Two graduating high school students become friends, one girl from India named Tanvi has a unique talent. The other is an extremely smart student named Anthony. The end up befriending an elderly woman named Gwen who is a retired teacher, and form a common bond. By chance they discover they can solve crimes. The police discover their abilities and ask them to solve difficult mysteries. As time passes, their reputation increases and their studies in college draw the two closer and they fall i...

The Beatitudes are gifts to the church to share with the world. Yet, some Christians either do not know them or hesitate to practice them. This book asks, are such teachings relevant today? Would they work if we tried them? Can they make any real difference in the world? We must try to keep these goals for living in the world. Do we live in a world of righteousness, justice, and peace? Has seeking secular authority helped the church remake the world? Blessed Living is a book that compares ...

Deciding your life is worth living after losing almost everything can be the greatest challenge in a person's life. This is the story of someone making that decision. How does life go off the rails for people who devote their lives to the work of God and helping other people meet the challenges of their lives? It is easier than most people imagine. How do people rebuild their lives? Answering this question is difficult. Many people do, however, and that means there is hope for every person...

If you've ever worked in a restaurant or dined in a restaurant, this book is essential. During the summer of 2011 the unemployment rate in the United States topped 9%. Among those of the United States who were employed, most earn a living in the service industry. Of those in the food service industry, one in ten worked in the restaurant business. Probably, because it's the one industry that cannot be outsourced to a different state or country. Thus, the short term, superficial relationship...

In "The Evolution of Leadership", we've witnessed leadership evolve from a mere position to a profound purpose. True leadership, as depicted in these pages, inspires, guides, and empowers others, lifting people up and igniting hope for a brighter future. As our world rapidly changes, leadership becomes increasingly critical, requiring us to support, embrace diversity, and champion innovation. As you conclude this book, embrace this evolution in your own life. Be the leader who inspires pos...

Leadership is fundamentally a tool for making a difference in the affairs of someone or something. Progress is the result. However, you are not afforded the opportunity to change anything externally without unlocking what’s embedded and preprogrammed within you. With that said, you have been exposed to many experiences in your life and career. We can’t un-experience what we have experienced just like we can’t unknow someone we’ve known. We often mimic someone else's behavior allowing ourse...

The book is an autobiography about a young man who stumbled upon employment with a company over twenty-nine years ago, which changed the course of his life. He also shares with you the lessons he learned from his great-grandmother, work experience, and executive coach. The book is not a self-help guide, master keys to success, or answers to every encounter that you will experience in business. Heres what you can expect: honest dialogue on his experience in retail and the lessons he learned...

In the old days, trades were kept alive by Masters, who took on and trained apprentices into journeymen, who became Masters in their own right. We've lost that in most ways, but there's no reason you can't resurrect the approach for our modern times. Learn to achieve and recognize your own success, so that you can become a Master to someone else. This book covers my approach to Mastery, in a hope that it will inspire you to find your own path, and begin a generations-long tradition of help...

Poor Clara. On the one hand, things are going well: she’s aced her Math final, and school’s almost out for the year. Dad’s hanging in there with contract jobs, Mom’s helping make ends meet by cleaning other people’s homes, and they’ve at least got a roof over their heads. Vegas isn’t the nicest place in the summer, but it’s no worse than the half-dozen other places she’s lived in her short life.But on the other hand, she has no friends. Everyone at school is either diffident or a bu...

Are you tired of never achieving your dreams and goals and watching opportunities pass you by?Are you tired of living on the edge because of all the stress you have in your life from procrastinating?"Procrastination is the process by which people intentionally or habitually delay a task by finding excuses to avoid it, or ignoring it altogether."Everyone procrastinates from time to time. For some people, procrastination is a nuisance slowing down the inevitable. But ...

A charming reminder of what it takes to be an exemplary woman—someone who is mindful of the effect she has on others and knows how to breeze through an awkward conversation with poise.Of all the women you know, how many of them would you describe as "a lady"? Naturally, you know women who are kind and intelligent, witty and resourceful; but a lady is an altogether different variety of female. She's mindful of the effect she has on those around her, and she's carefu...

Being a gentleman isn’t just being a nice guy, or aconsiderate guy, or the type of guy someone might take home to meet their mother.A gentleman realizes that he has the unique opportunity to distinguish himself fromthe rest of the crowd. He knows when an email is appropriate, and when nothingless than a handwritten note will do. He knows how to dress on the golf course,in church, and at a party. He knows how to breeze through an airport withoutthe slightest fumble of his carry-on or boardi...