What you are today is not important... for in this runaway bestseller
you will learn how to change your life by applying the secrets you are
about to discover in the ancient scrolls.According to the 1930 U.S.
Census, Og Mandino was born in Natick, Massachusetts on December 12,
1923 to parents Silvio and Margaret Mandino, and was named Augustine
after his paternal Italian grandfather.[2][3] Mandino was once the
editor of his high school paper and planned to attend the University of
Missouri's journalism school When in the summer of 1940, before he was
able to enter college, his mother died from a massive heart attack, he
decided to work in a paper factory until 1942. Afterward, he joined the
United States Army Air Corps where he became a military officer and a
bombardier. He flew for thirty bombing missions over Germany on board a
B-24 Liberator during World War II.[4] During this time, he flew with
fellow pilot and movie star, James Stewart. After his military duties,
Mandino became an insurance salesman. One wintry November morning in
Cleveland, Mandino contemplated committing suicide. But as he sorted
through several books in a library, volumes of self-help, success and
motivation books captured Mandino's attention. He selected some titles,
went to a table and began reading. Mandino followed his visit to the
library with more visits to many other libraries around the United
States. He read hundreds of books that dealt with success, a pastime
that helped him alleviate his alcoholism. It was in a library in
Concord, New Hampshire, where he found W. Clement Stone's classic,
Success Through a Positive Mental Attitude, a book that changed Mandino
for the better.