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Grant’s dramatic life story and his “Top of Heart Worldview” that emerged from it, align powerfully with Compass’s top values - finding your place in the world (our mission), bouncing back from adversity with great passion, and the realization that we can’t succeed alone. This book reminds us of what we already know while also giving us a new way of implementing it. Top of Heart reminds us that the real keys to success in business are the relationships we nurture. Grant does a great job of combining his fresh business perspectives and gripping personal story into a brand new model, while adding real world urgency that will compel anyone in business to make this book a “must read.” Robert Reffkin, Founder & CEO, Compass Real Estate
Top of Heart is a work of art. It reads like watching a movie. Grant is as authentic, vulnerable, and real as he wishes us all to be in this life story with lessons powerful enough to save us from ourselves. It is time to quit marketing to strangers and it is time to start communicating with friends. It is time for us to take our insatiable appetite for what we don't have and replace it with an insatiable appreciation for what we do have. Bless Grant for writing Top of Heart because every reader will be blessed by his words. Michael J Maher, CEO of REFERCO.com, and Bestselling Author of (7L)The Seven Levels of Communication and Miracle Morning for Real Estate Agents
Who would have thought to write a book that combines memoir, addiction, and a groundbreaking relationship-building model for business? Is that a "normal" business book formula? Probably not but Top of Heart works, in the way an unusual but delicious sandwich does - like Elvis's favorite, peanut butter and banana sandwich. It works because to really understand WHY Grant's Top of Heart model is so good and so necessary in business today, you need to get on the rollercoaster with him and experience his gripping life story. You need to know how he almost died, how Top of Heart was a direct result of his rebirth, and how it can create a rebirth for any of us in the business of building relationships. Am I saying Elvis would have loved this book? That's for you to decide. In the meantime, I'm already experiencing success by applying Grant's techniques and exercises to build more meaningful relationships with my clients and prospects! Alexandra Watkins, Founder, Eat My Words and author of Hello, My Name Is Awesome
Top of Heart takes you on a messy introspection of the twists, tribulations and disasters life serves… and then shows you how finding motivation and purpose enables you to change your world for the better. Heart-rending read. Inspiring story. Stefan Swanepoel, New York Times and Wall Street Journal Best-Selling Author
As someone who has experienced traumatic events in life and found a way to move forward from personal challenges, I have great admiration for how Grant has done the same AND, on top of that, how he has taken those lessons and integrated them into his Top of Heart business model. The more I read and absorbed Grant’s explanation of his “Top of Heart worldview,” where relationships rule and drive transactions (versus the opposite), the more flashing light bulbs went off in my head, like - YES, THIS! Not to sound cliche, but this book is a “must read” for everyone in business and certainly for my real estate agent colleagues. Maya Vander, Real Estate Advisor, Netflix Top 10 "Selling Sunset"
Open. Honest. Torment transforming into triumph. If you prefer reading stories of people whose personal struggles have been minimal, have been great at what they do, and now want to show you how you too can be great… this is not the book for you. But if you want to read a captivating memoir, about a man who struggled with who he was, his personal addictions, then overcame those circumstances and uses that story to teach one of the most powerful business and sales lessons anyone will ever learn… then this is the book for you! The writing will grab you. The story will touch you. And the lessons will change you. Top of Heart by Grant Muller is a great book and I encourage every entrepreneur, salesperson, or business leader to read it! Jeff C. West, Award-Winning author of The Unexpected Tour Guide, and Bestselling Co-author of Said the Lady with the Blue Hair: 7 Rules for Success in Direct Sales Wrapped in a Wonderful Lesson for Life.
By courageously and candidly sharing his story, without holding back or censoring himself, Grant has chosen to be more than an author, more than a business thought leader - he has chosen to be an advocate. Ryan Hampton, addiction recovery advocate and bestselling author of American Fix and Unsettled.
I've been selling and team building with Avon for over 40 years. I've also side hustled and built teams in other sales organizations, but I am most known for my position in the top 5 teams in Avon for over two decades. My team numbers in the thousands and are spread across every state in the United States. In direct sales, genuine relationships are key. The relationships with customers and the relationships with team members. Reading Grant's life-changing book Top of Heart reinforces and expands upon what I've been teaching and modeling for years. The book not only tells Grant's story of triumph over his addictions and circumstances, but also gives a valuable framework and comprehensive structure to help us grow our numbers while being our most authentic selves along the way. My hope is that every direct seller — and every business owner! — will get Grant's book and use it to grow their business. What a difference it would make for so many! Lisa M. Wilber, Avon Platinum Executive Leader, Award-Winning Co-author of Said the Lady with the Blue Hair: 7 Rules for Success in Direct Sales Wrapped in a Wonderful Lesson for Life
Like many of us, Grant Muller made some very poor choices in life. Top of Heart is his bare and compelling life story, revealing both his ups and downs, and the lessons he learned along the way. Randy Gage, author of Radical Rebirth
