DIAMONDS: Eight Key Qualities That Open the Door to the Splendor of Living

As you read Diamonds you will find that, gently but irresistibly, it is changing and shaping your life.

The Diamonds referred to here are not precious stones; they are precious people, men and women who have learned how to make their lives count wherever they may be.

Business people or homemakers, teachers or doctors, people in any walk of life who become Diamonds seem to have eight key characteristics that underlie their success. The message of this book is that these qualities can be acquired by anyone who will take the time to see them clearly and apply them firmly.

One way to make this happen is to introduce readers to the Diamonds who already surround them. The lives and thoughts of such people provide all the motivation that is needed.

Don Klassen is President of Klassen Performance Group, Inc. and an acknowledged expert in the fields of effective management and leadership development. He is the author of "Strategic Planning for the Entrepreneurial Enterprise".

Arthur Gordon has had a long career in journalism. His short stories are in many anthologies and his best-selling book "A Touch of Wonder" is regarded as a classic in the field of inspirational writing.

A graduate of Yale University, Bill Hartfiel, started his own industrial distribution company at age twenty-eight. He has been a successful entrepreneur for over forty years and active in his community for twenty of those years.