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About the Author:

 

Rich Hand is currently the Executive Director of Membership at HDI, the world’s largest association for IT support professionals. He is a seasoned speaker not only in his dreams but in reality as well. He has presented at numerous Local Chapter meetings, as well as presenting at the HDI Annual Conference and Expo. He ran for congress in Colorado’s 5th Congressional District where he was an underdog and to the surprise of no one, lost. He is a song writer, musician and has produced 3 CD’s of original music. The father of two wonderful children and devoted husband of two, I mean one wonderful wife that has been inspired by this book to write her own, “My Wife’s Life; Ignored!” It should be a real gut buster! He has worked his way through life, from the “trash room” to the “board room”. Never once did he doubt his destiny of becoming a New York Times best selling author, but the road is not complete. He is still not a New York Times’s best selling author, just an Author. He asks you kindly to help him with his dream and read his book. He knows you will laugh, mostly at him, but his goal is to help you discover your true passion in life and take action to live that passion. He wants nothing more than to meet all the people in this world worth meeting. He has met some “famous” people in his life and has not been impressed. He wants to meet the people who are “famous” by his new definition of the term, and to hear the stories of those that truly make it a worthwhile endeavor on this earth.

 

He is available to speak at your organization to motivate the troops, reinvigorate the committee, “slap” the slackers in the side of the head, and encourage the youth of America to “be all they can be right now”. He is not waiting for God’s “phone call” and asking for more time, he is taking control of time and is looking forward to God’s “phone call”. He understands time and he wants you to join him in his quest; to leave behind a legacy that will be one everyone can be proud of. He invites you to join him, but first you must read the book. Thank you…  

 

Table of Contents

 

Introduction……………………………………………………………..8

  • Citizen Ignored
  • Why an oyster?
  • Connect with the message
  • New definition of “Famous”
  • Scary death coming soon scenario

 

My Life; Growing up; Ignored…………………………………………12

  • Mostly for the psychologists
  • History repeats itself because we stay the same; or something like that
  • How do you get to your mailbox?
  • A life changing story
  • My family; Gena & Phil, Dad, Mom, Tricia, Ken, Christine, and a few Uncles; whew!
  • A true story about Angels
  • So there you have it

 

My Life as a Family Man……………………………………………….33

  • Men and women were designed to drive each other crazy; really
  • Early lessons and a desperate girlfriend
  • She thought I was hot! My wife will not admit it though
  • The Father-in-Law incident
  • Money matters
  • Having children; our road to two beautiful kids
  • Children bless us more than we realize; smarten up
  • My wife re-names my book (have I told you she’s a real looker?)
  • Be the oyster

 

 

My Career “Choices” and Dreams…………………………………….51

  • Follow your passion; the sooner the better
  • The best Trash Man on earth; my fetish with trash
  • Why a restaurant?
  • The dirty little secret about college
  • The “Swedish Meatball Event”
  • Why a pilot if I’m scared to fly?
  • Air Traffic Controller; almost; thanks George HW Bush!
  • Sales is easy if you’re selling yourself
  • From Trash room to Board room
  • Be smart; save money, start early, keep trying…

 

Famous Encounters of My Life and Lessons Learned………………….63

  • Jesse Jackson
  • Joe Lockhart
  • Bobby Bonds Sr.
  • Michael Doyle; I mean Mike Doyle
  • Billy Baldwin; I mean William Baldwin(guest appearance from Alex Baldwin)
  • Ronald Reagan
  • Larry Bird, Kevin McHale, Bill Walton, Cam Neely, Doug Flutie, Marvin Haggler
  • Eddie Money; Fiona Henderson
  • Curtis Strange
  • Jay Leno
  • Karl Rove, Senator Allard, Senator Salazar
  • Dennis Miller, more importantly Brian Doyle
  • Lessons and true heroes

 

My life as a Musician…………………………………………………………78

  • The guys who make this life possible; thanks brothers…
  • Choose the guitar over girls; really I swear…
  • Songwriters; Pete and I wrote songs even as bullets flew past our apartment
  • “Angels in My Basement”; my first CD
  • “Love Line”; my second CD
  • “Something 4 Everyone”; my third CD
  • Dog Poop as an “Industry”
  • A friend dies too young…
  • This is only the beginning; sorry

 

My life as a Politician……………………………………………………………….…100

  • From selectman to congressman
  • Motivational speakers really motivate
  • Using my Blog
  • The campaign and my first introduction to the media
  • My position papers (I can use them again!)
  • I’m off to DC for the big endorsement!
  • My cousin Jean; the most important person in the Rayburn building
  • The debate; thank God for family and a few friends
  • The Colorado Springs School speech; they didn’t ignore me
  • The American Legion expo
  • Your invitation

 

My life as a Publishing Mogul……………………………………………130

  • Watch out Ted, Rupert, O’Reilly, Hannity, and Limbaugh
  • What’s a Blog?
  • My first post and only response
  • The “best” of my blogs
  • The “Newsletter” “SoundCheck” morphs to the “Divot”
  • The 2004 Presidential campaign commentary; still funny to me
  • “Master P Caster” Podcasting
  • Waiting for an invite to join CNN, FOX, WABC, someone; anyone?

 

My life as an Author of My Life; Ignored……………………………..153

  • A very short chapter
  • My goals for this book
  • My dream; The speaking tour
  • A few more words about my wife; (have I told you she’s a real looker?)

 

The to do list; ignored……………………………………………………157

  • Day Dream often; it all starts with a dream
  • Day Dream big; the bigger the better (size matters)
  • Believe in your dreams and turn them into reality
  • Ignore the nay Sayers
  • Ignore the conventional wisdom crowd (this is the really important one)
  • Mathematical Formula for Success
  • What have you got to lose?

 

Conclusion…………………………………………………………………162

  • What do you want to be able to say?
  • What do you want to be able to say, about your life?
  • If you could live your life over, what would you change?
  • The importance of  being able to answer; “Nothing”
  • It’s time to start

 

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