In his grade school days, Ben Carson would hardly have been voted "most likely to become a famous surgeon". His classmates had already given him another label: class dummy. Then a light clicked on for Ben-and a consuming passion for learning that catapulted him from "zero" test grades to a Yale scholarship, a pioneering role in modern medicine, and an influence that has extended from inner-city schools to corporate boardrooms and Washington corridors of power.

What made the difference? Belief in his own potential, a commitment to education, and making the most of his opportunities to learn, determination to make the world a better place, and faith in a God who knows no limits. Seeing the big picture. In The Big Picture, Ben Carson reveals the spiritual and philosophical foundations that under-gird not just his dramatic career, but his approach to all of life.