Life Is a Paradox : Counter-Intuitive Secrets to Personal and Professional Effectiveness

Life is a Paradox demonstrates through explanations, stories and examples that the most important lessons in life and business are often paradoxical; that is, they are not readily apparent and conflict with our expectations. Readers will clearly see these paradoxes and learn how to use them to maximize personal and professional success and satisfaction.

The book is unique in that it is one of the first to tackle the counter-intuitive nature of the most important lessons in business and life.

This book will help readers understand things they haven't been able to understand before and create real breakthroughs in their thinking and actions, i.e. in their lives. In other words, readers will notice their tendency toward automatic responses in many situations, and will be able to create for themselves a vastly different, more effective response

Each of the 10 chapters will feature an important paradox. They start with a description of the paradox, followed by real-life examples from life, business and sports, and include a recap of how to exploit the paradox for satisfaction and success. At the end of the book, exercises are included that can help readers further adapt the principles learned into their own personal and professional lives.

Al Ritter has an MBA from the Amos Tuck School at Dartmouth College and has spent the last 20 years as a management consultant. Before becoming a consultant, he held senior level positions with Citicorp, PepsiCo and Swift & Company.

Al is a sough-after expert in leadership development, building high performance teams, strategy planning and implementation, managing large scale change, and strengthening corporate culture. His consulting clients span numerous industries, both in the U.S. and abroad. He is a frequent speaker for business and professional groups, and conducts numerous seminars and workshops.

An accomplished athlete, Al played basketball and baseball for the University of Connecticut and currently participates in triathlons. He sits on the board of several non-profit organizations in the Chicago area.