A ROBIN'S WINTER - More Family Kindle Books "LIVE"

This book, in the style of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn, spins the life and times of a lad who grew up in a hamlet on Saginaw Bay. Born and raised in Linwood, Michigan, Richard La Flamme was a loyal, patriotic 'Linwoodite' who lived there his entire life.

Richard is my brother-in-law, m wife Carole's brother. Carole and I decided to publish his book in 2001.

Richard began writing his book one-winter evening in 1994, sitting in his favorite easy chair in front of the living room fireplace. He never married. It was important he leave behind something tangible.Rich reminisces about his early life, his "buddies," his family, his relatives, Boy Scouts, Military service, volunteerism and his travels.

He decided on the title A ROBIN'S WINTER because he related to the hearty robin that refused to leave his nest during harsh cruel winters, who loyally stayed behind instead of migrating to warmer climates. Wherever he traveled, Rich always returned to his nest by the bay ... Where he remained happy and content all the days of his life. He passed away in 1999 not seeing his book in print but family members picked up on his desire to leave something behind and published the book in 2001 ... as he wrote it.

Larry & Carole Beighey books are now available on Kindle

Kindle Books

My Wife, Carole's, 1st Book, The Waddodles of Hollow Lake: Law of the Woodland is now live on amazon.com in Kindle format ... It can be purchased in the Kindle Store for $5.00 ... I formatted it for the Kindle and it looks almost perfect ... I am proud of myself.

My book, A Drop in the Bucket with a forward by Newt Gingrich is also "live" in Kindle Format ... $9.99.

I intend to make all 5 of Carole's Books available in Kindle Format.

The Waddodles of Hollow Lake: Calamity on East Bay
The Waddodles of Hollow Lake: Journey to West Shore
The Waddodles of Hollow Lake: Mighty Oaks
The Waddodles of Hollow Lake: Ruffed Grouse Courtship Ceremony

She is now working on Book 6, The Waddodles of Hollow Lake: Big Casey, and I am working on my next book, More Drops in the Bucket.

You can download an abbreviated FREE sample of the "live" books onto your Kindle ... Check it out.

Please feel free to pass the word around to your friends.

Life is a contact sport,

Larry Beighey

Blog Administrative Detail

I have made all the Blog Posts that are from my 1st book, A Drop in the Bucket, in a Blue Font Color. All "Posts" from my upcoming book, More Drops in the Bucket are in a Black Font Color.

In addition, you can tell which are from the 1st book by searching on A Drop in the Bucket in the Label Posts ... All Posts from my upcoming book, More Drops in the Bucket carry its Label Name.

Our daughter, Anne Beighey Woodbury, worked for Newt Gingrich for over 12 years ... From before, during and after he was Speaker of the House ... During his tenure as The Speaker, Anne was his Executive Assistant. During that period, My wife, Carole and I became good friends with Newt.

It was common for aides to "ghost write" for The Speaker. The Speaker choose to "tear" up the prepared document and wrote the introduction himself.

One of the Drops in this book is “Ask a Busy Person.” It says: “If you want to get something done, give it to a busy person. A busy person always seems to find time to add something else to their list of things to do.” Of course, this busy person is Newt Gingrich. (http://www.newt.org/)

I know he is a fully involved and busy person … but that is just the person who would take time out of his demanding schedule to write such a moving and sincere Forward.

It is with heartfelt gratitude that I thank Newt for the thoughtful Forward to A Drop in the Bucket.

I am including Newt's forward here in it's final form.

FORWARD
By
NEWT GINGRICH

I am honored to write an introduction for Larry Beighey’s book because he literally changed my life in two very important ways.

First, through his daughter, Anne, he gave me an extraordinary associate who made my work much more effective and enjoyable as House Republican Whip, Speaker of the House, and then as a businessman and civic leader after leaving the House. The values, intensity, enthusiasm, and determination Anne brings to life are a great tribute to both her mom and dad. Their values and their commitment to life are reflected in their daughter’s career.

Second, when I entered the private sector in 1999, I visited with Larry to learn his secrets as an entrepreneur. One key lesson he taught me was “never be afraid to ask too much or offer too little.” Free enterprise is a process of getting to a mutually acceptable agreement in which both parties feel they are better off because they were able to accomplish something they could not
get done on their own.

Larry emphasized that in negotiating you were supposed to represent your own interests. If you had offered too little you could always raise the offer when it was rejected. If you had asked for too much you could always lower the price as the conversation continued.

Larry insisted that if you offered too much the other person would of course accept it but you might have paid much more than you needed to. If you asked for too little the other side would of course accept it but then you would have received much less than you might have.

I found this process of pleasantly and firmly representing your own interests inside your own head fascinating. Larry asserted that most people lacked the nerve to calmly represent themselves and tended to almost automatically offer too much or ask for too little. They wanted to be pleasant and to be accepted more than they wanted the best deal.

Larry’s insights will help you learn a lot more about being an effective entrepreneur and a profitable businessman or woman. More importantly, Larry’s stories and the principles they illustrate will help you live a better life and be a better person. Larry understands full well that life is about much more than simply making money.

Larry has lived a life devoted to his family, his community, and to Penn State. One of the happiest events we had when I was Speaker was when Coaches Joe Paterno and Lou Holtz came to speak for me at a Georgia Fundraiser. Larry is a devoted Penn State fan and was excited to be asked to introduce Joe Paterno to the 500 people present. He and Coach Paterno had a great time together. I could see the joy Larry got from his long relationship with his alma mater. It was one more mark of the enthusiastic and complete person he is.

This book will teach you lessons about business but more importantly it will teach you lessons about life.

When you are done you will feel you have made a new friend and his name is Larry.

Newt Gingrich,
Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, 1995-1998
Founder, The Center for Health Transformation

I am posting some chapters from my first book, A Drop in the Bucket, on my Blog so that people can read them. I wrote the book to leave something behind ... Not to make money or to be famous. I am about half-way through the draft of my 2nd book, More Drops in the Bucket ... From time to time, I will post a "Drop" from the second book onto the Blog ... I would love to receive comments back from others ... I hope you enjoy reading them as much as I enjoyed writing them.

Introduction to A Drop in the Bucket

My business career was like a roller coaster. There were many ups and downs, from being President of a large corporation … to losing my job when the company was sold … to buying a troubled plastic bucket company and turning it into a successful, lucrative business.

During all of this and the day-to-day life of raising six children with my wife, Carole, I relied on my beliefs, feelings and judgments to guide me along the way.

I started to accumulate my thoughts and sayings early on in my business career – I always had the notion it was succinct and clever to put some of life’s messages in the form of a saying or phrase.

I never thought about how many phrases I had accumulated, but recently when I started to write them down, I found I had close to 100.

As far as I know, each insight is a product of my own thinking, my own words and my own experiences. In the case where someone gave a thought to me, I have given them the credit.

Bottles and buckets played an important part in my life - thus the name, A Drop in the Bucket. Each of these “Drops” played a significant role in my personal, business, family and social life.

The book is not meant to be read at one sitting; rather, it is a book that you can pick up and read one or several Drops … returning at some later time to read more.

I hope you find “A Drop in the Bucket” useful and that one of these “Drops” will strike a chord and benefit you in some way.

Larry Beighey
LJBeighey@aol.comNovember, 2005