Dwight Bain - Destination Success: A Map for Living Out Your Dreams

2003 by Dwight Bain

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Spire edition published 2009

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Leaders praise Destination Success for bringing you practical coaching results

Destination Success is a fresh approach to balancing your life using humor, stories, and practical exercises to overcome obstacles that handicap us from our dreams.

Mark Victor Hansen , co-creator, #1 New York Times
bestselling series Chicken Soup for the Soul;
co-author, The One Minute Millionaire

Dwight Bain is one of the most encouraging men I know. Just being around him makes me feel that I can be better and live higher. Thousands have been motivated by listening to him teach. Now a bookand it should be no surprise that Destination Success reflects the power and enthusiasm of the writer. Read this book. Youll thank me for recommending it to you.

Steve Brown , bestselling author and host
of Key Life Radio Network

Destination Success is truly destined to be one of the classics in achieving success in life. My friend Dwight Bain writes in a clear, precise, and compelling fashion, and when youre finished reading this book your life will never be the same.

Pat Williams , bestselling author; senior VP,
The Orlando Magic

In Destination Success , Dwight Bain shows how you can live your dreams even when lifes unsuspected blows bring great setbacks. Dwights keen insights set you on a course for success.

Steve Arterburn , bestselling author; founder of
New Life Clinics & Women of Faith conferences

In athletics, the best coaches are often those who previously succeeded as players by understanding, mastering, and applying the games fundamentals. They were the player who made his teammates better. Dwight has played the game and in Destination Success he shows you how to win. His practical, achievable strategies for success will get you going in the right direction.

Bob Ban de Pol , PhD, president
of Crisis Care Network

Perhaps the most impressive thing about Destination Success was the climactic ending. He built a solid case for success as a journey throughout the twelve chapters and topped it off perfectly at the conclusion. Success not only as a journey but also as a process is another strong theme of the book. I strongly recommend this book to success seekers. It will feed your soul with good nutrition.

Dr. W. G. Covington Jr. , Amazon.com
Top 1000 Reviewer

To Clint and May Bain,

my dear Mom and Dad

You taught me about lasting success;

then you showed me the way.

I am forever grateful.

I honor you by teaching

and showing others.

I love you both and am so

grateful that we are friends.

Several years ago I challenged my friend Dwight Bain to write this book. After discussing leadership and team-building principles with him, I knew that his insights would be helpful to many people on their personal journey of success.

For thirty years I have taught people that success is not a one-time destination, but rather a lifetime journey. You will never get to that place where you finally have it all and no longer need to reach further. But each day you have the choice to continue growing and developing into the type of person you were designed to be, living at a new level. In this book, Dwight will act as your personal success coach to carefully guide you and lead you on a new path as you begin to live out your dreams.

I first met Dwight in Denver during a radio interview that was supposed to last for only ten minutes but went on until we ran out of tape! I discovered that Dwight was a creative and fun communicator, and we became friends as I mentored him in leadership. Then a wonderful thing happened. Dwight began sharing insights and illustrations with me from his own research, which he uses for radio, television, and personal speaking engagements. Each week he sends me a fax or email with new quotes and stories. As a writer, speaker, and business owner, I have benefited from his eye for great stories and wonderful illustrations that are easy to apply to daily living.

Dwight has an amazing ability to quickly assimilate ideas from the many experts he has interviewed and from the nuggets of wisdom he has gained from coaching and counseling thousands of people over the last twenty years. Your personal success journey will be enriched and strengthened as you learn and master the seven secrets of success Dwight shares in this book. They are a result of the years he has spent talking to leaders from around the world.

Recently Dwight was in Atlanta with me, and we spoke to a group of leadership coaches. During one of the sessions, Dwight shared an exciting concept from this book, the Successful Life Formula. It is designed to help you instantly know where you are and what you need to be working on to experience the quality of life you desire. I could feel the excitement in the room as the audience began to discover their own areas of strength and weakness within just a few minutes. From this exercise they were able to identify exactly which areas they needed to develop in order to focus on living at a new level of success. Dwights success formula can also help you to discover where you are in contrast with where you want to be on your own success journey.

I know that Dwight can lead you to a new level, one that includes a balanced and healthier way of living. You will learn how to overcome your success fears, find the success that is available to you right now, and be encouraged to continue on toward a life of lasting success. I look forward to hearing about your successes as you begin to live out your dreams.

All the best to you as you uncover the secrets to a better way of life!

John C. Maxwell, Founder
The Injoy Group
Atlanta

Have you ever wondered why you arent more successful? Have you had the same thought about a business associate, friend, or family member who seems to have much potential yet is never really successful at anything? I sure have, and I have seen some amazing contrasts. People with virtually no ability to become successful have seemingly done the impossible, while others who appear to be loaded with looks, money, and talent never seem to get it together. They look like they have it all yet never really experience lasting success.