Review: `Man is what he believes - believe in yourself'
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 02 14, 2014
Nathan Mercer is a man with many hats and an impressive background that brings him to this juncture of being able to advise others on how to achieve the kinds of goals he has set and met for himself. He served in Desert Storm with the USMC as a POW Guard in the largest prison camp in USMC history, and in addition he had the critical job of performing customs checks on Marines returning home. Following his tour of duty he graduated from Indiana University of Pennsylvania with a BA in Business Education and later earned his MBA from Strayer University. He has served as an educator in public schools, a mortgage broker, and currently is a personal development trainer and a supporter of the Paralyzed Veterans of America. He lives in Cranberry Twp, PA.In this immensely readable and digestible book, Mercer provides a prequel to the time honored fable of the tortoise and the hare. He keeps it simple and poignant, offering six goal-setting steps to instruct us all how to stay focused and reach our goals. He opens his book with a conversation that Tommy the slow tortoise has with his grandfather Thaddeus who agrees to help him learn how to be fast (i.e., achieve his goals) in Six Steps:Recognize that you have accomplished many thingsBrainstormingHow powerful is your why?What type of person do I have to become to achieve this goal?Who do I know that can help me achieve my goals?Chunking down your goalNow, look at these six steps, understand that each step involves planning, actually putting goals on paper, justifying those goals, mapping them out and coming up with leaders in thought and action that crystallize each of the steps, and you begin to understand the tools involved in working through Mercer's goal achieving plan. Believe in yourself, in your idea, in your peripheral input and build your own personal plan for success. Then with Nathan Mercer's sage and warm advice, just do it. If it worked for Tommy the Tortoise.... This brief summary of a book is inadequate to impart the real strength that is here, but read it, internalize it and watch what happens! Highly recommended. Grady Harp, February 14