A Video Version
Og Mandino,
author of The Greatest Salesman in the
World was one of my writing heroes. Though
he is now gone, I still desire to see as he saw, but I don’t want to look like
he looks. I’m sure you understand the
difference.
I would make a lousy cutout
copy of Og Mandino in the physical flesh.
However, if I could see with his insight what this world needs in words
and thoughts, then I would be happy in my calling.
Note this.
You
don’t want to
look like your heroes,
you want to see
like your heroes.
And how does
your hero see? What influences has he or
she had that has given them the unique perspectives that they possess? Ah, that is the thing to ponder. What has caused their vision, their slant on
their field of expertise to be so intense, so acute.
I want to
see what other men and women of greatness see.
I don’t want to look like them – no, no.
I want to see like them. I
think, perhaps, we should read more biographies and life stories of the greats
to gain a glimpse of their vision; not their eyesight, but their vision.
This is what
is on my mind today.
P Michael Biggs
Offering Hope
Encouragement
Inspiration
One Word at a Time
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