Seeing Lessons: 14 Life Secrets I'Ve Learned along the Way - Tapa dura

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TOM SULLIVAN is the author of eight books, including his bestselling autobiography, If You Could See What I Hear, which was made into a motion picture. A highly successful motivational speaker and consultant, he was recently a guest on Oprah, discussing how we can overcome adversity. Sullivan was a special correspondent for Good Morning America and has been seen in numerous television series and films.

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Praise for Seeing Lessons

"Tom Sullivan?s inspiring story and the life lessons that he shares can help you live your own life with more passion, clarity, and meaning. I know you will find Seeing Lessons to be a great read."
?Jack Nicklaus

"What makes this book stimulating is the feeling that the author is speaking with you, not at you. Soon you find yourself looking at commonplace things in a slightly different light. Before long you are relating his stories to your own stories?and seeing them with a new perspective and rekindled enthusiasm. Tom Sullivan?s passion is contagious."
?Betty White

"With Seeing Lessons, Tom Sullivan is truly a gift that keeps on giving as he shares the joys, passions, frustrations, and even the pain of a life lived to the fullest?undaunted by challenges few of us can even imagine. I want my children to read this book, absorb its message, and pass it along to their children."
?former Senator Bill Brock

"Seeing Lessons is an inspired book offering simple steps to improving your life and being the best person you can be. This is one book that will forever change the way you think about life and living."
?Joseph J. Luciani, Ph.D.
author of Self-Coaching

"In Seeing Lessons, Tom Sullivan not only teaches me things about myself and about life I didn?t know, but he offers possibilities for corporations to reach for the higher ground in the way they do business."
?Peter Coors
Chairman, Coors Brewing Company

"This book not only teaches life lessons that are important to all of us but would prompt all of my players to be better athletes?and more important, better people."
?Mike Shanahan
Coach, Denver Broncos

"In this inspiring book, Tom Sullivan opens his heart and mind to all that blesses and surrounds him. You can do it too. Read this book."
?Rosalene Glickman, Ph.D.
author of Optimal Thinking: How to Be Your Best Self

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Blind since birth, Tom Sullivan has overcome adversity and become a highly successful singer, composer, actor, author, athlete, and speaker. One of the most important life lessons he has learned, which he has discussed on Oprah and in his keynote speeches and lectures, is the importance of turning disadvantages into advantages. Throughout his life, Tom Sullivan has never encountered a drawback or problem that could not be turned into something positive; he believes that any life event can motivate you to find the strength to become a better person than you ever thought possible. This book shows you how.

In Seeing Lessons? inspirational 14 Life Secrets, Tom Sullivan shows you how to recognize the defining moments in your life?your turning points?and use them to become your best self. His refreshing self-improvement program provides a simple road map, encouraging you to tap into your own uniqueness, challenge yourself, and live with passion and a renewed appreciation of life. It reveals how you can live life more fully with all your "common senses" while embracing the concept of interdependence with your total being?heart, mind, body, and soul. Sullivan explains how by living with pride and loving other people you can bring more meaning and purpose to your life and the lives of others.

Throughout the book, in his characteristically warm voice, Sullivan tells the stories of his dramatic personal experiences, which are touching, poignant, and funny. He shows how the "seeing lessons" he has learned along the way helped him connect with his wonderful wife, raise his family, and develop his own sense of self-worth?and they can help you as well.

In every chapter, Sullivan offers reflections and exercises to help you achieve your goals. You?ll discover how to face your fear factor, take a leap of faith, and create a well-organized life plan that will bring you balance, gratification, and personal fulfillment.

Filled with anecdotes about Tom Sullivan?s extraordinary life as well as plenty of hard-won advice, Seeing Lessons will motivate you and open your mind and heart to the incredible experience of truly being alive right now.