Table of Contents

Contents Introduction Part One Giving Their Best and Thinking Big One Do it Better! Two My Mother, Sonya Carson Three Mentors, Inspirers, and Influencers Four Medical Mentors Five Other Significant People Six Builders for Eternity Seven Parents and Patients Eight Taking Risks Nine Not Enough Part Two You Can Give Your Best and Think Big Ten Thinking Big Eleven Honesty Shows Twelve Insightful Thoughts Thirteen Nice Guys Finish Fourteen Knowledge Counts Fifteen Books Are for Reading Sixteen In-depth Learning Seventeen Caution: God at Work Eighteen Reaching for Success

About the Author

Dr. Benjamin Carson is professor and director of pediatric neurosurgery at Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions and the author of two other best-selling books, Gifted Hands and Think Big. A widely respected role model, he shares motivational insights with inner-city kids and corporate executives alike. He serves on the corporate boards of The Kellogg Company, Costco Wholesale Corp., and American's Promise among others, and is an Emeritus Fellow of the Yale Corporation. He lives with his wife, Candy, and three sons in Baltimore County, Maryland. Cecil Murphey, author of over forty books, has also assisted well-known personalities in writing their biographies.