Hope From My Heart Ten Lessons For Life [Hardcover]

Rich DeVos (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 1, 2000

After months of waiting for a donor; Rich DeVos, co-founder of Amway and nationally renowned business leader, received a heart transplant on June 2, 1997. This life-changing experience spawned a new awareness in DeVos. He imparts the fruit of this awareness in ten motivational lessons for life on subjects like persistence,confidence, respect, accountability, faith, and many more. This book offers readers encouragement and hope based on Rich DeVos's real-life experiences.

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Rich Devos, the cofounder of Amway and owner of NBA's Orlando Magic, offers 10 lessons for successful Christian living. After more than 70 years of life, Devos admits that he's "made my share of mistakes. But most of the time, by the grace of God, I have managed to succeed." Grace may have had a lot to do with it, but Devos also credits his unshakable faith in God and firm belief in hope. After numerous heart problems that cumulated with a heart transplant a few years back, Devos began to see the superpower of hope as well as the true meaning of success. (Here's a hint: It's not about how much money or power you glean.)

Using his remarkable life story as the container, Devos serves encouraging lessons on topics such as persistence, confidence, family, and accountability. Often, Devos sounds like a motivational speaker, with numerous catch phrases such as "confidence will come in the doing," and "respect begins with how you feel about yourself, not how others feel about you." Christians who like the feeling of being pumped up at inspirational seminars will find themselves motivated by this gung ho book on hope.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 128 pages
• Publisher: Thomas Nelson (August 1, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0849957079
• ISBN-13: 978-0849957079
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 6 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #715,165 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A lifetime of wisdom in a compact book, September 13, 2000

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This review is from: Hope From My Heart Ten Lessons For Life (Hardcover)

I read this book in one sitting. He's a principled man who has a lot of wisdom to share with those with an open mind to digest what he has written on the pages of this magnificent book. If you have a desire to change your personal situation, Mr. DeVos spells out what it is that he's done in his own life. Simply take what he's written and apply what you need to and you'll be enriched.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars If you need rules for life....., March 4, 2001

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Matthew Beeman (Raleigh, NC USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Hope From My Heart Ten Lessons For Life (Hardcover)

If you need rules or guidelines for your life without an entirely religious or spiritual basis, this is them. Rich DeVos is a very religious person, but is able to relate ten lessons of how to succeed in life. From faith through love, Rich tells us how each one provided great things in his life. Being successful in all areas of his life, Rich is someone that everyone should listen and learn from, in business or not, christian or not, successful or not. There is always room to grow in your life, so let Rich lead the way.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Hope From My Heart, April 7, 2002

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amy rasey (Jacksonville, FL United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Hope From My Heart Ten Lessons For Life (Hardcover)

Rich Devos, co-founder of Amway and owner of the NBA Orlando Magic, writes his passages from his own experiences. He is encouraging and honest by presenting the many possibilities of life's pained times while showing how to positively grow from them. This book is dressed with vibrant pictures from cover to cover and filled with inspirational quotes that are the kind anyone will want to jot down on a post it and leave next to the front door. Rich Devos will give the reader an edge and feel of strength page by page.