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 CoorsChairman, 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 ShanahanCoach, 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
Author(s): Tom Sullivan
Edition: 1
Year: 2003
Language: English
Pages: 240
SEEING LESSONS......Page 3
CONTENTS......Page 9
Acknowledgments......Page 13
Prologue......Page 15
LIFE SECRET #1 Live Your Life with All Your Common Senses......Page 23
A Marvelous Run......Page 25
The Synergy of the Senses......Page 28
Turn Up Your Senses’ Volume......Page 32
Seeing Lessons Reflections and Exercises......Page 35
LIFE SECRET #2 Live a Life of Interdependence......Page 39
A Story of Snow and Love......Page 41
What Is Interdependence? My Story......Page 43
Domestic Interdependence......Page 48
Seeing Lessons Reflections and Exercises......Page 50
LIFE SECRET #3 Grow Stronger through Your Turning Points......Page 53
The Miracle of 13......Page 55
What Are Your Turning Points?......Page 59
A Writer’s Life......Page 60
Seeing Lessons Reflections and Exercises......Page 62
LIFE SECRET #4 Turn Your Disadvantages into Advantages through Self-Worth......Page 65
Wrestling for Self-Worth......Page 67
Affirm Your Spirit......Page 70
An Inspiring Story......Page 73
Leadership......Page 75
Seeing Lessons Reflections and Exercises......Page 76
LIFE SECRET #5 Live with Pride......Page 79
Singing Out......Page 81
What Pride Means......Page 83
Life Is a Marathon......Page 86
Seeing Lessons Reflections and Exercises......Page 89
LIFE SECRET #6 Love People......Page 91
Miracle Workers......Page 93
Giving on a Fast Track......Page 95
Sharing......Page 97
Find Your Gifts......Page 98
Grow Younger......Page 100
Seeing Lessons Reflections and Exercises......Page 104
LIFE SECRET #7 Live with Purpose......Page 105
Who Are You Going to Be?......Page 107
Life’s Purpose......Page 108
Finding My Calling......Page 111
Spiritual Purpose......Page 114
This Hour, This Day......Page 116
Seeing Lessons Reflections and Exercises......Page 117
LIFE SECRET #8 Live with Passion......Page 121
Golf as a Passionate Process......Page 123
Can You Be Too Passionate?......Page 127
My Son and I......Page 129
Passions, Joys, Risks, and Rewards......Page 131
What Helen Keller Taught Me......Page 134
Seeing Lessons Reflections and Exercises......Page 151
LIFE SECRET #9 Take a Second Look—Living with Labels......Page 139
Life As Blindy......Page 141
Labels and Ugliness......Page 143
The Lessons of Music and Dr. King......Page 144
What Muhammad Ali Taught Me......Page 146
Beauty and the Blind Guy......Page 148
Labels and Global Crisis......Page 150
Seeing Lessons Reflections and Exercises......Page 136
LIFE SECRET #10 Face Your Fear Factor......Page 155
Where Does Your Fear Come From?......Page 157
Go for It!......Page 158
Redeeming Myself on National TV......Page 160
Growing Up......Page 162
Seeing Lessons Reflections and Exercises......Page 164
LIFE SECRET #11 Challenge Is the Pathway to Opportunity......Page 167
Losing in Order to Gain......Page 169
Gut Checks......Page 172
Opportunities of the Spirit......Page 174
Seeing Lessons Reflections and Exercises......Page 177
LIFE SECRET #12 Take a Leap of Faith......Page 181
Bungee Jumping into Life......Page 183
Keep the Faith on Life’s Stage......Page 187
Fidelity, Faith, and Love......Page 190
Seeing Lessons Reflections and Exercises......Page 192
LIFE SECRET #13 Create a Life Plan......Page 195
Chase Your Dreams......Page 197
Abundance and Your Life Plan......Page 198
What Do You Want?......Page 199
Manage Your Time......Page 202
Seeing Lessons Reflections and Exercises......Page 204
LIFE SECRET #14 Trust Your Basic Instincts......Page 209
What Is Your Basic Instinct?......Page 211
The Instinct of Love......Page 212
Instinct and Decisions......Page 214
Seeing Lessons Reflections and Exercises......Page 215
EPILOGUE As I See It......Page 219
Index......Page 229
