Many miles to go [Farsi] : a modern parable for business success

Brian Tracy's first dream was of a journey-not a leisurely drive to the beach or a weekend campout, but an unscripted adventure that would take him 17,000 miles from his home on Canada's Pacific Coast all the way to South Africa. After a harrowing series of false starts and narrow escapes, he finally completed the odyssey that would change his life, and his way of thinking about life and business. The road to business success, he realized, is just as exciting and dangerous and rewarding as a trek across the Sahara. In both business and life, succeeding-sometimes even surviving-requires vision, courage, persistence and the willingness to accept responsibility for one's own actions. Using his story as a metaphor for success in life and in business, Tracy shows how you can learn from similar life lessons the simple yet essential steps you can take for realizing the greatness within you and the full potential of your business. Business, like any adventure, begins with a leap into the unknown Brian Tracy's first dream was of a journey. Not a leisurely drive to the beach or a weekend campout-a wide open adventure that would take him 17,000 miles from his home on Canada's Pacific Coast all the way to South Africa. His journey- a harrowing series of false starts, long days, and narrow escapes- taught him about "becoming unstoppable," not only in pursuing adventure but in daily life and business as well. The road to business success is just as exciting and dangerous and rewarding as a trek across the Sahara. Succeeding-sometimes even surviving-requires vision, courage, persistence, and the willingness to accept responsibility for your own actions. In the end, Brian's arduous trek changed his life- and his way of thinking about life and business. Brian Tracy's first dream was of a journey. Not a leisurely drive to the beach or a weekend campout--a wide open adventure that would take him 17,000 miles from his home on Canada's Pacific Coast all the way to South Africa. His journey taught him about "becoming unstoppable," not only in pursuing adventure but in daily life and business as well. Succeeding--sometimes even surviving--required vision, courage, persistence, and the willingness to accept responsibility for your own actions.--Cover EVERY GREAT ACHIEVEMENT begins with a vision, a dream of something exciting or different, a feeling that inspires and motivates you to aim higher and beyond anything you have ever achieved before.