If There's One Thing I've Learned...: How To Seize Your Once-in-a-lifetime Chance To Get It Right - Hardcover

Green, James

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0976105845 ISBN 13: 9780976105848

Publisher: James Green, 2005

Synopsis

Collects interviews with people recalling pivotal moments in their lives, offering their insights about careers, love, money, family, kindness, education, and adventure, and telling how to create a life without regrets.

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About the Author

Who better than a guy who spends his work days six miles above the earth—cruising along at 400 knots with the lives of hundreds of people in his hands—to show us a thing or two about living life to its fullest?

Airline pilot James Green decided long ago that he would "listen to the whisper" and not let life pass him by. Because of one newspaper article he read in his early 20’s, he became obsessed with controlling his future and living his life without regrets. He acted immediately: Soon he was off to Africa for the first of what would become an ongoing series of incredible adventures. Now an author, speaker, teacher, small business owner, loving husband and father, and pilot for one of the world’s largest airlines, Jim Green is still a man on a mission.

Jim Green’s world-class experiences led to a world-class insight: Most of us are not living life to its fullest. We live either with hindsight—looking back at what might have been—or with unfulfilled longing for the future. Having been driven to control his future and live without regrets, he began asking people about their choices, their dreams, and their "wish I had a do-over" moments. His first book, If There’s One Thing I’ve Learned, is an inspiring and life-affirming collection of everyday epiphanies from people recalling pivotal moments in their lives. The stories speak of life’s lost and found: love, time, career, money, dreams, childhood. As an interviewer Jim has a knack for guiding subjects through the most powerful memories, deepest insights, and turning points in their lives.

From the Inside Flap

Okay, you ve done some things you regret. Who hasn t, right? And there s no doubt you ve failed to do some things that would have made your life richer. We ve all missed out on opportunities. But it s those one or two big moments "that got away" that nag at you and keep you looking back at how things might have been, or make you wonder if you ll ever get another chance to get it right.

How do you make sure you re ready the next time life calls you? If you re tired of looking back or unclear about what s ahead, then this book is for you.

"...our future rarely shouts; it whispers. This will matter. This is important ...the whisper tells us the things we ll one day wish we knew now, the things we ll someday wish we had understood earlier." from If There s One Thing I ve Learned

How do you create a personal and future life without regrets? It sounds simple enough, but most of us could use a little help.

"The only real way to get some sense of our future is to listen to the stories of those who...have done and seen what we have not yet done and seen. If we take the lessons that others have learned and apply them forward in our lives, we truly have a window on our future." from If There s One Thing I ve Learned

Where did the stories come from? This book is the result of hundreds of personal interviews conducted with people from all walks of life. The author is a highly skilled interviewer who has a knack for encouraging subjects to share their most poignant and powerful moments. Some stores serve as warning signs; others as well-lit paths of hope. Together they create a unique and inspiring road map for your future.

Edition details

• Publisher: James Green
• Publication date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0976105845
• ISBN 13: 9780976105848
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 272