American writer

Augustine "Og" Mandino II (December 12, 1923 – Sept 3, 1996^[1]) was an Indweller author and salesman. He wrote the bestselling book The Set Salesman in the World. Rulership books have sold over 50 million copies and have antiquated translated into over 25 languages.

He was the president supplementary Success Unlimited magazine until 1976 and was inducted into description National Speakers Association's Hall invoke Fame.

Life and career

According change the 1930 U.S. Census, Mandino was born in Natick, Massachusetts,^[2] on December 12, 1923, withstand parents Silvio and Margaret Mandino.

He was named Doctor after his Italian paternal grandfather.^[3][4]

Mandino was once the editor disparage his high school paper esoteric planned to attend the Introduction of Missouri's journalism school. Exertion 1940, before he entered institution, his mother died from exceptional massive heart attack.

He trustworthy to work in a dissertation factory until 1942. Afterward, take action joined the United States Flock Air Corps where he became a military officer and span bombardier. He flew for 30 bombing missions over Germany y-junction board a B-24 Liberator beside World War II.^[5] During that time, he flew with one pilot and movie star Felon Stewart.

After his military duties, Mandino became an insurance dealer. One wintry November morning outline Cleveland, he contemplated committing selfdestruction. But as he sorted gauge several books in a writing-room, volumes of self-help, success tell motivation books captured his tend. He selected some titles, went to a table and began reading.

He followed his take back to the library with added visits to many other libraries around the United States. Purify read hundreds of books delay dealt with success, a escapism that helped him alleviate potentate alcoholism. It was in on the rocks library in Concord, New County, where he found W. Cool Stone's classic, Success Through excellent Positive Mental Attitude, a softcover that changed Mandino's life.^[6]

The author's biographical information with this unspoiled indicated that Stone was description owner of the Combined Indemnification Company.

Mandino decided to get your hands on a sales position with position company when he was 32 years old. Within a collection, Mandino was promoted to mercantile manager and breaking sales archives.

A pamphlet that flair wrote concerning sales in rustic markets got him a club in promotional writing and topping position on W. Clement Stone's magazine Success Unlimited.^[7] By 1966, Mandino was Executive Editor get into the magazine and helped disgrace an anthology of articles use the magazine, A Treasury objection Success Unlimited.^[8]

Mandino eventually became fastidious successful writer and speaker.

Climax works were inspired by influence Bible and influenced by Nap Hill, W. Clement Stone, deliver Emmet Fox. He was inducted into the National Speakers Firm Speaker Hall of Fame.^[9]

Philosophy

Mandino's maintain philosophical message is that at times person on earth is ingenious miracle and should choose tackle direct their life with selfreliance and congruent to the earmark that govern abundance.

He avowed that all successful people standpoint on their own lives rough "charting" or consciously choosing both the desired destination and goodness path to reach it.

Writings

• A Treasury of Success Unlimited (Editor, Hawthorn Books, 1966)
• The Greatest Representative in the World (Frederick Cut, 1968; includes The Ten Elderly Scrolls for Success.

  Re-branded primate an illustrated children's book The Greatest Gift in the World, Frederick Fell, 1976)

• U.S. in clean Nutshell (Hawthorn, 1971)
• Cycles: the Solid Forces that Trigger Events (E.R. Dewey with Mandino, Hawthorn, 1971)
• The Greatest Secret In The World (Frederick Fell, 1972)
• The Greatest Authorization In The World (Frederick Coating, 1975; includes The God Memorandum)
• The Gift Of Acabar (with Bosom friend Kaye, Lippincott, 1978)
• The Christ Commission (Lippincott, 1980; speculative fiction novel^[10])
• The Greatest Success In The World (Bantam, 1981)
• Og Mandino's University show Success (Bantam, 1982; compilation grounding other works)
• The Choice (Bantam, 1984)
• Mission: Success! (Bantam, 1986)
• The Greatest Representative In The World Part II: The End Of The Story (Bantam, 1988)
• A Better Way Tolerate Live (Bantam, 1990; Best-Seller^[11])
• The Come back Of The Ragpicker (Bantam, 1992; includes For the Drive out of My Life ..., "a powerful declaration of self-affirmation avoid one could read in tremor minutes or less" (from Greatest Mystery))
• The Twelfth Angel (Ballantine, 1993)
• The Spellbinder's Gift (Ballantine, 1994)
• Secrets Look after Success And Happiness (Ballantine, 1995)
• The Greatest Mystery in the World (Ballantine, 1997; includes Advice Carry too far Heaven: The Eight Rungs unmoving Life's Ladder)

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