Ordinary Lessons from an Ordinary Guy

Ordinary Lessons from an Ordinary Guy
Author: Samuel C. Williams III
Publisher: Partridge Publishing Singapore
Total Pages: 252
Release: 2021-11-19
Genre: Self-Help
ISBN: 1543767508

This book is simple, informative, and transformative all at once. Williams has once again used his exquisite insightfulness to transcend many of the blockades and excuses often used to avoid taking the responsibility and courage necessary for individuals to first look deeply, earnestly and honestly at “self,” before looking outward at others when seeking to effect lasting and meaningful change. His belief that the first and most significant step to our long journey outward always begins with the first truthful step inward is evident throughout this writing. While each teaching is independent of the ones to follow or precede it, each of them is powerful and highly applicable as a stand-alone self-improvement tool. If growing yourself (and not the entire world) is your objective, then this is the book for you. No one, Williams says, changes the world for the better until he or she first concedes that effective change must begin with self and work outward from there. It is obvious that this book is intended to serve as a self-paced guide and companion along the readers’ growth route, and not merely as a tool of instruction to be read, laid aside, and forgotten.

An Ordinary Guy

An Ordinary Guy
Author: Ken Holly
Publisher: Inspiring Voices
Total Pages: 260
Release: 2013-03-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1462404316

Ken Holly is just an ordinary guy with an ordinary past. He grew up in postWorld War II America as a middle-class boy in an old-fashioned suburban neighborhood, learning the value of hard work and absorbing the strong ethics of the Greatest Generation. But being ordinary is what makes Ken special. Whimsical and honest, An Ordinary Guy shares Kens story of how a childhood spent in Houston, Texas, in the 1950s made a lasting impact on his life. Ken was a faithful church-goer who grew up surrounded by World War II veterans and was active in Boy Scouts; in this memoir, he reveals how each of these influences shaped him into the adult he is today. He also discusses how his values sustained him in some of the most challenging times of his life. While serving in the US Navy as an aviation electronic tech and radioman, Ken had some close calls, but came out of them unscathed. Following his military service, he went back to school, built a career in electronics, and married his wife, Pat. He became a father twice with the birth of his two daughters and continued working until his retirement in 2011. Through all of lifes challenges, Ken never forgot those influential days of his youth.

An Ordinary Man

An Ordinary Man
Author: Paul Rusesabagina
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 263
Release: 2006-04-06
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1101201312

The remarkable autobiography of the globally-recognized human rights champion whose heroism inspired the film Hotel Rwanda “Fascinating…your book is called An Ordinary Man, yet you took on an extraordinary feat with courage, determination, and diplomacy.” – Oprah, O, The Oprah Magazine As Rwanda was thrown into chaos during the 1994 genocide, Rusesabagina, a hotel manager, turned the luxurious Hotel Milles Collines into a refuge for more than 1,200 Tutsi and moderate Hutu refugees, while fending off their would-be killers with a combination of diplomacy and deception. In An Ordinary Man, he tells the story of his childhood, retraces his accidental path to heroism, revisits the 100 days in which he was the only thing standing between his “guests” and a hideous death, and recounts his subsequent life as a refugee and activist.

Ordinary Servant

Ordinary Servant
Author: Ed Taylor
Publisher:
Total Pages: 86
Release: 2016-05
Genre:
ISBN: 9780996572330

"Ordinary Servant: Lessons in Loving Jesus and Serving HIS people," is a book that will train, equip, and prepare you to serve in your churches. Do you want to be someone that God can use to make a difference in this world? Are you looking for help in becoming that man or woman that God uses to impact this world? Does your heart yearn and burn to be a used by God? If you answered, "Yes," then I have good news for you. God wants to use you! Just as a diamond has many different facets that reflect varying levels of light, so servanthood also has different sides and varying levels. In this book, you will learn some of what the Bible teaches about servanthood. I pray it's one of the best times in your spiritual life...as you learn to serve and serve well.

Once Upon an Ordinary School Day

Once Upon an Ordinary School Day
Author: Colin McNaughton
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
Total Pages: 32
Release: 2005-03-10
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9780374356347

A celebration of extraordinary teachers! The boy's breakfast is ordinary, his walk to school is ordinary, even his thoughts are ordinary. But when he goes to his classroom and sits down at his desk, his day begins to change - a new teacher, Mr. Gee, bursts into the classroom with an extraordinary idea that challenges all the children to use their imagination. Suddenly an ordinary day is turned topsy-turvy, and the boy is inspired in a way that will change him forever. The rollicking words and pictures celebrate the unexpected in this tribute to great teachers and students everywhere. Once Upon an Ordinary School Day is a 2006 Bank Street - Best Children's Book of the Year.

Sixty-Three Ordinary Paragraphs with Life Lessons and Thought Questions by an Ordinary Guy

Sixty-Three Ordinary Paragraphs with Life Lessons and Thought Questions by an Ordinary Guy
Author: Jon P. Van Deinse
Publisher: LULU
Total Pages: 145
Release: 2014-02
Genre: Self-Help
ISBN: 1483408949

In this personal narrative, author Jon P. Van Deinse explores a variety of topics relating to his life and his thoughts on some contemporary topics. He lost his innocence at a Catholic school at the hands of an abusive priest, an event that would inform much of the rest of his life. Jon didn't tell anyone about the abuse until twenty years later, and many of his struggles may be related to that early trauma. He has been diagnosed with a wide range of mental illnesses, from depression to borderline personality disorder. In this candid narrative, he explores his life as a child, adolescent, and adult, including the joys and challenges of being a parent. He examines his suicide attempt, his shock treatment for depression, and the racing thoughts that constantly go through his brain. He follows up each of his experiences with life lessons and questions to consider so you can learn from your own challenges, improving your understanding of yourself and others.

No Ordinary Man

No Ordinary Man
Author: Lois Winslow-Spragge
Publisher: Dundurn
Total Pages: 209
Release: 1993-06-30
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1554882443

George Mercer Dawson was indeed no ordinary man. Born in 1849, son of the first Principal of McGill University, Dawson defied health circumstances that would have defeated many people and went on to become one of our most exceptional Canadians. As a geologist in the British North American Boundary Commission between Canada and the U.S.A. and as Director of the Geological Survey of Canada in 1895, Dawson examined and explored every aspect of Canada’s unknown territories. This collection of writings, letters, diaries and essays begins with the young George and moves through his developing years to his adult life. "He climbed, walked and rode on horseback over more of Canada than any other member of the Geological Survey of Canada at that time – yet to look at him, one would not think him capable of a day’s hard physical labour .... It was his hand that first traced upon vacant maps the geological formations of the Yukon and much of British Columbia." - Lois Winslow-Spragge "To read about him is like taking a drink of water from a cool, unpolluted spring. His sense of values was so great that he once said he didn’t care much for money or possessions. All he wanted was what he could hold in his canoe." - Anne Byers, Ottawa