Launch Pad: Mitchell, Doolittle, Yeager, Patton and the Quest for Leadership and Success Wisdom - Softcover

Gonzalez, Gracen; Gonzalez, Ruben

Softcover

ISBN 13: 9798986518817

Publisher: Olympia Press Ltd., 2022

Synopsis

How do you help your kids earn money as they learn how to be successful in life?

Ever since an early age Gracen loved building and flying planes-from ultralight competitive rubber-band-powered balsa planes that flew for over two minutes to self-designed and built-from-scratch remote control planes.

When Gracen was 10 years old, and needed a way to fund his hobby, his dad told him that every time he read a personal development book and wrote a list of the lessons he learned from it, he would pay Gracen $10. 

Over the next couple of years Gracen read over 80 books. 

He's been applying what he learned ever since. The principles in these books work if you work them. The results speak for themselves.

• Gracen is a top student with a 4.21 GPA
• He's a two-time Colorado State Judo Champion.
• He's wrestled in the Colorado State Championships.
• He owns and operates a 3D printing and design business that sells high-quality engineering models around the world.
• He teaches blacksmithing, metallurgy and blade-smithing at a trade shop school.
• He gives presentations on 3D printing and CAD to local STEM groups.
• He's been playing piano for 11 years and he leads a worship group at his church.
• Gracen serves in his church's children's ministry and he's a youth religious education student leader.

Gracen always wanted to write a book so we decided to take some of the things he learned from his favorite books and share them here, so that more people will start reading personal development books to better themselves.

   Launch Pad is filled with tips from Gracen's favorite history, leadership, teamwork, success and free enterprise books. 

We hope that some of the things you learn here will help you achieve your goals as well.

About this title

About the Authors

Gracen Gonzalez is a high school senior. He's been homeschooled all his life. He's always had an interest in building and flying airplanes. He's soloed a plane and is learning how to fly powered parachutes. - He's a two-time Colorado Judo Champion. - He's wrestled in the High School Colorado State Tournament. - Gracen owns and operates a 3D printing and design business that sells high-quality engineering models around the world. - He gives presentations on 3D printing and CAD to local STEM groups. - He's been playing piano for 11 years and he leads his church youth worship group.

Ruben Gonzalez wasn't a gifted athlete. He didn't take up the sport of luge until he was 21. Against all odds, four years and a few broken bones later, he was competing in the Calgary Winter Olympics. At the age of 47, at the Vancouver Olympics he became the first person to ever compete in four Winter Olympics in four different decades. Ruben's the author of the critically acclaimed books, The Courage to Succeed and The Shortcut. Since 2002, he's spoken for over 100 Fortune 500 companies. Ruben lives in Colorado. He enjoys hiking, sailing and flying.

Edition details

• Publisher: Olympia Press Ltd.
• Publication date: 2022
• Language: English
• ISBN 13: 9798986518817
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 158