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Synopsis
The Editor's Perspective
Simple and smart: That's how I would describe Dr. Charles Ricks' powerful book Turnaround: A Six Month Plan for Change.
Have you ever wanted to just turn things around? Change direction? His book will show you how. It follows a surprisingly simple progression:
-Embrace a few straightforward principles -Refocus your thought processes -Develop several "stepping stones" -Envision a new destination
As editor of over a dozen published books, I see one dominant difference between this and other self-help books: Turnaround's simple and sensible strategies are tried and tested by the author himself.
This book shows clearly how to alter one's self to confront and conquer any needed or desired change. -Michelle Nash
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About the Author
Charles S. Ricks, D.D.S., M.P.H., a graduate of Loma Linda University School of Dentistry and School of Health has spent the last four decades serving two distinct areas of healthcare.
He was Chief Operating Officer (COO) of a major Los Angeles Medical Center and President/CEO of two other Medical Centers in different geographic areas. He is a practicing Dentist Anesthesiologist in Visalia, California.
He became a Diplomate of the American College of Healthcare Executives and is a Fellow of the American Dental Society of Anesthesiology and Diplomate of the National Dental Board of Anesthesiology. He has written numerous healthcare articles which have appeared in Modern Healthcare and the Health Governance Report. His other books include Confessions - The Soul of Leadership and From Dental School to Main Street: Repositioning Your Healthcare Profession.
He has written four children's books titled: Joshua; How Many Teeth Do You Have?; Joshua the Tooth Fairy; and Look Mom! No Cavities!
Review
Change is constant, but never easy.
...Figuring out how to manage change, to direct and focus one's efforts toward making it beneficial, is the subject of many a self-help book, and to those multitudes, executive and dentist Charles S. Ricks has added his own effort. Unlike many others, however, Ricks has a few tricks up his sleeve to make his work more immediately useful.
Ricks ... gets right to the point, and covers his subjects succinctly and well. Using a handful of principles, he offers concrete examples from his own experience to illustrate the actions and concepts under discussion. Using a handful of sturdy metaphors he discusses each stage in his overall approach and explains how readers can apply these concepts in daily life.
Ricks' patient and warm tone makes the reading light and easy to absorb, providing an excellent example of his mentoring approach on every page. Ricks establishes an authoritative and friendly voice that engenders a trust and reliability in the work. He comes off well on a professional and personal level, and since much of the work for this kind of book depends on the personality of the author on the page, Ricks scores highly in this regard.
The material is presented in a logical, easily absorbed fashion. Anyone looking for a straightforward, avuncular take on bringing positive change to their life could do worse than turning to Ricks' clear thinking and lucid prose. -- Brandon Nolta Pacific Book Review
Thomas Jefferson once opined, "Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude." In an era where the need for change is often invoked as a panacea to return to a foregone era, few set out to actually make significant change. Rather, many are happy to pay mere lip service to the idea of change but invariably settle numbingly into their routine. Life becomes drudgery through the slough of despond where idealogues lament the status quo and are powerless to do anything about it.
Dr. Charles S. Ricks has written a compelling short work to help people pull themselves up out of the miry clay and actually change their lives for the better. His Turnaround: A Six Month Plan for Change is not filled with gooey epithets intended to be quoted, or even merely hung from ones mirror. Rather, his objective is to help his readership transform its focus and prove the adage of Mahatma Gandhi: You must be the change you want to see in the world.
The writing style is witty and authentic, lending itself to the conversational tone you would expect when meeting a mentor for a cup of coffee. No irrational judgments, rather elderly acceptance... each page filled with sage tutelage-the kind only birthed from wisdom. Pie-in-the-sky platitudes will not suffice when actionable advice is needed. Those who find this well will discover it runs deep with wisdom...not just information for information's sake.
As you scrutinize the essence of this work, you will discover the reason for its brilliance. A natural order guides us, much like Adam Smith's invocation of an "invisible hand" guiding the marketplace of economics. Immutable laws, such as the Law of Increase, should be self-evident: What we put the energy of our thoughts into will increase. If an individual remains negatively focused, then he will surely continue to reap negativity. Is it any wonder that such advice sounds biblical? It is simplistic but not simple; amazingly profound-yet, easily attainable. Perhaps it is the small fox that nips at the vine and derails most from achieving success.
Some of the information presented will hit a manager squarely between the eyes: such as, Ricks' development of the Law of Completion. This law states: There is never a point of completion. We are always expanding our concepts and re-inventing ways to do things. Even after scouring myriads of business-related works during graduate training, this reviewer never ran across the simple eloquence of this idea as developed in Turnaround. If a company would always seek to re-invent the way it does things, it would never be outmoded. The myth of longevity culls the complacent to lethargy and rewards initiative as novelty. Why not keep ahead of the game? Flow like living water, constantly shifting and adapting, instead of stagnating due to mediocrity.
The zeitgeist proves that the only constant will be change...aren't you ready for actionable advice? -- Steven King, MBA, MeD IP Book Reviewers
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- PublisherSeagull Publishers
- Publication date2012
- ISBN 10 098358835X
- ISBN 13 9780983588351
- BindingHardcover
- LanguageEnglish
- Edition number1
- Number of pages95
- EditorMichelle Nash
- IllustratorGlen Hill
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