African American schools in the segregated South faced enormous obstacles in educating their students. But some of these schools succeeded in providing nurturing educational environments in spite of the injustices of segregation. Vanessa Siddle Walker tells the story of one such school in rural North Carolina, the Caswell County Training School, which operated from 1934 to 1969. She focuses especially on the importance of dedicated teachers and the principal, who believed their jobs extended well beyond the classroom, and on the community's parents, who worked hard to support the school. According to Walker, the relationship between school and community was mutually dependent. Parents sacrificed financially to meet the school's needs, and teachers and administrators put in extra time for professional development, specialized student assistance, and home visits. The result was a school that placed the needs of African American students at the center of its mission, which was in turn shared by the community. Walker concludes that the experience of CCTS captures a segment of the history of African Americans in segregated schools that has been overlooked and that provides important context for the ongoing debate about how best to educate African American children. African American History/Education/North Carolina

Richard Furman tells of the incredibly difficult challenges he faced in his desire to become a surgeon. Faced with the grueling demands of training, Richard realized that the key to survival and success would be to set clear goals and create specific steps for reaching them.

We all have an underlying desire to achieve more than what we already have, but something stops us from moving forward. We’ve all looked at more successful, happier people than us, and wondered what we are doing wrong. • Why is it that we feel unable to progress any further? • What is that always stops us from being the best that we can be? Written by a columnist and lifestyle coach, Chitra Jha, Achieve Your Highest Potential, is a step by step guide to set you on your personal growth plan. It will help you to break all the barriers and be the success you should be

A bold new approach to performance by one of the top coaches in the country. In trying to improve-on the playing field, in the office, or even at home-most people seek out new information to get to the next level. They read a book, attend a class, or hire an expert to give them an edge. But Alan Fine, an accomplished tennis, golf, and executive coach and a renowned authority on peak performance, believes that this "outside-in" method is precisely what's holding you back from doing your best work. He's found the biggest obstacle to improved performance isn't not knowing what to do; it's not doing what you already know. Ironically, the quest for information and instructions designed to help you get ahead can often interfere with your ability to focus on doing something. Fine reveals his simple and proven approach to achieving breakthrough performance. It starts with reducing the interference that blocks your potential through an amazing process called G.R.O.W. (Goal, Reality, Options, Way Forward). No matter who you are or what you do, You Already Know How to Be Great will help you eliminate what is standing in the way of your goals.

The"New York Times"bestselling author and"Morning Joe"cohost Mika Brzezinski examines the enemies of women s success both in the workplace and at homeand reveals strategies to overcome them."

Your Greatest Greatness was written to help motivate children to spend every minute improving the things today, that make them better than they were yesterday. Filled with deep and meaningful illustrations, this book inspires readers to realize that we all have everything we need to achieve everything we want, right now. The time has come to share your "Greatest Greatness" with the world.

We all want to lead healthy, happy, productive, and purposeful lives. Unfortunately, our mindset often hinders our progress with beliefs that limit our greatest potential. Thankfully, it is possible to transform our mindset in a way that brings our dreams to life. Natalie M. Bonomo has dedicated her life to inspiring others to shift their paradigms to realize their true potential. In a thought-provoking and inspiring guidebook, she intertwines personal experiences with practical advice that leads others on an introspective journey to learn how to take charge of life and attract their desires. Through a step-by-step process, others will learn how to: • invite opportunity and embrace change; • align thoughts with values; • conduct a mental autopsy; • rely on internal guidance; • live with purpose; • make gratitude a habit; • create a clear vision forward; and • maintain self-improvement. Included are journal exercises that will help anyone develop a concrete plan to living inspired. Your Greatest Potential! is a guide to transforming thinking to overcome obstacles; align the body, mind, and spirit; and maximize abilities to live a blissful life and make an extraordinary difference in the world.

Full Potential is a step-by-step career counselling guidebook based on introspective self examination techniques and tactical career advancement tools developed by Nicole over years of research and practical implementation. Readers will experience a cohesive journey from ideation to actualisation, using interactive, engaging tools presented through the perfect amount of written guidance. Watch your life come alive through the pages of this guidebook!

"7 KEYS To Unlock Your Full Potential" is a book filled with the incredible promise for those readers who may better understand the TRUE relationship between the conscious and subconscious areas of the mind. The reader will be taken on a journey toward a doorway that opens a life of expanded opportunities and potential successes. The book does not require a leap of faith. The principles and techniques presented herein are both practical and well documented by modern science. The following is an eloquent description and summary of this book. "There is a musical form termed "call and response" in which a distinct phrase is played by one musician and a second phrase forms a commentary on or a response to the first phrase. This mirrors a tradition characteristic of African and African American Christian worship in which the speaker makes a statement and the congregation responds with an affirmation, amplifying and clarifying the initial statement. This work by Murphy and Jensen is an exquisite example of call and response-Murphy asserts, Jensen elucidates. Their subject matter may have sometimes been dismissed as too far out or not based on verifiable scientific evidence, but in page after page the call is a clear, declaratory statement of conviction and the response is an offering of anecdotal evidence which becomes increasingly compelling as the chapters accumulate. If it is not enough to convince the skeptic, it is at least enough to shake the certainty and smugness of its critics. Read this and sing!"-Daniel K. Church, Ph.D., President, Bastyr University."

Are you ready to experience God's best? In How to Reach Your Full Potential for God, best-selling author, teacher, and pastor Dr. Charles F. Stanley lays out seven essentials to an abundant life?the life of purpose that God planned specifically for you. "You are not here by accident... You are here to accomplish a job that God assigned to you from eternity past." If you settle for less than God's best in your life, the world will lose your contribution, and you will miss the exhilaration of reaching your full potential. "It is an awesome, eye-opening, and inspiring thing to catch a glimpse of how God is working in your life?weaving together who He made you to be with those things He has prepared you to do and experience." Chapter by chapter, Dr. Stanley makes the biblical path to fulfilling your God-given potential clear, practical, and inspiring. Follow it to experience the joy, peace, and love that your heavenly Father has waiting for you. Read these pages, embrace these principles, and enjoy every moment of life at its best.