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The opening materials frame the author’s mission to educate readers about effective voice sound and correct speaking-voice use, supported by professional medical perspectives. The book then introduces foundational ideas about success and vocal power, including how certain leaders command attention, and positions voice technique as a practical path for improving personal outcomes through trained communication habits.","Change Your Voice, Change Your Life. Copyright © 1984 by Morton Cooper, Ph.D. All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of America. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission, except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews. For information, [please visit www.voice-doctor.com](please visit www.voice-doctor.com)[ ](please visit www.voice-doctor.com)[Previous Hardcover Edition published by Macmillan Publishing Co. 1984](Previous Hardcover Edition published by Macmillan Publishing Co. 1984)[ ](Previous Hardcover Edition published by Macmillan Publishing Co. 1984)First Harper Perennial edition published 1985.  \nVoice and Speech Company of America, 17th printing, 1999.  \nSelf-Published, 2016.  \nLibrary of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data  \nCooper, Morton, 1931—  \nChange you voice, change your life.  \n(Everyday handbook)  \nReprint. Originally published: New York: Macmillan, 1984.  \n1.Voice Culture. I. Title  \nPN4162 .C65 1985 808.5 84-48589  \nOriginal ISBN 0-87980-441-6 (pbk)  \nTo my mother, Mae, who encouraged me to be everything I could be. To my wife, Marcia, and daughters, Lorna and Marla, who let me. And to my father, Louis, who died when I was eight; for the legacy of love and kindness he gave me.  \nContents  \nAcknowledgements  \nChapter 1 : The Secret of Success  \nChapter 2: The Voice You Love Could Be Your Own  \nChapter 3: Reality Training  \nChapter 4: Destroying the Myths  \nChapter 5: Why “Suicide”?  \nChapter 6: Special Problems  \nChapter 7: Don’t Fight Success  \nChapter 8: Charting Your Course  \nAcknowledgments  \nWhile it has long been my ambition to write a book for the general public on the benefits of healthy voice usage and effective voice sound, this dream could only have been realized with the support and guidance of many individuals to whom I shall be forever grateful. Unfortunately, space limitations preclude my mentioning them all. There are a special few, however, whom I would like to formally acknowledge for their part in bringing this book to fruition.  \nMy wife, Marcia Ann Hartung Cooper, deserves first mention; both for her loving personal encouragement, and her significant professional contribution to my work.  \nKathy Robbins demonstrated remarkable agenting skills in finding a home for a thesis on an unheard-of subject. In addition, she provided focus and invaluable structuring suggestions in the developmental stages of writing.  \nHillel Black, publisher of Macmillan Publishing Company, allowed my dream to become a reality by inviting me to proceed with my efforts to educate readers on this critical subject. I am deeply indebted to him for his commitment to this endeavor, and also for his kind and expert words of advice. 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