Mentor: The Kid & The CEO

Everyone should have the desire to never stop growing and learning. This book, Mentor: The Kid & The CEO, reminds us that mentors are a great way to achieve .
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Two other nice features about the book were a helpful reading list in the back and small motivational phrases subtlety placed at the bottom of each page. Sep 16, Lynn Green rated it liked it. On the back of the book there is the claim, "Tony's [the book's narrator and protagonist] story will change your life.

And this one didn't so far change my life. However, I am probably not the book's primary target audience. Mentor, written by Tom Pace with Walter Jenkins, told from the point of view of a young man named Tony, age 19, who is sent to jail for a parole violation and faces the real possibil On the back of the book there is the claim, "Tony's [the book's narrator and protagonist] story will change your life.

Mentor, written by Tom Pace with Walter Jenkins, told from the point of view of a young man named Tony, age 19, who is sent to jail for a parole violation and faces the real possibility of going to prison for several years. While in jail awaiting sentencing, he goes to a group therapy session run by a businessman named Malcolm who offers all who come the hope of turning their lives around.

At first, Tony is skeptical and barely listens to Malcolm, just glad to escape the boredom of jail life. However, in a fairly short amount of time, largely due to the encouragement of a "lifer" convicted of murder, Tony attends, listens and becomes interested. Tony doesn't read the book at first, but finally, with Malcolm's encouragement reads the book and begins a life-changing journey. Malcolm acts as Tony's mentor, and when Tony is released from jail without having to go to prison due to his good behavior , Malcolm is there for him to offer guidance and encouragement.

As is typical for these stories, Tony, by following Malcolm's sage advice, and through his own hard work and perseverance, succeeds as a person, a businessman, and a family man. Tony goes to church and there meets the love of his life. All through the book, in the bottom margins, are bits of wisdom and advice like "finish what you start," have integrity," "have values," "save 10 percent," "read books," and so on. I respond to this book on different levels, wearing different hats. My book critic hat, for example, says that this is a pretty average plot line.

The conflicts are resolved rather quickly with little dilemma. Malcolm introduces Tony to Gary, also a ex-con who now owns a backhoe business. It just so happens that Gary has a need for some extra help. Surprisingly, it takes a chapter or two for Gary to realize that Malcolm is the answer to his problem. Malcolm later gets into financial trouble and faces a class action lawsuit. He solves this problem by selling some of his property, and the suit is dismissed as "frivolous. The Joads have no property to sell to get them out of their troubles.

They mortgaged it away long before they are dispossessed. However, when I look at the advice the book offers, I am pleased with it. The advice is simple, mainly involving taking responsibility for yourself and working hard to achieve your dreams. Simple is often good and the advice is good in this simple form. My students, many of whom have already made some wrong choices I have several fathers and mothers in my English 11 class. The book is easy to read and moves quickly.

Pace has made several copies of the book available to my school and others in our district. I plan to use them. The next hat I put on is my teacher hat. I can use this book to further some lessons I have been teaching this year, particularly those involving the Heroic Archetype. Tony is on a journey, a quest for significance.

He follows many aspects of the archetype, particularly, as the title says, having a mentor. He also descends into the "belly of the beast", both the jail and his own limited thinking, rises out of the depths to fight his enemies, those of his inner character. He emerges victorious and brings something good from his life: However, the last hat I wear is my social hat.

Pace's philosophy is one of individual initiative and personal responsibility. However, we are not in this alone. We cannot ignore larger social forces at work that create the Tonys of our country. Poverty is not just an individual problem. Pace only hints at the larger social forces at work in America. Tony at first cannot find a job because businesses won't hire felons. He is lucky to be living with Gary when Gary, a convicted felon and therefore sympathetic to Tony's plight, develops the need for another employee.

Pace also never mentions Tony's race, probably for good reason, but we cannot ignore the fact that race and poverty have become in inexorably intertwined in America. Yes, we need individual action; my students need to take action to move their lives in a positive direction. We need self-help books, but we need just as much "social-help books" and social mentors. We do have them in America,books like "Nickel and Dimed: Too many individual responsibility advocates look at these voices and claim that these community organizers somehow shirk our need for individual responsibility.

Such is not the case. Instead, they make us aware of the systems we have in place in this country that have led to the largest gap between rich and poor in our nation's history, and they make us ask, "why? Is there not something wrong about a person working full time at minimum wage and still being far below the poverty line?

Of course, that is not the focus of Pace's book. Where he is focused, he does well. My students would do well, or at least much better, if they followed his advice. For that reason, this book, will be good for them. As I said, I plan to use it. Dec 03, Kate rated it it was ok. This book came to me in the mail at the school where I work, unsolicited. I like building my classroom library, so I didn't want to turn away a free book.

However, I wanted to read a few chapters first to get a sense of the book. I ended up finishing the whole thing that night. So there were definitely parts that were eye rolling worthy as far as how simply situations worked This book came to me in the mail at the school where I work, unsolicited. So there were definitely parts that were eye rolling worthy as far as how simply situations worked out in this fairy tale, but I decided to put it in my library anyway because the basic life lessons were reasonable and the evangelizing was minimal. Sep 27, Sandy rated it really liked it.

It's for those of us who can't quite find a mentor. It gives you as close to a first-person experience of one as possible. I recommend getting the workbook along with the story. It stepped me through how to look at the story and apply the concepts to my own life. Support your employees in their endeavors, even if that's leaving the company to start their own. Jul 25, Tyson rated it really liked it. Thought provoking and yet a quick read. Not beautifully written but both practical and inspiring, particularly the part that demonstrates how simple starting one's own business can be.

Exercise, read, take action, get a mentor, institute positive routines. Not earth-shakingly original, but solid, timeless wisdom nonetheless. Apr 07, Will Siskey rated it it was ok. I liked it, it had good points and lessons. Read The Noticer by Andy Andrews instead. Very moving, less cheesy, and better written.

Jun 04, Cheralyn Salone rated it liked it. The tips in the book alone were very inspiring to me. This book really shows why everyone should feel empowered amd confident no matter what life throws at them. I highly recommend this book for anyone who feels like they are stuck in life! Mar 06, Misty Perry rated it it was amazing.

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I don't have not one negative thing to say about this book. I think everyone could get something from reading this boom. It's very inspirational and uplifting. I could read this book a million times over again! I promised myself I would never be back," is how Tom Pace decides to introduce you to the setting and the character Tony. If the quote from the book didn't give off the hint of the setting well, Tony is in jail again and if you want to know why open up the book and find out yourself.

Just a couple days after Tony is settled in he starts heading up to what they call "group" and there he meets Malcolm, a businessman who faced similar challenges as Tony. Little d "I can't believe I'm in here again. Little does Tony know that Malcolm is about to turn his life completely around. Throughout Tony's jail time Malcolm is the only one to visit and talk to him. As soon as Tony's sentence is over he is determine to follow all Malcolm's advice to find a direction in life.

Once he is out of jail he also meets Gary a guy that Malcolm has helped and Gary is willing to also help Tony, both these guys are wanting to help Tony with anything and everything needed. How Tony ends up in the end? That's for you to find out yourself. My future was all I could think of after reading this book, I couldn't put it down.

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Although this book isn't crazy long like chapter books you see many people read, it does have a lot of life lessons packed into pages. In my opinion this book is one of the bests I've read, it just has you thinking page after page. Tom Pace relates this book to real life situations, in descriptive detail. I think he does this to get the readers attention more, and to have them be able to think that anything is possible and to overcome any challenge and he accomplished that.

I liked this book so much because of how the main character turns his life completely around, and the fact that this is based on actual events. The thoughts that I had in mind while reading this book, were just so positive towards my future. I can honestly say this book had me thinking so much about my future and even left me with questions about facing challenges thrown in your way, it inspired me. I'd recommend this book to anyone but mainly to those struggling with direction in life, this book is really meant for people that need help finding a mentor because this book is just like a mentor or at least that's how I see it.

Mar 18, Lisa Biskup rated it liked it. I picked this book up from a Little Free Library while on my walk the other day. It was a quick read and a nice, simple story. It is about a year-old boy who ends up in jail for the second time and becomes open to receiving help from a guy who visits the jail each week to talk about personal growth and success with the inmates. Eventually, the young man gets out of jail and works with the group leader, Malcom, who becomes his mentor. Malcolm teaches Tony about the importance of reading, exerci I picked this book up from a Little Free Library while on my walk the other day.

Malcolm teaches Tony about the importance of reading, exercising and having a daily routine. During the course of the story Tony gets his act together and leaves his old life behind. He finds work, he exercises regularly, he reads and builds a good life for himself.

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It is a basic story with the theme of turning your life around with the help of a mentor. The books that are recommend within the story to Tony are some of the most common self-help and business books out there, from authors such as Tony Robbins, Og Mandino, Dale Carnegie and others. This book would be of interest to people who want to make positive changes in their lives and for those who may be interested in either getting a mentor or being one. It's worth an hour or two of your time. Good reminders for successful living.

This would also be a good book for English leaners, as the language is simple and direct. Apr 30, Alli rated it really liked it. Tom Pace's novel, Mentor: The Kid and the Ceo really did change my life, as it claimed on the back. While the origins of this book are unknown to me, I can't help but feel a very real connection between myself, and Tony.

I picked this book up off my counselor's book shelf and stashed it away to read on the bus home. I spent the next four and a half hours glued to the book, having passed my stop several times.


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In the novel, Tony is a kid who got jailed for violating his parole. Malcom, a CEO of a homegrown business, has a lot to teach Tony about taking responsibility and letting go of the past to work up to his full potential. He explains to Tony that he needs to let go of his old habits if he ever wants to be someone in life, and teaches him there are other ways to get out his anger and stress. Malcom and Tony end up training and running in a marathon shortly after reading this book, I've decided to start running, as well.

Tony later grows into a respectful man and starts his own successful business. The book is rather short, but it is a great pick-me-up to anyone feeling down in the dumps.

Mentor: The Kid & The CEO

I don't really recommend the book, because it's only for certain types of people, and I don't think many people will enjoy it as much as I did. May 31, Cheryl rated it really liked it. A lot of freebies I request especially the good ones like this never arrive, so I was pleasantly surprised when I received my free copy in January. While I was doing some spring cleaning in May, I came across the unread book and realized I had not read any books during the past year since my baby was born.

I needed to make reading books a priority again and began with this book which is ironically one of many messages in it. The main premise of the book is the mentoring relationship between a 19 year old male with a prison record and a successful business man. The book is a quick read and contains many messages about mentoring others, overcoming obstacles, and the importance of taking action. Even though the book is inspired by actual events at times I found the plot unrealistic. However, overall I enjoyed the book and the messages within it. I would recommend the book for anyone and any age level.

I also found the small messages at the bottom of each page interesting to read. There are a lot of self-help and motivational books out there. Some are good, some not so good.

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I am a high school English teacher and I received a copy unsolicited in my school mail. I was intrigued by the guarantee: So I read it, figuring it was a win-win proposi There are a lot of self-help and motivational books out there. So I read it, figuring it was a win-win proposition. And this is obviously what the authors had in mind. I'm too old and too set on my own path to get much that is new out of the prescriptions contained in this book, but--and I assume this is why I was sent a copy in the first place--I would recommend this book to teenagers. And the more troubled or directionless the teenager, the more strongly my recommendation.

Feb 10, Rushiraj Dixit rated it it was amazing. This book is a very interesting and an inspirational read. The way important life lessons are explained is very impressive. Quoting Steve Forbes " Thank you! Couldn't be more timely! I was never a big reader, but this book grabbed my attention and held it all the way through the book. The specific requirements or preferences of your reviewing publisher, classroom teacher, institution or organization should be applied. The E-mail Address es field is required.

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