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by Armani Valentino (Author), Johnny Riley Jr (Author)
Crabology is a book about humanity and our interactions with others. It brings to light the attitudes that hinder our individual and collective progress. It offers insight into how to overcome the negative forces that hinder our progress. Crabology is a game changers opportunity to foster great success with themselves and others. Crabology: the study of the mental attitude, language and actions of individuals within a culture who refuse to support others in their efforts to better themselves, their community, and/or their organization(s). Crabbing: the emitting of a negative mental attitude, language, and/or actions from an individual(s) or group, with the intent to stop or hinder the progress and success of an individual(s) or group. Crab mentality: the negative mental attitude that causes language and actions from an individual(s) or group(s) towards other individual(s) or group(s), with the intent to hurt, cause pain, distract and ultimately stop or hinder the progress and success of an individual(s) or group(s).
Author Biography
Johnny Riley, Jr. is a native of Louisiana and currently resides in the state of Texas. He is president of the Pitts Riley Group, LLC. He is also President and CEO of Bridging the GAPS Ministries International. He is the author of Crabology. He speaks in conferences annually all over the world. The locations he has spoken in are Johannesburg, South Africa; Jos Plateau State, Nigeria; Abuja, Nigeria, West Africa; Lagos State, Nigeria; Honduras; Mexico; and Guatemala. He also currently serves as an advisory to many African and Central America countries. Recently he was selected by the organization founded by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., the Southern Christian Leadership Conference to speak at the 50th Anniversary of the March on Washington in Washington, DC. Johnny has served as the Louisiana Workforce Commission (Department of Labor) Director of the Office of Workforce Development. He has also served as Deputy Director - Emerging Workforce of the Louisiana Workforce Commission (formerly the Louisiana Department of Labor) as an appointee of the State of Louisiana current Governor Bobby Jindal. As director, he oversaw all workforce development programs of LWC, including a statewide network of 63 Business and Career Solutions Centers, worker training and apprenticeship, Veterans, Louisiana Rehabilitation Services, Community Service Block Grants, Community Development Block Grants and Rapid Response. He managed an annual budget of $150 million dollars. He was instrumental in providing the labor force during the BP Oil Spill cleanup efforts, the largest man-made disaster in the history of the United States of America. Armani Valentino is the author of the national bestselling book, 99 Questions You Must Ask a Man Before Sleeping with Him and Definitely Before Having SEX. He wrote and self-published his first book at the age of 19. Since then, he has written, co-written and published over 30 books on his company, College Boy Publishing. He is also the co-author of the book, Crabology. Armani Valentino has been a featured lecturer and workshop presenter at colleges and universities nationwide. He has also been a guest on the nationally syndicated "Rickey Smiley Morning Show," Dallas' K104fm, and has had numerous television, radio, internet, podcast, blog and newspaper appearances, including First for Women Magazine. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Finance with a minor in Marketing from the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff.
