The Gucci Mane Guide to Greatness

by Gucci Mane, Guy Lockard (Read by), Soren Baker (Contribution by)

Overview

From the platinum selling recording artist and New York Times bestselling author of The Autobiography of Gucci Mane comes THE GUCCI MANE GUIDE TO GREATNESS—an unprecedented look at Gucci Mane’s secrets to success, health, wealth, and self-improvement.

From Gucci: “I live by the principles in this book. I wanted to write this book to give you a tool set. This book should touch people who are going through something. It’s not going to be easy. But study these words, and put them into action. I want this book to keep you motivated. I want you to keep coming back to it for guidance and inspiration. You can put it on your shelf and keep going to The Gucci Mane Guide to Greatness. This book is a challenge. Don’t underestimate yourself. Don’t think that what you’re saying is not important. Don’t think you can’t achieve the impossible. Everyone needs some game, so here it is. The Gucci Mane Guide to Greatness is for the world. Enjoy.”

In this inspiring follow up to his iconic memoir, Gucci Mane gifts us with his playbook for living your best life. Packed with stunning photographs, The Gucci Mane Guide to Greatness distills the legend’s timeless wisdom into a one-of-a-kind motivational guidebook. Gucci Mane emerged transformed after a turbulent life of violence, crime, and addiction to become a dazzling embodiment of the power of positivity, focus, and hard-work. Using examples from his life of unparalleled success, Gucci Mane looks inward and upward to offer his blueprint for greatness. A must read for anyone with big ambitions and bigger dreams.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781797113548
Publisher:	Simon & Schuster Audio
Publication date:	10/13/2020
Product dimensions:	5.70(w) x 5.50(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Guy Lockhard is a voice talent and Earphones Award–winning narrator.

Gucci Mane, born Radric Delantic Davis, is a critically acclaimed, platinum-selling recording artist. He has released twelve studio albums and dozens of mixtapes. He lives in Atlanta, Georgia, with his wife, Keyshia Ka’oir.

Soren Baker has written thousands of articles about music and culture for such outlets as the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, and Rolling Stone, among others. He is currently producing a script he wrote for Snoop Dogg. He lives in Southern California.

Table of Contents

Intro xiii

We Got a Long Way to Go! xv

Part I The Essentials 1

Stop Underestimating Yourself 3

It's imperative That I Change the Narrative 7

Time Is Valuable, Spend It Wisely 11

Refocus and Go Harder 19

Just Keep Improving 25

Do What You Got to Do 31

Find Something to Be 35

Part II The Process 41

Every Day Is a Chance to Get Better 43

Look Up, Look Down, Then Look Around 47

Embrace Every Challenge 51

Work in Silence 55

Be Resilient 59

Part III Accountability 101 67

Everybody Must Be Held Accountable 69

Self-Discipline Brings Riches 75

Self-Awareness Is a Valuable Weapon 81

Part IV Your People 87

Choose Your Friends Carefully 89

Avoid Lazy and Miserable People 95

Haters Are Going to Say You Were Cloned 99

Women Are Brilliant 103

If You Don't Know the Old Me, You Don't Really Know Me 107

Protect Yourself at All Times 111

Never Let Being Liked Get in the Way of Being Respected 117

Lead by Example 121

Part V Work Ethic 125

Nobody Cares. Work Harder 127

Don't Be Lazy 131

When They Sleep, I'm Grinding 135

Do More, Get More 139

Whatever It Is, Do It Now 143

Part VI Opportunity 145

Stay Ready 147

I Can Make Something Outta Nothin' 149

Make Today Count 153

I Turn Burdens into Blessings 159

Part VII Success 165

Whatever You're Thinking, Think Bigger 167

I'm Cut from a Different Cloth 171

Prepare Yourself to Be Successful 177

Relax, but Don't Get Comfortable 183

I Don't Do Things for Fun 189

Learn to Compartmentalize 195

Fuck Everybody, Stack Your Bread 199

Part VIII The Power of Love 203

I Love My Wife 205

I Told My Wife Her Presence is the Present 211

Livin' the Life, Me and My Fine-Ass Wife 215

Hot Wife, Rich Husband 219

I'd Rather Just Chill Wit' Babe 227

Happy Wife, Happy Life 229

Part IX Final Words 231

I'm Blessed and Grateful 233

If You Keep Looking Back, You'll Trip Going Forward 237

Never Quit on Yourself! 239

Acknowledgments 241

Photo Credits 245

Editorial Reviews

"Live the Gucci Mane way. Gucci demonstrates all the bravado and ferocious self-confidence that he counsels."
—Kirkus Reviews

“The story of conquering your demons and becoming the best version of yourself...another guaranteed hit...the recipe to a life led Gucci.”
—Highsnobiety

From the Publisher

2020-09-10
A hip-hop star who went on his first international tour wearing an ankle monitor explains how to succeed.

“The words you are about to read can help you,” writes Gucci. “That’s because there is truth in them. These are words of wisdom, like the Bible and its proverbs.” Unquestionably, Gucci likes to aim high, as many of his proverbs attest: “Stop Underestimating Yourself”; “Whatever You’re Thinking, Think Bigger”; “Nobody Cares. Work Harder”; “When They Sleep, I’m Grinding”; “Do More, Get More.” And never forget, “Women Are Brilliant.” Gucci not only shares his recipes for success. As in a cookbook that shows pictures of the end result, the author includes dozens of dazzling photos of himself and his beautiful wife, among them a series on his surprise wedding proposal at an Atlanta Hawks game. After the success of his bestselling debut, The Autobiography of Gucci Mane, Gucci has realized there is money to be made in the book business. In addition to the Bible, he has his eye on Malcolm Gladwell and his reported $5 million advances. While he is “cool with Malcolm Gladwell being more celebrated than me as an author…the difference between Malcolm Gladwell and me is that I’m going to make more money because I’m going to make so many books for my following….You can enjoy this book or not, but I’m going to make my fifty-second book, my hundred and eighth book.” Many readers will hope that one of them will be a diet book, as the 100-plus pounds Gucci has lost and kept off are a frequent topic—alas, he doesn’t reveal his weight loss secrets here. Until the next book, try to live the Gucci Mane way. “Avoid lazy and miserable people,” and “Find something to be excited about every day.”

Gucci demonstrates all the bravado and ferocious self-confidence that he counsels—and the photos are a nice bonus.

Kirkus Reviews