The Backpack

A guide for being fully equipped to succeed on the journey of life

The Backpack: How to Understand and Manage Yourself While Loving Others Along the Way tells the story of Jon, Sofia, and Buddy whose pathways merge on a life-changing flight. Written by a senior consultant with the Flippen Group (a world-wide leader in self-awareness training), the book brings together an angry passenger, a wise flight attendant, and a down-home cowboy. Their chance meeting leads to the ride of their lives as they fully grasp the importance and meaning of their backpacks.

As this engaging story reveals, self-awareness is like a backpack! If we are to be prepared to succeed on the journey of life, we need to know and accept which backpack is ours, decide what we need to put in it or take out of it, and be fully aware of how our backpacks are affecting all of the other passengers around us. The question is: Are we whacking the other passengers with our backpack as we travel through life. . . or are we helping them?

• Offers life lessons on self-awareness written in the form of a funny and engaging story

• Shows how we can lighten, fill and understand our "backpack" in order to lead a more successful life

• Written by a senior consultant with the Flippen Group

The Backpack offers a story that explores the concepts of self-awareness and other-awareness, including the importance of appreciating your personality, living by your core values, mentally preparing for your day, being aware of your impact on others and packing your backpack wisely.

Autorentext

TIM A. GARDNER is a senior consultant with the Flippen Group, a world-wide leader in self-awareness training, and is the founder of Relational Intelligence, LLC. For over a quarter of a century, Tim's focus and area of expertise has been leadership development and emotional intelligence. His healthy workplace relationships workshops have been featured in the Wall Street Journal, USA Today, and the Indianapolis Star. He is the author of four books, two curricula, and over 20 magazine and journal articles.

Klappentext
Praise for the backpack "The Backpack is a simple, engaging story on the power of personal choice to improve your life. Tim shares his wisdom and practical steps on what it takes to fully succeed in life."
Jon Gordon, bestselling author of The Carpenter "Tim Gardner tells this memorable and clever story with humor, genuineness, and plenty of well-earned wisdom. Rare is the author who can challenge the best of leaders to be better, and Tim cuts to the core of what leaders need to hear. Read it. And in the process, you'll learn more about the backpack you carry. You will be better for it."
Flip Flippen, founder and chairman of the Flippen Group, bestselling author of The Flip Side: Break Free of the Behaviors that Hold You Back "As the founder of a company whose only legacy is to develop leaders, I've learned that self-awareness is one of the. . . if not the. . . most important leadership skills. The Backpack tells a powerful and practical story on how you can grow in this critical yet often missing trait; one that is required to be a successful leader."
Dave P. Lindsey, Founder and Chairman of DEFENDERS, Inc., founder of the Super Service Challenge and trueU "The Backpack is an inspiring book that comes out of the mind and heart of a remarkable individual as well as a great storyteller. You will become more self-aware and challenged to be your best you. . . guaranteed!"
LTG (Ret.) R.L. VanAntwerp, 39-Year Army Veteran and Leadership Coach, former Commanding General, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers "The Backpack is one of those precious literary gems that all of us can relate to. Since reading it, I find myself sharing the engaging messages and metaphors with others in general conversation, and each time we laugh and reflect on all of the people we've whacked with our backpacks."
Andrea Butcher, President of HRD Advisory Group "The Backpack provides simple, high impact, and timeless tools to help people grow personally and professionally, and are explained in actionable nuggets through great storytelling."
Marcia Barnes, Founder and CEO of Valve and Meter

Zusammenfassung
A guide for being fully equipped to succeed on the journey of life

The Backpack: How to Understand and Manage Yourself While Loving Others Along the Way tells the story of Jon, Sofia, and Buddy whose pathways merge on a life-changing flight. Written by a senior consultant with the Flippen Group (a world-wide leader in self-awareness training), the book brings together an angry passenger, a wise flight attendant, and a down-home cowboy. Their chance meeting leads to the ride of their lives as they fully grasp the importance and meaning of their backpacks.

As this engaging story reveals, self-awareness is like a backpack! If we are to be prepared to succeed on the journey of life, we need to know and accept which backpack is ours, decide what we need to put in it or take out of it, and be fully aware of how our backpacks are affecting all of the other passengers around us. The question is: Are we whacking the other passengers with our backpack as we travel through life. . . or are we helping them?

• Offers life lessons on self-awareness written in the form of a funny and engaging story
• Shows how we can lighten, fill and understand our backpack in order to lead a more successful life
• Written by a senior consultant with the Flippen Group
  The Backpack offers a story that explores the concepts of self-awareness and other-awareness, including the importance of appreciating your personality, living by your core values, mentally preparing for your day, being aware of your impact on others and packing your backpack wisely.