PEAK AND VALLEY

Quote from the Book

“The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeing new landscapes, but in having new eyes” (p.1)

The Author

Spencer Johnson was born in Mitchell, South Dakota, graduated from Notre Dame High School of Sherman Oaks, California, in 1957, received a Bachelor of Arts degree in psychology from the University of Southern California in 1963, and his medical degree from the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland. Johnson currently lives in Hawaii and New Hampshire. Spencer Johnson is known for the Value Tales series of children’s books. Johnson is chairman of Spencer Johnson Partners. Johnson also wrote the book “Yes” or “No”: The Guide to Better Decisions (1992). He co-authored the One Minute Manager series of books with management writer Ken Blanchard. Johnson’s books have been translated into twenty-six languages.

Insights from the Book

Peaks and Valleys is a story of a young man who lives unhappily in a valley until he meets an old man who lives on a peak, and it changes his work and life forever. Initially, the young man does not realize he is talking with one the most peaceful and successful people in the world. However, through a series of conversations and experiences that occur up on peaks and down in valleys, the young man comes to make some startling discoveries. Eventually, he comes to understand how he can use the old man’s remarkable principles and practical tools in good and bad times and becomes more calm and successful himself.

This book is presented in 9 chapters namely: feeling low in a valley; finding answers; forgetting; learning; Discovering; sharing; using peaks and Valleys; and Enjoying a peak.

Now readers can take a similar journey through the story and use what you find to your advantage in your own work and life.