One Door Closes: Overcoming Adversity By Following Your Dreams

One Door Closes: Overcoming Adversity By Following Your Dreams captures the inspirational, highly emotional stories of 16 people from all walks of life who have triumphed over seemingly insurmountable obstacles to achieve their dreams. Through first-person accounts, they share their personal approaches to living life with vision, courage, determination and passion. They share the wisdom they learned along the way--often the hard way--wisdom readers can use of their own journeys. Many are sharing their stories publicly for the first time. Included are interviews with Mary Wilson of The Supremes, Scherrie Payne of The Supremes, and June Monteiro of The Toys. One Door Closes also features 10 holistic self-assessment tolols readers can use to design their own, personal blueprint for success.

Will this be the year when everything falls into place, just the way you envision it? Are you looking for a vehicle to break through the roadblocks and detours that have sidetracked you on life's highway? One Door Closes: Overcoming Adversity By Following Your Dreams presents the inspirational, highly emotional stories of 16 people from all walks of life who have overcome seemingly insurmountable obstacles in order to live into their dreams. Through their powerful stories, these dreamers share a road map guiding the reader to discover how to live their life with vision, courage, determination and passion. Incorporating holistic self-assessment tools and self-motivational techniques, One Door Closes will help you to develop the skills to take 100% responsibility for your life, as you clarify and set your goals--and then use the power you alread have within to achieve those goals. Enhance your sense of worth as an individual. Learn why it is important to check in with yourself periodically as a blueprint for a more satisfied and productive career and personal life. Identify your true passion. Discover how to reach your dreams. Be inspired!

Tom Ingrassia is president of The MotivAct Group, which provides holistic personal and professional development training programs. A motivational speaker, business coach, author and musicologist, in 2001--following a successful 25-year career in higher education--Tom re-invented himself as an entertainment manager. Along the way, he has worked with some of the legendary singers from the 1960s, including Mary Wilson, Arlene Smith, Barbara Alston, June Monteiro, The Velvelettes, and Carl Gardner, among others. An in-demand speaker, Tom travels the country with the motivational programs, "Mental Massage" and "Making A Difference Begins With YOU...So Live Into Your Dreams!", as well as the pop culture programs, "Motown and The Civil Rights Movement" and "Girl Power: The Supremes as Cultural Icons." Tom has worked with diverse organizations, including the National Conference on Race and Ethnicity, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, the Long Island Museum, State University of New York/Geneseo, Hanover Theatre for the Performing Arts, Worcester Art Museum, Berea College, Worcester State University, and Cape Cod Community College. Tom is the co-founder, with Jared Chrudimsky, of the innovative Mental Massage program, which fused guided visualization and re-energizing massage in a transformational group workshop designed to help participants clarify, set and achieve their goals. Tom's motto is, "Learn from the turtle. It only makes progress when it sticks its neck out."