At the age of 26, Farrah Gray has achieved more than many people achieve in a lifetime. Raised in the impoverished south side of Chicago, Dr. Gray defied the odds and became history’s youngest self-made millionaire, beyond the field of entertainment, by age 14. He was also the youngest person to have an office on Wall Street and the youngest to receive an honorary doctorate. Now he is an inspiration to millions and an international bestselling author. Gray’s books, Reallionaire, Get Real Get Rich, and The Truth Shall Make You Rich, have been translated into Russian, Korean, Indonesian and Vietnamese with book sales in Africa, Australia, Europe, and Central and South America.
Gray has also been named as one of the CNN’s African-American First History Makers and as one of the 20 Modern Black History Makers in the 20th anniversary issue of Upscale magazine. Chair of the Farrah Gray Foundation and spokesman for the National Coalition for Homeless, as well as the National Bone Marrow Donor Program, he has been invited to the White House eight times with President Clinton, President Bush and, most recently, with President Barack Obama.
Gray began his entrepreneurial, personal, and civic development as a stellar young citizen at six-years-old selling homemade body lotion and his own hand-painted rocks as bookends door-to-door. At seven he was carrying business cards reading “21st Century CEO.” At eight, Gray became co-founder of Urban Neighborhood Enterprise Economic Club (U.N.E.E.C.) on Chicago’s Southside. U.N.E.E.C. was the forerunner of New Early Entrepreneur Wonders (NE2W), the flagship organization he opened on Wall Street. NE2W enlisted, educated, and engaged “at-risk” youth by creating and developing legal ways for them to acquire additional income.
Between the ages of 12 and 16, Gray founded and operated business ventures that included KIDZTEL pre-paid phone cards, the One Stop Mail Boxes & More franchise, and The Teenscope “Youth AM/FM” interactive teen talk show. Gray was also Executive Producer of a comedy show on the Las Vegas Strip and owner of Farr-Out Foods, “Way-Out Food with a Twist,” aimed at young people with the company’s first strawberry-vanilla syrup product. Farr-Out Foods generated orders exceeding $1.5 million.
As a pre-teen, Gray reached 12 million listeners and viewers every Saturday night as co-host of “Backstage Live,” a syndicated television and radio simulcast in Las Vegas. Gray’s inspirational spirit and grounded personality sparked speaking requests from organizations around the country. Gray’s sense of social responsibility motivated him to create the non-profit organization, The Farrah Gray Foundation. Among other programs and initiatives, his foundation focuses on inner city community-based entrepreneurship education and provides scholarship and grant assistance for students from at-risk backgrounds to attend HBCU’s (Historically Black Colleges and Universities). Gray donates his honorariums from speaking engagements (which can be upwards of $15,000) and the proceeds of his book to his foundation in what he refers to as his “self-imposed” youth tax. The Farrah Gray Foundation is also in partnership with the Kauffman Foundation, launching entrepreneurship programs in inner-city schools across the country.
Gray is currently the CEO of Farrah Gray Publishing (FGP) which is distributed by HCI Books, which published the world famous New York Times, USA Today, and Guinness Book of World Records, as well as the best-selling Chicken Soup for the Soul series. Chicken Soup for the Soul has sold more than 112 million copies, with titles translated into more than 40 languages and total retail sales of Chicken Soup for the Soul branded merchandise have topped $1.3 billion.
Reallionaire, as well as other titles by Dr. Gray, is available online and in bookstores everywhere. Learn more about this inspiring figure at: www.FarrahGray.com.
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Bill Clinton, (Former) President of the United States of America: “I know Farrah Gray and we have discussed his future. His motivation determines what he will do. His attitude determines how well he will succeed at making a difference.”
O: The Oprah Magazine dubbed Farrah Gray an “all-star” with “priceless advice.”
Suze Orman, New York Times Bestselling Author: “You are just the best and the real thing.”
Good Morning America: “Farrah Gray is the ultimate American success story.”
ABC 20/20: “America’s Reallionaire.”
CNN: “Farrah Gray is the youngest African American of his generation to make his mark on Wall Street and to become a millionaire.”
MSN.com placed Farrah Gray on its 2010 Young Tycoons List along with Mark Zuckerberg.
Receiving rave reviews and being featured in magazines is Leonard Szymczak’s latest book, The Roadmap Home (Booksurge – Division of Amazon.com). This insightful book masterfully blends the author’s thirty-five years as a therapist with his own personal challenges faced in life, and results in an inspiring guide that will steer readers through their own spiritual awakening.
In his amazing book, the author has covered the gamut from personal growth and spirituality to guidance for those needing help in their quest for inner peace. Szymczak shows how we can use our ever-present GPS (‘Guiding Power of Spirit’) to light up our road to love and contentment.
The Roadmap Home has been featured in the September issue of Black Tie magazine and reviewed in the November issue of Julien’s Journal, as well as the subject of a personal appearance by the author on Via Times television show in Chicago, and numerous radio interviews extending from California, Michigan, Wisconsin, Montana, Minnesota and Arizona, where the feedback from listeners has been extremely positive.
Szymczak uses personal stories and experiences, examples, exercises, and self-mastery tools to transform pain and problems into opportunities for personal growth by answering questions of who we are and where we are heading; showing how we get there with the help of our ever-present GPS! All aspects of these things guide readers to what we each consider ‘home,’ that includes improved health, relationships, finances, forgiveness and love. Its powerfully compelling messages of hope will help them learn how to feel true joy, exercise free will, delight in the senses, and recognize their talents – all in order to fulfill their dreams and take them to that ‘place’ that feels safe and secure.
A childhood filled with constant turmoil due to his father’s mental illness, domestic violence and parents who constantly pointed the finger of blame, taught Leonard Szymczak that sometimes the greatest gifts come out of our deepest wounds. He believes the gift he received as a young boy was a quest to find ‘home’ – and his journey showed him that ‘home’ is within each of us – we just have to learn how to get there! Anyone reading his book will have the opportunity to learn how to use his guide to help them find their own way home.
Leonard Szymczak is a licensed clinical social worker who conducts successful seminars and workshops, as well as maintaining a therapy practice in southern California. For more information on this inspiring and compassionate individual, please visit his interactive website at: www.theroadmaphome.com.
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Midwest Book Review: “Home is a place where you are comfortable and can be very much yourself. “The Roadmap Home: Your GPS to Inner Peace” is an inspirational read from Leonard Szymczak as he encourages readers to find their way home, something many have lost and have failed to find in recent times in their lives. Using GPS, or the Guiding Power of Spirit, he hopes people will find their own personal home where they can love and experience inner peace. “The Roadmap Home” is a thoughtful and solidly recommended read that shouldn’t be missed.”
Arielle Ford, author of The Soulmate Secret: “The Roadmap Home: Your GPS to Inner Peace is an intelligent and highly accessible book that blends practical psychology with heart-opening spirituality. If you are ready to heal on all levels, read this book.”
Karen Casey, best-selling author of Each Day A New Beginning: “I heartily endorse The Roadmap Home to the seeker of ‘a better way.’ ”
Gerald G. Jampolsky, M.D., author of Love is Letting Go of Fear: “The Roadmap Home offers us hope. Leonard Szymczak provides an honest portrayal of his personal life and demonstrates that hardships can offer blessings in disguise. He provides a map to help us connect with the Guiding Power of Spirit so we can find our way Home.”
The Rev. Edwene Gaines, author of The Four Spiritual Laws of Prosperity: “Read this book! It will lift your heart and give hope and help for all on the spiritual pathway. Leonard Szymczak shares a treasure trove of ideas to bring a loving lasting peace to our hearts as we find our way home to wholeness.”
Harry Tucker, strategy advisor and author of 97 Things Every Project Manager Should Know: Collective Wisdom from The Experts: “I have been forever impacted by the beautiful stories, exercises and experiences that Leonard so wonderfully presents in his newest book. It is a powerful extension of the man himself. He answers the questions of who we are, where we come from, where we are going, and how we get there. By sharing his own personal story, Leonard immediately resonates with the reader, assuring them that we are all on a journey together.”
In his book The Liberal Betrayal of America and the Tea Party Firestorm, Dr. William Davis Eaton, relates how it all began on December 3, 1964 on the campus of the University of California at Berkeley, when war was declared against all aspects of American society.
Following Berkeley’s lead, campus protests, sit-ins, and riots were instigated in hundreds of colleges and universities across the country, all propagating an insurgent hatred of America. As the rioting students of the 60’s graduated into society they began their “long march through the institutions” of America, generating what has come to be known as the culture war. Some stayed on to secure campus radicalism as tenured professors. This is not conjecture on Eaton’s part – it is based on what he himself learned as a former professor who taught at the University of California, Berkeley, where he earned a PhD in political science.
Eaton’s book maintains that “the culture war was, in fact, a muted Civil War with the purpose of destroying that which exists and replacing it with something else. This new Civil War directly affects, among others, universities and schools, the media, churches, sexual behavior, the family, courts, the rule of law – and has, in one way or another, captured, corrupted or destroyed the main ideals and institutions of our nation.”
However, Eaton believes “this Civil War lacked a coherent goal – a leader to form and guide its deceptive power to a specific end – to create a vision of what was to replace what was being destroyed.” In the presidential election of 2008 that leader appeared, and to a restless nation, his cries of Hope and Change rang true. The meaning of ‘transformative’ change that was hinted at in campaign rhetoric became abundantly clear after January 20, 2009 when Americans were informed that their country is no longer a Christian nation, or an exceptional nation. “That,” Eaton says, “is when the Sleeping Giant of the true America was awakened and the Tea Party was born.” The Liberal Betrayal of America and the Tea Party Firestorm describes “transformative” change as the instrument of an insurgent intent to destroy and replace. “But if the institutions and hopes of a free society are to be discarded and society transformed, both logic and history tell us that the society to come will be un-free and without hope.”
Eaton points to the description made by the first president of the Czech Republic after the breakup of the Soviet Union when he said “totalitarian tyranny is layer upon layer of impenetrable bureaucracies,” with each bureau designed to monitor and regulate some aspect of the lives of those under its boot until the lives and hopes of every citizen is subject to the long tentacles of government regulation. Eaton believes this is exactly what awoke the sleeping American giant in the form of the Tea Party that saw the enactment of healthcare, financial regulation and government control of the auto, banking, and other industries as leading to a complete transformation of their system of free enterprise and constitutional government.
Dr. Eaton believes his book gives answers to why Americans were so ready to receive the Tea Party; fearful that their nation was starting to look more like the mayhem in Europe, created by entitlement and dependence on government, than one that was founded on private enterprise and individual freedoms.
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Blogcritics Review: “…Liberal Betrayal of America and the Tea Party Firestorm is a fascinating book for people of all persuasions. The Right is going to love it, and the Left should read it to find out what the Tea Party and their ilk really think. In the end my opinion is that William Davis Eaton is a kind of a cranky old fellow, but definitely a compelling one.”
Night Owl Review: “…vivid account of 60’s campus turmoil by Berkeley prof…
National Review of Conservative Books: “Forceful prose…should be a hit with Republicans.”
The Nation in Review: “Should be a hit with Republicans.”
Jack Of Alltrades Amazon Book Review: “Not every day a Berkeley professor attacks the liberal elite, but Eaton has pulled it off here – and with gusto. Tea Party believers will want to read this!
Where do rock stars, pro athletes, actors and politicians go for their health care? We never seem to see Lady Gaga or Brad Pitt sitting in a crowded, sneezy-cough group clinic waiting room.
The rich and famous, of course, have always had access to private doctors, but many are now taking advantage of a new service called The Concierge Package at Executive Medicine of Texas in the Dallas-Fort Worth area.
Physician partners Mark Anderson and Walter Gaman describe Executive Medicine of Texas as “a luxury you can’t afford to live without.”
Celebrities and business barons fly in from all over the world to get first-class personal attention. Staffers at Executive Medicine of Texas arrange airport transportation and security if needed, and the patients are guaranteed complete confidentiality as they are treated to a suite of medical services, from blood biomarker testing to virtual colonoscopies, from nuclear medicine imaging to wellness and lifestyle assessments.
Patients measure their face-time with the doctors not in minutes, but in hours. Most get a half-day for the first full work-up, then follow-up visits and phone access to medical staff 24/7. When was the last time you heard a doctor say, “You can call me any time”? Patients at Executive Medicine of Texas can have their doctor on speed-dial and available whenever needed.
Dr. Anderson and Dr. Gaman won’t reveal the identities of any of their patients, but they say Executive Medicine of Texas isn’t just for celebrities. They see patients from all walks of life, as long as they can afford the fees – which aren’t all that expensive by today’s standards. The Concierge Packages start at $2,500 when added to a physical exam.
“We like people to look young and healthy. We also understand that our patients are their own biggest asset. If their health deteriorates, so does their career” said Judith Gaman, health and wellness expert and part of the Executive Medicine of Texas staff. “Starting with health on the inside and working out means long-term success and a better overall result. We even work with a world-renowned nutritionist, cosmetic surgeon and dentist to give inside/out makeovers. Lasting results – that’s what matters.”
Dr. Anderson and Dr. Gaman were both honored as “Best Doctors in Texas 2010” by Newsweek Magazine. They, along with Judith Gaman, co-host “The Staying Young” radio show, which airs Sunday mornings on three Texas radio stations and streams internationally. They have also co-authored two books, Executive Medicine: Optimizing Your Chances for a Longer Life and Stay Young: 10 Proven Steps to Ultimate Health (George House Publishing, 2010).
For more information on The Concierge Package and other medical services, contact Executive Medicine of Texas at 817-552-4300 or see their website at www.emtexas.com.
QUOTES on “Stay Young: 10 Proven Steps to Ultimate Health” (George House Publishing, 2010) by Mark Anderson, MD; Walter Gaman, MD; and Judith Gaman:
Lynne Palmeiro, wife of four-time Major League Baseball All-Star Rafael Palmeiro: “These guys have been keeping me healthy for years. I am thrilled about this book!”
Michael Landauer, Dallas Morning News: “This book meets readers where they are. The authors have a rare talent for connecting with people and helping them improve their lives by giving them the tools to do so.”
Larry North, health and fitness expert, author of ‘Living Lean:’ “A must read! If everyone followed these 10 steps, we would have a much healthier America.”
According to Romance Writers of America, romance fiction tops the publishing charts with $1.37 billion annual sales* – Now that’s sexy. Clearly, romance is alive and well in the world of publishing. Readers can’t get enough, which is why the timing is ripe to unleash a book that goes beyond the fictional bedroom doors…between the story-filled satin sheets…to uncover the intimate secrets behind the real romantic relationships of more than 65 beloved, bestselling romance novelists.
Linda Lael Miller, Mariah Stewart, Robyn Carr, Heather Graham, Joan Johnston, Kat Martin, Pamela Morsi, Sabrina Jeffries, Eloisa James, Rachel Gibson, and many others share what has made their own true romances loving and lasting. At the heart of Fall in Love Like a Romance Writer (HCI Books — $14.95) is the author–bestselling romance writer Amelia Grey. Together these ladies of luscious language tell secrets about their own true loves.
Readers will enjoy glimpsing into the exclusive and private world of their favorite romance writers. Humorous, poignant, and entertaining from beginning to end, Fall in Love Like a Romance Writer reveals what it takes to have your own happily ever after, just like the ones your beloved writers are creating…and living.
Amelia Grey is a pseudonym for Gloria Skinner, the author of more than 20 books and winner of the Booksellers Best Award and Aspen Gold Award for writing as Amelia Grey. Writing as Gloria Dale Skinner, she has won the Romantic Times Award for Love and Laughter, the Maggie Award, and the Affaire de Coeur Award for best historicals. Her books have been featured in Doubleday and Rhapsody Book Clubs and have sold to many countries in Europe, Russia, Indonesia, and China. She grew up in a small town in the Florida Panhandle, and has been happily married to her high school sweetheart for more than 35 years. Learn more about the author at: www.ameliagrey.com.
Fall in Love Like a Romance Writer is available wherever books are sold. To order directly from the publisher, call (800) 441-5569 or visit www.hcibooks.com.
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*Source: Business of Consumer Book Publishing 2009
In our fast-paced world of longer working hours and quick distractions, it’s difficult to develop and maintain relationships that soothe the soul. Even as relationship and behavioral experts, both Pat Love and Jon Carlson found themselves battling the plague of loneliness. It was only after a momentous meeting with the Dalai Lama that Love and Carlson began to develop an effective approach that would recalibrate the way they understood relationships. Now with Never Lonely Again (HCI Books), readers will learn how to find the necessary time to maintain friendships, be truly present for a partner, and reach out to people when in need. Pat Love and Jon Carlson tackle the problem of loneliness head on, showing how to develop healthier, more emotionally satisfying behaviors that will nurture the relationships they have, and make them more open to lasting personal connections.
Never Lonely Again explains why loneliness is such a common problem in our fast-paced world; combines social science, Buddhist spirituality, and common-sense advice in an accessible and universal approach; provides a clear, practical guide for connecting conversation; and highlights the importance of meaningful work and how it can alleviate loneliness.
Other than breathing, we spend more time taking in stimulation from technology than any other activity; few moments are spent in quiet reverie let alone contemplation. There are five questions* however, which are well worth your time and attention to ponder, as they can literally change the course of your life. Never Lonely Again teaches readers how to ask these questions of themselves and find meaning in the answers.
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“Even in this time of mass communication and social media, we remain accessible but not engaged. You still can’t snuggle up to an iPhone with much comfort or consolation. In fact, the more we rely on technology to keep us connected, the lonelier we become.” —from Never Be Lonely Again
ABOUT THE AUTHORS
Dr. Pat Love is a distinguished professor, author, trainer, and long-standing licensed clinician. For thirty years, she has contributed to counselor education and personal development through her books, articles, training programs, speaking and media appearances. Her ever-popular books include Hot Monogamy and The Truth About Love. Her latest book, How to Improve Your Relationship Without Talking About It, has been translated into 12 languages. Dr. Love has appeared numerous times on Oprah, The Today Show, and CNN, and is a regular contributor to popular magazines, including Psychology Today. Love has co-hosted three DVD training programs: Living Love, Parenting with the Experts, and Love: Everything You Need to Know—which is currently available on PBS. Visit the author’s website www.patlove.com.
Jon Carlson is distinguished professor of psychology and counseling at Governors State University and a psychologist at the Wellness Clinic in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin. He has authored 50 books including Time for a Better Marriage, Adlerian Therapy, Inclusive Cultural Empathy, The Mummy at the Dining Room Table, Bad Therapy, The Client Who Changed Me, Their Finest Hour, Creative Breakthroughs in Therapy, and Moved by the Spirit. He has created over 250 professional trade video and DVDs with leading professional therapists and educators. In 2004 the American Counseling Association named him a “Living Legend.” In 2009 the Division of Psychotherapy of the American Psychological Association named him “Distinguished Psychologist” for his life contribution to psychotherapy. Recently he syndicated an advice cartoon “On The Edge” with cartoonist Joe Martin.
Never Lonely Again is available wherever books are sold or to order directly from the publisher, contact: (800) 441-5569 or www.hcibooks.com.
Five Questions* from Pat Love and Jon Carlson (2011) Never Be Lonely Again: The Way Out of Emptiness, Isolation, and a Life Unfulfilled
1. Who am I? Your core values reflect who you are. Think about how you want the people you love to remember you, and then live each day demonstrating these characteristics and your life will take on a new direction and energy.
2. Am I connected? You need three to five people in your close circle of contact—people who know you and pay close attention to you; in whom you can and do confide. If you improve the quality of your connections, comfort and contentment will greatly increase.
3. Am I living in community? Invest in people outside your close circle of friends/family and you feel a true sense of well-being and belonging.
4. Are my talents being utilized in meaningful work? Work doesn’t have to be the activity for which you get paid. Talents are something you enjoy doing—when you use them to benefit others you feel productive and useful, like you are earning your keep here on earth.
5. Am I living out the purpose of my life? Chances are, if you concentrate on the other four questions you will answer yes to this question but it bears asking. Am I doing what I was put here on earth to do? What could I do that would make the answer to this question yes? Do it and your life will improve in every possible way.
Never Be Lonely Again The Way Out of Emptiness, Isolation, and a Life Unfulfilled Pat Love, Ed.D., Jon Carlson, Psy.D., Ed.D.
Phoenix, AZ – In The Death of the American Investor: The Emergence of the New Global eShareholder (NetWorth Publications), President and CEO of NetWorth Services, Nico Willis, helps readers optimize their investments for the new year, while giving them a jump on the upcoming tax season by re-emerging as New Global eShareholders. This book accomplishes what other books have failed to do by fearlessly addressing the drastic social and economic changes that effect today’s investment system as well as offering solid practical solutions that empower individual investors.
Never before has an investment book provided such an in-depth and insightful look at what motivates the market. Influences from the past, present, and future are explored to allow average American investors to invest like professionals. It is must read for every investor, financial institution, and average American. Death of the American Investor is both a warning and a solution to the complexity of investing strategies, especially in the current economic climate; it will ultimately become the handbook of intelligent investing.
Coinciding with current economic events that have changed the landscape of investing, Death of the American Investor was inspired by the troubles of average American investors and people concerned about the future of investment. By carving out a roadmap for investors to succeed through the transitioning economy, the book reveals the hidden pitfalls that have lead some investors to altogether abandon the market. The author also gives an insightful glimpse into the future of investing, leading readers down a road of recovery and future wealth building.
In 1997, Willis founded NetWorth Services, Inc., which offers a suite of cost basis and financial solutions that have been adopted by many leading financial institutions, government agencies, Fortune 500 organizations, universities and endowments, as well as individual investors. Willis leverages his 15 years of experience in the financial services industry to oversee the strategic growth and development of the company. Before founding NetWorth, Willis was an investment broker and held the title of vice president for various well-known financial institutions including Prudential Securities, UBS Paine Weber, and Piper Jaffray. He managed over $90 million in assets for individual investors. Willis co-created and co-hosted a radio talk show called “The Wall Street Hour,” which featured financial news and influential guests.
Death of the American Investor is available in bookstores everywhere and online. For more information visit: www.networthpublications.com.
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