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by Joseph R. Simonetta (Author)
We exist as a tiny fragment of an immensely larger interlocking whole in which all of the parts are interconnected and depend upon each other for survival.Simply put, everything is connected to everything else.We exist not separately but in communion with all other living things.Life, an interrelated interdependent phenomenon, has behavioral demands.These demands can be summarized in SEVEN WORDS.These SEVEN WORDS have the power to change life as we know it: The way we govern. The laws we enact. The way we do business. The way we treat employees, our environment, each other, and ourselves.When we follow these SEVEN WORDS, our lives change.As many of our lives change, our world changes.To follow these SEVEN WORDS requires entering into a clear understanding of the reality in which we exist. Our window of opportunity to make the necessary and monumental shift in thinking is small compared to the large obstacles in our current belief systems that must be dissolved.Yet, we must do this if we and all the other life formsthat share this jewel of a planet are to survive.Only then, will we improve the quality of our lives, arrest and reverse our destructive and unsustainable momentum, end our needless suffering, prosper together, find peace, sustain humanity, and advance our civilization.
Author Biography
Joseph R. Simonetta holds a Master of Architecture degree from the University of Colorado. He also studied architecture at the University of Southern California. He holds a Master of Divinity degree from Harvard Divinity School. He also studied at Yale Divinity School. He holds a B.S. in Business Logistics from Penn State University. Born November 22, 1943 in a World War II housing project in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, he is the second of three sons of an immigrant blue-collar steelworker and his wife. He was raised in the shadows of the blast furnaces of the Bethlehem Steel Corporation. He has since lived for significant amounts of time in California, Colorado, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Florida, Greece, New Zealand, and Ecuador. His rich life experiences encompass many fields. He has been an Army officer, professional athlete, entrepreneur and businessman, architectural designer, real estate developer, home builder, environmental activist, author, senior editor of the World Business Academy, twice a nominee for the U.S. Congress, and once a nominee for the U.S. presidency (Democratic Party National Convention, New York City, 1992). This book is based on his lecture series, "Astonish the World, Tell the Simple Truth." He is married to Susana Rojas Simonetta. They have a son, Russell, born April 22, 2013 (Earth Day), and a daughter, Fiorella, born October 12, 2015.
