Head First! A Crash Course in Positivity - Softcover

Steve H Lawton

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1943217327 ISBN 13: 9781943217328

Publisher: Fedd Books, 2016

Synopsis

How important is your attitude? It will determine the likelihood of overcoming a challenge in your life! The good news? You can actually train and improve your attitude! This book will show you how. Steve Lawton’s attitude literally saved his life and he believes that he was brought back into the world for a purpose...to share his story and his 8 practical positivity principles. In the book, while you experience the journey of his miraculous recovery, Steve explains positivity principles with each step of the recovery in a way that you can easily apply it to your life. Steve's story will make you laugh and cry, and the 8 practical positivity principles will help you improve your attitude and overcome struggle in your life.

 

On a beautiful morning in Breckenridge CO, Steve came out of his skis and slid into a tree at 45 mph...head first. His massive head and chest trauma, broken neck and broken back should have killed him. The surgeon said, "He’s as sick as he can be and still be alive...and he's going to get worse before he gets better." To simply survive the injuries was remarkable, but the complete recovery is a miracle. In addition to God, his helmet, the doctors, his wife, and his attitude, the real credit might just belong to a giant rubber chicken named Henrietta. Really. A three-foot-tall rubber chicken in a purple polka-dot bikini. After you read it, see if you agree.

About this title

About the Author

Steve H. Lawton is a dad, husband, engineer, and business executive with 27 years of business experience with roles from an engineer in the Astronaut Office at NASA to an executive at Dell. During Steve's bonus time on Earth that he is enjoying now, he has added survivor, author, and speaker to his list.

He is a TEDx speaker and has spoken at large corporations like Dell, Accenture, Starbucks, EMC, VMware and others, has been featured on multiple media outlets and podcasts such as LittleThingsUSA, Eternal Leadership, and BizJournals.com, and has been a guest lecturer at the business schools at Texas A&M University, and the University of Texas.

He hosts a popular blog on positivity at SteveHLawton.com, holds 2 US Patents, a bachelor s and master s degrees in mechanical engineering from Texas A&M University, as well as an MBA from St. Edward s University. In his spare time, Steve volunteers for youth lacrosse. He has been a coach and has served president of the Westwood High School men s and women s lacrosse clubs in Austin, Texas.

Lawton and his wife of 27 years, Deanna have two children and they have grown quite fond of them.

Review

I plan to give this book to all of my patients that are faced with life changing illnesses. --Dr. Michael Desaloms, Neurosurgeon, Dallas Neurosurgical & Spine

Steves story highlights how anyone can have an impact on themselves, their family and their teams by focusing on positivity in their daily actions. In this book, Steve provides practical insights into how he used this important principle to help himself heal, but also provides tools and insights as to how individuals and leaders can apply these principles to grow themselves personally and their teams professionally. An inspirational story that has practical application. --Steve Lalla, Senior VP, Dell, Austin TX

Its not often I feel so quickly and honestly moved as I was reading HEAD FIRST. It truly vibrates with positive thought and from the first chapter exudes positive coaching that is impossible to resist. Simple steps sincerely influence us while walking us toward how we can find more control in our lives if we wish to become more positive and joyful. Steve vs. tree rallied from the brink to share his positivity and purpose with all of us. --Sandra Huston, Austin TX

About this edition

• Publisher: Fedd Books
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 1943217327
• ISBN 13: 9781943217328
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 140