21-05-2025
Need A Pick-Me-Up? Try Values To Live By
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It's interesting that we're often intrigued by how other people use their gifts and talents.
When we were building our family home, I enjoyed chatting up the framers, plumbers, electricians, painters, cabinet makers, trim carpenters and other crafts people. I reveled in plying them with questions. They probably regarded our exchanges as merely friendly conversations. Yes, they were that. But omit the word 'merely.' Those conversations were also a form of stealth interview. I admired their work and I really wanted to know how and why they did what they did.
That same line of inquiry applies to the work of Frank Sonnenberg.
Frank is an unassuming guy who lives in a quiet hamlet in upstate New Jersey. He writes. Not novels and not tomes on politics, science, business, travel, or technology. He writes about character, personal values, and personal responsibility.
There's nothing preachy or self-righteous about Frank's writing. He simply dispenses wise counsel that's applicable to anyone anywhere in any role at any stage of life.
Because he clearly understands the power of words, I suspect Frank may be familiar with a sentiment attributed to English poet Lord Byron: 'A small drop of ink, falling like dew upon a thought, produces that which makes thousands—perhaps millions—think.'
Frank has certainly hit the millions mark. More than five million people are subscribed to his blog. And his books (a dozen and counting) reach people around the globe.
Here are some brief glimpses of what you'll find in his latest book titled Values to Live By.
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In addition to many chapters on specific issues related to human behavior and performance, Frank offers scores of brief (often single sentence) homilies worth pondering:
Do you like lists? You've come to the right place. Values to Live By includes dozens of thought-provoking inventories of specific, life-enhancing behaviors:
Values to Live By is a smorgasbord you can enjoy in multiple servings. Or you might find it so captivating that you devour the entire thing on one of those quiet weekend afternoons. Either way, you will have done yourself a favor.
