Ben Newman - Own Your Success: The Power to Choose Greatness and Make Every Day Victorious

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Praise for Own YOUR Success

Own YOUR Success is a wonderful book with a great message. Any reader will come away with a greater passion for life and a better sense of how to grow during the journey that were all on.

John Schlifske

Chief Executive Officer, Northwestern Mutual

I firmly believe that the choices we make shape our lives. Being great is also a choice, and now there is a resource available to help all of us understand the journey to greatness. Own YOUR Success is that resource. Read it and it will help you release your potential.

Aeneas Williams

Future NFL Hall of Fame cornerback, 14-year NFL veteran, and eight-time Pro Bowl player

From the battlefield to the boardroom, I have always strived for excellence through the power of teamwork. Own YOUR Success will provide you with bulletproof tools to make a difference in your life and business.

Lieutenant Bob Gassoff

United States Navy SEAL

Ben Newman hits the ball out of the park again with Own YOUR Success . Against the backdrop of a captivating story, I found myself in several of the characters in the book and realized the changes that would allow me to achieve maximum, measurable success in ways that will produce greater satisfaction and happiness in life.

Rudy Telscher

Managing Partner, Harness Dickey & Pierce; Lead Counsel in CBC vs. Major League Baseball

Cover Image: Harbour Bridge and Sydney Skyline Sara Winter/ iStockphoto

Jacket Design: C. Wallace

Copyright 2012 by Ben Newman. All rights reserved.

Published by John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey.

Published simultaneously in Canada.

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data:

Newman, Ben, 1978 author.

Own your success : the power to choose greatness and make every day victorious / Ben Newman.

pages cm

Includes index.

ISBN 978-1-118-37016-2 (cloth); ISBN 978-1-118-42080-5 (ebk);

ISBN 978-1-118-41719-5 (ebk); ISBN 978-1-118-43185-6 (ebk)

1. Success. I. Title

BF637.S8N447 2012

650.1dc23

2012020175

Dedicated to the three people who clearly help me realize

what I am fighting for every day, and for whom I am willing

to sacrifice anything: my wife, Ami, my son,

J. Isaac, and my daughter, Kennedy Rose.

In loving memory of

Janet Fishman Newman

When you are inspired by some great purpose, some extraordinary project, all your thoughts break their bonds: Your mind transcends limitations, your consciousness expands in every direction, and you find yourself in a new, great, and wonderful world. Dormant forces, faculties, and talents become alive, and you discover yourself to be a greater person by far than you ever dreamed yourself to be.

Patanjali

Acknowledgments

This book has been a special project in the making. Along the journey, many people have been tremendously supportive advocates. Special gratitude goes out to my greatest team who make all of this possible, my family: Ami, J. Isaac, and Kennedy Rose.

I would also like to acknowledge my team of Kimberly Raasch and Dusty Meehan, whose commitment to greatness every day helps me continue to fight and impact the thousands of lives we touch each year. And to Lisa Lukies, my esteemed editor, whose eagle eye on the manuscript and contribution helped to make this book the best it could be.

Additionally, the opportunity to inspire and empower others through my writing would not be possible without the stories or impact made by Dr. Jason Selk, Jon Gordon, John OLeary, Scott Underwood, Joey Davenport, Shep Hyken, Tom Dankenbring, Todd Basler, Dr. Edward M. Johnson Jr., Bob Gassoff, Dr. Martha Skinner, John Doty, Mark Daly, Andy Kaiser, Josh Qualy, Brian Cohen, Jeff Rose, Eddie Caldwell, Josh Goodman, Heath Beam, Paul Foster, Ben Beshear, Laura Pierz, Michael Amann, Michael Kennedy Jr., and my father, Burt Newman, along with countless other family and friends who inspire me to keep fighting.

To my late mother, Janet Fishman Newman, who continues to inspire me every day to be the best I can be. You taught me lifes greatest lesson, to cherish every day because it is not how long you live, but how you choose to live your life!

Foreword

Ben Newman has written a masterpiece. This is a book that will take you on a journey to change your life. What I love most about the book is that it speaks to the head, the heart, and the gut of the business professional in todays fast-moving world. Ben Newman has written a story through his main character, Pierce Edwards, that can relate to anybody in any facet of business today. What is so incredible about the story is that even if you are not in the business world, this book is one that will also touch your heart and change the way that you feel about your life and your legacy.

Thank you, Ben, for touching my heart with this inspirational story of getting lost on lifes journey and getting yourself back on a track to greatness. I certainly believe in living life with relentless accountability to achieve greatness by using all of your capacity.

Own YOUR Success will give you the tools and the beliefs in order to make a difference in your life moving forward and to leave a dynamic legacy on the world.