From Failure to Promise: - "360 Degrees" -

At a time when individuals need inspiration the most due to adversity, peer-pressure, and loss of direction, From Failure to Promise - 360 Degrees -- author Dr. Cleamon Moorer shares insights, experiences, and a miraculous story of how God can transform the real you into the ideal you. Dr. Moorer tells about his journey from being a college flunk-out to becoming an engineer and ultimately a university professor. He exposes the realities of how many of the downtrodden are pushed to the brink of either surrender to the power of God, or to a resistance and rejection of promise. Dr. Moorer takes readers on a faith journey from his adolescence in Detroit Public Schools to academic failure on the collegiate level and through other turbulent tracks on the way to becoming a university professor and dean. This story of one young man's journey will serve as a compass for those who are in pursuit of success. He shares relative scriptures, skills, and strategies pertinent to overcoming failure. It is an amazing story with an UNBELIEVABLE FINISH and a "call to action"!

Written with a rare honesty and keen eye toward self-truth, "From Failure to Promise: 360 Degrees" traces a young man's journey from the Detroit Public Schools to business school deanship. Dr. Moorer - who has accomplished much at a young age -shares his journey to success in the face of adversity, detailing his successes as well as his failures. Charting the course of his "academic dismissal" from a well-respected college to eventual reinstatement and graduation, we follow him professionally and spiritually as he attains multiple graduate degrees, executive-level positions, and develops philosophies that propel him forward to college- level teaching and on to a position as a Business School Dean.  Using lessons from organizational behavior theories as well as the Bible to plot a course to success, Moorer provides an illuminating look at how to use the difficult lessons of life for growth and transformation both professionally and spiritually. Vignettes from the author's life illustrate indispensable lessons including the value of humility; the importance of creating habitat for success as well as always remaining in "renewal" mode and much more.  The book's practical self-improvement tips and spiritual bend offer guidance to students as well as seasoned professionals. Jill Halpin, MSLS - Copy Editor and Production Manager - PURSUIT Magazine

At a time when the bad news of the day seems to get the most attention, it is a refreshing break to get some good news that can come out of challenges. What is even more powerful about his journey is his desire to share what he has learned with others. "If you are ever displaced or feel off track, try to find a passion. Do Something different." (page 56) This book is one that will keep you inspired. It doesn't mean that you won't have bad days or setbacks, but it will help you to keep them and life in general in perspective.
C.A. WEBB - "CONVERSATIONS BOOK CLUB" (Jackson, MS)