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Keeping First Things First
by John Gile

"A guide to enjoying unshined shoes
and kitchen clashes"

Author's Note:
"I am a journalist by education and experience, but what I share with you on the following pages comes out of a far more important role I play in life, my role as husband and father. My hope is that you will find something of value in the experiences and reflections I share with you on these pages and, more important, that they will help you realize how much there is of value in you." — John Gile.

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"Wow! Perfect! I really needed that!"

After a Staff Development for Educators program author John Gile presented in Florida, a teacher who purchased Keeping First Things First at the conference sent a note about the book: "When I arrived home, I got myself all worked up about everything I needed to accomplish. I resigned myself to the possibility that my summer was slipping away and I wouldn't be able to spend time with friends and family as I had planned. I made a list of all the friend's I would have to call to cancel plans. Then I crawled in bed and grabbed, Keeping First Things First. I read the first page. Wow! Perfect! I really needed that! I reached over and crumpled up that list of "friends to cancel" and tossed it in the trash. I now have a new list — a schedule of people to visit with. My chores will be penciled in around them. Thanks."

"It was exactly what I needed to help me work through some very rough personal times."
"As a new mother,I made the same mistake that most Type-A personalities make. I tried to be 'Super Mom.' I physically and emotionally wore myself down and eventually just collapsed... Your insights are absolutely incredible and I can't tell you how much they have helped me."— C.M.

"I'm enjoying my kids and they're enjoying me."

"Since I teach, I have my summers free. Every summer I have a list a mile long to complete. My children were young, so I worked at my list before they woke up, while they napped, and after they went to bed at night. This year, however, the oldest of my three doesn't nap...and my list of previous summers is gone. I was feeling rather unproductive until I read Keeping First Things First. Now I would feel guilty if I completed my list. I'm enjoying my kids and they're enjoying me. Thanks for making my summer." L.G., Dixon, IL

"It is the perfect gift for a special friend of mine who has recently had to adjust to her first-born leaving for college." — L.V., Rhode Island

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• Click here to visit the author's website — www.johngile.com.