Master storyteller Sumerlin draws from his experience as a barber, preacher, salesman, keynoter, and trainer to create this book of short essays and anecdotes.

This novella provides the reader with an adventure aboard a cruise ship as a father and son travel together. This values-centered story is appropriate for any age reader.

"Terry L. Sumerlin, amiable barber/philosopher and motivational teacher, looks for the meanings in all human encounters. His essays usually start with some ordinary personal or business exchange, in which he sees a theme lesson for leaders: fairness, trust, attitude, first impressions, stress, communication skills. Then, with good humor and an eye for just the right adage or anecdote, he makes his point plain, and signs off with a one sentence "Leadership Principle" worth memorizing." James Alexander Thom, Award-winning novelist. "Humorous and insightful, a real shot in the arm for the...