Sleeping Giants - by Mellor (Paperback)

Book Synopsis

Your mental model is not rigid. At any point in life, you possess the ability to change your perspective. Have you found that success does not erase insecurity and self-doubt? Do you know what it feels like to long for a different life? Sleeping Giants provides practical insights into how ordinary people can choose to build lives that matter.

Written by one of America's foremost storytellers and leadership guides, Dr. Nathan Mellor provides behind the scenes access to authentic stories about life. Each chapter connects vital concepts to true stories from his life, the lives of friends and family as well as public figures. Each page helps provide clarity about the factors, often hidden, that shape our understanding. The result is a thoughtful, inspiring and challenging book that provides a framework for life.

• Gain insights into how the brain can be remapped by reviewing how the Secret Service responded to the attempted assassination of a United States President.
• Learn how Mahalia Jackson inspired Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. to give the, "I Have a Dream" speech.
• Consider how perspective is changed while hiking on the Appalachian Trail.
• Understand why Ted Roosevelt, the son of Theodore Roosevelt, requested to be among the first wave of soldiers on D-Day.
• Follow along with Nathan as he explores how his personal mental model was shaped and transformed in key moments.
• Discover what General Dwight Eisenhower said to paratroopers from the 101st Airborne Division just hours before they were dropped behind enemy lines in Normandy.
• Learn why Nathan's granddad would always turn the songbooks the same direction when he cleaned the church building.

Review Quotes

"Nathan Mellor is both insightful and funny while imparting a worldly wisdom beyond his years. This is a wonderful read for anyone who is interested in improving leadership skills and/or gaining greater insight into life's "defining moments" in order to lead a more meaningful life. Nathan is a master at taking seemingly ordinary experiences and finding essential character and integrity building lessons buried within. I came away being challenged personally and spiritually." --Kim Henry, former first lady of the State of Oklahoma and current Executive Director of Sarkeys Foundation

"Nathan is a gifted speaker and storyteller. Sleeping Giants demonstrates that he is as gifted with the written word as he is with the spoken word. This book is full of inspiring stories--many from Dr. Mellor's own life--that will cause you to laugh and reflect and inspire you to lead a meaningful life." --Allison D. Garrett, President, Emporia State University

"The stories in Sleeping Giants are inspiring and intimately human examples of how to live a life of meaning. With endearing humility, Mellor's stories offer a combination of joy and wisdom that is hard to find."--Kyle Harper, Ph.D., Sr. Vice President and Provost, University of Oklahoma