Grant D. Fairley
About Grant D. Fairley
“Grant is an extremely gifted motivator. I have heard him discuss a great variety of topics yet what never ceases to amaze me is his level of enthusiasm, interest and knowledge of the subject matter. Grant's uncanny ability to take a seemingly insurmountable problem and turn it into an opportunity for growth is something everyone should experience.”
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“Discover Your Oasis: Escape Compassion Fatigue” (2018)
Discover Your Oasis: Escape Compassion Fatigue Do you work in the helping professions, education, emergency services, healthcare, ministry, social services, or government? Do you care for an aging loved one or a special needs child? If your career or life includes caring for the needs of others, you are at risk of developing compassion fatigue and even burnout. The stress of constantly giving and serving can parch your energy and vitality. Are you so busy taking care of others that you forget to take care of yourself? Discover Your Oasis will guide you with both big ideas and practical steps to refresh yourself professionally and personally. Become a sustainable caregiver who can go the distance. Learn how to reduce your stress and increase your satisfaction. Psychiatrist Dr. William S. Cook, Jr. and executive coach Grant D. Fairley take you through short, readable chapters on how to escape compassion fatigue, avoid burnout, and find your inner oasis. Additional contributions are included by sleep specialist Dr. Brenda Hines, interventional endocrinologist Dr. Larry Komer, pain and rehabilitative physician Dr. Blair Lamb, and licensed professional counselor Chris Redden. Topics: Compassion *Caregivers *Service *Helping Professions *Self-Care *Team Work *Stress Management *Compassion Fatigue *Burnout *Elder Care *Police *Satisfaction *Firefighters *Emergency Workers *Social Work *Ministry *Judiciary *Government Service *Leadership *Healthy Sleep *Forgiveness *Listening *Healthy Hormones *Friendships *PTSD *Spirituality *Mentoring *Hope *Special Needs Children *Recovery *Mindfulness *Renewal *Emotional Health *Careers* Chapter Titles: Discover Your Oasis *The Passion in Compassion *Hummingbirds and Camels *Discover Your Sleep Oasis *Called to Care *Mindfulness: Your Mental Oasis *Three Short - Three Long - Three Short *Surviving Your 20 Percent *All’s Well: Your Emotional Oasis *Drawing the Lines *Old Friends: Your Social Oasis *Refilling Your Reservoir *Living in the Redline *Finding Satisfaction *Healthy Hormones *Don’t Go Swimming Alone *Stepping Back from the Edge *Bouncing Back *Seasoned Travelers *The Power to Care *Caring for Special Children *Lend Me Your Ear *Bless Your Heart *PTSD *Survival Circle *What’s Burning? *The Inside World *Breathe: Your Spiritual Oasis *Recreating Yourself *Into the Darkness *Inspiration *One Life at a Time *Colleagues in Crisis *When Enough Is Enough *Make Your Prison Break *Leading Caregivers *Choosing Your Battles *Coping with the Age of Confusion *Your Oasis of Hope *With *A Final Two Words*
“Your Third Act: A Guide to a Great Retirement” (2017)
Retirement triggers many changes in our life and prompts new questions. What will it mean to be retired? What do I have to do to be ready? How will my life be different? What are the risks and rewards of this stage of my journey? Will these by my golden years? How will my relationships change? If you are already retired, what can you do to make this the most satisfying time of your life? Geriatric psychiatrist William S. Cook, Jr., M.D. along motivational speaker Grant D. Fairley explore the challenges and opportunities of the retirement years. A play or movie has three acts. The way a story finishes leaves an audience satisfied or disappointed. Whether your first two acts have been great, mediocre, or difficult, you can still choose to make your third act a great one. The baby boom generation is already entering the Third Act of their story. The post-WWII generation is already there, and living longer. Generation X is not far away. What you need to know about: Finding Satisfaction - Staying Young - Family - Retirement - Purpose - Health - Friendships - Perspective - Aging Well - Meaning - Choices - Opportunities - Generations - Grief - Service - Relationships - Legacy. How will you use the resources of time, knowledge and experience that you have accumulated? After a lifetime spent seeking, discovering and achieving - what is left? What can you do to make the years ahead the best yet? What will you choose to do with the time you have left? If you are approaching retirement, already retired, or want to understand those who are - this book is for you. Read this book and make your third act the best one yet! CHAPTER TITLES *Your Third Act *Party On! *Climbing the Tree *Maple Syrup *Bon Voyage *Exploring the Pasture *Creating Your Business Card *Around Your Campfire *The Return of Wonder *Wikis and Wakes *Birds of a Feather *A Good Sport *Keeping Bees *Nothing to Fear *The Black Dog *Time & Treasure *Just One More Thing... *Family of Choice *Generation Next *Breaking the Chains *There's No Place Like Home *The Best Medicine *Over the Rainbow *State Occasions *Tug of War *They Weren't Kidding After All *Golden Sunsets or Low Winter Sun *Older & Wiser *Feathers Fins and Fur *A Single Focus *Once Upon a Time *Good Morning, Good Morning! *Profits and Losses *Next to the Greatest Generation *Scrooge & Sawyer *Predicting the Weather *What's Left in Your Box? *Cupid's Arrows *Good Will *Improving Your Serve *Do You Mind? *Chasing the Dream *Try to Remember *Moon River *License to Kill *Telling Tales *Lean On Me *Empty Chairs and Empty Tables *The Rest is History *The Last Stop *The Grey Havens *The Music Box *A Prayer for the Ages *Second Wind *The Curtain Rises Once Again *A Wheaton Moment *About the Authors
“Positive Influence: How to Lead Your World” (2013)
Leaders do not just play a role - they create a better future. Great leaders have learned the value of influence rather than control as a leadership model. Grant D. Fairley is an executive coach and seminar speaker who takes the reader through the big ideas of being an influential leader. Working with major corporations, governments, educators, and community groups, Grant guides those individuals and teams where conflict is destroying the workplace to a fresh start. Through a better understanding of self and those they serve, leaders and teams are renewed. Individuals are encouraged to see their story in a different way. The result is effective leadership and productive teams who take on the challenges they face with energy and commitment. Positive Influence - How to Lead Your World is for those who are new to leadership and is a refresher for experienced leaders as well. In his executive coaching sessions, Grant takes leaders on a journey through the big ideas of leadership. This book is a professional development tool for leaders at any stage of their career. The book is written in short, big-idea chapters that allow the leader to digest the concepts easily. It is a helpful tool for Human Relations and Employee Relations professionals who wish to engage leaders in their organizations. Whether it is the leader who is great on task but poor on people skills, or the newly promoted leader, Positive Influence will help. If you want to be prepared for leadership opportunities in your future, Positive Influence will help you be ready to take on the challenge. Grant's leadership seminars and coaching is designed to develop effective, sustainable and renewable leaders. To be effective as a leader, a person has to be able to apply what is needed when it is needed to the opportunity they have to be the leader. Sustainable leadership means that a person is not a flash in the pan or someone who is only able to lead for a short term before their effectiveness fades. Instead, with a whole-person focus, they will understand how to not just sprint but do the leadership marathon as well. Renewable leaders are able to understand how to continue to learn and grow rather than become stuck in a method or mindset that is inflexible. Leadership has many styles and forms. Organizations thrive or wither depending on the quality and style of leaders they have. Positive Influence goes beyond the do's and don'ts of leadership to explore a whole-person approach to being a leader. This book celebrates those willing to take on the challenges of leadership at any level of business or life. It is written to empower leaders to serve their teams and customers while creating a personal story they will be proud to own. Chapter Titles *A Positive Influence *A Center of Influence *Following the Leader *Who Am I? *Conductors and Captains *Exploring the Wilderness *What Time Is It? *The Red Mist *Finding Your Center *The Situation Room *Investing in You *Sprints and Marathons *The Real Deal *The Return of the King *The Heart of the Leader *Decisions *I Doubt It! *Creating Your Biography *Oranges and Bananas *Pen or Pencil *Arts and Sciences *The Lighthouse and the Leader *Who Are They? *Your Inheritance *Boo! *Shots Fired *Shooting the Rapids *Hail to the Chiefs *Did You Bring the Playbook? *Positive Persuasion *Bridges *On the Boil and on the Wobble *Knowing Your Motto *Firefighting *Sitting on the Bench *The One and the Many *Cheers *On a Swing or on Fire? *Playing a Friendly *Check, Please! *The Power to Forgive *Breaking the Ice *Tell Me a Story *Stage Coach *Magic Wands and Magic Lamps *Robes and Crowns *The Human Condition *3-D Leaders *Exit Stage Right *It’s Been an Honor *Developing Old Friends *Sail On *The Executive Coach *Choosing an Executive Coach *Speak to Be HeardThis book is a resource for executive coaches.
“Own Your Future: Wisdom for Wealth and a Better Tomorrow” (2013)
Investments, education and careers. All are part of our future plans. Own Your Future is for everyone who wants to have a better tomorrow. In a world where change is now normal, learn how to make career and financial decisions to build a better tomorrow for yourself and the ones you love. Whatever your age or stage in life, Own Your Future - Wisdom for Wealth and a Better Tomorrow will show you how to have the courage to face your future with optimism and confidence. Intended for the first-time investor, students, graduates, young couples and people facing changes in career or finances, this book was written for beginners and experts alike. You will find not only helpful information about your career and finances, but most of all, you will learn the values that free you to enjoy what you do and have. Discover what is truly important for a wealthy life. Better decisions come from understanding the principles at work in the world of investments and the working world. For a fresh look at your future, Own Your Future - Wisdom for Wealth and a Better Tomorrow is a must-read. Grant D. Fairley and Michael H. Lanthier use their combined experience in the worlds of finance, investments, conducting seminars and executive coaching to share the wisdom they have learned. This book will help you on your journey to own your future as you build a better tomorrow that reflects who you are and where you want life to take you. CHAPTER TITLES *Madness *The Wise *The Wealthy *A Valuable Life *S-S-S Not S-O-S *Pass It On *Conservation *The Best of Times and the Worst of Times *People, Places and Things *Cold Feet vs. Happy Feet *Being Broke vs. Being Poor *Professionally Speaking *Small Words *Will Power *Accounting for Taste *Climate vs. Weather *It's A Small World After All *Coping With a Crisis *Oil Changes *Tick-Tock *The Sage *Learning to be Wealthy *In Good Company *The Entrepreneur - The Good, the Bad and the Ugly *A Creative Touch *Growing Up *Family Style *Having Fun *Salud! *How Long Do You Have? *Stable vs. Safe *Take It to the Bank *Rainy Days *Insure to Be Sure *Can I Borrow That? *Playing Cards *The Keys *Your Castle *Protecting Your Castle *Buying a Castle *Improving Your Castle *Selling Your Castle *Castles by the Sea *Castles for Rent *Taking Stock *Bonding *The Feeling Is Mutual *Courage *Burst! *When They Come Knocking *Humble Pie *It's Only Money *A Platinum Retirement *Continuing Education *Multiply This book is priced to read and priced to share!
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