About
Damian D. “Skipper” Pitts,the Founder and Chairman of the Bison Group® Corporation is charged with leading his team of U.S. Marines turned business professionals, specializing on training in the areas of transformational leadership, organizational behavior, team building and strategic execution. As a life coach, he has authored 30 journals and 8 books including, “Building Great Teams: Charting the Path of Organizational Politics,” with two upcoming 2009 releases, “Success TRAPS: Awaken your Realized Potential for Lasting Fulfillment” and “Success TRAPS, The Concepts Guide (includes The Seven “T’s” of Oz and A Journey to Emerald City).” Success TRAPS is a new project that uses traditional business, management and leadership principles and takes them into non-business spheres to help thinkers to solve problems and master the art of mobilizing resources and people to achieve a common objective. He has also authored the organization’s flagship executive education military-style leadership and organizational behavior program, “The Six Levels of Leadership,” that is currently being taught at TempleUniversity in Philadelphia, PA. The program includes 15 modules and 45 lectures/lessons, providing a wealth of summary, discussion, and applicable presentation material for participants to execute strategy and performance management to achieve their own level of “Personal Proficiency,” while increasing their present state of “Professional Mastery.”
Description
<p style="padding:0px;margin:0px 0px 14px;color:rgb(15,17,17);font-family:'Amazon Ember', Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;"><span class="a-text-bold a-text-italic" style="font-weight:700;font-style:italic;">If you had the chance to remake the world, what kind of world would you choose?</span></p><p style="padding:0px;margin:-4px 0px 14px;color:rgb(15,17,17);font-family:'Amazon Ember', Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;"><span>When tragedy strikes Lucas Mack's young life, he desperately yearns to escape its sorrow, and takes an improbable leap through the mythical maelstrom. Rather than splashing down on the far side like his neighbors, he's transported to a magical realm where he has the power to redefine not only who he is, but the world in which he resides.</span></p><p style="padding:0px;margin:-4px 0px 14px;color:rgb(15,17,17);font-family:'Amazon Ember', Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;"><span>As he stumbles about trying to find his way, he meets Mia, an equally troubled fellow pilgrim. With the help of a mystical guide and an aging wizard, they navigate the enchanted land while learning to control their newfound powers. Yet this realm is more complex than they expected, with seasoned sorcerers who've been corrupted by the sinister side of magic.</span></p><p style="padding:0px;margin:-4px 0px 14px;color:rgb(15,17,17);font-family:'Amazon Ember', Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;"><span>Limited by natural law and seduced by magic's power, they are tested as never before. Will the gift of magic bring renewed hope or drive them to the edge of the void?</span></p>
Story Behind The Book
Success TRAPS is a new project that uses traditional business, management and leadership principles and takes them into non-business spheres to help thinkers to solve problems and master the art of mobilizing resources and people to achieve a common objective. It taps into the riches of human motivation by stimulating an awakening of unleashed passion and tension, and the use of a new mindset for succeeding in life. It unearths the 7-main metaphors, idioms and strategies used to determine a person’s effectiveness and ability to succeed. Those being:
1. The internal state of mind & the quality of its “thought software;”
2. The intelligence & power of Revenge…against Failure;
3. Opportunities found by swimming in Blue Oceans (Blue Ocean Strategy);
4. Ability to navigate new found opportunities around the dangers in life – the Lighthouse;
5. Ability to overcome Fears, Uncertainty and Doubt to communicate more effectively – the Quarterback;
6. The internal passions, strengths and weaknesses & the power of their advantages – Energy;
7. The increase of Personal Proficiency and Professional Mastery used to paint your Picasso on the canvas of life – Paint Brushes (Organizational Leadership).
This proven 7-step toolkit and process for accelerated human performance strengthens the knowledge that native speakers use to speak about the language of Success! Their uses will take you beyond the mediocre strategy of an average existence and provide you with a revolutionary new way to access your true potential and achieve monumental results – personally and professionally.
