Live Your Dreams

by Les Brown

Book Overview

Brown has come up the hard way: Born into poverty, he was adopted and raised by a single mother and mistakenly labeled educably mentally retarded as a youth. With no formal education after high school, he became a disc jockey, then a community activist, and went on to three terms in the Ohio legislature. Now one of America's leading motivational speakers, he delivers his inspirational messages for creating a truly happy, successful life.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0688118895
• ISBN13: 9780688118891
• Release Date: January 1992
• Publisher: William Morrow & Company
• Length: 271 Pages
• Weight: 1.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.4" x 9.6"

Customer Reviews

My Favorite book! Super Inspiring

I absolutely loved this book! I recommend taking the time to read it because the inspiration inside is truly life changing Les brown is one of my favorite speakers and his books are also so good!

if you want a thing bad enough to go out and fight for it...

this book was outstanding when les first handed it (signed) to me back at a motivational speaking/business seminar many many years ago that i was also speaking at...and it is just as grande and effective now. the ditty 'if you want a thing bad enough...' became a personal motto. i have learned to 'be unreasonable' in my expectations of myself...knowing that 'no matter how many times life knocks you down...if you can look up, you can get up!' i managed at 35 to get into the army, and then to surpass not only what was expected of my age group in fitness (APFTs)...but also of better than half of those 10 years my junior! it has very much become this soldiers credo...and too now is effecting others as i continue to preach it. i would highly recommend this book to just about anyone.

Good News for Modern Man

Les Brown is a great motivator. His writing style is easy to read and right to the point. Les has an interesting background, coming from poverty and literally pulling himself up by the bootstraps to achieve success as a state legislature, disc jockey, and motivational speaker/writer. Les wraps each of his lessons into stories of actual people who have demonstrated the feasibility of his theories for success. His message throughout is to "take control of your life," and "say Yes to life." This book was written in 1992 but is timeless. His stories and lessons are not specific to any industry, business, or religious beliefs, and would be suitable for any reader--young adults included. You may also want to read "Think and Grow Rich" by Napoleon Hill and "The 17 Principles of Creating Wealth" by Phillip Collinsworth.

Give your life a boost!

This is a great book for anyone who is feeling down or unmotivated and need a good boost. I've read many motivational books, this is probably the best one. Les Brown is not only a talented speaker but a very good writer as well. You won't be bored for a second while reading this book. What makes it an interesting read is that he always incorporate some of his personal stories with each lesson he preaches.Here are some memorable teachings I treasure:-Always set goals. For today. For this week. For this month. For 3 months. For this year. For 5 years...-The only thing that can really stop you from living your dreams is you.-Whatever you have done up to this point is a reflection of what you believe you deserve and what you believe is possible for your life.-People with limited visions of themselves can not possibly have a larger vision of you.-Don't operate on the basis of what you see. Operate on the basis of the possibilities you envisioned.I saved the best ones for last:-Rule #1: Don't sweat the small stuff, Rule #2: It is all small stuff-More important than anything else is the choice of our attitude. Life is 10% what happens to me and 90% how I react to it.-In the end, it is the person you become not the things you achieve, that is most important.

The key is ...

A remarkably inspiring book by a most interesting and charismatic man. He is famous as a motivational speaker and literally mesmerizes his audiences. When asked how his book differed from other self-help books on the market he replied, "I tell people that changing your life is hard. And rarely do I hear people saying that."* He declares, "The key is: you don't get in life what you want; you get in life what you are." *(Science of Mind Magazine, Feb 1994, personal interview, pg 36)