Introduction


Twenty years ago, a coworker made a remark I'll never forget. He called me a diamond in the rough. I'm not sure if it was meant as a compliment or not, but I took it to mean that although I was rough around the edges, I had the potential to shine amongst my peers. Today I'm an even bigger diamond in the rough. I have even more rough edges. The more you learn, the more you find out about your potential, and the more you have to work on. When you sail into uncharted waters, when you have experiences you never had before, it opens a vast amount of knowledge and resources inside you that you were unaware you had in the first place. But by doing that, you're polishing some facets of yourself while other parts are newly exposed and still rough.

Every day becomes a new day to work on your skills and become sharper and more focused. Some parts of myself have smoothed out, but I still have flaws. I don't mind that at all—our flaws are what make us unique.

It's for all of us to decide what we're going to do with what we're given in life. We're all "diamonds in the rough," with untapped potential. Diamond Power will show you how to overcome adversity, energize yourself, maintain life-long learning, achieve your personal goals, make relationships work, tap into your hidden creativity, persist until you succeed, and much, much more.

Diamond Power is divided into 20 different areas that help us live better business and personal lives. It is a compilation of information and insight gathered from my 20 years of seminars, books, tapes, and radio and television shows. The experience I've gained has been my training ground, my ongoing university. This has really been an encyclopedia of information that I can draw from. It's helped me develop a literary agency that represents high-profile people, from television personalities to world-champion athletes. It's helped me develop a company that manufactures and licenses innovative products like the world's only FoldzFlat Pen. It's helped me earn a black belt and compete in martial arts competitions.

But it's not only my knowledge you'll find in this book. I've interviewed people in every field and industry including sports, education, science, business, and the arts—people who have achieved the highest levels of success in their fields—people such as Bruce Jenner on energy, John Gray on relationships, and Dr. Ken Blanchard on service.

Within these chapters you'll find a wealth of practical ideas and suggestions you can use every day. You may find some more useful than others. That's fine. I once read a passage by martial arts expert Bruce Lee, who recommended that the best way to learn was to collect as much information as you can from people you admire, discard what you feel is not useful for your needs and personality, and then create your own style.

Diamond Power is designed so that you can come to one comprehensive source and get the answers you need to be successful in today's fast-paced world. Every single chapter is:

  • Brimming with useful tips to equip you for success in today's aggressive culture.

  • Bursting with techniques for driving your personal success every day.

  • Jam-packed with top priorities to get you started right now on your way to your life's goals.

  • Filled with inspirational quotes and powerful true stories from people who never gave up when challenged by failure or adversity.

You'll discover topics that will help you:

  • Find the courage within you to move forward.

  • Turn obstacles into opportunities.

  • Discover how to recharge your batteries every day.

  • Find out your strengths and what makes you unique.

  • Take action in new directions that will help you change the way you feel about yourself and enable you to make the impossible possible.

  • Get control of your self-esteem.

  • Create a mental vision for your life and then make it happen.

What makes this book special is that it is crisp, easy-to-read, and more than just a book of collected wisdom. Each chapter contains "doable" steps that can be practiced and applied immediately. Diamond Power gives you the ability to understand who you are, what makes you unique, and how to tap into the power of the diamond in the rough that we all are.




Diamond Power. Gems of Wisdom From America's Greatest Marketer
Diamond Power: Gems of Wisdom from Americas Greatest Marketer
ISBN: 1564146987
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2003
Pages: 207
Authors: Barry Farber

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