Not Far From The Tree - Softcover

Simmons, Eric Otis

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0692953302 ISBN 13: 9780692953303

Publisher: Eric Simmons Enterprises, Inc., 2017

Synopsis

Motivated by inspirational “seeds of knowledge” instilled in him by his Mother, a single Black parent, Eric Otis Simmons went on to accomplish some amazing things in life - despite seemingly impossible odds. In his Memoir, Simmons takes the reader through his genealogical research to learn more about himself, to the time his Mom was assaulted at gunpoint, to walking on and making Auburn University’s basketball team at 5’7”, 147 pounds, to when he closed a $25 million sale in Hong Kong and more. In between, he masterfully ties together what his Mother taught him and how he turned those valuable lessons into success in his various Sales/Sales Management roles with Fortune 500 employers AT&T, GE, IBM, and MCI. "If you love inspiration, heartfelt stories, and laughter, this book is right up your alley." Michael McCree (Author – “GameChanger: The Baseball Parent's Ultimate Guide”)

About this title

About the Author

Eric Otis Simmons was born in Little Rock, Arkansas and moved to Montgomery, Alabama at the age of 13 with his Mother who raised him as a single parent. He went on to graduate from Auburn University where he finished in the Top 10% of his class (B.S. Business Administration, Marketing minor) and earned Varsity Basketball letters after walking onto the team. After College, Simmons spent a little over 3 decades in Corporate America in various Sales/Sales Management roles with Fortune 500 employers IBM, AT&T, GE, MCI and W.W. Grainger. At IBM, he was named “Class President” of the Company’s then world-renowned Sales Training Program. His domestic business travels took him to 37 states, and his international business trips took him to Paris, Brussels and Hong Kong where he was successful in closing sales of $500,000, $1 million, and $25 million respectively. During his IBM tenure, Simmons appeared on a WSFA-TV live broadcast entitled, “Blacks in Corporate America.” He has also been featured in Black Enterprise Magazine’s “Powerplay” section in an article entitled, “The new deal on business entertaining.” A Certified Wix Webmaster, Simmons recently started his own website development company, Eric Simmons Enterprises, Inc. (ESE, Inc.) which builds “Personal Brand” websites for High School Student-Athletes to help them get “noticed” (i.e., recruited) by College Coaches. ESE, Inc. utilizes Simmons’ Copyrighted EC3 Continuum methodology to assist Student-Athletes and their Parents with the critical stages of Engaging Coaches (for Recruiting), Engaging Colleges (for Admission), and Engaging Companies (for Employment). After roughly 15 years of people urging Simmons to write a book about his life, in March 2017, he released his self-published Memoir, “Not Far From The Tree.” The book is dedicated to his Mother and speaks to the invaluable “seeds of knowledge” she instilled in him that enabled him to accomplish some amazing things in life despite seemingly impossible odds.

Edition details

• Publisher: Eric Simmons Enterprises, Inc.
• Publication date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0692953302
• ISBN 13: 9780692953303
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 230