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Title: Great Failures of the Extremely Successful hd by Steve Young ISBN: 1931290172 Publisher: Tallfellow Press Pub. Date: 2002 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.82
Rating: 5
Summary: Seeing Failure In A New Light -- Bright, Happy, Free
Comment: As a community college English instructor, teaching adults who are often struggling with their perceived failures, I am utilizing Steve Young's book, Great Failures of the Extremely Successful, as a resource. Overwhelmed by low self-esteem and toiling under the shadow of past defeats, a student can find inspiration in Steve Young's book. Open it; it's a toolbox for better living. For anyone interested in finding the courage to change the things that can be changed, this book will serve as a guide. Supplement it in class with a novel such as, This Boy's Life, by Tobias Wolff or non-fiction such as Ruben Martinez' recently published book, Crossing Over, or Thinking in Pictures, by Temple Grandin.
The only thing that Steve Young's book cannot fix are my car problems, which are numerous. Despite that, I relish Great Failues of the Extremely Successful. This book helps me see that I (a single mother of two, and the driver of an unlovely, little car with over 216,000 miles on it), am also an extremely successful person, in my own right.
I can only offer one warning. If you are bent on being unwrinkled by life, or if you recently invested a lot of money in botox injections, read Great Failures of the Extremely Successful with caution. The laughter and tears in this volume will make smile-lines on your soul. Read it with delight!
Rating: 5
Summary: Offering valuable life lessons
Comment: Great Failures Of The Extremely Successful by Steve Young (a man who failed college four times; discharged from the army after three months; divorced; fired from 23 jobs in the summer of 1968; failed businessman; losing contestant on both "The Dating Game" and "The Gong Show"; dropped from four literary agencies; and the recipient of a "gazillion" book, television and film rejections) is a collection of unique anecdotes about the stumbling blocks many famous and wealthy people encountered on the way to success, ranging from basketball star Bill Walton, to humorist Steve Allen, to advocate Erin Brockovich. Offering valuable life lessons, and most of all, emphasizing the importance of getting back on the metaphorical horse after being thrown, Great Failures Of The Extremely Successful is an enjoyable, enlightening, motivating, and highly recommended addition to any self-help, self-improvement reading list or library reference collection.
Rating: 5
Summary: A remarkable book
Comment: Steve Young has penned a remarkable book that will inspire, move and lift the spirit of all who read it.
This is a book that will be recommended by good friends to each other simply because that's what friends are suppose to do.
Great Failures of the Extremely Successful should be required reading for adolescents as they emerge from the cocoon of their protective family environment to face life's challenging hurdles. Understanding that it is OK to stumble or misstep, and that it can even make us stronger as a result, is an invaluable lesson for what is often a fragile teen psyche.
After reading the very personal and heartfelt stories contained in this book it is clear that resiliency is often the foundation upon which startling successes are built.
Realizing that failures or setbacks are not dead ends but merely roadblocks to navigate is akin to getting a lifetime of "Get Out Of Jail Free" cards.
Great Failures of the Extremely Successful is also a must read for parents, educators, counselors and clergy, anyone to whom children turn for support and direction.
David Katzner
President
The National Parenting Center
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