I love to read, especially self-help and management books, great authors like Zig Ziglar, Dale Carnegie, Ken Blanchard, and Og Mandino. I became interested in Og Mandino upon reading an article about Matthew McCounghey shortly after the movie Contact was released. He (MM) mentioned a book he had read by Og and stated a line something like he should never become to big for his bed. So I read The Greatest Salesman in the World. I enjoyed it, but I read many other books and did not purchase another Og book until recently.
At a new Borders store in the religious section, I came across a book by Og titled Secrets for Success and Happiness. With this book the reader gets to be a part of his life from 1991 to 1994. You’re there for birth, death, divorce, illness, holidays, gardening, home and hotels.
After Og struggles with health conditions, he states that he planned to retire when he was 80. Excitedly I decided if he was 70 in 1994, he would now be 82 and well into retirement. So upon searching the Internet to determine what was going on in Og’s life, I was saddened to learn he passed away in 1996. After spending 3 and half years with Og over the past week, I felt as though someone special was gone from this earth. I guess God had different retirement plans for Og.
Og was 45 years old when Bantam purchased The Greatest Salesman in the World. He continued to write and deliver speeches until the day he moved to the next level of existence. He worked at an insurance company before he became an author. Like all of us, he had to be disgusted at times with his job, disappointed in people, and frustrated with the purpose of it all; however, he continued to pursue his childhood dreams.
Og still teaches us today.
You are never too old to accomplish your goals or live your dreams.
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