The Backpack: How to Understand and Manage Yourself While Loving Others Along the Way - Tapa dura

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TIM A. GARDNER is a senior consultant with the Flippen Group, a world-wide leader in self-awareness training, and is the founder of Relational Intelligence, LLC. For over a quarter of a century, Tim’s focus and area of expertise has been leadership development and emotional intelligence. His healthy workplace relationships workshops have been featured in the Wall Street Journal, USA Today, and the Indianapolis Star. He is the author of four books, two curricula, and over 20 magazine and journal articles.

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Praise for the backpack

"The Backpack is a simple, engaging story on the power of personal choice to improve your life. Tim shares his wisdom and practical steps on what it takes to fully succeed in life."
—Jon Gordon, bestselling author of The Carpenter

"Tim Gardner tells this memorable and clever story with humor, genuineness, and plenty of well-earned wisdom. Rare is the author who can challenge the best of leaders to be better, and Tim cuts to the core of what leaders need to hear. Read it. And in the process, you'll learn more about the backpack you carry. You will be better for it."
—Flip Flippen, founder and chairman of the Flippen Group, bestselling author of The Flip Side: Break Free of the Behaviors that Hold You Back

"As the founder of a company whose only legacy is to develop leaders, I've learned that self-awareness is one of the. . . if not the. . . most important leadership skills. The Backpack tells a powerful and practical story on how you can grow in this critical yet often missing trait; one that is required to be a successful leader."
—Dave P. Lindsey, Founder and Chairman of DEFENDERS, Inc., founder of the Super Service Challenge and trueU

"The Backpack is an inspiring book that comes out of the mind and heart of a remarkable individual as well as a great storyteller. You will become more self-aware and challenged to be your best you. . . guaranteed!"
—LTG (Ret.) R.L. VanAntwerp, 39-Year Army Veteran and Leadership Coach, former Commanding General, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

"The Backpack is one of those precious literary gems that all of us can relate to. Since reading it, I find myself sharing the engaging messages and metaphors with others in general conversation, and each time we laugh and reflect on all of the people we've whacked with our backpacks."
—Andrea Butcher, President of HRD Advisory Group

"The Backpack provides simple, high impact, and timeless tools to help people grow personally and professionally, and are explained in actionable nuggets through great storytelling."
—Marcia Barnes, Founder and CEO of Valve and Meter

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Self-awareness is like a backpack. The questions are, do we know what's in it? Do we know what we need to take out or put in? Do we take full responsibility for it? And, do we know and, just as importantly, care about how it is impacting others? Are we whacking them with our backpacks as we encounter them, or are we considerate and kind? Do we choose to love them well? The complete understanding of our backpacks is essential for a successful journey towards living our best lives. When it comes to our backpacks, we have choices—there are always choices.

The Backpack: How to Understand and Manage Yourself While Loving Others Along the Way is a moving, relatable, and humorous story that stresses the critical importance of personal self-awareness, which includes a strong, healthy sense of other-awareness. Jon, Sofia, and Buddy, three unique travelers on life's journey, all end up on the same flight. Jon is a hurried, judgmental, and angry traveler who lacks self-awareness; he is completely unaware of his backpack. His unintended journey of discovery will show him just how many problems his backpack has caused him. . . and others. Sofia is the wise flight attendant who packs her backpack carefully, understands how to take care of herself, and lives by a clear set of core values. And then there is Buddy—the kind, experienced, wise, and down-to-earth cowboy who is a genuine friend to all he encounters on his journey. Buddy has learned that self-awareness is about understanding himself and others, taking full responsibility for his life, loving others well along the way, and taking time to "enjoy the ride."

With a fully loaded plane, Jon takes off on the transformational flight of his career, finally realizing that true self-awareness—the kind that leads to the most fulfilling and successful life—is, well, like a backpack.