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Award-winning author S t e v e K u b i c e k leveraged his Agriculture Economics degree and experience on an Oklahoma family farm to launch a sixteen-year career in the global fertilizer industry. His ability to develop and lead top-performing sales teams landed him another twelve year career in the copper industry with the firm’s sister company, Freeport McMoRan Copper and Gold. While serving this Fortune 500 company as Vice President of Sales and Marketing, he personally negotiated the company’s long-term commercial agreements and oversaw billions of dollars in annual sales. With nearly three decades of U.S. and international corporate executive experience, he traveled to more than twenty-five countries, served on the Board of Directors of the Copper Club and on the Executive Advisory Committee for the International Copper Association. Following retirement he wrote the inspiring award-winning motivational book Up and In: Seven Keys to Unlocking Your Potential and authored the award-winning novel, Visibly Struck based on the true experiences of George Washington and his faith in the invisible hand of God. A multiple award-winning author, mentor, ordained deacon, and speaker, Steve Kubicek’s passion is to inspire and motivate. He believes that the lessons of experience are precious gifts to be shared for the encouragement of others.
Reviewed by Samantha Rivera for Readers' Favorite
Up and In by Steve Kubicek is a book of keys, a book which explains and details the ways in which any individual can turn to God and to their own internal self and achieve more than they ever have before. It’s all about getting ‘Up and In’ rather than ‘down and out.’ There’s more to life than just surviving. Thriving is what everyone wants to do and it’s something that will take some effort but is still possible. Each step of the journey is outlined in a new key and provides examples and methods of implementation so that no matter where you are on your path through life, you can succeed at making a difference for yourself and for others as well. The Lord works in mysterious ways and right now he’s working to help this book.
It’s not always easy to look at the glass as half full but that’s exactly what Up and In is all about. Throughout the course of this book the author hits on many aspects of life where an individual may feel stuck or unable to succeed. Yet they have the potential to do just that. It’s all about believing in yourself and believing in your dreams and goals. This book contains areas called, ‘Discovering Treasure’ which give prospecting assistance for those who don’t know how to apply the principle at hand and even ‘Digging Deeper’ sections which relate to why you should implement these changes and ideas in your life. I have to say this book is very inspirational.
