Think Big
In Think Big, Carson gives his personal formula for success, which he basis on his own life developing from an inner city ghetto kid to a world famous neurosurgeon. He spells out his philosophy which he believes will improve quality of life through easily remembered points based on the letters that spell out the title.
It does not matter where we come from or what we look like. If we recognize our abilities, are willing to learn and to use what we know in helping others, we will always have a place in the world.
Gifted Hands autobiography
Carson publishes an autobiography entitled, Gifted Hands, telling the story of his life as a disadvantaged inner city youth through when he becomes Director of Pediatric Neurosurgery at Johns Hopkins University Hospital.
My major hope is that the message . . . will be seen by millions and millions of young people who might begin to recognize that they actually play a very major role in what happens to them in terms of the decisions that they make, regardless of the environment that they’re growing up in.