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The Greatest Salesman in the World By Og Mandino

The Greatest Salesman in the World

By Og Mandino

  • Release Date: 1983-01-01
  • Genre: Management & Leadership
  • $9.99
Score: 4.5
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From 729 Ratings

Description

“This book was seminal in my life. I wouldn’t be living the life I’m living if it didn’t find me.”—Matthew McConaughey

Ten ancient scrolls reveal priceless wisdom for changing your life in this evergreen classic with more than five million copies in print.


A timeless fable with profoundly modern lessons, The Greatest Salesman in the World is both a road map to salesmanship and a heartfelt tale that redefines the meaning of success.

As a young camel boy in Jerusalem, Hafid dreams of becoming more. Witnessing the great empires of tradesmanship that others have grown, he desires to do the same—to become not only a salesman, but the greatest salesman in the world. Desperate to prove himself, he approaches the best merchant he knows, who sets him an impossible task—a task that takes him on an unforgettable journey involving a red cloak, a barn in Bethlehem, and ten scrolls that will change his life.

Each scroll touches upon perennially valuable lessons: persisting against the odds, mastering emotions, embracing joy, and creating good habits. Through the story of Hafid and his ten scrolls, The Greatest Salesman in the World guides readers through a philosophy for getting the most out of life—starting right now.

Reviews

  • The book has a good story but lacks depth

    3
    By Kunal Dhodapkar
    This book starts out on a strong note trying to tell a fictional story of Hafid who wants to become the biggest salesman in the world. He receives 10 scrolls that would help him do that. Till that point the story builds up lots of excitement and curiosity however after that it quickly transitions into becoming a typical self-help book. It contains principles which are of course great but the book doesn’t contain any details of how Hafid applied those principles to become the greatest salesman. So it’s a good read but it doesn’t contain anything that would be of practical value.
  • Awesome book

    5
    By sssstock
    Great principles! Well written. Love love love it
  • Massive Thesaurus

    5
    By O Keeys
    Twisted upon end and end for physical and digital copies; the book inclined definitive grasp to what I'd like to do and what comes into truth for confidence and heaves of benevolence. To sum up the book: An enabling thesaurus of content couples from each gradual claims to be content, etc. Thank for the "Return of the Ragpicker" and countless others made by Og Mandino. Homage and respect... he truly does a coordinating, yet quaint linguistic twist by predicate and subject in realizing focal to prevail derision too.
  • Great read !

    5
    By Lady Electric ⚡️
    Easy and engaging would be the theme of this book. I got so much out of this short read. I highly recommend.
  • Phenomenal

    5
    By fifteenpigeons
    I am going to print off all ten principles and post them on my walls at home to read every day; I’m serious, read this book.
  • 10 out 10

    5
    By Reneisawesome
    I have never read a book out of my own interest besides in school. and now I wanna keep reading more
  • Amazing

    3
    By Koonce Keepaskes
    I just can’t get enough of this book!
  • Possibly my favorite book!

    5
    By jask79
    Read it 100 times at least in the past 12 yrs and will read it an addtl 1000 times before I die. What an amazing take on bettering ones self. It certainly does apply to sales, However, it applies to any form of self-improvement in ways that no other author has been able to do. Sheer genius!
  • Wow

    5
    By Eb Enal
    Highly recommended read.
  • The World's Greatest Salesmen

    5
    By Wright_path
    This book, possesses the mystery that all men desire to have. But as I understand it rarely realized, because of the unwillingness to follow the path. It's Awesome if the principles are Applied.