Synopses & Reviews
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 lifeyour turning pointsand 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 beingheart, 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-worthand they can help you as well.
In every chapter, Sullivan offers reflections and exercises to help you achieve your goals. Youll 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 Sullivans 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.
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"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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"Tom Sullivans 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
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"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 storiesand seeing them with a new perspective and rekindled enthusiasm. Tom Sullivans passion is contagious."
Betty White
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"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 fullestundaunted 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
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"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
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"In Seeing Lessons, Tom Sullivan not only teaches me things about myself and about life I didnt 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
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"This book not only teaches life lessons that are important to all of us but would prompt all of my players to be better athletesand more important, better people."
Mike Shanahan
Coach, Denver Broncos
Synopsis
New York Times bestselling author and Oprah guest Tom Sullivan presents Seeing Lessons: 14 Life Secrets I've Learned Along the Way, a self-improvement program that will delight and enrich its readers. Tom Sullivan's bestselling autobiography, If You Could See What I Hear was made into a successful movie.
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Insight into becoming all that we can be and more
Tom Sullivans New York Times bestselling autobiography If You Could See What I Hear (made into a major motion picture) introduced the world to a remarkable man who has been a highly successful singer, composer, actor, author, and athlete, even though he has been blind since birth. Now he returns with an inspiring book based on the life lessons he has learned. Sullivan believes that the ideal moments to become our best selves are at turning points in our lives. Seeing Lessons is about learning to recognize these special moments and using them to reinvent ourselves. His inspiring self-improvement program provides a blueprint for self-actualization, encouraging us to embrace the three key values (pride, people, and purpose), plug into our own uniqueness, turn our disadvantages into advantages, and live with passion.
The book is filled with moving, dramatic stories and anecdotes, as well as plenty of hard-won advice.
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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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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
Synopsis
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
About the Author
Tom Sullivan (Palos Verdes, CA), is the author of eight books. He was a special correspondent for Good Morning America and has been seen in numerous television series and films. A highly successful motivational speaker and consultant, he was recently a guest on Oprah, discussing how we can overcome adversity.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments.
Prologue.
LIFE SECRET #1.
Live Your Life with All Your Common Senses.
Be Completely Aware.
A Marvelous Run.
The Synergy of the Senses.
Turn Up Your Senses’ Volume.
Seeing Lessons Reflections and Exercises.
LIFE SECRET #2.
Live a Life of Interdependence.
A Story of Snow and Love.
What Is Interdependence? My Story.
Domestic Interdependence.
Seeing Lessons Reflections and Exercises.
LIFE SECRET #3.
Grow Stronger through Your Turning Points.
The Miracle of 13.
What Are Your Turning Points?
A Writer’s Life.
A Nation’s Turning Point.
Seeing Lessons Reflections and Exercises.
LIFE SECRET #4.
Turn Your Disadvantages into Advantages through Self-Worth.
Wrestling for Self-Worth.
Affirm Your Spirit.
An Inspiring Story.
Leadership.
Seeing Lessons Reflections and Exercises.
LIFE SECRET #5.
Live with Pride.
Singing Out.
What Pride Means.
Life Is a Marathon.
Seeing Lessons Reflections and Exercises.
LIFE SECRET #6.
Love People.
Miracle Workers.
Giving on a Fast Track.
Sharing.
Find Your Gifts.
Grow Younger.
Seeing Lessons Reflections and Exercises.
LIFE SECRET #7.
Live with Purpose.
Who Are You Going to Be?
Life’s Purpose.
Finding My Calling.
Spiritual Purpose.
This Hour, This Day.
Seeing Lessons Reflections and Exercises.
LIFE SECRET #8.
Live with Passion.
Golf as a Passionate Process.
Can You Be Too Passionate?
My Son and I.
Passions, Joys, Risks, and Rewards.
Your Best Self.
What Helen Keller Taught Me.
Seeing Lessons Reflections and Exercises.
LIFE SECRET #9.
Take a Second Look—Living with Labels.
Life As Blindy.
Labels and Ugliness.
The Lessons of Music and Dr. King.
What Muhammad Ali Taught Me.
Beauty and the Blind Guy.
Labels and Global Crisis.
Seeing Lessons Reflections and Exercises.
LIFE SECRET #10.
Face Your Fear Factor.
Where Does Your Fear Come From?
Go for It!
Redeeming Myself on National TV.
Growing Up.
Seeing Lessons Reflections and Exercises.
LIFE SECRET #11.
Challenge Is the Pathway to Opportunity.
Losing in Order to Gain.
Gut Checks.
Opportunities of the Spirit.
Seeing Lessons Reflections and Exercises.
LIFE SECRET #12.
Take a Leap of Faith.
Bungee Jumping into Life.
Keep the Faith on Life’s Stage.
Fidelity, Faith, and Love.
Seeing Lessons Reflections and Exercises.
LIFE SECRET #13.
Create a Life Plan.
Chase Your Dreams.
Abundance and Your Life Plan.
What Do You Want?
Manage Your Time.
Seeing Lessons Reflections and Exercises.
LIFE SECRET #14.
Trust Your Basic Instincts.
What Is Your Basic Instinct?
The Instinct of Love.
Instinct and Decisions.
Seeing Lessons Reflections and Exercises.
EPILOGUE.
As I See It.
Index.