The Gentle Life: 37 Secrets to a Happy Life

By Thomas S Klobucher

Tom Klobucher’s book, The Gentle Life, introduces us to 37 secrets to a happy life and invites us to receive the incredible rewards that come with being gentle, grateful, and polite.

This subject is more important now than ever before.

In too many of our families, the home is a place where genuine c

• Language: English
• Publisher: Nextis Press
• Release date: Oct 19, 2018
• ISBN: 9780984846993

Thomas S Klobucher

About The Author: Thomas KLobucher! Thomas S. Klobucher, aka Tom, is a future based Entrepreneur, Author, Speaker and the CEO of Thomas Interior Systems, Inc., a Chicago area office planning and furnishings firm that he founded in 1977 with the corporate vision to "Improve The Office Work Environment". As a six-time winner of the Top Twenty Best Places To Work In Illinois, the Thomas team has advised and assisted well over 25,000 organizations through-out the Chicago area and the Midwest, in improving their office work environments by helping them to create great places to work for their people. Creating a great place to work is not just about buying office furniture, it is all about TRANSFORMATION. We are in the transformation business! Helping businesses and organizations to transform their workplaces into EPIC GREAT PLACES TO WORK. Engaged workplaces where the employees are number one! We help create a priceless collaborative environment where employees are fully engaged and happy, and always put the customer first! This is transformation! This is what we do! THE GREAT WORKPLACE REVOLUTION Tom's book, The Great Workplace Revolution, takes the reader through the twelve essential strategies for creating a great place to work, and provides the tools to better understand and leverage the unique giftedness of the five distinct workplace generations that will be working together in this most exciting decade. "First of all, I have to say that I LOVE THIS BOOK. I think it should be required reading for everybody who runs a company. It is so humane and sensible. It is engaging, clearly written, and smart. www.TheGreatWorkplaceRevolution.com THE GREAT WORKPLACE TRANSFORMATION The Great Workplace Transformation provides the tools businesses need to create great places to work while helping leaders understand how to accommodate the growing reality of multiple generations working side by side in the workplace. The practical, hands-on sequel to Klobucher's highly regarded 'Great Workplace Transformation' shows leaders, front-line employees, and everyone in the between how to wage "a revolution where everybody wins." The Great Workplace Transformation will help you "fast track your organization into a truly great place to work... help you hire and retain the most, creative, loyal, and growth-driven employees... and transform your workplace into a powerhouse that thrives during the most challenging and exciting multi-generational decade in history. www.TheGreatWorkplaceTransformation.com THE TAILOR'S SON Tom's Third Title is The Tailor's Son. THE TAILOR'S SON is an authentic American story on classic themes: father, son, and the healing power of belief. This book is a moving illustration of a loving look back at the perils of youth, the distance that can arise between father and son, and the potential for reconciliation and complete life direction change for the better. www.TheTailorsSon.com RETIREMENT: THE BEST IS YET TO COME! RETIREMENT: The Best is Yet To Come, provides us with "The Retirement Road-map for the time of your life." What is the secret to a successful retirement? Tom shares twenty-five BOLD STEPS to a happy, positive, fulfilled and engaged retirement. And why is this subject so important today? Staggering data on the consequences of 78 million Baby Boomers (those born between 1946 and 1964) who will be entering the rolls of retirement, over the next three to six years. Research shows that most of this age group has done little or no preparation, for this life changing event! www.Retirement-TheBestIsYetToCome.com TRANSFORMATIONAL RELATIONSHIPS. NEW RELEASE 2016 Discover Your Lifetime ADVANTAGE! This is a learning tool book for all generations that traces our positive Transformational Relationships from early childhood to our Senior years. It prepares us for our VERY BEST LIFE! Visit: www.TransformationalRelationships.in

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CHAPTER ONE

Follow the Golden Rule: No Gentleperson Ever Breaks It on Purpose.

Let everyone regulate his conduct ... by the golden rule of doing to others as in similar circumstances we would have them do to us, and the path of duty will be clear before him.

—WILLIAM WILBERFORCE

We’ll begin with the big idea that supports every single syllable you’ll be reading in this book—the idea that informs and inspires, not just gentle behavior, but a successful life as a human being. It can be found in any Bible, in Matthew 7:12: So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you.

This is the core principle for having a happy family life, for sustaining a successful marriage, for launching and growing a thriving business, and for maintaining any human relationship. And it’s the principle with which we’re going to begin our examination of gentle behavior. The gentleperson may not be perfect—none of us is—but he or she will never consciously subject someone else to behaviors or attitudes that he or she would not want to experience personally. To follow this rule, you must get into the habit of asking yourself a very simple, but profound, question: How would I feel if I were on the receiving end of the action I’m considering?

Posing that question honestly and with an open mind, reflecting on the answer that comes back, and acting in accordance with the deepest, most empathetic choice you can muster, is the essence of the Golden Rule. At the end of the day, following the Golden Rule means understanding that we should expect to be judged by our Creator with respect to our willingness and ability to put it into practice.

One of my favorite stories about this rule being followed in a practical sense comes from the world of baseball. Back in 1947, the president of the Brooklyn Dodgers, Branch Rickey, was meeting with Happy Chandler, the president of the National League, about a talented prospect the Dodgers wanted to bring up to the majors to play first base: Jackie Robinson. Robinson, of course, was black. Most of the major-league owners were dead-set against the idea of bringing an African American into the big leagues.

We faced each other in my walnut log cabin, Chandler recalled, years later. "Logs blazed and crackled in my great stone fireplace. We needed that fire. It was a cold, raw January day. I told Branch, ‘The other owners will never agree. You’re all alone. I know you are here asking me for help. I’m the only person on earth who can approve the transfer of that contract from Montreal to Brooklyn. I have one question for you. Can Robinson play