Seeds of Greatness by Denis Waitley

There are motivational books in all book shops but not all can stir your soul and warm your heart. This is one of those special ones that can do both to you. Seeds of Greatness is for those people who think that if you want to be super successful and enormously popular, you need to be born with special genes. Rubbish, I say!
Read this book and be enlightened. Light is now shining on the path you walk.



Seeds of Greatness - The 10 best-kept secrets of total success
Brolga Publishing Pty Ltd


SOMETIMES in life, one is fortunate enough to come across a good book
whereby reading it turns out to be a life-altering experience. Seeds of
Greatness was my personal serendipitous encounter.
Even though the book was first published 21 years ago, its message
continues to be relevant, especially in these times.
Writer Denis Waitley is a behavioural scientist who has taught top
corporate executives and coached Olympic and professional athletes as well
as astronauts. He has mixed and learnt from the best and the most
successful.
This book is the culmination of a lifetime of learning. In between the
covers lie the common facts along with seldom learnt or practised secrets
that make up a successful life.
Norman Vincent Peale, author of the very successful Positive Thinking
series of books, said: "Seeds of Greatness is one of those rare books that
can help to make anybody's life greater."
As Olympic gold medal winner Wilma Rudolph remarked: "From the day I met
Dr Waitley, he has been my source of inspiration, and I feel honoured to
be included in his book. In my sad or low moments, I think of (him) and I
smile."
There are 10 chapters, each allotted to one of the 10 "seeds". These are
the Seed of Self-Esteem, the Seed of Creativity, the Seed of
Responsibility, the Seed of Wisdom, the Seed of Purpose, the Seed of
Communication, the Seed of Faith, the Seed of Adaptability, the Seed of
Perseverance and the Seed of Perspective.
Waitley's seminal work has been revised and updated over the years but
the message remains the same - that each one of us can be successful,
regardless of our background, race or creed.
Greatness is our birthright. It is always within our reach. The seeds
which Waitley talks about could perhaps be some of the advice which our
parents had given us while we were growing up. Like most teenagers, we are
not very good at listening. Now, someone has gathered all these seeds of
wisdom and neatly packaged it for our convenience, growth and personal
development.
Waitley has made it all quite palatable by recounting anecdotes of those
who have fallen and risen to greater heights. The book talks of ordinary
people striving, struggling, persevering and never giving up. It is an old
story often told to a shrinking audience because people are always
wandering about and looking for answers in the wrong places.
One of the facts highlighted is that "60 per cent of our fears are
totally unwarranted; 20 per cent are in the past and out of our control,
and 10 per cent are so petty that they won't make any difference at all."
Apparently only four or five per cent of the last 10 per cent of our
fears are justifiably real and these we can't do anything about. The
remaining percentage then are the real fears which we can solve.
With that kind of logical reasoning, Waitley leads the reader down the
path to tranquillity and visions of greatness.
Waitley's magnum opus should be digested slowly. Allow the "seeds" to
germinate in your mind, nurture them and watch them grow. At the end of
the book, one begins to realise that greatness is much akin to a walk in
the park.
We all have it in us - the seeds of greatness. The mind is the ground on
which these seeds are sown. If the mind harbours only negative thoughts,
then it fails to provide a fertile soil for these seeds to grow.
And the heart is the air which nurtures the greatness that emerges from
the seeds. With Waitley's guidance, nobody should be left behind in the
journey towards success.
Now's the time to plant the seeds of greatness in the garden of your
mind, and Denis Waitley is the right person to seek advice from.