Asheville Celebrates Human Potential Throughout the Month of November

Annmarie Edwards, M.A.

Mayor Terry M. Bellamy has proclaimed the entire month of November, 2006 “Maximize Your Potential Month.”

Noting that Maximize Your Potential Month “helps people to be courageous in celebrating their self worth, inner strength, passion, values, and their tenacity,” the Mayor’s proclamation encourages all citizens — of Asheville and the entire nation — to engage in “renewal of spirit, appreciation, acknowledgement, expanding of ideas and techniques, improving relationship[s], empowering people to move forward… motivating people and build[ing] cohesiveness.”




Maximize
Your Potential Month was the brainchild of Annmarie Edwards, M.A., of
Weaverville, business owner/Chamber member, teacher, speaker, and
author of 50 Ways to Maximize Your Potential and three other books
(published by Aria Research Group). “Human beings are capable of
greatness, “said Edwards, 44, “It’s well known that most people only
use about 10 percent of their brainpower, and even that has been enough
to build a great civilization. If we learned to use even another 10
percent, I’m convinced that we could build a society with peace,
prosperity, and the ability to generate new discoveries that we can’t
even imagine.”



Edwards’ book, available at Malaprop Bookstore in Asheville and also
online at www.ariaresearchgroup.com or by calling 828-278-0632, is full
of practical suggestions on how to reduce stress, increase health, and
work to your fullest. Recognizing the importance of humor, the book is
peppered with cartoons. In one of these a doctor advises his patient,
“My advice if you want to maintain your health is avoid seconds…meals,
martinis, and mortgages.”



Journalists: Annmarie Edwards is happy to do both phone and in-studio interviews.