The Joy of Success teaches the 10 Success and Leadership Skills that Susan discovered by shadowing Highly Successful People for more than two decades. These are essential skills anyone can master to transform their lives and the lives of those around them. These are the skills Susan teaches in businesses and educational institutions around the world. And, in one-to-one Executive Coaching Sessions. Translated into 16 languages.

Are you missing, or misusing, any of these skills? How about the people around you at work, and at home? Do they need to read these books too?

“I learned more from Susan in a matter of hours than from all the management, leadership and team-building trainings I've taken in 18 years. And it works in my personal life too.”

—Carl J. Flood, VP Worldwide Management,
American Express

Book 2—
SUCCESS HAS GEARS

Success Has Gears presents 20 Case Studies in which leaders and followers use the wrong gear at the wrong time ... at great cost to themselves and their organizations!

“Effective leadership is the single most important element of both organizational and personal success. Success Has Gears is a thought-provoking guide to the dynamic process of
leading in the modern workplace.”
—Greg Horn, Former CEO, General Nutrition Centers

“Three-Gear Leadership is the jet fuel that can propel an organization to the next level of sustainable growth. The key question is … how to know which gear is most effective
at any time.”
—Anita Brick, Director MBA Career Advancement, University of Chicago Booth School of Business

“A book ALL present and future business executives should make required reading for ALL their department heads.”
— George A. Naddaff, Founder, Boston Market

Book 3—
OUR CHILDREN ARE WATCHING

Our children are watching 24/7! What are they learning ... and not learning ... from us? The most powerful way to prepare our next generation to succeed and lead is to model these skills day-by-day, and provide other good models when we can't.

“This may just be one of the most important books you will ever read in your life, important for you and your children. I read hundreds of books every year and I can count on one hand how many books I have ever read that hold the potential to transform lives as deeply as this book does. It has the power to change your life forever, if you are willing.”
—Chinaberry Book Service

“Susan Ford Collins is the quintessential good mother. Her experience as a researcher, her warmth and sense of humor all contribute to a wonderful learning experience.
Two thumbs up!”
—Jerome H. Poliacoff, Ph.D. Child Psychologist

“A book full of hope—a very valuable item.”
—Michael Fitzsimmons, Producer, The Weekend Today Show

Now Book 4—
BLUR:
CLEAR THE WAY AHEAD …
Even in the Worst of Times

“𝘽𝙡𝙪𝙧: 𝘾𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙒𝙖𝙮 𝘼𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙙” 𝙗𝙮 By Susan Ford Collins doesn’t just name the fog we find ourselves lost in—it gives it shape, voice, and, most importantly, a way out.
    The author writes from the epicenter of chaos. One moment, she’s packing up for a hurricane. The next, a tornado rips through her home. Then cancer. Then anxiety. Then more loss. One hit after another, until life becomes a disorienting haze of fear, grief, and survival.
    But this isn’t a story of surrender—it’s a story of rebuilding. With raw vulnerability and hard-won wisdom, Collins walks readers through the experience of BLUR, that overloaded mental and emotional state when life throws too much, too fast. Through her “Technology of Success,” she gently guides you to re-center, re-trust, and re-awaken your sense of control—even when everything around you feels unrecognizable.
    This book doesn’t promise quick fixes or toxic positivity. What it offers is something more real: validation, tools, and a companion through the fog. It might be a good fit for anyone who’s been hit with one thing after another and whispered, “I can’t take one more.” Or Readers seeking hope without fluff—and practical ways to move forward when life unravels.” Review bookwale_sharmaji

BLUR is available on Amazon and Audible.

becoming one again: divorce new love and life

Starting over after my marriage ended. Alone. Unsure. Different.
I don’t feel single, but I’m not married either. Struggling to figure how to support my daughters and me … to find a new home, to work as a single mom. Needing friends, but no longer feeling connected to the ones I had when I was married. Coping with new demands and expectations, new limits and freedoms. Re-examining my life and our future.
What is “family” now? My ex-husband is still my daughters’ father but our communication is challenging. Unsupportive. Discovering new ways to celebrate holidays and share vacations. To move past loss, upset, and disappointment.
Suddenly and unexpectedly, I found new love. But we were working in the same place so I would have to keep our relationship secret, or risk losing my job. And the man I was falling in love with had children too. Feeling the excitement of our lives and the pull of others’ lives and values, our parents’ and previous spouses’.

I was divorced. He was separated. I didn’t emotionally understand the difference at the start, but it would become our greatest struggle. Our most difficult choice …