Gunzburg - The Little Book of Greatness: A Parable About Unlocking Your Destiny

Praise for Ari Gunzburg and the 5 Keys To Greatness

...Aris thoughts on positivity and on the way you look at life and on the way you present yourself in a positive way...means a lot to me based on things Ive gone through in my own life.

Mark Adkins at the National Eye Institute at NIH

Ari is an overall great public speaker. He speaks with poise and confidence. He had no problem capturing the attention of more than 50 colleagues when he came to speak at my workplace. Would definitely recommend.

Ross Filo, Capital Analyst at Nestl

We invited Ari here today to talk about change within our organization... Ari was point-on with his message, and it is certainly one that will carry forward for as we enter into our new healthcare journey. Thanks Ari, it was a great experience, and we look forward to drawing on some of the important points that you brought forward to us today.

Lisa Voll-Lego, Executive Director of Thresholds Homes & Supports

Ari is a master story teller. He engaged all our senses during the presentation...His presentation was inspiring and motivating. He gave step-by-step and actionable information for the audience to take away to change their life. Thank you Ari!!

Michael Wigglesworth, Project Manager at MNCPPC

What an OUTSTANDING keynote speaker!!! Ari inspires audiences to take action and make a difference in this world. This is truly his gift.

Lisa Newburger, CEO of Discuss Directives

It was a great presentation from Ari, he was very personable and engaging with our customers and our guests who were there. It was a comfortable speech that was easy to listen to.

Everybody loves a story, and you love when you can connect it back to your organization, and I think Ari did a great job of doing that for us.

Jamie Carr, IREM Association Executive

...the feedback from the men attending the event was positive and they felt that he had done a good job also. This is a maximum security prison and not your typical audience. They were attentive and engaged in what he had to say.

Susan Cowan, Activities at State Correctional Facility in PA

Moving, thought provoking presentation - loved it. Ari presented to a professional group and he was inspiring. He really made me re-evaluate how I was thinking about some things. Looking at taking the next step in something uncomfortable...relatable to both professional or private life situations.

Brenda Watson, MDHIMA

The Little Book Of Greatness

A Parable About Unlocking Your Destiny

Ari Gunzburg

MindSpark

Copyright 2020 Ari Gunzburg

The characters and events portrayed in this book are fictitious. Any similarity to real persons, living or dead, is coincidental and not intended by the author.
No part of this book may be reproduced, or stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without express written permission of the publisher, except for brief passages used in reviews or when used as permitted under the 1976 United States Copyright Act.
ISBN (for paperback edition): 9798680831588
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To my wife. With all my love, for forever and a day.
-Ari

Contents

To live is to choose. But to choose well, you must know who you are and what you stand for, where you want to go and why you want to go there.

-Kofi Annan

Introduction

IN TOTAL DARKNESS, it only takes a little light to shine the way. In a world where so many are in darkness of one type or another, we can shine a little light for each other, so we can all see the way, the way to our own greatness.

We each have the potential of greatness within us. A greatness of our own understanding. We often lack the tools to refine this greatness and bring us to our destiny. There are many books and programs on the subject of hyper-achievement. But there seem to be few books that give the strength and the tools to unlock your destiny, achieve your dreams and live your best life.

The 5 Keys To Greatness is a simple, easy-to-remember framework. The 5 Keys can be applied in many different ways, to all different lives. If you explore these concepts you may find unexpected depth. Keep exploring these concepts and if you want, fit other systems into the 5 Keys.

The entire system can be summarized in a few short paragraphs. I hope you find the story impactful, though, so I am leaving this overview for after the story.

I recommend you wait to implement the keys until after you read the story and know all 5 Keys. If you take notes or journal as you travel through the story, you will see more ways the keys can impact your life.

Above all, remember your greatness within. Let it out, let it into the world. Believe in yourself and in what you are doing. With enough of us following the 5 Keys, living our destiny, we will change the world.

The 5 Keys To Greatness is a framework for you to use in your own private way, in your own private life. I am continuing to develop these ideas, hoping to revolutionize the way we interact. Please, lets stay in touch.

Lets keep shining that light for each other.

Baltimore, Maryland

July 6, 2020

01 - Troubled at the Cliffs

T HE MAN STOOD on the cliff, watching the cars speed past below. He thought of the world as it is, while watching the headlights zip by. The day was turning to night, with a breeze in the air. The man shivered, pulling his coat tighter. The beauty of the fall colors adorned the trees all around. He couldnt see the fireworks, the colors, because he stood lost in thought.

The man felt troubled; troubled about the world, troubled about his life, troubled about his place in the world. He had so many unanswered questions, so many things left unsaid.

Unaccomplished goals haunted him day and night. These goals only haunted him when he had time to thinkwhich, he recognized, he didnt have a lot of time to do. He pulled out his phone to check messages, flipped through notifications, put his phone away... what was he thinking of again?

The man heard rustling in the woods behind him. It was not yet night, so he turned to see what was making the noise. Now the rustling noise became more of a step, step noise. The man peered into the woods, trying to see who, or what, was approaching.