Life in the Turn Lane

Jim Patton

ISBN 10: 0981620329 / ISBN 13: 9780981620329

Published by New Vantage, 2010

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How Does a Failed HVAC Technician Become The Billion Dollar Repairman? When he first heard of The Wall Street Journal, Jim Patton thought it was a book. His librarian directed him to a nearby newsstand for a copy, and he's read it front to back every day since. Discovering The Journal was one turning point that moved Patton from life as an inept HVAC technician longing to earn $20 an hour to an international mergers and acquisition expert overseeing companies with billions in revenue. Patton's entertaining narrative is laced with 40 principles he's learned-often the hard way-that will benefit you, no matter what your professional or personal goals. Straightforward, do-able principles like: - #1-Deny denial, and face the facts - #19-Just when you think you've got it all figured out, remember that you don't - #27-If you're doing something out of fear, stop doing it - #29-God won't let you have your way until you let Him have His - #33-Have a good fall-back position so falling back won't hurt. If business acquisition or ownership is your thing, Life in the Turn Lane will delight your commercial savvy and fortify your soul. And for anyone, reading this inspiring outlook on career-and living the truly good life-will be one of the best turns you can do for yourself.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Life in the Turn Lane
• Publisher: New Vantage
• Publication Date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0981620329
• ISBN 13: 9780981620329
• Binding: Hardback
• Illustrator: Wellspring Design
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

Jim Patton thought he was dreaming big. His life-long financial goal was to make $20 an hour. But latent business savvy and God's plan for Jim's career intervened, and now he makes more than that every 60 seconds.On his way to managing mergers and acquisitions for billion-dollar companies, Patton discovered how to navigate the curves that potentially turn hopes into fears and dreams into nightmares. Although he learned mostly the hard way -- getting fired from his first job, losing everything in a major acqusition and watching a partner walk away with profits that should have been his -- through this book, he shares priceless lessons so the reader can move ahead less painfully than he did. Patton highlights his story with 40 memorable Patton Principles, Turning Points at the end of each chapter, and his list of 10 Business Directives. One appendix details how how his company does mergers and acquisitions and another covers his views on what America needs to do to recover from its business doldrums and remain the envy of the world.

About the Author

Jim Patton is founder and senior managing partner of KPAC Solutions, a private equity firm that acquires distressed manufacturers and turns them into profitable manfacturing powerhouses. Many have been ailing subsidiaries of Fortune 1000 firms that, in the hands of Jim and his team, go on to become world leaders in their industries. Since vocational training was Patton's only higher education, he schooled himself in business by reading the Wall Street Journal front to back for nearly a decade before taking on his first major acquisition. Now one of WSJ's star endorsers, Jim Patton shares his wisdom and experience in settings ranging from business organizations to civic clubs and from youth organizations to churches. He lives in Brentwood, Tennessee, just south of Nashville, with Theresa. his wife of 27 years. Their son, Spencer, is followiing his father's successful business path as a hedge-fund manager.