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The title of the book is my way of filtering the winners from the distracted. Failure is the real F word that gets ignored as profanity. Saying the word without a genuine way to overcome it should be offensive, right along with FEAR. Listening to the following 12 chapters is one more chance for you to capture and gain the necessary traction you need to build momentum. In an ever-changing and unforgiving platform of enslaved worker bees. Drones self-piloted by the illusions of economic self-satisfaction controlled by hourly wages. 

I intend for this audiobook to serve as a handbook for tracking and documenting your progress. The end of this audiobook will become the beginning of your progression to success. You will find parts of this audiobook to have somewhat of a vulgar swag to it because success and failure can be dirty, nasty, freaky things. They can be deceiving, trifling, manipulating, hence the crude tone. But the journey you will encounter in this audiobook will open your mind to understanding what success is truly made of and what it will take to win.   

Selections from Ulysses S. Grant, Abraham Lincoln, Walt Whitman, Stephen Crane, George Pickett, Lt. Colonel W.W. Blackford, Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Sarah Morgan Dawson, George T. Stevens, John McElroy, William T. Sherman, Adeline Grey; William Manchester, Paul Fussell, Cornelius Ryan, James J. Fahey, A.J. Liebling, Janet Flanner, David Kenyon Webster, Lewis H. Carlson.

Ulysses S. Grant (born Hiram Ulysses Grant; April 27, 1822 – July 23, 1885) was the 18th President of the United States (1869–1877). As commanding general, Grant led the Union Armies to victory over the Confederacy in the American Civil War, which ended shortly after Robert E. Lee surrendered to him at Appomattox in 1865. After the war, Grant served as commanding general, implementing Congressional Reconstruction, often at odds with President Andrew Johnson.

At daybreak on April 6, 1862, Confederate forces launched a bold suprise attack on the Union army, encamped in southwestern Tennesse. The battle of Shiloh, also known as the battle of Pittsburg Landing, would prove to be the bloodiest battle up until that point in United Staes history. The two day battle would cost a staggering 23,000 casualties. Both sides were stunned at the appalling loss of life. At the time, neither realized that three more years of such bloodshed were still to come.

On the 12th of April 1865, the Army of Northern Virginia marched to the field in front of Appomattox Court-House, stacked their arms, folded their colors, and walked off empty handed to find their distant, blighted homes. These are detailed and moving first-hand accounts from a number of prominent witnesses to Robert E. Lee's surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia at Appomattox.

Nineteen-year-old Lily is frustrated and heartbroken. Her dad had disappeared when she was 12, leaving Lily without a father, without answers, and feeling abandoned. Lily takes out her anger on her mom, whom she sees as the enemy. Soon after, Lily’s friends head off to college, leaving Lily to grapple with her uncertain future in the small town of Ogden, Iowa. When Lily suffers a series of emotional losses, she is forced to make a decision. 

Are you searching for a book that looks beyond the inspirational? Learn how to gain new insights for aligning personal evolution with professional development. Inspirational books may provide effective motivation but often “preach to the choir”. In our multicultural and scientific age, and with the rise and dominance of multinational corporations, more innovative and inclusive approaches are essential to address the enormity of the issues faced by humanity. To answer this need, Business & Spirituality “preaches to the workplace”, employing an omni-denominational voice.