James Lucas is the author of 24 previous books in a wide array of topics. These include leadership, organizational culture, practical ethics, relationships, family and parenting, national ideals and goals, theology and religion, and fiction. His books have been translated into a variety of languages, including Japanese, Portuguese, Korean, English (for India), Chinese, Arabic, and Russian. His titles include:
?Fatal Illusions
?The Passionate Organization
?High-Performance Ethics
?Am I the One?
?The Paradox Principle of Parenting
?The American Ideas
?Knowing the Unknowable God
?Last Ship Out James founded a leadership training and consulting firm, Luman Consultants International (www.luman.co). He has worked with hundreds of leaders in dozens of organizations around the world, and has spoken in person to over 200,000 people. He is a recognized worldwide as an authority on entrepreneurship, engineering management, project management, organizational development, and leadership. Steve Forbes of Forbes Corporation has written, Jim Lucas is an internationally recognized authority on leadership and organizational life....You can take what he says to the bank - both figuratively and literally. James also founded Epic Medical Concepts & Innovations to develop and bring to market next-generation, human-health-advancing medical devices to market (www.emci.co), including a unique neurological device for brain research and stroke therapy (www.galileo-somatosensory.com). He works closely with research universities and scientists in this ground-breaking work. Other technologies include cardiothoracic surgery post-operative care; arterial protection from destructive emboli during transaortic heart valve replacement (TAVR); minimally invasive tools for laparoscopic surgery; and accurate measurement of deterioration in diseases such as Parkinson's. James has multiple degrees in engineering and multiple professional engineering licenses. He is the holder of 6 medical-device patents. He also has received graduate education in economics and theology. He also wrote and taught the American Management Association's Management Course for Presidents. The author says that he wandered into the importance of gratitude over years of discovery. "I was more of a pilgrim than a researcher," he says. "I started with myself. I began to realize that I was taking a lot for granted, including people. At the same time I found myself complaining about things that I didn