Think Big: Unleashing Your Potential for Excellence

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Think Big: Unleashing Your Potential for Excellence, is an inspirational book written by Ben Carson. Carson starts the book by telling the readers about the history of his life. He continues to narrate, how he made it through hard work and perseverance and introduces the audience to his mentors, and how they influenced his life. The second half of the book is now the core of his writing as he uses the acronym Think Big in explaining his success. In addition, he explains to the readers on how to focus a journey to success.
Ben Carson wrote this book as a motivation and an encouragement to his readers. The book encourages people to keep on going despite the circumstances. Ben Carson talks about his life obstacles, and how he was able to overcome them. He was optimistic after realizing his potential and worked hard to become successful. He had no biasness in his book, he encourages people from all races and color that, they have potential and can achieve their goals if they learn to work hard. Inside Carson’s book lie the keys to every person recognizing his/her potential and working hard to achieve their goals in life. Carson influences people’s lives positives by explaining each letter of the title of his book, Think Big. According to Carson, Think Big means, T-Talent, H-Honest, I-Insight, N-Nice, K-Knowledge, B-Books, I-In-depth knowledge, G-God. Carson though this acronym to empower the readers on talking individual responsibility on the road to excellence.
In addition, the main purpose of Carson writing this book was to inspire people through his life story. Ben Carson moved from the “dumbest kid in class” to a renowned neurosurgeon around the globe. It was through reading that he changed his life forever. Ben’s mother was i...

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...real that, for a student to excel, he/she really has to study extensively. According to Bergman (10), Be Carson is the Best America’s super surgeon ever known. Today, Ben Carson has more than 50 honorary doctorates and possesses a long string of honors and awards, because of studying extensively (Bergman 10). Carson writes, “If we commit ourselves to reading thus increasing out knowledge, only God limits how far we can go in this world ” (Carson 201). This is very true because, when one reads more, the more he/she gets more knowledge, and knowledge is power and always believe in God according to his last letter in the Think Big acronym.

Works Cited

Carson, Ben. Think Big: Unleashing Your Potential for Excellence. New York: Zondervan, 2009. Print.
Bergman, Jerry. Benjamin Carson: The Pediatric Neurosurgeon with Gifted Hands. Acts & Facts. 38.1(2009): 10.Print.

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