Learning From The Greatest Salesman In The World



The Greatest Salesman in the World is a book, written by Og Mandino, that serves as a guide to a philosophy of success. It tells a story of Hafid, a poor camel boy who achieves a life of abundance. Mandino composed The Legend Of The Ten Scrolls. They are:

Scroll I - The Power of Good Habits
Scroll II - Greet Each Day With Love In Your Heart
Scroll III - I Will Persist Until I Succeed
Scroll IV - I am Nature's Greatest Miracle
Scroll V - Live Each Day as if it Were Your Last
Scroll VI - Master Your Emotions
Scroll VII - The Power of Laughter
Scroll VIII - Multiply Your Value Every Day
Scroll IX - All is Worthless Without Action
Scroll X - Pray to God for Guidance

His primary message was to "do it now". In the marking of Scroll IX, "I will act now" is written 18 times. While his messages did have Christian undertones (by referring to Paul as the greatest salesman in the world), it was still a message of repetitive actions to build good habits.

Actor Matthew McConaughey cited this book as having changed his life.

Here are a dozen key takeaways from the book:
  1. Do not aspire for wealth and labor only to be rich. Strive instead for happiness, to be loved and to love, and most important, to acquire peace of mind and serenity.
  2. Obstacles are necessary for success. Victory comes only after many struggles and countless defeats. Yet each struggle, each defeat, sharpens your skills and strengths, your courage and your endurance, your ability and your confidence and thus each obstacle is a comrade-in-arms forcing you to become better... or quit.
  3. Failure will never overtake you if your determination to succeed is strong enough.
  4. The only difference between those who have failed and those who have succeeded lies in the difference of their habits. Good habits are the key to all success. Bad habits are the unlocked door to failure. 
  5. Greet every day with love in your heart.
  6. Persist until you succeed.
  7. You are a unique creature. You are nature's greatest miracle.
  8. Concentrate your energy on the challenge of the moment and your actions will help you forget all else. 
  9. Live this day as if it is your last.
  10. Master your emotions. Weak is he who permits his thoughts to control his actions; strong is he who forces his actions to control his thoughts.
  11. Laugh at the world. Train yourself four words to say until they become a habit so strong that immediately they will appear in your mind whenever good humor threatens to depart from you. These four words are: This too shall pass!
  12. Act now.


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