Adducent

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Raised in 1950s South Carolina, faced with the barriers of race, gender and economic status, it all started with $60 and a dream.

Her church collected nickels, dimes and quarters for her initial $60 tuition for nursing school. That provided the bridge she needed to get from the cotton field to nursing school and on to an unexpected and unprecedented successful military and civilian career journey.

The dream was hers. While picking cotton with her 10 brothers and sisters, when planes flew over, she’d tell them ‘one day I will fly and work on an airplane’. They and others laughed—doubting that the daughter of a poor cotton farmer could ever overcome the obstacles she would face. But she did. Her dream was not left as “just a dream”. Thirty-eight years in the Air Force/Air National Guard, retired a Major General and concurrent with that a successful career in healthcare, education and public service. Pretty darn good for a kid who while picking cotton, looked up at the sky and dreamed of flying.

Though support from church and mentors helped her—facing enormous challenges in getting from where she was, to where she wanted to be—it was she who had the mettle to shape her own destiny and carve a path to success. Along the way, she became a chief nurse executive, educator, military officer, commander and White House political appointee.

It is a simple story of faith and determination—and how if you have that, no goal is out of your reach. All who read it will come away touched by this remarkable woman.

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Wars are much different today than they were in years past, but some things remain the same.

On Monday, 8 December 1941, the cows got milked, the eggs got collected, steel was milled, and cars rolled off the assembly lines. The ships still smoked in Pearl Harbor, and the dead and missing were being counted, but the US economy and population, still heavily agricultural, did not stop. The enemy had crippled one of America’s fleets, but did little else.

In contrast, on Wednesday, 12 September 2001, the financial engine of the modern US economy was shuttered as the rescue crews picked vainly through the debris of the collapsed World Trade Center. The modern economy depends on near instant transfer of financial and equity instruments, and the ease of personal travel. The transfers and travel rely simply on trust, that planes fly on time and safely, that financial centers are secure places to work, that rules and contracts will be enforced, that transactions will take place from anywhere on the globe, that brokers and analysts will be at their desks covering all markets in any time zone, 24/7. The enemy in this new era turned the instruments of modern travel – the ease of access to airports and airplanes – into deadly effective weapons against the primary instruments of the financial and stock markets – human capital, the sense of safety, and trust. The enemy did not merely topple a couple of buildings or shut down a city, but shut down the American airline industry, the primary stock market of the world, and many of America’s most prominent banks for several days. Unlike Pearl Harbor, the direct effects of 9-11 were not local, but nationwide in scope.

Wars: Then & Now by Rick Waddell looks at this and offers insightful commentary on how things have changed in the waging of America’s wars… and in some cases… how they have remained the same. It’s a must read for anyone that wants to get a better understanding of the American (political, media and public) psyche during and after our various conflicts through the years.

The ebook is Now Available!

Business Plans Explained: The Things You Need to Know About Business Plans–that most people don’t

Here is something that is very important to understand about business plans that entrepreneurs and business owners often never think to ask and rarely explained to people starting their first business. Very often entrepreneurs that write their own business plan to save money, or have someone inexperienced write their plan; end up with the very type of plan that won’t get the job done for them. This is the single most important reason why you should learn more than just “how to write a business plan” or have just any “writer” do your business plan.

If you follow what’s in this guide, you will be able to create a more compelling and powerful business plan. If you are having someone write your plan for you, then use this guide as a means to check their work to make sure they write a plan for you that has all the elements that make it stand out from all the other plans that investors and funding sources receive.

Serpentauria: Ark of Extinction is now available as an ebook on the Amazon Kindle. (Over the next few days it will also show as a format available on the books main Amazon page.)

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B006JTO8PO