52 of the Greatest Things Anyone Ever Said...and Why: Weekly Words of Wisdom and Inspiration
About this book
This book includes 52 of my favorite quotations, each with a brief essay about what the quotation means. While the book can be read in its entirety and in any order, it is designed so that each quotation and essay is read weekly over the course of the coming year. BONUS! Purchasers of this book get a free download of my book "QuoteNotes: The Ultimate Quotational Reference System and Authoring Tool for Professional Speakers and Writers" endorsed by Zig Ziglar and Brian Tracy. This is an indexed and cross-referenced compilation of my 1,500 favorite quotes and includes a section on how to use quotations in your speaking and writing. Here are the weekly topics: Week 1: Coping with adversity Week 2: Self-pity Week 3: The ‘good old days’ illusion Week 4: Time indigestion Week 5: Carpe diem Week 6: Tapping your potential Week 7: An ounce of prevention Week 8: Procrastination Week 9: Stereotyping Week 10: Risk management Week 11: Hidden wealth Week 12: Communication Week 13: Finding a job you love Week 14: Making the most of a job you don’t love Week 15: Distorting the truth Week 16: Cherry picking data Week 17: Balance Week 18: Parenthood Week 19: Efficiency vs. effectiveness Week 20: Bigotry and hate Week 21: Don’t sweat the small stuff Week 22: War and peace and friends and foes Week 23: Charity Week 24: Don’t put off until tomorrow… Week 25: Excellence Week 26: Why time flies Week 27: It’s the journey as well as the destination Week 28: When right is wrong Week 29: Measuring your wealth Week 30: The rush to judgment Week 31: Fear Week 32: Responsibility Week 33: Parents and teenagers Week 34: Listening Week 35: Three keys to happiness Week 36: Conscience and the law of majority Week 37: Perception vs. reality Week 38: The foundation of society Week 39: Excellence and doing what’s right Week 40: Principle vs. preference Week 41: Attitude Week 42: Individuality Week 43: Age and perspective Week 44: Wealth and the greenness of grass Week 45: Honesty Week 46: Lying, a double-edged sword Week 47: Priorities Week 48: Honor Week 49: Empathy Week 50: Politics Week 51: Three kinds of personal failure Week 52: Happiness