Dr. Robert Lawson

As a creative person at a crossroads, I found Greatness Awaits very inspiring. In clear, excellent prose, Dr. Robert Lawson combines his many years in education and lecturing to a huge variety of audiences, with famous quotes from well known people who overcame their own adversities by using the same techniques Dr. Lawson lays out so clearly. Chapter by chapter, most ending with his own inspirational poems that illustrate his points, he builds a practical step-by-step blueprint for reaching that hidden greatness lurking within all of us. I've personally made six pages of notes and begun my own outline of how to achieve the dreams that drive my own yearning for success. And a bit of kindness along the way is also emphasized, certainly a life lesson every person, no matter nationality or gender, should take to heart. In the end, through our own hidden talents, we can all make the world a little bit better than when we arrived and leave it knowing we did our best.... Near the end of the book, Dr. Lawson sums up the life lessons he believes God leads us to if we only have the stamina and will to listen as he quotes Ralph Waldo Emerson: "What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us."