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.”
<p>A psychic medium once said that if you find a random dime, it is a sign that someone that you have loved and lost is thinking of you.</p><p><strong>A Dime is a Sign Through Time</strong></p><p><em>If you find a dime, </em></p><p><em>You will know that I'm</em></p><p><em>Sending thoughts of love</em></p><p><em>Through the veil of time.</em></p><p> </p><p><em>Ten cents with a silver shine, </em></p><p><em>A sense sent you to help remind</em></p><p><em>That someone who left you behind</em></p><p><em>Is always living in your mind.</em></p><p> </p><p><em>Sending love and vibes, </em></p><p><em>Felt as psychic sighs ...</em></p><p><em>The ones that you miss, </em></p><p><em>Send you a kiss ...</em></p><p> </p><p>Sherrill S. Cannon's second book of poetry contains messages written through the years in poetic form that put feelings into words. As a teacher, many of her poems helped counsel troubled teens and friends.</p><p>There are three sections in the book: Heads, Spinning, and Tails ... (Love & Loss: Coin Toss?). The variety of lyrical poetry forms include free verse, blank verse, haiku, and sonnets, while some are just playing with words!</p><p>Hopefully, this is also a book of healing.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Sherrill S. Cannon, a former teacher and grandmother of ten, is the author of nine acclaimed rhymed children's books, plus a recent award-winning book of poetry <em>(A Penny for Your Thoughts), </em>which together have received 63 national and international book awards since 2011. She also wrote seven published plays for elementary school children that have been performed in over 25 countries. Most of her children's books emphasize consideration for others. Married for 58 years, she and her spouse are now retired, live in Pennsylvania, and travel in their RV from coast to coast, spending time with their children and grandchildren, and sharing her books along the way!</p><p> </p>
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.