What Mama Taught Me: The Seven Core Values of Life

By Tony Brown and Tony Brown

Book Overview

Millions of viewers of Tony Brown's Journal , the longest-running series on PBS, know Tony Brown as an advocate for self-reliance and self-enrichment. Now, in his most personal book yet, he introduces us to the woman who brought him up and taught him the seven core values he lives by to this day: reality, knowledge, race, history, truth, patience, and love. What Mama Taught Me states that only by understanding one's place in the world can one become free in mind and spirit, which is the path to true success. Brown argues that by following other people's rules, we betray ourselves and our desires, resulting in a vicious cycle of disconnection, unhappiness, and spiritual death. Enhanced by the homespun storytelling he heard as a child, this is Brown's personal recipe for achievement, imparting values that provide a blueprint for reaching success and happiness -- on one's own terms.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0060934301
• ISBN13: 9780060934309
• Release Date: April 2004
• Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.39 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.3" x 8.0"

Customer Reviews

Good Book

Mama may not have had a great education, but she sure had plenty common sense, and was able to raise a boy who would become someone great is his own right. What Mama Taught Me is a great book. I enjoyed reading it. I truly learned a lot of things within it. It is great when someone can take a child that is not their own and raise them to be great, and even though Ms.Sanford is not here today, she certainly deserves the props she got for raising this man. One of the things that I have learned is to be true to who you are. He mentioned those who were not true to their ethnic and racial background, which was an eye opener to say the least. Get a copy and be enlightened.