In the prime of his life, amid a soaring career, Chuck Gallagher made some poor ethical choices that landed him behind bars. In this deeply personal and compelling book, he comes clean about his life-changing experience. Although Chuck's prison was a physical one, he reveals how some of us unknowingly create our own "prisons" through the negative choices we make and how the consequences of those decisions impact happiness and success in every aspect of our lives. While most people would say they make ethical choices, it's all too clear in the corporate world the simplicity of making a wrong choice can lead to disastrous consequences. Gallagher engages the reader in a journey, through a brutally honest story, of how easy it is to stray off the ethical path and what it takes for organizations to help keep their most valued asset -- their people -- on the ethical highway. His insights provide a framework for business and personal success, helping the reader look deeply inside to find the strength to make the right choices. His book is a reminder to us all about choices we make and consequences we face -- and how we can ensure our personal and professional pursuits lead us to achieve our goals.

Are you as good a person as you think you are? These three stories are all about the choices we make and the consequences they reap. A young boy gains ten million dollars at the cost of his family, friends, and normal life. A teenage girl stresses herself to become famous at the cost of having terrible nightmares. A man runs away from his guilts and finds himself in a town that punishes the guilty that evade earthly justice.Will these people live with their choices or die because of their consequences?Included in this special author's edition of these stories, are Behind the Story extras that detail some of inspirations and thoughts that went behind each of these short stories.

It's important that what thoughts you are feeding into your mind because your thoughts create your belief and experiences. You have positive thoughts and you have negative ones too. Nurture your mind with positive thoughts: kindness, empathy, compassion, peace, love, joy, humility, generosity, etc. The more you feed your mind with positive thoughts, the more you can attract great things into your life.

Whether we're buying a pair of jeans, ordering a cup of coffee, selecting a long-distance carrier, applying to college, choosing a doctor, or setting up a 401(k), everyday decisions—both big and small—have become increasingly complex due to the overwhelming abundance of choice with which we are presented. As Americans, we assume that more choice means better options and greater satisfaction. But beware of excessive choice: choice overload can make you question the decisions you make before you even make them, it can set you up for unrealistically high expectations, and it can make you blame yourself for any and all failures. In the long run, this can lead to decision-making paralysis, anxiety, and perpetual stress. And, in a culture that tells us that there is no excuse for falling short of perfection when your options are limitless, too much choice can lead to clinical depression. In The Paradox of Choice, Barry Schwartz explains at what point choice—the hallmark of individual freedom and self-determination that we so cherish—becomes detrimental to our psychological and emotional well-being. In accessible, engaging, and anecdotal prose, Schwartz shows how the dramatic explosion in choice—from the mundane to the profound challenges of balancing career, family, and individual needs—has paradoxically become a problem instead of a solution. Schwartz also shows how our obsession with choice encourages us to seek that which makes us feel worse. By synthesizing current research in the social sciences, Schwartz makes the counter intuitive case that eliminating choices can greatly reduce the stress, anxiety, and busyness of our lives. He offers eleven practical steps on how to limit choices to a manageable number, have the discipline to focus on those that are important and ignore the rest, and ultimately derive greater satisfaction from the choices you have to make.

We are all faced with choices, and any number of things influence the decisions we make. But what if you made all your decisions based solely on your own desires, with no regard to conse-quences? How far reaching could those consequences become?Avanell Archer has no experience with consequences. She indulges her desires, ignoring the price exacted from those who love her. In 1956, she leaves her Iowa home, escaping a provincial life in a town tightly strapped into the Bi-ble belt, turning the people who love her into hostages who beg for the smallest amount of her at-tention. James Hunter is faced with a choice, and the decision he makes will ultimately haunt him for the rest of his life.Some questions have no answers; Avanell is one of those questions. THE CATALYST SERIES delves deep into the heart and mind, reminding us that every choice we're faced with, every decision we make, has far reaching consequences that touch future generations in such a way they'll spend a lifetime searching for answers that live only in our past.

Fifteen stories about people facing difficult choices or dealing with the consequences of choices made. Just as every action has a reaction, every decision comes with a consequence. How will these people learn to deal with those consequences?