Og Mandino's Secrets To Success

Og Mandino says the most important secret to success is that....

Life is a game....
Precious, Holy, Beautiful
but it's a game!

Who is Og Mandino you might ask?

Og Mandino was a person gifted with initiative, talent, luck and pluck. But before he was a famous inspirational speaker and author with book sales in excess of 50 million copies worldwide, Mandino spent a fair bit of time as a frustrated, hopelessly alcoholic failure.

As a young World War II veteran baffled by the seemingly simple tasks of earning a living and having a life, Mandino spiraled into despair and poverty. But one day, his life took a dramatic turn for the better because of a chance encounter with the work of legendary success experts W. Clement Stone and Napoleon Hill, coupled with Mandino’s own willingness to take action.

A Slave to Good Habits

Og Mandino quotes; "With the ability to read you can work miracles in your life."

The public library soon became Mandino’s haven. He continued his wanderings, but wherever he went, he visited libraries and pored over hundreds of sales, personal-development, motivation and success books.

The new habit of reading and studying gradually replaced Mandino’s devastating drinking habit. Over time, he experienced an awakening, a dramatic shift in his beliefs and behaviors.

Here is a list of authors that Og Mandino recommends:

Norman Vincent Peale
Napoleon Hill
W. Clement Stone

Another Secret To Success

Failures always seem
to act as if they had
1000 years to live.

Never, never treat
time as if you had an
unlimited supply.

None of us have a contract with life. Try to live each day as if it's going to be the only one your going to have.

Another Secret To Success;

If you want to succeed
you have got to learn
to live with failure.

No man or woman is an island.
Success absolutely cannot be achieved alone.

Og Mandino was a man who practiced what he later preached. His own willingness, action and perseverance made him into the greatest salesman in the world, with millions of books sold and lives improved. At the heart of his writings and his life was evident his heartfelt concern for the individual human beings holding his books, his deep empathy for those struggling as he once had. He had found a way up and out of self-pity and failure, and had shared those timeless principles with anyone with the willingness to pull his book from the shelf and put its words into action.

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