The Opportunity in Every Problem

The first chapter sets up the main characters; Utor (pronounced [you•tôr]) Retting, a lumbering youth plagued by the cruelties of adolescent jeering, who is challenged by his school teacher to interview the luckiest man in the world- Mr. I. M. Lucky. After several failed attempts to meet him, Utor has a dream, the mentioning of which, causes Mr. Lucky to be intrigued.

Chapter 2: Mr. Lucky sets Utor at ease by helping him to realize that Mr. Lucky was once like Utor, but he learned how to overcome his indigent beginnings. Mr. Lucky also shares with Utor that he believes they were united by divinity because they both have something wherewith, they can help each other.

Chapter 3: Utor is given an in-depth look at problems and a deep understanding into why some people are able to turn problems into opportunities and others are doomed to suffer in them.

Chapter 4: In this chapter, Utor is met with an awe-inspiring experience that opens his mind to opportunities as Mr. Lucky begins to share examples of the difference between solving problems and finding opportunity. New energy and confidence flows through Utor as he awakens to the prospects offer by this new enlightenment.

Chapter 5: Mr. Lucky and Utor go through various businesses in town, meeting struggling and successful business people. As they observe a variety of problems Utor and the reader begin to see just how broad this principle really is. Not only do the opportunities exist for financial increase, they also have the potential to help you physically, spiritually, socially, emotionally and more.

Chapter 6: Mr. Lucky teaches Utor the system of Resource Masterminding, which is a method anyone can adopt, and will obviously create a much greater chance for success than one would expect from hard work or typical problem solving methods. The book ends with a creative situation you must read to appreciate.

Scott Taylor has spent most of his business life in marketing, sales and business ownership. He has made significant changes to the profitability of small businesses where he has managed sales, international distribution, marketing and tradeshows. He is a trainer of sales, marketing and customer service courses. Scott created and organized the "Samaritan Business Builders" program where several of its members have learned to more than double their revenues in less than a year by doing business "The Samaritan Way."

Born and raised in California, Scott has been married for 16 years, has three children and enjoys all sports and the arts. He lives in a secluded town of 400 people high in a beautiful mountain vista; in a house, he designed and built himself.