Be Somebody: A Guide to Achieving Personal Success

Lin Appling

ISBN 10: 0976524902 / ISBN 13: 9780976524908

Published by LLA Publishing, 2005

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Be Somebody: A Guide to Achieving Personal Success
• Publisher: LLA Publishing
• Publication Date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0976524902
• ISBN 13: 9780976524908
• Binding: paperback
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

In Be Somebody, Lin Appling invites, encourages, and inspires his readers to dream and to plan, but he avoids the “pie-in-the-sky” attitude of some motivational authors. By offering his own story as an example of our ability to beat the odds, Appling provides his readers with the twelve keys to success. Being born into a family of fourteen in a rural community in Georgia during segregation, Appling knows firsthand how tough it can be to rise to the top: attaining success requires discipline, commitment, and honest self-appraisal.

Don't buy this book – unless you are absolutely committed to making a positive difference in your life.

About the Author

Lin Appling was born in Roberta, Georgia to a family of 14. He left home at the age of 19 to join the United States Army, where he rose (without a formal education) to the rank of Captain and went on to retire as a Lt. Colonel. He eventually earned his master's degree while working full time as an army officer and raising his daughter, from the age of ten, as a single parent. Since his retirement from the army, he served as Deputy Chief of Staff in the office of the late Governor Mel Carnahan and the Executive Deputy Secretary of State in the office of the Missouri Secretary of State. He is now a Commissioner at the Missouri Public Service Commission, a position he has held since May, 2004.