Acres of Diamonds

By: Russell H. Conwell

Narrated by: Kevin T. Norris

Length: 51 mins

Publisher's Summary

Here is Conwell's classic inspirational speech about finding the resources to achieve all desirable things in your own community.

Public Domain (P)2008 Gildan Media Corp

A Classic Well Done

This is a very good version of a classic story. There are other versions of this in Audible. But, be careful. Some of the narration on those versions is terrible! The narrator here - Kevin T. Norris - is quite good. He delivers it the speech clearly and keeps in the style of the time period of when it was originally given. And the message of the story is fantastic!

Stimulating story telling letting.

For those that enjoy a great set of stories letting us all know what we are missing...this is it. The author ties together real life situations into a thread showing how much opertunity we are missing...right in our own back yard. A great inspirational text.

Redefining Wealth & Action

Brilliant book, read sufficiently, I recommend this book to anyone that is into the genre.

This is deliciously Nutricious mind food !! <3

Practices are many Principles are few. Practices come and go. Principles are always true! ;-) Enjoy a piece of our past preserved in a wonderfully brief return to principles. A journey guided through a lecture and a collection of small stories. Collected and given by a man who truly lived his life generations past. His simply direct insight stored wonderfully in this small short book. For the enjoyment of you and generations to come. I highly recommend this mental voyage.

Eye opener

Very brief but it was I needed to understand that there’s opportunities all around you

Decent

I thoroughly enjoy it. It’s fun. Enjoyable. And it only cost about a dollar. Huh.

Encouragement

The fact we have oil rich property in this USA and are running to horrible evil men for oil begging them for oil well just can not get past the truth of the lack of wisdom being portrayed by a certain man in leadership and those around him right now. Acres of diamonds is a fantastic reminder to look at home for the acres of oil.

Only a summary

I was looking for the actual book not a summary. Very disappointed because I hear it’s a great read.

Serve right where you are.

This book open my mind to look right where I am to serve the people needs around me. Thank you

Review

Good book, good concept. Teaches that we don’t need to look far to find success.

Thought provoking

I love these old short inspirational classics, they're full of simple wisdom and this one is for sure.

some good ideas

Ancient so a bit sexist; apparently, women have simple minds but this is exactly the quality of a great inventor - and it turns out women have invented a bunch of things but men took out the patents on so they got the credit. Mmhm.

But. Narrator has a rich, smooth voice, is easy to listen to and the whole thing falls under an hour.

The biggest takeaways are that greatness exists in you and your don't need to chase wealth: As Reverend Ike says "you have so many talents and money making ideas within you" but it's up to you to tap into them and use them to be of service. And as Earl Nightingale also encourages, sit or lie down in silence and be open to Divine guidance and inspiration. Follow those hunches.
You ought to be rich.
You have no right to be poor - I'm not sure he says that in the book; I'm quoting Catherine Ponder in her Dynamic Laws of Prosperity when she quoted this Russell guy, which is why I got this in the first place, on sale for £1.88.

Catherine's lecture in her own voice is the BEST and I listen to it on a loop and have even taken notes. This, I'll only listen to now and then but on the whole, am pleased with purchase

Review

Beautiful book on discovery. I love his principles and values and the way it is written. Beautiful read