Bill Gates said, "the worse thing about hiring an average employee is not about his average performance. The worse thing is that he is taking up space that could be occupied by someone phenomenal." It is the same with speakers and trainers.
"I have never seen so much needed counseling, pride building, and behind-boosting delivered so entertainingly."
Tyler Thornburg, New Orleans District Director, FDA
"In my eleven years as a sales manager with Nordstrom and Ann Taylor I know the pitfalls that create burnout. The LYFE seminar series was exactly what we needed to make us remain with the organization in an “employee mobile” world, sell our products, and commit to the company's overall picture. We felt that the speaker believed in us and in our intrinsic capabilities; and he was believable."
Megan Dougherty, Manager Mariposa / Savannah
"Over the last eighteen years we have brought in top speakers from all over the country, one every year. Utilizing a very creative and very stimulating experiential learning model as you did, I would rate your day-long training presentation at the top one or two, especially for this uncertain time and at this moment."
Ron Butler, President
Business Careers - A Learning Tree Company
"On his own time Mr. Macdonald donned a uniform, sorted, and delivered a couple of swings of mail before addressing our carriers - all to better understand their challenges. That was homework."
Kenneth Lynn, Director U.S. Postal Service
ABOUT THE BOOK.. This from Viet Nam War survivor Steve Tice
"This is a book aimed at healthy living and written with wisdom, compassion and humor. The world would be so much better off if books such as this were required reading for all citizens, - we would have better insight into ourselves as well as those close to us, then logically expand that respect and care to our communities and onward up the human chain. There is no need for the mean-spiritedness that prevails in our society and in some peoples' hearts. Sadly as a young soldier fighting in Viet Nam then severely injured in May of 1969 in the battle for Hamburger Hill, I witnessed man's inhumanity to man. I have spent my lifetime treading a path out of that mind and body-wounding experience. Mr. Macdonald is a person who has apparently seen much in his life. He has set motivation, stimulation, and insight to type and given us concrete choices towards living each day with a renewed faith in ourselves, hope, and the skills to do it. "Lighting Your Own Fuse" is a guidebook for living with passion and courage rather than with a mindset of anger and lowered self-expectations. I have great appreciation for this book, and for this author putting his heart on the line to help us all gain a leg up in these difficult days." Steve Tice
