Seeds Of Greatness [Mass Market Paperback]

Denis Waitley (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 1, 1988

The real keys, the seeds, necessary to develop a truly meaningful life.

--This text refers to the Audio CD edition.

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About the Author

Denis Waitley, PhD Psychologist has trained professional athletes, has debriefed hostages, has coached Olympic Athletes, and has advised top executives of major corporations. He is an author who is recognized world-wide. --This text refers to the Audio CD edition.

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 256 pages
• Publisher: Pocket (July 1, 1988)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0671674323
• ISBN-13: 978-0671674328
• Product Dimensions: 6.6 x 4.1 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (26 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #751,710 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Highly Recommended ! ! !, June 28, 2004

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Dr. W. G. Covington, Jr. (Edinboro, Pennsylvania) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Seeds Of Greatness (Mass Market Paperback)

Dr. Waitley reminds us of a truth his grandmother told him, "things don't matter as much as your attitude toward them." This book helps you to gain and sustain the attitude that results in success. Waitley goes on to tell us that his grandmother advised him to follow the lessons of the Bible and model his life on people who have creatively serviced others.

Love is the most valuable gift that can be given he writes, and quickly adds, that it cannot be given by someone who doesn't possess it. Love is an emotion. When we feel it inside, we have something to give. Giving love away is done by successful people regardless of the crowd he notes because, "their own self-worth is stronger than the rejection or acceptance of their ideas by others."

That's a small sampling of the delicious intellectual meal awaiting you in this extremely motivational book. It will fill your mind with the kind of input that will work itself out in desired accomplishments.

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A all-time classic, June 16, 2004

By A Customer

This review is from: Seeds Of Greatness (Mass Market Paperback)

Seeds of Greatness is one of those all-time classics that ranks right up there with Think & Grow Rich, How To Win Friends and Influence People and so on.

Best of all, it is Waitleys signiture material, not somebodyelses material presented in a different way. In Seeds of Greatness, you will learn the 10 best kept secrets to total success.

This one is a gem. Get it and use it. Great stuff.

13 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars not different from the other self-improve books, November 27, 2001

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fh - See all my reviews

This review is from: Seeds Of Greatness (Mass Market Paperback)

I have a distrust for self-help books in general. I heard this one was good, and bought it second-hand for less than a dollar. Waitley pointed out ten important traits of high-achieving people. To me, the more interesting ones among them are: persevarence and having definite goals in life. The book contains ten chapters corresponding to the ten traits. In each chapter he explains what he means by a particular trait, and gives examples to illustrate what he means, and how this trait is important. I quite often found his examples not very convincing or even irrelevant. For instance, in the chapter "The Seed of Purpose", he gave this example of how his children got him into buying a dog he didn't want to buy. I wasn't quite sure what he wanted to show by that example, if he had to include it in his book, it should probably be better included in the chapter "perseverance".
Still, many of the things from the book are true. Such as having a well-defined goal. But most people probably know them to start with. The hard part is to get the readers into action. And I don't think this book is particularly better at it than similar ones.