John W. Bader Jr.

"The children ran with excitement into the house carrying a headless chicken that someone had thrown over the wall and into the courtyard. My host turned pale at the sight and said that my family had to leave the island immediately, otherwise he could not guarantee our safety." Thus as one reader put it, "You have more lives than any cat I know". "Can your Guardian Angel be shared"? These comments pretty much sums up the wild adventures that the author, John W. Bader Jr. experienced throughout his life, and how he channeled many of these risk into a series of successful business endeavors. John seldom shied away from a dare, and although many of his actions were just foolhardy, he somehow always walked away unscathed but wiser. Some may call it luck, but as John points out in his book, you can prepare to be lucky. He also subscribed to the principle that there is no such word as "failure". You either succeed or you learn, and as you follow the author throughout the chapters, he had a lot of learning to do.

My latest book "Straddling the Abyss" is featured regularly on the National Public Television series, "Songs at the Center," viewed in over 350 cities throughout the United States. The book is an award-winning finalist in the Business/Entrepreneurship category of the 2020 Best book Awards, sponsored by American Book Fest.

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