The Difference
Essays on Loss, Courage, and Personal Transformation
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Rage Against the Dying of the Light Carl Ficks, Jr. The personal losses in Carl Ficks, Jr.’s life started to pile up after more than three decades of work as a successful trial attorney. Then came one more loss; this time, one he chose: Carl said goodbye to his lawyer life and embarked on an entirely new and entirely unrelated career. ….. By the fall of 2013, she had accumulated enough credits to graduate. However, cancer suddenly appeared, seeking to deny my mother the opportunity to walk across the stage with her graduating class in the spring of 2014. Undeterred, my sister magically engineered a ceremony in Mom's hospital room. With “Pomp and Circumstance” filling the hushed silence, the college's President and Dean of Academic Affairs presented my mother with her well-deserved diploma. The Dean, addressing Mom's four captivated grandchildren, said, “She wanted to be an example for you, to show you that with hard work you can achieve anything you want in life." Mom responded that earning her degree at the age of 78 had made a difference in her life. My mother was a steady presence in my life, until she wasn’t.
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What if you could have an audience with ten successful humans who have inspired millions of followers around the world to lead more authentic, wholehearted, and expansive lives? What if you could ask these individuals to pinpoint the ONE factor or experience that unleashed the greatest personal transformation in their lives?
“The Difference: Essays on Loss, Courage, and Personal Transformation” is that audience.
From a motivational coach who went from homeless to millionaire to losing it all again; to a prominent psychologist whose 2-year-old daughter drowned in the family pool on her watch; to a self-described female boxing warrior who entered the ring at age 40; to a chiropractor turned shaman, fire walker and healer after helping a friend transition - the unvarnished essays in “The Difference” capture a raw and riveting tapestry of richly inspiring life stories.
With a Foreword by global branding strategist Bruce Turkel.
Essays by Alisa Sample-Alexander; Caroline de Posada; Carl Ficks Jr.; Dr. Tom Garcia; Dr. Betsy Guerra; Dr. Lynne Maureen Hurdle; Mark J. Silverman; and Malissa Smith.
About the Author
Achim Nowak is an international executive coach, podcast host, author of three books on personal excellence and recipient of a PEN Syndicated Fiction Award. Rosemary Ravinal built a career as a TV host, news commentator, spokesperson, and corporate communications leader before becoming a bilingual public speaker and executive speaker coach.