Straight A's Never Made Anybody Rich: Lessons in Personal Achievement

by Wess Roberts

Book Overview

An approach to achieving happiness in career and personal life offers advice on breaking through the false barriers and report-card mentality that keep some people from realizing their full potential.... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 006017918X
• ISBN13: 9780060179182
• Release Date: January 1991
• Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
• Length: 182 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.8" x 8.4"

Customer Reviews

More than the title implies!

This is an excellent guide to reasons one should strive to do one's best in all things. Learning is more than reproducing answers on an exam. Skills learned in youth (or later) can benefit us the rest of our lives. Happiness is not dependent upon wealth or intellectual prowess. Learning never stops.....results come from work (no work, no results)......neither school nor the workplace is always interesting and fun, but you're expected to show up and do your best.......much great advice with interesting anecdotal examples from real life and literature.

Simply the best book of stories I've read

I didn't know that the same Wess Roberts wrote this and Leadership Secrets because the cover was worn off. When I found out, I almost died. The stories are phenomenal. Plain and simple.

A Most Inspiring Read

I most enjoyed this book. It is filled with everyday success stories, and shows that you do not have to make a million dollars or be a world-famous celebrity to be a success. If you need to identify with some good, commonsense values and uplifting insights, then this book is for you.