Life Is Not A Spectator Sport

This is a red meat brother to sister book such as Chicken Soup for the Soul. "Life Is Not A Spectator Sport" will appeal to people interested in family values and insight -- who also enjoy rib tickling humor. This book inspires by eliciting a compelling call to action. It is designed to get readers off the couch and onto life's playing field; building stronger relationships, successful careers and supportive communities. A will to win and the desire to belong is fostered throughout by the author. At the same time, readers are offered powerful skill sets with a distilled implementation process. Art's soft, oft times humorous message is delivered with a hard-edged, journalistic pace.

After a lifetime of adventure, award-winning writer Bob Cox tells his own thrilling life story. Travel with him from Santa Monica, to rural Idaho, to a stretch in Japan with the U.S. Navy during the Vietnam War, befort he settles in Southern California. Enjoy with him a passion for skiing and the joys of writing about the winter sport, mostly in the Sierra Nevada Mountains. Experience with him the challenges of teaching elementary and middle school classes, as well as his transition to school administration, capped by a year as Interim Superintendent for a small school district. Share his joy of playing and coaching sports, and raising three kids. Fight the challenges of addiction and cancer with him in this first-person story.

"Life Is Not a Spectator's Sport: There's a big difference between playing to win and playing not to lose!" embodies the concept that personal or business success is only a decision away!

“A blueprint and a guidebook to help us all get involved.”—Senator John Kerry

Mary Luise is a senior citizen who has discovered that life as an older person can be quite delicious! She had a vision from the time she was in her twenties of what being older might be likea beautiful vision that anyone could look forward to with great enthusiasm and delight! Mary Luise breaks out of some of the old patterns and molds that have surrounded the lives and beliefs of older people and invites her readers to take a brand new, cutting-edge approach to life with a healthier, bolder perspective in mind. She does this by leaving behind things in life that are not serving a person very well and offering fresh and inspiring new perspectives. What is left behind is replaced with new expectations of things that are lovely, good, healthy, happy, freeing, exciting, and powerful. She writes that it takes far less energy to be enjoying life than to be living a life that is not enjoyable because enjoying life is the natural, normal intention of living! Her ideas make new energy available for a dynamic life! Mary Luise offers ideas and perspectives that have worked well and continue to work well in her life. She writes of change, music, love, forgiveness, gratefulness, dreaming new dreams, and setting new goals and so many more subjects that all lead the reader to a more deeply fulfilling existence! Her desire is for her readers to be free to enjoy the same pleasures and satisfactions of life that she is enjoying in her older years. After all, health, happiness, joy, loving relationships and having fun are for every age!

Are you ready to get in the game? We choose to be successful in business and in life the moment we decide not to settle for mediocrity -- the moment we are prepared to step out of our comfort zone and take action. In this life-changing book, international keynote speaker Charles Marcus shares with you his incredible personal and professional experiences. His hard-won lessons have contributed to his remarkable transformation from a person with a severe stuttering disability for most of his life, to an award-winning sales professional. This book will help you create the game plan, shape the strategies, and find the discipline to complete the plays necessary for success. Discover how to: Treat every setback as a valuable learning experience; Surround yourself with positive people; Set goals that work; Invest in your professional development; Believe in your own success; Cross the finish line on your own terms; Be prepared to accept all challenges and pursue the success you desire!

Strange as it sounds, during the 1870s and 1880s, America’s most popular spectator sport wasn’t baseball, football, or horseracing—it was competitive walking. Inside sold-out arenas, competitors walked around dirt tracks almost nonstop for six straight days (never on Sunday), risking their health and sanity to see who could walk the farthest—more than 500 miles. These walking matches were as talked about as the weather, the details reported in newspapers and telegraphed to fans from coast to coast. This long-forgotten sport, known as pedestrianism, spawned America’s first celebrity athletes and opened doors for immigrants, African Americans, and women. But along with the excitement came the inevitable scandals, charges of doping and insider gambling, and even a riot in 1879. Pedestrianism chronicles competitive walking’s peculiar appeal and popularity, its rapid demise, and its enduring influence.