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School Days in Vietnam Stories from the Heart

Author : Larry Welch
Publisher : Trafford Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1490760660
Total Pages : 278 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (97 download)

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Download or read book School Days in Vietnam Stories from the Heart written by Larry Welch and published by Trafford Publishing. This book was released on 2015-08-29 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: School Days in Vietnam is the third book in a trilogy that encompass five years of teaching English in Thailand, Myanmar, and Vietnam. I only taught for a year in Hanoi and used the second year to travel and carry-on with other missions in my life that included writing much of this book and other stories about travel. I had wanted to live in Hanoi since first visiting in 2004, but the opportunity didnt present itself until eight years later through employment as an English teacher in an international school. In my mind I had high expectations and a goal of remaining in Hanoi for two years. Everything was more interesting and meaningful than I could have expected and at the end of two years I felt tied to my friendships and the amazing lifestyle that was simple yet lavish in humanity. I was totally enamored with Vietnam, the people, the natural beauty of its diverse geography, and the culture that separates it from all other nations. I made more friends than I had in any other country, and in North Vietnam I enjoyed a weather pattern that was near to the tropics but decidedly four seasons.

Travels Here and There

Author : Larry Welch
Publisher : Trafford Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1490789979
Total Pages : 291 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (97 download)

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Download or read book Travels Here and There written by Larry Welch and published by Trafford Publishing. This book was released on 2018-08-13 with total page 291 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Travels Here and There possesses stories from the heart about places far and near. Included in this volume readers are entertained by Larry Welchs recollections of travel to Austria, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Malawi, Michigan, Nepal, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Ukraine, Vietnam, and Zambia. The final chapter is a personal story that involved a short journey from home to a hospital in Thailand and what transpired. Embedded with the stories are descriptions of geography, history, urban planning, and details on what went into making people famous or infamous as the case might be. Larry likes heroes and that shows through in his descriptions of what made some people great. Strolling through castles, fortresses, markets, museums, palaces, parks, Roman ruins, or dining on street food and riding buses or trains, will leave readers hungry for more and even give them a better appreciation for their own travels. In Innocents Abroad, Mark Twain wrote, Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all ones lifetime. Amen, Mr. Twain!

School Days in Thailand

Author : Larry Welch
Publisher : Trafford Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1466939370
Total Pages : 245 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (669 download)

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Download or read book School Days in Thailand written by Larry Welch and published by Trafford Publishing. This book was released on 2012-06-05 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 2008 I was new to Thailand and new to the amazingly wonderful world of teaching English as a second language. It was bewildering, invigorating, and life changing. No days passed that I didnt marvel at the interaction with students and teachers. At the end of two years in Thai public education I was both exhausted and exhilarated with the experience. At that time my sense of personal history persuaded me to tell this story. I hope it is one that you will enjoy. Larry Welch ---------- What People Are Saying Larry writes with humor, honesty and incredible detail. His book is full of descriptions that in some cases whet your appetite to visit the places Larry is describing. Cheryl Keane, Randwick, New South Wales, Australia Sprinkled with humor and lightness along the way Larry touches the heart of readers with his enlightening experiences. Highly recommended! Marcia Bolog, Milan, Michigan, USA This is an important book for those interested in Thailand or secondary education in a foreign country. April Zhang, Professor, Daejeon University, Daejeon, South Korea

Unbreakable Hearts: A True, Heart-wrenching Story About Victory...Forfeited!

Author : Earl Dusty Trimmer
Publisher : Dog Ear Publishing
ISBN 13 : 145756856X
Total Pages : 586 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (575 download)

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Download or read book Unbreakable Hearts: A True, Heart-wrenching Story About Victory...Forfeited! written by Earl Dusty Trimmer and published by Dog Ear Publishing. This book was released on 2019-05-16 with total page 586 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Earl “Dusty” Trimmer relates with both skill and personal experience events surrounding our most forgetable and misunderstood war in America’s history. He brings it all home with his down-to-earth style and considerable knowledge. In Unbreakable Hearts, Dusty dives into the Vietnamese history and culture and skillfully brings the reader into understanding our Vietnamese enemy’s amazing resolve. He brilliantly explains the evolution of our Vietnamese enemy over hundreds of years of invasions and wars. Always defending their country to remain free became an art. In Chapter 7, Dusty describes the Vietnamese women fighters as “Hellcats.” My own experience with the formidable Vietnamese Viet Cong women’s skills and expertise closely mirrors Dusty’s. Hooch girls could plant booby traps in a GI’s hooch with a skill and savvy they were forced to learn during decades of on-the-job training in continuous wars with unwelcomed invaders. My own Military Police experience after leaving the infantry revealed these incidents vividly. In later chapters, Dusty moves into our own veterans’ profound resolve and toughness. North Vietnam’s famed General Giap called us “an honorable enemy.” One could suggest from this writing that our enemy taught us well. We did things in the Vietnam War the average person would have to go to the movies to believe. After reading Trimmer’s descriptions, I must conclude that indeed this book could be one for the movie industry. Dusty Trimmer brings to life our days and nights living and fighting in these foreboding jungle warfare conditions. After reading this fine work and reflecting on my own experiences, I cut away a little more of the pain. Pride swells for having served with all of these wonderful veterans of the Vietnam War. Pain for our terrible losses. For myself, these experiences culminated in wisdom I would otherwise have failed to achieve. God bless Dusty for telling our story. Forward march, Brothers!

Honey for a Child's Heart Updated and Expanded

Author : Gladys Hunt
Publisher : Zondervan
ISBN 13 : 0310361842
Total Pages : 273 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (13 download)

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Download or read book Honey for a Child's Heart Updated and Expanded written by Gladys Hunt and published by Zondervan. This book was released on 2021-11-02 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A modern classic with over 250,000 copies sold, Honey for a Child's Heart is a compelling, essential guide for parents who want to find the best books for their children ages 0-12. This updated and expanded edition includes a new preface, an updated list of recommended reads for each age group, and audiobook suggestions. A good book is a gateway into a wider world of wonder, beauty, delight, and adventure. But children don't stumble onto the best books by themselves. They need a parent's help. Author Gladys Hunt, along with her son, Mark, discusses everything from how to choose good books for your children to encouraging them to be avid readers. Illustrated with drawings from dozens of children's favorites, Honey for a Child's Heart Updated and Expanded includes completely updated book lists geared to your child's age and filled with nearly one thousand longtime favorites, classics, wonderful new books, and audiobooks that will enrich your child's life. It will also show you how to: Understand the importance of being a read-aloud family, enjoying books together by reading aloud Give your children a large view of the world, of truth, and of goodness Encourage each child's imagination and good use of language Find the best books for your children Thousands of parents have used this guide to furnish their children's inner spirit with the wonder and delight of good reading. Updated and expanded to keep pace with the ever-changing world of children's literature, it is sure to enrich the cultural and spiritual life of your home.

A Narrative Inquiry into the Experiences of Vietnamese Children and Mothers in Canada

Author : Thi Thuy Hang Tran
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 9819958180
Total Pages : 189 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (199 download)

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Download or read book A Narrative Inquiry into the Experiences of Vietnamese Children and Mothers in Canada written by Thi Thuy Hang Tran and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2023-09-28 with total page 189 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book recounts the understanding of three Vietnamese children and their mothers’ experiences as they navigate being newcomers to Canada. It explores the cultural, traditional, familial, intergenerational, personal, social, institutional, political, historical, community, and linguistic narratives shaping Vietnamese children and mothers as they compose their lives. The author employs narrative inquiry as a methodological approach, beginning by positioning herself through her narrative beginnings, delving deep into philosophical and methodological underpinnings. The author lays out the three child–mother pairs’ experiences as they negotiated a new culture in Canada, particularly the spaces of home, schools, and communities. The book brings a holistic and relational way of understanding familial curriculum-making as support for children’s school curriculum-making and for the ways in which Vietnamese families’ sustain their ongoing life making. It also looks at the influence of the homeland’s language, culture, and educational traditions. Through the complex interplay between the children and mothers’ narratives and the writer’s own stories, this book discusses multiperspectival and multidimensional ways of supporting Vietnamese newcomers and other ‘arrivals’ composing their lives in similar landscapes. The book is relevant to educators, researchers, cultural brokers, and policymakers, opening avenues for understanding cultural ethics within the relational ethics of narrative inquiry, as well as familial narratives in relation to institutional and social narratives.

Heretic's Heart

Author : Margot Adler
Publisher : Beacon Press
ISBN 13 : 0807070246
Total Pages : 325 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (7 download)

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Download or read book Heretic's Heart written by Margot Adler and published by Beacon Press. This book was released on 2013-05-28 with total page 325 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Starting in 1964, writes Margot Adler in this dazzling memoir, “I found myself mysteriously at the center of extraordinary events.” Now a correspondent for National Public Radio, Adler was a young woman determined to be taken seriously and to be an agent of change—on her own terms, free from dogma and authoritarian constraints. From campus activism at the University of California at Berkeley to civil rights work in Mississippi, from antiwar protests to observing the socialist revolution in Cuba, she found those chances in the 1960s. Heretic’s Heart illuminates the events, ideas, passions, and ecstatic commitments of the decade like no other memoir. At the book’s center is the powerful—and unique—correspondence between Adler, then an antiwar activist at Berkeley, and a young American soldier fighting in Vietnam. The correspondence begins when Adler reads a letter the infantryman has written to a Berkeley newspaper. “I’ve heard rumors that there are people back in the world who don’t believe this war should be. I’m not positive of this though, ’cause it seems to me that if enough of them told the right people in the right way, then something might be done about it. . . . You see, while you’re discussing it amongst each other, being beat, getting in bed with dark-haired artists . . . some people here are dying for lighting a cigarette at night.” Heretic’s Heart also explores Adler’s attempt to come to terms with her singular legacy as the only grandchild of Alfred Adler, collaborator of Freud and founder of Individual Psychology, and as the daughter of a forceful beauty who bequeaths her spunk and adventurousness to her daughter, but whose overpowering personality forces Adler to strike out on her own. Adler’s memoir marks an initiatory journey from spirit through politics and revolution back to spirit again. Revealing, funny, joyful, and often wise, Heretic’s Heart will restore the spirit of the 1960s: the passion, the confusion, the sense of social transformation and limitless possibility, and the ecstatic feeling that the world is on the cusp of change.

God’s Home, My Heart

Author : Walter A. Wheat M.A.
Publisher : LifeRich Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1489739025
Total Pages : 562 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (897 download)

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Download or read book God’s Home, My Heart written by Walter A. Wheat M.A. and published by LifeRich Publishing. This book was released on 2021-12-22 with total page 562 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In my heart, I feel Jesus He never leaves me alone. I awaken each morning Listening to the birds and the bees I love hearing Him whisper Through the flowers and trees. Walter Wheat, a decorated Vietnam veteran who has both felt and witnessed the love of God throughout his lifetime, shares a new collection of heartfelt, inspirational poems that touches on the emotions and tribulations we often feel while in God’s presence. Wheat reflects on the hope that Jesus provides, the blessings he brings to us in our daily endeavors, a soldier’s life under the duress of gun and mortar fire, and the hardships that families must endure when a loved one is lost in combat. Throughout his poems, Wheat explores the strength that can be found when one embraces a relationship with God, the loneliness that accompanies an empty mailbox, a prayer that asks for forgiveness of sins, the comfort that comes with knowing that God is beside us through all the storms in life, and much more. God’s Home, My Heart is a volume of inspirational poetry shared by a decorated Vietnam veteran to provide a gentle reminder to believers that our Savior is everywhere and in everything.

Where the Heart Is

Author : Billie Letts
Publisher : Grand Central Publishing
ISBN 13 : 075952288X
Total Pages : 321 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (595 download)

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Download or read book Where the Heart Is written by Billie Letts and published by Grand Central Publishing. This book was released on 2001-04-15 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A down on her luck pregnant teen finds herself living in a shopping center in this Oprah's Book Club selection that inspired the film starring Ashley Judd and Natalie Portman. Talk about unlucky sevens. An hour ago, seventeen-year-old, seven months pregnant Novalee Nation was heading for California with her boyfriend. Now she finds herself stranded at a Wal-Mart in Sequoyah, Oklahoma, with just $7.77 in change. But Novalee is about to discover hidden treasures in this small Southwest town–a group of down-to-earth, deeply caring people willing to help a homeless, jobless girl. From Bible-thumping blue-haired Sister Thelma Husband to eccentric librarian Forney Hull, they are about to take her–and you, too–on a moving, funny, and unforgettable journey.

Shrapnel in the Heart; Letters and Remembrances from the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

Author : Laura Palmer
Publisher : Everbind
ISBN 13 : 9780784829608
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (296 download)

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Download or read book Shrapnel in the Heart; Letters and Remembrances from the Vietnam Veterans Memorial written by Laura Palmer and published by Everbind. This book was released on 2009-07-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: YA Journalist Palmer, who covered the Vietnam War and the fall of Saigon, personalizes the tragic loss of young Americans killed in two decades of fighting our least popular war. --School Library Journal

Heart of a Mule

Author : Dick Schafrath
Publisher : Gray & Company, Publishers
ISBN 13 : 159851024X
Total Pages : 239 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (985 download)

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Download or read book Heart of a Mule written by Dick Schafrath and published by Gray & Company, Publishers. This book was released on 2006 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: He won national football championships with the 1964 Cleveland Browns and the 1957 Ohio State University Buckeyes. He served two terms in the Ohio senate. He was the first person ever to canoe across Lake Erie. He ran 60 miles nonstop between Cleveland and Wooster, Ohio, on a bet. He met presidents. He wrestled bears. Yes, Dick Schafrath has plenty of stories to tell. In this book, he tells the most entertaining and inspiring stories from his first 70 years. Stories of growing up on an Ohio farm with no plumbing, plowing behind a pair of mules; of playing alongside famous teammates and coaches (Jim Brown, Paul Brown, Gary Collins, Woody Hayes . . .); of political campaigns and publicity stunts; of a life dedicated to hard work and ruled by stubborn determination (hence his longtime nickname, "The Mule"). These stories will entertain and inspire.

Habits of the Heart

Author : James M. Roseman
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1666773344
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (667 download)

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Download or read book Habits of the Heart written by James M. Roseman and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2023-09-29 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Habits of the Heart is a moral adventure based on a real family's saga. A story within a story, it opens in the chaotic days of 1967 when Jim, a sophomore in college confused by the times, finds a respite from the storm at an Easter family gathering, and so much more. As he listens to his ninety-six-year-old great grandmother share stories from when she was young, he enters a world he never knew, one so captivating that he asks his grandfather to tell him more. Thereupon he discovers more than he could have imagined--an extraordinary story of the life an ordinary man of essential servitude forged on the unyielding anvil of life. Struck by what he hears, Jim realizes how important these stories are in the noise and chaos of 1967--perhaps even more so now--yet how easily they are lost. Habits is a lived picture of the "habits of the heart" Alexis de Tocqueville saw when he came to America. Through his grandfather's story Jim discovers how good habits are formed and passed from generation to generation and woven into the fabric of life, and how important they are in life's perilous storms.

A Lowcountry Heart

Author : Pat Conroy
Publisher : Dial Press
ISBN 13 : 0385530870
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (855 download)

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Download or read book A Lowcountry Heart written by Pat Conroy and published by Dial Press. This book was released on 2016-10-25 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Final words and heartfelt remembrances from bestselling author Pat Conroy take center stage in this winning nonfiction collection, supplemented by touching pieces from Conroy’s many friends. This new volume of Pat Conroy’s nonfiction brings together some of the most charming interviews, magazine articles, speeches, and letters from his long literary career, many of them addressed directly to his readers with his habitual greeting, “Hey, out there.” Ranging across diverse subjects, such as favorite recent reads, the challenge of staying motivated to exercise, and processing the loss of dear friends, Conroy’s eminently memorable pieces offer a unique window into the life of a true titan of Southern writing. With a beautiful introduction from his widow, novelist Cassandra King, A Lowcountry Heart also honors Conroy’s legacy and the innumerable lives he touched. Finally, the collection turns to remembrances of “The Great Conroy,” as he is lovingly titled by friends, and concludes with a eulogy. The inarguable power of Conroy’s work resonates throughout A Lowcountry Heart, and his influence promises to endure. This moving tribute is sure to be a cherished keepsake for any true Conroy fan and remain a lasting monument to one of the best-loved masters of contemporary American letters. Praise for A Lowcountry Heart “A fascinating look into the mind of one of the South’s greatest authors . . . something to remember him by and cherish for years to come.”—The Clarion-Ledger “Fans of Conroy . . . will relish the chance to spend more time with him in this glowing valedictory to his life and writing . . . Eloquent, folksy, and sometimes brutally honest.”—Publishers Weekly “A moving and proper tribute to a true Southern icon.”—The Florida Times-Union “Elegant essays [that] will not disappoint.”—The Washington Post “Resplendent . . . As always, his storytelling, word choice and rhythm are gorgeous, almost lyrical.”—USA Today

Heart at Work

Author : Cynthia Mary Heelan
Publisher : AuthorHouse
ISBN 13 : 1477261974
Total Pages : 202 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (772 download)

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Download or read book Heart at Work written by Cynthia Mary Heelan and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2012-09-07 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When people feel free to speak with authenticity, from their heartat workwithout fear, their workplace becomes a place inspired by shared purpose. Workplace productivity is marked by extraordinary quality. In Heart at Work, explore real stories that will inspire you to want to make speaking from the heart the norm, not the exception. Several practitioner/authors describe and tell actual stories about their own work. A toy manufacturer describes the connection to their customer, children, through play. A soldier describes how his struggle to survive PTSD, enables his ability to support other soldiers. An artistic director and choreographer reveals the transformation that occurs when dancers share in the creative process. College presidents describe their increased ability to open their hearts and then increased staff and student success as people become more engaged. A Medical doctor describe how their own personal transformation impacted his medical practice. Authors describe the ways their inner work and then meaningful sharing with colleagues, results in innovation, creativity and positive action, including better service to clients. If you want to bring your whole self to work, to live a seamless life with mind and heart aligned for the tasks before you, you will find a wise and gentle guide in Heart at Work. Hafiz long ago wrote: Love is the great work, though every heart is first an apprentice . . .. This gem of a book brings these words to life through authentic storiesthat illustrate, inform and inspire the reader to create their own authentic lifes work. Henry Emmons, MD, Author, The Chemistry of Joy; The Chemistry of Calm; and The Chemistry of Joy Workbook:Overcoming Depression Using the Best of Brain Science, Nutrition and the Psychology of Mindfulness, Integrative Psychiatrist, and Health Care Leader.

The Legacy of the Purple Heart

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Publisher : Turner Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 1563117231
Total Pages : 194 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (631 download)

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Download or read book The Legacy of the Purple Heart written by and published by Turner Publishing Company. This book was released on 2001 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Tiger Heart

Author : Robert E. Wescott
Publisher : Strategic Book Publishing & Rights Agency
ISBN 13 : 1681816873
Total Pages : 750 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (818 download)

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Download or read book Tiger Heart written by Robert E. Wescott and published by Strategic Book Publishing & Rights Agency. This book was released on 2017-06-26 with total page 750 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Walter Anton loves his wife, but only tolerates his job as a cost accountant at Blatchford Steel Services in Pittsburgh. Thrown into a sticky business situation that threatens his company’s survival, he takes on a sense of mission and finds strengths he didn’t know he had. He rubs shoulders with the powerful in the city, while butting heads with others, as he digs into a devious plot involving the EPA, a congressman, and fellow employees. As a result, Walter’s life is threatened and two others die at the hands of a hired killer. At the same time, his wife takes on a mission of her own to both help her husband succeed in business and she tries to get pregnant. Tiger Heart: A Business Love Story offers both suspense and humor in an unforgettable way.

Lead with Heart

Author : Tom Gartland
Publisher : BenBella Books
ISBN 13 : 1946885258
Total Pages : 151 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (468 download)

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Download or read book Lead with Heart written by Tom Gartland and published by BenBella Books. This book was released on 2018-05-01 with total page 151 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If you want your company to thrive, you need to break one of the oldest unwritten rules of leadership. Leaders in nearly every industry have learned to keep a professional "distance" between themselves and the people who report to them—to avoid getting too close or too personal. This unwritten rule of leadership is pervasive and quietly destructive, and, little by little, keeping ourselves at arm's length destroys trust, collaboration, and the very fabric of organizations. When Tom Gartland became president of Avis Budget Group, North America, he wanted the corporate culture to become more "open and connected"—so he started with himself. His message was "business is personal—very personal." As he grew closer and connected more with those he was leading, he became a more effective leader, and those around him were inspired to create unprecedented results. Tom found that when we truly open up and care about the people we work with, we can transform organizations into sanctuaries where people feel a deep connection to one another, a profound sense of being part of an important mission, and extraordinary engagement in their work. The result? Employees who feel valued generate exceptional profits. After applying this business philosophy at Avis, not only did Tom see an increase in employee morale, he also saw a significant increase in the company's bottom line. In Lead with Heart, Tom provides an unconventional approach to business leadership, including advice and strategies on how to open yourself up as a leader, recognize potential in your employees, and increase employees' trust in you and the company. Lead with Heart is the revolutionary leadership book that will help managers and employees at all levels grow their businesses by connecting, honestly and meaningfully, with the people they lead.