The Courage to Act
Publisher: Wentworth Publishing, Inc.
Published: August 26, 2010
Place of publication: Los Angeles, USA, Vancouver, Canada, Dublin, Ireland
Format: eBook
Number of pages: 409
ISBN-13: 9780977342532
Description: Roller Coaster ride of an entrepreneur and his family as they go from rags to mega riches...to rags and riches...and then again. and again!
This is about mental attitude in starting a business and the concept of "Never Give Up!"
Table of contents: title: THE COURAGE TO ACT!; title: ~©  D. Scott McGregor; title: August 2009, 2010 All Rights Reserved; title: Orange County, California; label: My Dad	3; label: ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS	5; label: FOREWORD	8; label: THE COURAGE TO ACT!    	11; label: PART I	15; label: ~The sweet life and naiveté~	15; label: INTRODUCTION	16; label: CHAPTER ONE	21; title: ~Idyllic and Intellection~	21}; label: CHAPTER TWO	30; label: ~Mormon Life and Suburban Lane~	30; label: CHAPTER THREE	38; label: ~More than a decade later~	38; label: ~my office of ivy~	60; label: ~the setup~	64; label: ~to what extent we shall go~	67; label: CHAPTER FOUR  	80; label: ~attitude and Birdman~	80; label: CHAPTER FIVE  	105; label: ~and the air is fresh~	105; label: ~home and ethereal reality~	107; label: ~the reality of day~	    113; label: ~reaching for help~	    117; label: ~sometimes a wake up call~	120; label: CHAPTER SIX	127; label: ~no coincidences~	127; label: ~hit em when they’re down~	130; label: CHAPTER SEVEN	141; label: ~may we be of help~	141; label: ~ epiphany and recrudescence ~	148; label: CHAPTER EIGHT	154; label: ~greener grass in a pasture of hope~	154; label: ~to the promised land~	159; label: CHAPTER NINE   	173; label: ~Pariahs, the Stygian moat and lepers~	173; label: ~death has many faces~	188; label: CHAPTER TEN 	   194; label: ~the Brass ring and Ringling Bros.~	194; label: ~bedrock~	199; label: ~Georgia is gorgeous this time of year~	212; label: CHAPTER ELEVEN	  220; label: ~The Grisham Effect~	220; label: ~the rumor mill~	220; label: CHAPTER TWELVE	  235; label: ~snakes and grass~	235; label: ~hostile takeover, hide, conquer~	235; title: CHAPTER THIRTEEN	247; label: ~Brass rings or Shackles~	247; label: CHAPTER FOURTEEN	256; label: ~Israeli Commando and Wall Street~	256; label: ~handsome slime~	270; label: PART II	275; label: ~Salvation...Easy Street...and the Lead Bullet of Hell~	275; label: CHAPTER FIFTEEN	276; label: ~who needs friends~	276; label: CHAPTER SIXTEEN	285; label: ~LA's a long ways away this time of year~	285; label: CHAPTER SEVENTEEN	  300; label: ~Angels, Demons and Sunsets~	300; label: ~2001~	310; label: CHAPTER EIGHTEEN	            328; label: ~Independence, Reality and Starting Over~	328; label: ~French fries  & fried~	333; label: ~cough and choke again~	337; label: ~you would think families care~	346; label: ~recrudescence and graduate school~	349; label: CHAPTER NINETEEN     	357; label: ~Shinola shines and Heroes emerge~	357; label: ~settle, let go and ...again?~	361; label: CHAPTER TWENTY	         369; label: ~System kicks and heartfelt clicks~	369; label: ~when being first isn't being the winner~	380; label: CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE	  389; label: ~Critical Paths and Cruising Main~	389; label: ~The Beginning~	402; label: ABOUT THE AUTHOR	403; label: ABOUT THE AUTHOR.....................................407