Changing Direction: Ten Choices that Impact Your Dreams

by Mary Miller, Dustin Scott Klein

Too many people fail to take control of their lives, allowing themselves to fall victim and accept whatever happens. When you choose to dream and defy the naysayers all around you can change direction and accomplish nearly anything you set out to achieve.

In Changing Direction, Mary Miller lays out 10 choices anyone can make to impact his or her dreams. By concentrating on improving the future, you become a new, happier, and more energized person.

Miller describes how she first seized control of her life in 1987 as a then-30-year-old, twice-divorced, single mother of three. She explains how she later found the fortitude and support to buck conventional wisdom and change the direction of the family business she led with her third husband, Tony.

To address their biggest obstacle turnover they began encouraging people to achieve their dreams and developed the Dream Manager program, a world-renowned initiative helping employees identify dreams, set goals, and work to reach a better future.

Miller explains that there are few things worse than having no control. You may feel lost. You may feel desperate. You may feel despair, but it does not have to be this way. Changing Direction weaves Miller s amazing personal story of triumph and transformation with 10 practical choices you can make today in order to move from victim to victor. To get started, all you have to do is dream.

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162 pages, Paperback

Published June 20, 2016

About the author

Mary Miller is the CEO and co-owner, of JANCOA Janitorial Services, Inc., an award-winning, certified WBE that is a family operated, commercial cleaning service located in Cincinnati. Mary is known for her optimism and desire to help others realize their uniqueness and personal power. Through JANCOA’s renowned employee benefits program, the Dream Manager, she has created an exceptional work environment. The Dream Manager, popularized by the bestselling book by Matthew Kelly, under the same name, grew from an employee retention program into an encouraging example of what a business can be. As CEO, Mary has driven the company’s success and exponential growth. Mary believes success came when she stopped selling and started caring…and that’s really the core of who she is.
Mary has gained an international following as a popular speaker advocating for everyone to change direction and focus on their dreams, both personal and professional. As author of Changing Direction, she strives to stay on a path of positivity and determination while continuing to achieve her dreams and inspire others to reach for theirs.
In addition to running a business with more than 500 full-time employees, Mary is an associate coach for Strategic Coach, where she works with fellow entrepreneurs on work-life balance, growth and enjoying the process.
Mary enjoys sharing her vision and inspiration by actively participating in many industry, business and nonprofit organizations.

Reviews

[Dawnielle · Rating 5 out of 5]

Mary Miller is a great example showing anyone can go from victim to victor by doing a look work on themselves, regardless of your education or socioeconomic status. In Changing Direction, she provides personal insight into how to get unstuck and move forward to the life of your dreams.

[Susan · Rating 4 out of 5]

Lots of good perspective shared alongside the Jancoa dream manager program story.