{"product_id":"the-ride-of-our-lives-lessons-on-life-leadership-and-love-9781630505301","title":"The Ride of Our Lives: Lessons on Life, Leadership, and Love","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"The Ride of Our Lives, Lessons on Life, Leadership, and Love\" is an inspirational story about a man and his family on a transformational journey as they bicycled across the United States. It is a powerful story about the resiliency required to overcome challenges. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In 1983 John and Berti Gronski and their 15-month-old son Stephen set off on a bicycle tour across America. There were no ubiquitous mobile phones, no internet, no email, Google, or social media sites. The closest thing to connectivity was a payphone along a dusty road. John pulled Stephen in a bicycle trailer that resembled a pioneer's covered wagon. They traveled over 4,000 miles from Washington state to Pennsylvania. The trip was filled with adventures and enduring leadership lessons. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"From Homer's Odyssey to Pirsig's Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, tales of travel, adventure, and self-discovery have always fascinated people. Likewise, John Gronski's The Ride of Our Lives regales readers with an inspirational and engaging story of a young family's cross-country bicycle trip that results in a life-long formation of character, family values, patriotic service and citizenship, and unshakable faith. Gronski skillfully weaves into his captivating story a wide range of military leadership principles, faith-based truths, and life lessons that serve as guideposts for the reader's own moral development. This book is a must read for all people interested in learning how one family's experience shaped their notion of character-based leadership through their encounters with and embracing of the best life has to offer.\" \u003cbr\u003e --John J. Sosik, Ph.D., Professor of Management and Organization, Penn State University, Great Valley School of Graduate and Professional Studies, Malvern, PA.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJohn L. Gronski, Major General, USA (Ret.) is founder and CEO of Leader Grove Consulting, LLC (www.LeaderGrove.com). John is a much sought-after speaker and leadership seminar facilitator.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Xulon Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50528687128850,"sku":"9781630505301","price":23.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_35944610-8536-4387-9c29-1c82878ee2ae.jpg?v=1731334563","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-ride-of-our-lives-lessons-on-life-leadership-and-love-9781630505301","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}