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50 Success Classics: Winning Wisdom for Life and Work from 50 Landmark Books (Paperback)
by Tom Butler-Bowdon
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Author: Tom Butler-Bowdon
Publisher: Nicholas Brealey Publishing
Pub. in: February, 2004
ISBN: 1857883330
Pages: 300
Measurements: 9 x 6 x 1 inches
Origin of product: USA
Order code: BA00844
Other information: ISBN-13: 978-1857883336
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In this Classic, Butler-Bowdon has selected and then provided a rigorous examination of carefully selected works which have had, for decades, a profound impact on those who read them and then applied the principles which their respective authors affirm.
Butler-Bowden has assembled excerpts and focused on key points from a wide variety of works which include Horatio Alger's Ragged Dick, Andrew Carnegie's Autobiography, Jim Collins' Good to Great, Napoleon Hill's Think and Grow Rich, Nelson Mandela's Long Walk to Freedom, Thomas J. Stanley's The Millionaire Mind, Brian Tracy's Maximum Achievement, Sun Tzu's The Art of War, Sam Walton's Made in America, and Zig Ziglar's Meet You at the Top. Obviously, some of this material would also be appropriate for inclusion in 50 Self-Help Classics.
Butler-Bowden also enables his readers to focus on issues of greatest interest to them by suggesting combinations of selections within these four categories:
- Motivation (e.g. Tom Hopkins' The Official Guide to Success)
- Fulfilling your potential (e.g. Jim Loehr and Tony Schwartz's The Power of Full Engagement)
- Prosperity (e.g. Russell H. Conwell's Acres of Diamonds)
- Leadership (e.g. Warren Bennis' On Becoming a Leader)
Butler-Bowdon realizes that he is providing "only a taste of the literature (the main ideas, context, and impact of each title)" while urging his readers to "feast on the real thing." What he offers is by no means a buffet of entrepreneurial "hors d'oeuvres." On the contrary, the content is solid and skillfully presented effectively.
- From quoting Robert Morris
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Tom Butler-Bowdon is now recognized as a world expert in the personal development field. His first book 50 Success Classics is fast becoming the defining guide to 'the literature of possibility.' A serious advocate of the positive power of self-help, he spent more than six years researching, reading, and analyzing hundreds of works to compile his list of self-help and success classics. He lives and works in both the UK and Australia.
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Searching for a better career? Pursuing a new direction? Seeking a path to authentic achievement? Millions of us are drawn each year to find the one great book that will capture our imagination and inspire us to chart a course to personal and professional fulfillment. 50 Success Classics is the first and only 'bite-sized' guide to the most important and inspiring works that have already demonstrated their power to change lives.
Following his recent bestseller 50 Success Classics, Tom Butler-Bowdon is back with this wide-ranging collection of enduring works of the literary and the legendary: pioneering thinkers, philosophers, and powerful leaders who have shown us how to "Think and Grow Rich", develop "The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People", become "The One-Minute Manager", solve the challenging puzzle of "Who Moved My Cheese?" and discover "The Art of Worldly Wisdom". Mapping the road to prosperity, motivation and life success, this one-of-a-kind introduction to the success classics summarizes each book’s key ideas to make clear how these timeless insights and techniques can inform, inspire, and illuminate a path to enduring achievement.
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Top ten laws of success: Lessons fromo the great works of success on how to succeed and achieve
OPTIMISM
Optimism is power. This is a secret discovered by all who succeed against great odds. Nelson Mandela, Ernest Shackleton, Eleanor Roosevelt - each admitted that what got them through tough times was an ability to focus on the positives. They understood what Claude Bristol called "the magic of believing." Yet great leaders also have an unusual ability to face up to stark realities and, as a result, create a single powerful attribute: tough-minded optimism. Optimistic people tend to succeed not simply because they believe all will turn out right but because the expectation of success makes them work harder. If you expect little, you will not be motivated to even try.
DEFINITE AIM, PURPOSE OR VISION
Have higher aims and goals and doggedly pursue their realization. Success requires concentration of effort. Most people disperse their energies over too many things and fail to be outstanding in anything as a result. In the words of Orison Swett Marden, "The world does not demand that you be a lawyer, minister, doctor, farmer, scientist, or merchant; it does not dictate what you shall do, but it does require that you be a master in whatever you undertake."
WILLINGNESS TO LABOR
Successful people are willing to engage in drudgery in the cause of something marvelous. The greater part of ‘genius’ is the years of effort to solve a problem or find the perfect expression of an idea. With hard work you acquire knowledge about yourself which idleness never reveals. A law of success is that once first achieved it can create a momentum that makes it easier to sustain. As Talleyrand put it, "Nothing succeeds like success."
DISCIPLINE
Enduring success is built on discipline, an appreciation that you must give yourself orders and then obey them. Like compound interest, this subject may be boring but its results - in the long-term - can be spectacular. Great achievers know that while the universe is built by atoms, success is built by minutes. They are masters when it comes to managing their time.
INTEGRATED MIND
Successful people have a good relationship with their unconscious and subconscious minds. They trust their intuition, and because intuitions are usually right, they seem to enjoy more luck than others. They have discovered one of the great success secrets: the non-rational mind infallibly solves problems and creates solutions when trusted to do so.
PROLIFIC READING
Look into the habits of the successful and you will find that they are usually great readers. Many of the leaders and authors profiled in 50 Success Classics attribute the turning point in their lives to picking up a particular book. If you can read about the accomplishments of those you admire, you cannot help but lift your own sights. Anthony Robbins remarked that "success leaves clues," and reading is one of the best means of absorbing such clues. Curiosity and the capacity to learn are vital for achievement, thus the saying "leaders are readers." The person who seeks growth, Dale Carnegie said, "must soak and tan his mind constantly in the vats of literature."
RISK-TAKING
The greater the risk, the greater the potential success. Nothing ventured, nothing gained. Have a bias for action!
THE POWER OF EXPECTATION
Successful people expect the best - and they generally get it! Expectations have a way of attracting to us their material equivalent. Since our lives correspond closely to the expectations we have of it, the achiever will argue, "why not think big instead of small?"
MASTERY
Advanced beings can turn any situation to their advantage. They are "masters of their souls, captains of their fate." When other parties are involved, star achievers will seek solutions that benefit everyone. In the words of Catherine Ponder: "You do not have to compromise in life if you are willing to let go of the idea of compromise."
WELL-ROUNDEDNESS
Achievements mean little if we are not successful as a person. The capacities to love, listen, and learn are vital for our own well being. Without them it is difficult to have the fulfilling relationships that we need to both renew us and inspire achievement.
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Koch (MSL quote), USA
<2007-06-14 00:00>
Simple. Read this book. This is even better than the author's 50 Self Help Classics, which sets an incredibly high standard. The author has a knack of drawing out the essence of a writer in a few words and his insights sometimes go BEYOND what the original writer provides. His selection of writers is also excellent. I cannot recommend this book too highly. |
Keat (MSL quote), USA
<2007-06-14 00:00>
When I first saw the book, I presumed it would just be another motivation book. I was pleasantly wrong! 50 Success Classics has managed to gather notable wisdom concerning different aspects of success in a highly understanding manner.
Its idea of gathering profound yet lucid works of wisdom is highly original. Even more is its summaries of the works. The book talks to you - not at you. Needless to say, I couldn't put it down until I finished the last page. Highly recommended. |
Drews (MSL quote), USA
<2007-06-14 00:00>
Butler-Bowdon has done most of the legwork for you. He has spent the last five years of his life researching, compiling and "nutshell"ing these classics. His list of 100 spans both his two works with 50 Success Classics and 50 Self-Help Classics and is complete in every sense. When I first looked at the cover of "50 Success Classics" (50SC) I noticed that Steven Covey's name was on the cover again. This struck me as strange because "7 Habits..." was already reviewed in 50 SHC as a self-help book and yet it returns as a success classic. On page 91, Tom explains his reasoning for the inclusion of both. "50 Self-Help Classics outlined the seven habits of the book, while this commentary goes beyond the habits themselves to explore Covey's idea of a successful person." As an avid reader of Covey I would tend to agree with the inclusion in both books. Tom did not miss the mark by highlighting one of Covey's main points; an "unchanging core of personal principles..."
Overall, I tend to favor this book, simply because of the introduction; the characteristics of successful people. It establishes the reader by quoting applicable authors in the sub-categories. Both books are indispensable for finding the true jewels of the self-development genre or as Tom puts it "the literature of possibility".
Even after all the efforts of Mr. Butler-Bowdon, this is still in my mind baby food. He has done all the hard work. He has chewed the food and given us the meaty morsels from the material. For true development use this book as a road map for the classics that pertain to your drive through life. That, in my opinion, is the true value of these works. The author, he isn't closed off like some. I emailed Tom and he was extremely prompt in a reply and answered my questions fully. How could a man who has been surrounding himself with such literature be any different? Buy these books to find the jewels, which will help you, chew your own food. |
Richard (MSL quote), USA
<2007-06-14 00:00>
Butler-Bowdon is my guide through the literature of inner -development. His books have helped me grow as an individual and continue to help in my research for the books I choose to write to help humanity. His knowledge is exceptional and his choice of books is perfect. He truly is an expert in this area. I recommend his entire series and genuinely cant wait to get Psychology Classics. Thanks for helping humanity with your writing Mr. Butler-Bowdon. |
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