highly qualified in modern literature, Lucia Canovi has dedicated her life to writing. Her readers enjoy the liberating information they discover in her books and her sparkling wit. Passion-ate about personal development, she tirelessly seeks the simplest and most effective ways of reprogramming her mind for success and happiness. Her books have been translated into English, German Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Dutch, Russian and Japanese.

About the translator
Paula DeFilippo has been a lover of all things French since 1972. Translating allows her to indulge her pas-sion for the French language and reading, two of her favorite things.