Perhaps A Man Can Change the Stars: Eric's Pursuit of Perpetual Potential - Softcover

Stearns, Robert L.

9781439276983: Perhaps A Man Can Change the Stars: Eric's Pursuit of Perpetual Potential

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ISBN 10: 1439276986 ISBN 13: 9781439276983

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2011

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This book is about Perpetual Potential. Inside these pages, you will discover three invaluable lessons that will propel you closer to your true potential. The lessons will serve you well on either of two different, but parallel roads you may travel: The roads towards triumph or tragedy, as well as the roads in between. In 2003 the author, Bob Stearns was on top of the world. He led his company to win the most prestigious business award in the country, the Malcolm Baldrige award. Just five short years later, tragedy struck. Bob's oldest son Eric was killed while on a study abroad trip in Athens, Greece. Eric was 21 years old at the time and was a junior at Penn State University. Although Eric lost his precious life in Greece, he found something under the pillars of the Acropolis that many people search for their entire lifetimes. He found inner peace in the knowledge that he could truly be anything he wanted to be, he could do anything he wanted to with his life. In his book "Perhaps a Man Can Change the Stars - Eric's Pursuit of Perpetual Potential", Bob shares with you three life lessons that allowed Eric to understand his true potential. Those same lessons helped Bob and his family deal with Eric's death. The same lessons had enabled Bob to lead his company to triumph five years earlier. A key take away from the book is that no matter what stage of life you find yourself, you have the potential to explore. You have the potential to utilize and grow the talents and aspirations that you currently have. You have the potential to rekindle old talents that lie dormant, and to allow new talents to blossom. This is true regardless of age, circumstances, and what other people may be telling us. So read, explore and think deeply about how you can apply the three lessons that Bob learned from Eric. Decide for yourself how you can best use them. Indeed, our Potential is Perpetual!

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About the Author

Bob Stearns is one of only 85 people in history to lead a company to win the prestigious National Malcolm Baldrige Award. In 1985, he Founded and currently serves as CEO of Powerful Potential, a firm providing consulting and keynote speaking services in Leadership, Strategy, Customer Loyalty, Employee Engagement, and Process Excellence. He has worked for the United States Department of Commerce as a Senior Examiner for the National Baldrige Award. Bob received the ASTD Award for Excellence in Human Resources Development. Bob is a Director on the Boards of National Church Corporation and the Orchards at Foxcrest. He has also served as a Director on the Boards of the Pa. Association of Non Profit Organizations; the Pa. Society of Association Executives; the Keystone Alliance for Performance Excellence and the Ohio Award for Excellence. Bob has a Bachelor of Science degree in Psychology from the University of Pittsburgh and a certificate in Advanced Leadership from Carnegie Mellon University. He has taught at the University of Pittsburgh, Duquesne University, Washington and Jefferson College and Point Park University.

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