Hello fellow readers and writers.
For those of you that love watching Formula One races, you may enjoy my latest book: FormYoula 1 Mindset.(Kindle 2025) The book teaches business professionals of all kinds how to build a team of influential, intelligent, talented and diverse professionals around you to accelerate your success. I used the F1 Motorsport model as a metaphor because they are the masters at identifying people with a specific skill to speed up success. You and I can't learn everything we need to know by ourselves--we need others. And we need to help them as well. If you are serious about your success and have not invested a few bucks in your career, now is the time. The book is less than 90 pages, so it is a fast read.
In 2023, I released The Elephant in the Fairway, a 45 page book on Kindle as well. This book teaches golfers how to lower their scores without changing their swing. The book shows how vision, hearing, nutrition, stress, flexibility, distractions, hydration--all impact the ability to focus on playing better golf. If you love golf but don't have time to practice, this fast read will help you shave some strokes off immediately.
Somewhere Past Gum Creek, a book of contemporary poetry and prose came out in 2020. Inspired by the pandemic and time for reflection and introspection, this book offer some more perspective of our lives now that this pandemic has passed. This debut collection of poems and prose, that also includes over 70 pictures of art work, illustrations and sculptures I've created over the past 7 years to highlight the writings, gives you a chance to take virtual adventures, consider ideas, places and histories you're not able to travel to right now physically, but certainly in your imagination. These poems are contemporary in nature, with a wide range of topics I explore. From nature and travel, to relationships and finding purpose in our world, gratitude, humorous perspectives (what if you had a race horse name?), and more. About 200 pages, and a section that explains the medical science behind poetry's real power to enhance your wellbeing. If you have not been a regular reader of poetry, give this book a try and see what happens to your creative thinking process.
Here's the more traditional bio you may see on sites and in my books and music on Amazon:
Russ Riendeau, PhD, continues to explore boundaries in the creative arts and literature world, creating curious works of all kinds, along with his on-going research in behavioral science and the creative process. Much of his inspiration is drawn from growing up in the Chicago suburbs in the late 1960s, as a parent, spouse, entrepreneur, as well as adventures to Iceland, Paris, Rome, Quebec, Mexico, and travels across America. With over 100 abstract paintings, mixed media works, public and private sculpture installations and over 1000 illustrations, Russ is also the creator of the Rusty & PogoTM comic panel series.
A TEDx Talks presenter, he’s authored/co-authored 14 books on innovation, poetry, leadership, talent acquisition, adventure stories for business, sales psychology and humor that have influenced the lives of 100s of 1000s of people. With over 500 articles, his ideas, poems and art have been featured in: The Wall Street Journal, Hearing Health Magazine, CEO/CIO Magazine, Shaw Media, Medium, Air America Radio, Monitor on Psychology, and American Psychologist.
As a composer and multi-instrumentalist, he recorded 7 albums of rock, new age, folk, country and contemporary music sold internationally.
A member of the Academy of American Poets, American Psychological Association and Archaeological Institute of America, Dr. Riendeau is a behavioral scientist with a doctorate in psychology, a Mayo Clinic Trained and Certified Wellness Coach, and frequent keynote speaker on psychology- related topics for business innovation. Since 1985, he has been an executive search professional and founder of New Frontier Search Company. A passion for motorcycles, running, golf and aviation, Russ and Cheryl, his wife, live in the Fox River Valley area of Illinois.
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