The great Spanish philosopher, Jose Ortega y Gasset, re minded us that we human beings are the only creatures on the planet Earth that are born into a natural state of disorientation with our world. These ideas will work wonders, regardless of what we choose as the main thrust of our lives, for they are the great ideas that have evolved over the cen turies, and together they form a constellation by which you and I can safely and successfully navigate. This program is about 12 ideas that will bring order and success into our lives. Starting with your first session, "The Magic Word," the messages you're about to hear are Widely considered all-time classics in the field of personal development.Īudiocassette Tra script This is Earl Nightingale with the new edition of Lead the Field. Lead the Field is the synthesis of a lifetime of research, reading and refining by Earl Nightingale. Over the years, hundreds of thousands of men and women have benefited from this treasury of great ideas in sound. You'll find also a corresponding set of exercises for each message, to help you make plans and put the ideas in this program to maximum use in your life. As you're reading, you may want to underscore, star or in some other way highlight passages that are significant to you. When you want to rehear a passage on a cassette, you'll find that the transcripts are a quick, convenient reference to help you locate it. It contains a complete transcript of each of the 12 messages in the program. This printed guide complements the Lead the Field audio cassettes. For his many achievements as an entrepreneur, writer, public speaker, recording artist, and radio and television commentator, he won a number of awards, including a gold record for The Strangest Secret Marines during World War II, Earl became a well-known broadcast personality and, over the years, authored more than 7,000 radio and television com TIlentaries, as well as numerous audio and video programs and two best-selling books. And, as a voracious reader, he kept searching throughout his life. So he began seeking the answers, the keys to a better life, in his local library. At that time, he couldn't afford any books. As a teenager, Earl saw the plight of his family and friends in the worst of the Depression. The multifaceted career of Earl Nightingale, author and narrator of Lead the Field, is an affirmation of the effect of great ideas on our lives and the degree of success we attain. You'll learn the use of "intelligent objectivity" and the benefit of being "constructively discontented." And with each repeated listening, you'll unearth new gems from these "acres of diamonds." You'll rediscover the power of words such as attitude and service and goals and commitment. In Lead the Field, Earl Nightingale will lead you down new paths and old, familiar trails. Opportunities take on a new luster, even though they have been there all the time, unnoticed, waiting for the great idea to make them glow. Suddenly, the lights are turned on, and we can see the world much more clearly. The great ideas in Lead the Field can have that effect on us, too. LP, for sales exceeding a million copies the Golden Gavel Award from Toastmasters International the Napoleon Hill Foundation Gold Medal Award for literary excellence and he was inducted into the International Speakers Hall of Fame and the Radio Hall of Fame. When was the last time something really excited you excited you so much that you couldn't wait to share it with others? Often, such a reaction can be triggered by the simplest and most obvious things-such as a tiny puppy, or falling in love, or renewing an old friendship. The Magic Word Audiocassette Transcript Exercises.