The Greatest Salesman in the World – Og Mandino – 4 Stars

The Greatest Salesman in the World – Og Mandino – 4 Stars

Title: The Greatest Salesman in the World

Author: Og Mandino

Publisher: Bantam

Year: Softcover - 1983

Rating:   4 STARS

Price and Purchasing Options: This is a very popular book, and is available at any book store retailer.  It can be found on Amazon for less than 9 bucks – and I highly recommend picking it up anywhere at any price.  The good news is this is short and economical in any format.  eBay is always an option (here).

Review: This small book is GREAT, and is something that I highly recommend is read by anyone and everyone.  This is one book that I hadn’t read until later in my reading life, despite having it recommended to me many time in my career and personal life.  I do think that the title itself is what might have biased me against the book – and I suppose until I read it I was judging the book by its cover. 

The book is NOT about being a better salesman, it is NOT a business book, and it is NOT a typical personal development or self-help book.  It is a book that helps each person outline and learn their own potential and who they have the potential to be.  And it is referring to the potential of the human soul that is within each of us.

The book is fable about an ancient merchant, that is considered to be remarkably successful.  He gains a student who seeks to learn his skills – in the process he gains access to ten scrolls which contain these secrets.  The bulk of the book or text is really about the text on these scrolls.  The content of each scroll is contained in the book – and it recommends the reader (through the fable) to read, study, and apply the concepts in the scroll into the person’s internal life perspective.

On the surface this is a concept that might seem awkward, until you experience the scrolls.  The scrolls contain pure, straightforward, and accurate concepts and descriptions of who we are as children of God.  That we are created by his power, and are therefore special, and powerful ourselves.  There is no fluff within the scrolls – and Mandino was extremely insightful in synthesizing these concepts as clearly as he has.

In an LDS perspective, there is nothing within these scrolls that would be considered doctrinally inaccurate.  Most importantly the straightforward content of the scrolls seems to be an inspired relaying of eternal principles in a format that more of the world could accept – and yet still be a helpful and concise reminder of application for those who do have access to pure doctrine.

This book is highly recommended for everyone, especially LDS members.  The best part is that this is a small, short, and inexpensive book.  Pick it up – and read through within an hour or two – and it will be well worth your time and effort.  This book ranks right up there with “As a Man Thinketh” in influential content.

Again – highly recommended.

Suggestions:  Get a copy right away, and read through it.  Force yourself through the fable (to understand the context) but really focus on the scrolls.  You’ll enjoy it. It should only take you an hour or two to go through the whole book.

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