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Title: The Road to Success is Paved with Failure : How Hundreds of Famous People Triumphed Over Inauspicious Beginnings, Crushing Rejection, Humiliating Defeats and Other Speed Bumps Along Life's Highway by Joey Green ISBN: 0-316-61116-6 Publisher: Little Brown & Company Pub. Date: 25 April, 2001 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.52 (23 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Funny and inspiring!
Comment: I love this book! It's filled with hundreds of failures of famous people--from politicians to literary figures, movie stars to sports legends, rock stars to classic artists. Page after page, you discover how all these people failed before they hit the big time, and this books makes you feel like you can accomplish anything! It's the perfect gift book for anyone who needs encouragement. Whenever I'm feeling down, I page through this book for inspiration. It's amazing.
Rating: 5
Summary: Look to this for inspiration galore...
Comment: When people look at someone who is successful (even if the definition of "success" varies from person to person) they usually have a tendency to think that someone went from point A to Point B with nothing in between. It's the old story of the "overnight success" that may have taken someone a lifetime or may have been achieved with great heartache, pain, and stress. One way of being inspired is to read biographies constantly. I'm an entertainer (ventriloquist, believe it or not) and I love reading show biz biographies. And I've found that when I read them there is a LOT of drama that took place between Point A (starting out) and Point B (succeeding). In The Road to Success Is Paved with Failure Joey Green has boiled down these life stories into a small book that completes its mission so thoroughly you will not only want to read, keep and refer to this book again and again -- but you'll want to gift this book to some loved ones. The concept is simple enough: each page, in large type, refers to a less-than-successful, unflattering or downright failure item involving a now famous successful person. At the bottom of the page, in smaller type, he tells you who this person is and why they are now famous for succeeding. This is "no frills" inspiration. And it works. Here's one example: (Big type) "Barbara Walters was told in 1957 by Don Hewitt, who became executive producer of 60 minutes, to "stay out of television."" Bottom of page (small type): "Barbara Walters became a host on the television talk show Today, an anchorwoman on The ABC Evening News, and a host of 20/20. She has won six Emmy Awards for her work on television and was elected in 1990 to the Television Hall of Fame." There are many others. But this is the kind of book that you can quickly re-read, or just grab a few pages and read if you're feeling "down" or discouraged. It gives you the mental vitamins to resist the naysayers and ignore discouragement and focus on the possibilities. Great concept. Great execution. Great biographical examples. Great value...given what it can do to uplift your life.
Rating: 5
Summary: Great Book, Great Gift--even for yourself!
Comment: This is a GREAT book. When I read about the humble beginnings of high achievers, I get motivated to be great too! For example Walt Disney's first cartoon film failed miserably and he even went bankrupt! The point of this book is keep trying, don't stop. 'Cause the road to success IS paved with failure!
Zev Saftlas, Author of Motivation That Works: How to Get Motivated and Stay Motivated
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Title: Great Failures of the Extremely Successful: Mistakes, Adversity, Failure and Other Stepping Stones to Success by Steve Young ISBN: 1931290172 Publisher: Tallfellow Press Pub. Date: September, 2002 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: The Power of Failure: 27 Ways to Turn Life's Setbacks into Success by Charles C. Manz ISBN: 1576751325 Publisher: Berrett-Koehler Pub Pub. Date: May, 2002 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Unstoppable: 45 Powerful Stories of Perseverance and Triumph from People Just Like You by Cynthia Kersey ISBN: 1570713383 Publisher: Sourcebooks Trade Pub. Date: May, 1998 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: When Smart People Fail: Rebuilding Yourself for Success by Carole Hyatt, Linda Gottlieb, Carol Hyatt ISBN: 0140178112 Publisher: Penguin USA (Paper) Pub. Date: May, 1993 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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Title: How They Achieved: Stories of Personal Achievement and Business Success by Lucinda Watson ISBN: 0471388203 Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Pub. Date: 30 March, 2001 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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