Product Description

2 cassettes / 2 hours
Read by the Author

Famed inspirational speaker and author Og Mandino will transport you as you take an intimate and heartwarming peek into his life.  Whether he's writing in his picturesque New Hampshire farmhouse or flying to strange city to deliver a lecture, comforting a sick friend, receiving a standing ovation, or planting tomatoes, Og weave his secrets of success into the fabric of his life throughout this audio.

Secrets for Success and Happiness covers a wide variety of subjects, some trivial, some vital, that are geared to spark ideas to help you improve the conditions of your life.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1540288 in Books
• Published on: 1995-10-24
• Released on: 1995-10-24
• Format: Audiobook
• Original language: English
• Binding: Audio Cassette

From Library Journal
Mandino, best known for his work The Greatest Salesman in the World (Bantam, 1989), attempts here to share some glimpses into his personal world by publishing a journal that he kept for approximately three years. He offers observations of his day-to-day life in rural New Hampshire, mixed with commentary about encounters with well-known individuals, and the details of his heart surgery and recuperative period. Fans of this motivational speaker may be intrigued with these snippets from Mandino's life, but general audiences will find this to be terribly rambling and often too prideful to be palatable. Despite the title, this reveals little about Mandino's philosophy of life or the keys to his success. Most listeners will wander off.?Jeanne Leader, Everett Community Coll. Lib., Wash.
Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From AudioFile
The author of THE GREATEST SALESMAN IN THE WORLD shares his experiences and journal. His common and uncommon journey makes for an interesting glimpse into the world of a motivational speaker. Although inspiring in his reminders that anyone can change, the charm and inspiration of these tapes rests in the pleasure of an unabashed peek into the highs and lows of Mandino's life. E.L.C. (c)AudioFile, Portland, Maine

From Booklist
It may surprise Og Mandino's fans to learn that the author of so many best-selling inspirational fables is actually, behind the aphorisms, a flesh-and-blood man. Not only that, but he turns out to be much more interesting than most of the fictional heroes he's created. In this journal, Mandino writes about the things you might expect from a professional optimist--love of family, the beauty of nature, the satisfaction of hard work. But he also acknowledges in a most personal fashion that you can't fix everything by looking on the bright side. For instance, when his doctor informs him he has a nodule on his prostate and some valve problems, his imagination runs away with him as it might for the less-positive thinkers among us, and when bona fide medical emergencies hit, Mandino feels fear and pain in normal doses. As for those secrets of success and happiness in the book's title, they're tucked away in the journal entries, sometimes even between the lines. Not to worry: Mandino's fans will know where to look, though it's even money whether his familiar wisdom will prove more inspirational than his heretofore hidden humanity. Ilene Cooper