Dream Octane: Seven Steps to Discover, Develop and Deliver Your Niche

This book is not the typical step-by-step guide of how to become like someone else. These success stories—with coinciding principles for uncovering the niche(s) in your own life—will help you deliver your unique value, which is the secret to your comparative advantage.

Dream Octane is designed to be a tool in a leader’s toolbox. The goal is to create something that you can pull out as needed. If you are looking for helpful tips in the area of pursuing passion, proficiency, identifying personal patterns, problem-solving or purposefulness, this book will be of value to you.

The Lifecycle of Excavation came as a result of the author, Clifton C. Manning, pursuing development around how to be a better leader. This led him to becoming intentionally focused on combating his own leadership ability insecurities. As he endeavored to help himself, he experienced success and then found that the techniques that he used were reproducible. Once reproduced, he saw that many of the coachable individuals who applied these same strategies also received some level of success in their area.

Many of these principles are not original but have been codified to help accelerate application for you. What took Cliff twenty years of experience and several years of learning could be used by you the first day you become acquainted with them. The “If Countries Can Do it, So Why Not You” section is based on economic theories from centuries ago that countries have used to increase their overall well-being. These economic principles have been tailored to fit the commodity we all have to display in the work we are here to do. As you read through these chapters, may you keep on the forefront of your mind: Day one is waiting for you.