The Drive to Succeed: Role Models of Motivation is the overarching book in a three book miniseries within the Human Values Series. The other two books in the miniseries are Staying WIth It: Role Models of Perseverance and The Will to Stay With it: Role Models of Determinnation. The miniseries contains ninety-five biographical sketches.

    This book provides role models worthy of emulation through profiles of twenty-five highly motivated men and women. The biographical sketches represent five categories of motivation:

    • Dual careers — Individuals who had sufficient       motivation to have two careers in parallel

    • Resilience — people who rebounded from serious handicaps or setbacks

    • Inevitable winners — men and women whose cause was so just that ultimate       victory was inevitable

    • Value unappreciated — achievers whose worth was recognized late in life or       posthumously

    • Energetic endurers — those who overcame substantial physical limitations to       succeed.