This I Believe: Life Lessons

Broadcast weekly on Bob Edwards’ SiriusXM Satellite Radio and public radio shows, This I Believe features the voices, personal experiences, and profound insights of students, educators, politicians, artists, executives, the struggling and the successful. These diverse, engaging essays are valuable lessons for those just starting out or anyone dealing with life’s challenges. Whether penned by the famous or the previously unknown, they reveal the American spirit at its best.Includes: “Our Vulnerability Is Our Strength” by Colin Bates, who cares for people with disabilities“The Art of Being a Neighbor” by Eve Birch, who was once homeless“A Taste of Success” by Geoffrey Canada, president and CEO of the Harlem Children’s Zone“Listening Is Powerful Medicine” by Dr. Alicia Conill, who learned an important lesson from an elderly patient“Inviting the World to Dinner” by Jim Haynes, who has welcomed strangers into his home each week for 30 years“Finding Our Common Ground” by Robin Mize, a liberal from a conservative family“To Hear Your Inner Voice” by Christine Todd Whitman, former governor of New Jerseyand many more.

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This I Believe: Life Lessons

Broadcast weekly on Bob Edwards’ SiriusXM Satellite Radio and public radio shows, This I Believe features the voices, personal experiences, and profound insights of students, educators, politicians, artists, executives, the struggling and the successful. These diverse, engaging essays are valuable lessons for those just starting out or anyone dealing with life’s challenges. Whether penned by the famous or the previously unknown, they reveal the American spirit at its best.Includes: “Our Vulnerability Is Our Strength” by Colin Bates, who cares for people with disabilities“The Art of Being a Neighbor” by Eve Birch, who was once homeless“A Taste of Success” by Geoffrey Canada, president and CEO of the Harlem Children’s Zone“Listening Is Powerful Medicine” by Dr. Alicia Conill, who learned an important lesson from an elderly patient“Inviting the World to Dinner” by Jim Haynes, who has welcomed strangers into his home each week for 30 years“Finding Our Common Ground” by Robin Mize, a liberal from a conservative family“To Hear Your Inner Voice” by Christine Todd Whitman, former governor of New Jerseyand many more.

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Broadcast weekly on Bob Edwards’ SiriusXM Satellite Radio and public radio shows, This I Believe features the voices, personal experiences, and profound insights of students, educators, politicians, artists, executives, the struggling and the successful. These diverse, engaging essays are valuable lessons for those just starting out or anyone dealing with life’s challenges. Whether penned by the famous or the previously unknown, they reveal the American spirit at its best.Includes: “Our Vulnerability Is Our Strength” by Colin Bates, who cares for people with disabilities“The Art of Being a Neighbor” by Eve Birch, who was once homeless“A Taste of Success” by Geoffrey Canada, president and CEO of the Harlem Children’s Zone“Listening Is Powerful Medicine” by Dr. Alicia Conill, who learned an important lesson from an elderly patient“Inviting the World to Dinner” by Jim Haynes, who has welcomed strangers into his home each week for 30 years“Finding Our Common Ground” by Robin Mize, a liberal from a conservative family“To Hear Your Inner Voice” by Christine Todd Whitman, former governor of New Jerseyand many more.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781611745597
Publisher: HighBridge Company
Publication date: 10/11/2011
Edition description: Original radio broadcast; 2 hours
Product dimensions: 4.90(w) x 5.50(h) x 0.50(d)

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Table of Contents

  • Introduction by Dan Gediman
  • Howard White: “The Power of Hello”
  • Catherine McDowall: “Everyone Is Included”
  • Jim Haynes: “Inviting the World to Dinner”
  • Alicia M. Conill: “Listening Is Powerful Medicine”
  • William Wissemann: “Accomplishing Big Things in Small Pieces”
  • Dani Weathers: “Speak Now or Forever Hold Your Peace”
  • Eve Birch: “The Art of Being a Neighbor”
  • Felipe Morales: “A Priceless Lesson in Humility”
  • Christine Little: “A Kind and Generous Heart”
  • Karin Round: “Opening the Door of Mercy”
  • Troy Chapman: “Caring Makes Us Human”
  • Stephanie Disney: “Seeing with the Heart”
  • Lex Urban: “Finding Out What’s Under Second Base”
  • Andrew Flewelling: “A Grace of Silence”
  • Laura Durham: “Grace Is a Gift”
  • Colin Bates: “Our Vulnerability Is Our Strength”
  • Juliet Frerking: “A Drive to Achieve the Extraordinary”
  • Geoffrey Canada: “A Taste of Success”
  • Nancy Pieters Mayfield: “Satisfaction With a Job Well Done”
  • Andrew Paradis: “Semper Fidelis”
  • Paul Thorn: “Walking in the Light”
  • Madhukar Rao: “An Invitation to Dialogue”
  • Christine Todd Whitman: “To Hear Your Inner Voice”
  • Mark Olmsted: “The Courage to Change the Things I Can”
  • Brighton Earley: “Finding the Flexibility to Survive”
  • Joan Skiba: “Patriotic Ponderings”
  • Robin Mize: “Finding Our Common Ground”
  • Jeff Nixa: “A Good Neighborhood”
  • Carla Saulter: “Bus Chick’s Manifesto”
  • Sudie Bond Noland: “The True Value of Life”
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