OgMandinoGivesLessonsOnLife

bycherylinniss|onFebruary3,2013

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DoyouknowwhatisreallymiraculousaboutOgMandino? OgMandinowasamanjustlikeanyothermanwholivedhereonearth.Helivedhislifeon purposeaftergoingthroughsometragedyinhislife.Isntthathowitgoes,thatwesometimes havetogothroughsomethingdevastatingBEFOREwefinallyjustmakeadecisiontolivelifeto thefullest?
Read A Better Way To Live by Og Mandino as he tells his story and instructs you how to turn your life around as well.

Eventhoughhehaspassedontohisrewardin1996,heremainsoneofthemostinspirational andbestsellingauthorsever.Hisbookshavesoldover50millioncopiesandhavebeen translatedintoovertwentysevendifferentlanguages.ThebestsellingbookTheGreatest SalesmanintheWorldstillcontinuestobesoldtoentrepreneursandsalespersonsin2013. HewasthepresidentofSuccessUnlimitedmagazineuntil1976.Hehadbeeninductedintothe NationalSpeakersAssociationsHallOfFame. SitbackandcontinuereadingasthestoryofOgMandinoslifeunfolds.

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OgMandinostartedoutastheoldestofthreechildreninasmalltowninFramingham, Massachusetts.NamedafterhispaternalgrandfatherAugustineMandinoonDecember12, 1923,butlaterwenttobeknownashispennameOgMandino. Hehadaspirationstobeagreatwriterbecausethatiswhathismotherexpectedofhim.She repeatedlytoldhimthisashewasgrowingup.Shewouldhavehimreadbookswhiletheother kidswereoutsideplaying. MandinowasoncetheeditorofahighschoolpaperandplannedtoattendtheUniversityof Missourisjournalismschool.Butinthesummerof1940,hismotherdiedsuddenlyfroma massiveheartattackrightbeforehiseyesasshewaspreparinghislunch. Aftertheincident,Mandinodecidednotgotoschool,buttoworkinapaperfactoryuntil1942. OgthenjoinedtheUnitedStatesArmyAirCorpswherehebecameamilitaryofficeranda bombardier.HeflewforthirtybombingmissionsoverGermanyonboardaB24Liberatorduring WorldWarII.
Read Mission Success by Og Mandino as he recalls his life as a bombardier in the Army.

Afterthemilitary,Ogdiscoveredthatmanycompanieswerenothiringmanyformerbomber pilots.So,hebecameaninsurancesalesman.Travelingontheroadandsittinginbarsatnight, hebecameanalcoholic.OgMandinowasunabletokeepajob.Asaresult,hisfirstwife togetherwiththeirdaughter,lefthim. ThenonerainydayinNovember,whilestandingoutsideapawnshopwindowinCleveland,Og Mandinocontemplatedendingatall.Luckilyfortheworld,hestumbledintoalibrarylookingfor warmth,andandhisfirstlovereading.Hedelvedintoselfhelp,success,andmotivational books.Thenhedecidedtobethatgreatwriterhismother,solongago,toldhimhecouldbe. OgMandinocreditsW.ClementStonesclassic,SuccessThroughaPositiveMental Attitudeasthebookthatwastheturningpointofhislife.
Read The Choice by Og Mandino to see how he left being a successful salesman to pursue a life of writing.

Soonafter,Mandinowrotehismasterpiecethatwentontobewidelyreadandstillapopular booktoday,TheGreatestSalesmanInTheWorld,whichcontainsthetimetestedwisdomof theancientsdistilledintotensimplescrollswhich,iffollowedfortheprescribedtenmonths,will asOgsayswill. .Seepintoyourothermind,thatmysterioussourcewhichneversleeps,whichcreatesyour

dreams,andoftenmakesyouactinwaysyoudonotcomprehend. Otherbooksfollowedsoonafterlike .TheGreatestSecretInTheWorld,MissionSuccess,TheGreatestSecretInThe World,TheChoice,ABetterWayToLife,TheReturnOfTheRagpicker,TheChrist Commission,SpellbindersGift,TheTwelfthAngel,andUniversityOfSuccesswhereOg Mandinohascompiledalistoffiftyauthors,andputtheminacertainorder,totaketheaverage personfromwheretheyarerightnowtobeingasuccessintheirlife.(Stillotherbookswrittenby OgMandinonotlistedhere). OgMandinomarriedhissecondwifeBetteonDecember9,1957andhadtwosonsthatheoften referredtoinhiswritings.Hisfavoritecolorwasgreen,andheusetolovespicyfoods.He believedinfamilyandcontinuedtoreadbooksuntilhisdeathonSeptember3,1996.

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AsyoucanseeOgMandinowasamanjustlikeanyothermanhereonearth.Helived,and loved,andwentthroughsomepitfallsinhislife.Butintheend,hewasabletosucceedall becauseofbooksandhisdrivetoliveabetterlife. Whatisitthatyouwantfromlife?Doyouknowthatopportunitiesareallaroundyou? SeehowyoucanchangeyourlifeTODAYbymakingadecisiontochange.

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