Chuck's Lemonade - Schwartz, Chuck

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Résumé :
Do you struggle when life gives you lemons? The truth is life doesn't always go as you planned or as you wished. It's what you do next that matters most! Chuck's Lemonade will inspire you to develop habits that will help you find gifts when life gives you lemons, make your days great, and turn your lemons into lemonade!
Chuck's Lemonade is a collection of stories and practices designed to help you deal with things in life that can cause negative feelings and emotions. Learn how living HABITS, the ingredients in Chuck's Lemonade (Honesty, Acceptance, Beach, Inspiration, Trust, and Service) can help you cope with these emotions and feelings, find gifts in life's negative situations, and turn your lemons into lemonade!

Biographie:
Hi, I am Chuck, and I am the chef of a recipe I call Chuck's Lemonade, a recipe for inspired thinking and living, for finding gifts when life gives you lemons, and for turning your lemons into lemonade. I live on a beautiful little island (Hilton Head Island, South Carolina), and I live here with my wife Renee. I am also the father to three grown and wonderful children, Jonathan, Brett, and Alyssa. I am also a son, a brother, a brother-in-law, and a friend to many wonderful friends that are like family. My passions are listening to music (I used to write and make music, and I am admittedly an old 80's hair band rocker, but now I mostly just listen), taking long walks on the beach, writing, teaching, and being an inspiration to others. My professional career includes over thirty-five years in business management, business ownership, strategic business development, sales and sales management, and marketing. My experiences span the industries of construction, information technology, accounting, business management software, and business management consulting.
My Chuck's Lemonade story spans my entire life;
. My youth, my upbringing, and beginning my struggle with guilt...
. My awkward teen years...whose weren't, right?
. My 20's, which included getting married just weeks shy of my 21st birthday, and being a kid raising kids...
. My 30's, which included returning to college and finally finding the gift of my college education...
. My 40's, which included waking up from a life of not wanting to deal with, and be honest with, things that I struggled with and things that weren't ok for me. I had so many questions. I decided to begin counseling, and I asked my counselor about why I would do this, and why would I allow this to happen when I know it is wrong for me. She calmly tells me it's because:
You used to see through yesterday eyes, and now you see through today's eyes!
What an Ah ha moment!
Later in my 40's I would experience the pain of separation and divorce. This includes beginning the process of saving my relationship with my children and learning to be the kind of father I wanted to be. I start living my life seeing with today's eyes!
Today, in my 50's, I see and live every day with today's eyes. I realize how positively this affects me, and others around me: my new marriage, my relationship with my children, with my mom, and with friends, work, and life in general, including where I live, how I work, and what will make my days and my life great.