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Working in sales I often find myself traveling long distances in my car. My listening preferences are an eclectic collection of music, however to keep awake and make the time fly I enjoy listening to motivational speakers, yes one of my guilty pleasures. This particular drive to the New York State Funeral Directors Convention involved a plethora of success stories from people like Warren Buffett, Andrew Carnegie, Stephen Covey, Henry Ford, Benjamin Franklin, John Paul Getty, Napoleon Hill, Abraham Lincoln, Nelson Mandela, J.W. Marriott Jr., Anthony Robbins, Eleanor Roosevelt and Zig Ziglar. 50 Success Classics (2004) by Tom Butler-Bowden comprises the works of many stimulating pioneers of success and leadership throughout history, this trip I was only in the car long enough to hear 25 of the 50 stories, a good and bad thing at the same time. Click here to read the full article…