No-No Boy by John Okada is an “historical” fiction written by a Nisei, or first-generation Japanese-American, set in the time shortly following WWII. Okada’s words paint a generally sad, foggy picture of a young Nisei named Ichiro who has returned home after a two-year prison sentence for refusing to fight in the war against the Japanese. What I found most disheartening about his refusal a là Muhammad Ali was not his punishment but that he went against his own heart’s belief, that America is a place worth fighting for.
In a break from her earlier books, Nice Girls Don’t Get the Corner Office and Nice Girls Don’t Get Rich, Lois P. Frankel focuses her new book, See Jane Lead on strategies to take charge.
Between the two earlier books, Dr. Frankel outlined 176 mistakes women make in pursuing their professional and financial goals. The coaching tips in both these books are quite informative, and no doubt that Dr. Frankel’s clients have greatly benefited from her coaching and books. Yet a focus on mistakes is counter to the latest understanding of how change occurs. A focus on what is wrong tends to reinforce the wiring in our brain (the neural connections) that is established around that habitual behavior.
Is it possible that a terrorist attack has taken place?
This is the first thought of many as a commuter plane carrying 47 passengers crashes into an apartment building in Granada Hills, California.
Lt. Peter Decker was eating breakfast when the first sign of trouble appeared. The power flickered and then went completely out. He figured it was just a transformer but the phone line was also dead. Decker’s captain never contacted him on his cell phone and when he got a call on it from him, he knew something had to be terribly wrong. The captain told him about a plane crashing into an apartment building and ordered him to go directly to the scene. One of Decker’s main jobs was to try and calm the fears of the people who feared a terrorist attack. Decker and his wife were also concerned because the crash was very close to their daughter’s school.
Kristie Leigh Maguire, is owner and operator of Star Publish LLC. She is also “multi-published, award-winning author” best known for romance/erotic novel: “Affairs of the Heart: Desert Heat and Cabin Fever (Collector’s Edition),” and a non-fiction memoir, “From the Far Side of the Sun: A Friendship that Spanned the Distance.”
Interested in learning the secret of her success, I emailed Kristie Leigh Maguire requesting an interview. Of course I wanted to know a few other things.
Here’s what Kristie Leigh Maguire had to say:
Q: Kristie, as prolific author, and owner/operator of your own publishing company, please share, what is the secret of your success?
We live in an information overloaded society, yet we actually know so little. While I was reading this book I took a straw poll of some people I know, and 100% of them had no idea who the Colwell brothers, or Herb Allen are. So much information, yet so little knowledge is a real problem in today’s world. The three cowboy brothers and Herb, probably did more for world peace, or at least peaceful co-existence than any President, or any government organization has ever done. Frank McGee has produced a great book that chronicles the story of these eclectic individuals. Even better the book is peppered with photographs of the actual people and events.
Coaching sessions are kept confidential.
Develop a list of potential books to review, topics to cover, and issues that might be of interest.
Sharing tips from a book I reviewed in 2005 by Trudy Bourgeois, Her Corner Office while being the Business Coach Host & Writer at Bella.
Identify and tap into every available resource. Don’t wait for opportunities for exposure to come to you. Create them.
The more diverse the resources, the richer the information and experience you’ll gather.
Listing of resources for your consideration:
The local library, Books, The Internet, A buddy to brain storm ideas with