The Possible Dream

by Charles Paul Conn

Rich DeVos and Jay Van Andel had a dream big enough to embrace everyone seeking to change their lives and willing to work to do it. Make it happen, they challenged. Build your future within the framework of Amway. And thousands have, spurred on by freedom from a time clock and, of course, money. Inside is the warm and personal story behind the explosive growth of Amway.

Genres: Business, Self Help, Nonfiction, History

Mass Market Paperback

First published January 1, 1977

About the author

Charles Paul Conn acquired his undergraduate degree in religion from Lee University (then Lee College). He received an M.A. and a Ph.D. in psychology from Emory University and subsequently went on to spend three years at Harvard University as a postdoctoral Visiting Scholar. Conn served on the Lee College psychology faculty for 15 or so years before becoming the president of Lee University in 1986. In addition to his work at Lee University, Conn also has a second career as a free-lance writer. He has authored or co-authored 20 popular books and his magazine articles have appeared in numerous national publications as varied as Saturday Evening Post, Eternity, and the Journal of Experimental Psychology. An interview with Johnny Cash, written for a Tennessee newspaper in 1972, was named by the Associated Press as the Best News Feature of the Year.

Reviews

[Richard · Rating 1 out of 5]

these amway freaks make scientologists look reasonable and well adjusted- between these guys and the moonies i don't know how anyone can take a republican seriously.

[Gena Lott · Rating 3 out of 5]

Inspiring how these two men took their dream and created a huge, multi-national pyramid. Shows what a dream and hard work can do!

[Mantas Gudauskas · Rating 4 out of 5]

Interesting to read about the story of Amway. There are some facts that I did not know, though those facts and stories leads to the philosophy of the company they created. Though, I wanted a bit more of those stories from founders themselves. There were a lot of different distributors stories, that explains a lot about the flexibility of the opportunity.

[Michael · Rating 4 out of 5]

Simple and easy to read. Demonstrates that if anything, all dreams are possible. And back in the mid-1900s this is how Amway got started. Which is now an 11 billion dollar annual business fyi.

[Kate · Rating 2 out of 5]

Interesting history of the company, but it didn't make me feel anything. I'd say that it fell rather flat for me, but that's not exactly true as I didn't have much expectations going into it.

[Manan · Rating 4 out of 5]

its a good book to know how Amway grew as a company. What we see now is the result of something which was done 53 years ago and this book printed 33 years ago describes it well.