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Echo Montgomery Garrett

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I come from a long line of storytellers and songwriters. My late father Bob Montgomery, a songwriter and music publisher with a 60+ year legendary career in music, taught me that you could make a living from words. For me, a story worth telling is one that moves the reader to action. Before I agree to collaborate on a book, the subject must stir me somehow. My latest is KNOCK! KNOCK! Lessons Learned and Stories Shared - A Ride-Along with Sales Superstar Douglas Thompson. In 2020 BIG LUCKY: Serial Entrepreneur Jim Markham's Formula for Success debuted as Amazon's #1 New Release as an audio book in the Business Leadership category. I also authored two books with Mark E. Green, Lt. Colonel US Army (Retired): Step Out, Step Up: Lessons Learned I come from a long line of storytellers and songwriters. My late father Bob Montgomery, a songwriter and music publisher with a 60+ year legendary career in music, taught me that you could make a living from words. For me, a story worth telling is one that moves the reader to action. Before I agree to collaborate on a book, the subject must stir me somehow. My latest is KNOCK! KNOCK! Lessons Learned and Stories Shared - A Ride-Along with Sales Superstar Douglas Thompson. In 2020 BIG LUCKY: Serial Entrepreneur Jim Markham's Formula for Success debuted as Amazon's #1 New Release as an audio book in the Business Leadership category. I also authored two books with Mark E. Green, Lt. Colonel US Army (Retired): Step Out, Step Up: Lessons Learned from a Lifetime of Transitions and Military Service and Warrior's Code 001 that features Mark's 7 Steps to Remarkable Resilience and interviews with more than 100 veterans. Its mission is to help veterans and their families improve resilience and their transition to civilian life. In Why Don't They Just Get A Job?: One Couple's Mission to End Poverty in their Community, I wrote about one of the best nonprofits in the nation in terms of helping people find and retain jobs -- all with no government money. I tell the stories of the people who have been helped by Cincinnati Works. Since we wrote the book, more than 25 communities across the nation have adopted the Phillips' model. My Orange Duffel Bag: A Journey to Radical Change is the project of a lifetime. It's Sam Bracken's harrowing story of growing up around mobsters and motorcycle gang members, enduring horrible abuse and ultimately becoming homeless at age 15. He kept his homelessness secret from his high school and wound up getting a full ride scholarship to play football at Georgia Tech. Our graphic book is written in diary form and then the second half is self-help. We formed a nonprofit called the Orange Duffel Bag Initiative to do life plan coaching based on the principles in the book that helped Sam transform his life. ODBI has since graduated more than 1,500 young people from the program and its evidence-based program has helped homeless, high poverty and foster care youth ages 14-24 stay in school and complete their education. ...more

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	My Orange Duffel Bag: A Journey to Radical Change 3.86 avg rating — 412 ratings — published 2010 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Why Don't They Just Get a Job?: One Couple's Missions to End Poverty in Their Community by Liane Phillips, Echo Montgomery Garrett (Goodreads Author) 3.98 avg rating — 44 ratings — published 2010 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Career Mapping: Charting Your Course in the New World of Work by Ginny Clarke, Echo Montgomery Garrett (Goodreads Author) 3.89 avg rating — 28 ratings — published 2011 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Big Lucky: Serial Entrepreneur Jim Markham's Secret Formula for Success by Jim Markham (Goodreads Author), Jawad Majir (Illustrator), Lauren Wild (Narrator) 4.73 avg rating — 15 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	My Roadmap: A Personal Guide to Balance, Power, and Purpose by the Authors of My Orange Duffel Bag by Sam Bracken, Echo Montgomery Garrett (Goodreads Author) 4.08 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 2012	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Knock! Knock!: Lessons Learned and Stories Shared by Douglas Thompson (Goodreads Author), Echo Montgomery Garrett (Goodreads Author) 4.86 avg rating — 7 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Zone 14: The Winning Game Plan for Coaches, Parents, and Educators Guiding Youth to Thrive by Ruben Perczek (Goodreads Author), Echo Montgomery Garrett (Goodreads Author) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Salon Secrets Every Beauty Maven Should Know: Guide to salon hair care from the stylists who know it all. (Expert Secrets 101 Kindle Book Series) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2012	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Caribbean for Dummies by Echo Montgomery Garrett (Goodreads Author), Kevin Garrett 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2000	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Communications Manager: Stories From People Who've Done It: With tips on getting started, salary expectations and skills needed to succeed. (Careers 101 Kindle Book Series) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2012	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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I am working on being more mindful about what I spend my time on. Because I am a Type A personality, I can get sucked into busyness and my to-do list rather than concentrating on what really matters. This week I've been deciding what 5 things make me happy that I can incorporate in my life frequently:
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The Paris Library

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A Blessed Life: One World War II Seabee's Story

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“People who claim that they're evil are usually no worse than the rest of us... It's people who claim that they're good, or any way better than the rest of us, that you have to be wary of.”
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“Magic is channeling what you feel into something you can touch and see. First, you have to believe. Then you have to learn to translate emotions into words, or words into emotions, and then images into either.”
― Connor Garrett, Spellbound Under The Spanish Moss: A Southern Tale of Magic

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