I'm In Cells

Bob Barker was a child of the depression who turned his life into an inspiration. With a positive spirit, a strong work ethic, an entrepreneurial bent, and the help of his wife, Pat, Bob built a back-room slush machine business into the world s largest supplier to detention facilities. The Bob Barker Company has been successful because it reflects the values of its namesake: innovation and perseverance to develop needed products, cooperation and mutual respect to facilitate a well-oiled company, customer service and a desire for excellence that make clients feel valued and keep them coming back. The stories Bob tells in this book are as much about family as about business, as much about spirit as about profit. Readers who look over Bob s shoulder as he reflects on his remarkable life will find a full measure of wisdom in matters of business. More importantly, however, they may find Bob s passionate and positive spirit to be catching, and good for the soul.

Bob Barker, born into a poor family during the great depression, is a model of America s can do spirit, working his way from tool carrier and paperboy to nuclear safety manager and salesman extraordinaire, from newspaper editor and politician to entrepreneur and head of a multi-million dollar company.

In this book Bob reveals how he employed hard work, determination, and an indomitable spirit to lift himself from poverty by the proverbial bootstraps, and to build the world s largest detention supply business from the ground up.
Tony W. Cartledge is Professor of Old Testament at Campbell University Divinity School and Contributing Editor for Baptists Today. He has published hundreds of articles and is the author of books ranging from Bible commentaries to reflective devotionals and creative sermons, and currently authors an adult Bible study curriculum for Nurturing Faith. From 1988-1998, Tony happily served as the Barkers pastor at Woodhaven Baptist Church.