{"product_id":"9780967746005","title":"Join the Golden Rule Revolution: Practice One Habit Each Month of the Year","description":"WARNING:This book is habit-forming.  May cause a  happier life.\u003cp\u003e    A refreshing year-round  recipe, not for chicken soup, but for but for  getting organized about what we can all do to inspire a revolution of  caring.  Readers  will enjoy 365 days of heartwarming quotes, poems,  anecdotes, and action-tips - all coordinated into monthly habit-building  themes. It is a PLAN to help us forge random acts into kindness by  practicing the same 12 aspects of Golden Rule Living at the same time.  Twelve colorfully \"cued\" reminder bookmarks are included.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e    Based on marketing principles that shape buying habits, each month has a  unique personality that highlights the special essence of its Golden Rule  message. There are little jokes in November to highlight \"Show a Positive  Attitude, and short time-outs for March when we practice \"Resolve  Conflicts.\" There are  praise phrases to express  \"Be Appreciative\" in May  and brief biographies of people who \"Do Your Best\" in September.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp. join the golden rule revolution is modeled on habit of month adventure a nationally award-winning public school violence prevention and social skills program created developed by author elaine parke. it offers systematic easily do-able reminders to encourage all us remember practice universal others way you would like be treated. joining takes only few moments time each day. one reader said already makes me feel i belong. what great belong being better person.\u003e    This is finally a book that helps us more than tells us, how to lead a  happier life.  The Golden Rule Revolution is a reformation of human spirit  whose time has come. Everyone of all ages, will enjoy its journey to a more  meaningful and happier life.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eABOUT THE AUTHOR:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA corporate marketer  and professional copywriter  for 25 years, the author  Elaine Parke was just 19,  when she volunteered as a reading tutor for  Racketeer, Cobra and Vice-Lord  gang kids on Chicago's North Side.  In  August 1961, TIME  Magazine reported on her work and  concerns about the  frustrating limitations of  \"one-person-at-a-time\" social solutions.  Then,  a marketing student at Northwestern University she asked herself,  \"How do  we expand the scope of positive influence to reach more kids more easily?\"\u003cp\u003e    Mrs. Parke's first response was to spend twenty-five years fine tuning her  mass market media skills in corporate America.  Over the years, Mrs.  Parke's corporate advertising campaigns for various products, routinely  reached and influenced  millions of people across America.   She served as  Vice President of Marketing for an Akron, Ohio based national distributor  of beauty and salon products.  She holds two U.S patents for a  small  electric  product, and also has many volunteer years experience in gang  prevention, with head-start  and with urban storefront drop in centers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e    In 1990, to fulfill her dream to reach and positively influence more  children,  Mrs. Parke developed  the Caring Habit of the Month Adventure,  as a community revitalization  strategy, while serving as Director of  Marketing for a SW Pennsylvania resort community.  She and a team of  community leaders implemented a successful pilot model in nearby Somerset,  PA.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e    This book, JOIN the GOLDEN RULE REVOLUTION,  is based on the media  principles that, for ten years, she has used in communities and schools to  successfully improve the climate of caring, and improve work ready social  skills among youth. In May, 2000, her Caring Habit of the Month public  school curriculum  won the Pennsylvania State Violence-Free Youth  Governor's Award , the HUD Best Practices Award and  and became a Peter F.  Drucker nominee for Innovation in Non-Profit Practices.    Currently,  Governor and Mrs. Thomas Ridge of Pennsylvania are Honorary Chairpersons.  Caring Habit© television PSA's have reached  more than a million families  daily throughout the  greater Pittsburgh region.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e    Mrs. Parke is a consultant with \"Caring MEDIA International,\" has published  numerous national marketing studies,  consulted to the Catholic Church,  and is an occasional guest lecturer  for Carnegie Mellon University.  Recent TV appearances include \"Nickel's Worth and \"Getting Together.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e    She is becoming a recognized  authority on the application of media and  marketing principles to achieve social and educational goals.  Recent  articles by Mrs. Parke have appeared in publications of the National  Association of School Psychologists, the National Association of Secondary  School Principals, and the Educational Digest.  Join the Golden Rule  Revolution is Mrs. Parke's first full length book.      \u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/p.\u003e","brand":"Caring Media International","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47013487673584,"sku":"9780967746005","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780967746005_p0.gif?v=1763884610","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780967746005","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}