Author Timothy Wright, wrote this book “Blue Collar Players” which stemmed from several reasons one top motive was his Inner desire that, he wanted it to become a reality - from mind to a book. Additional reasons where: 1) LIFE EXPERIENCES; (Others can relate too or see other aspects and perspectives) 2) LAUGHTER; He wanted to share laughter with many people, (In which he knows laughter is medicine for the soul). 3) LOVE; He wanted to share moments of innocent Love (Pure love experiences) 4) IMPRESSION; He wanted to share how others can Influence (Many can impact one’s life either in positive and/or negative manner) 5) LUST; (Each person can experience lust even if that’s not their focus in the beginning) 6) DECISIONS; Choices, Choices, Choices and Last Choices (“While we are free to choose our actions, we are not free to choose the consequences of our actions.” “We can try to avoid making choices by doing nothing, but even that is a decision. It's choice--not chance--that determines your destiny.”) 7) DELIGHT; overall the author wants everyone to get enjoyment from the reading of this book. Surely, Blue Collar Players is a book that the authors hope many enjoy; he knows that everyone has a story in their life that someone in the world can relate too. Reminiscing or what some people will call, back in the day until this current time, many have influential impact whether in actions, non-action or conversation. Whether it is girl talk, guy talk, women and/or men talk; we all can help each other by sharing the experience of one’s life. It is great that you are getting to know us. Did you ask who is the us? (Us is; the author, characters of the story, neighbors, associates, friends, teachers, entrepreneurs, business owners, blue collar workers and people who serve you or others on a daily basis. From the Author to Readers and Supporters thank you to all who assisted, encouraged, invested time, talent; and purchased this book Blue Collar Players. Readers, Enjoy: Please write comments to author at email: [email protected]

Author Timothy Wright, wrote this book Blue Collar Players which stemmed from several reasons one top motive was his Inner desire that, he wanted it to become a reality - from mind to a book. Additional reasons where: 1) LIFE EXPERIENCES; (Others can relate too or see other aspects and perspectives) 2) LAUGHTER; He wanted to share laughter with many people, (In which he knows laughter is medicine for the soul). 3) LOVE; He wanted to share moments of innocent Love (Pure love experiences) 4) IMPRESSION; He wanted to share how others can Influence (Many can impact one s life either in positive and/or negative manner) 5) LUST; (Each person can experience lust even if that s not their focus in the beginning) 6) DECISIONS; Choices, Choices, Choices and Last Choices ( While we are free to choose our actions, we are not free to choose the consequences of our actions. We can try to avoid making choices by doing nothing, but even that is a decision. It's choice--not chance--that determines your destiny. ) 7) DELIGHT; overall the author wants everyone to get enjoyment from the reading of this book. Surely, Blue Collar Players is a book that the authors hope many enjoy; he knows that everyone has a story in their life that someone in the world can relate too. Reminiscing or what some people will call, back in the day until this current time, many have influential impact whether in actions, non-action or conversation. Whether it is girl talk, guy talk, women and/or men talk; we all can help each other by sharing the experience of one s life. It is great that you are getting to know us. Did you ask who is the us? (Us is; the author, characters of the story, neighbors, associates, friends, teachers, entrepreneurs, business owners, blue collar workers and people who serve you or others on a daily basis. From the Author to Readers and Supporters thank you to all who assisted, encouraged, invested time, talent; and purchased this book Blue Collar Players. Readers, Enjoy: Please write comments to author at email: [email protected]

"The most valuable player is the one that makes the most players valuable." Peyton Manning In today's high stakes game of business, the players on the team are the competitive advantage for any organization. But, only if they are on the field instead of on the bench. Blue-Collar Leadership(R) & Teamwork provides a simple, yet powerful and unique, resource for individuals who want to increase their influence and make a high impact. It's also a resource and tool for leaders, teams, and organizations, who are ready to Engage the Front Line to Improve the Bottom Line. After logging over 11,000 hours leading leaders and their teams through process improvement, organizational change, and cultural transformation, Mack reveals the 30 key character traits of high impact players. Mack explains why each trait is critical and how adopting and leveraging each trait will help you develop 360° of influence regardless of your position, title, or rank. High impact players do more than get results. They motivate and inspire their teammates to get results. Adopting and applying these traits will help you and your team climb to the next level and beyond. "My first words are, GET SIGNED UP! This training is not, and I stress, not your everyday leadership seminar!" Sam M. VP/COO

When the Boise State University football team rushed onto the field to take on the University of Oklahoma Sooners in the 2007 Fiesta Bowl, the Broncos were in a position to begin a new tradition, or be party to an old one. That day was the culmination of a meteoric rise for a school essentially still making the transition to Division I football. From its humble beginnings as Boise Junior College to its status as a perennial top 25 team, author Tom Barbour follows the Broncos as they ascend to national prominence in his book, Blue Collar Mentality. Through meticulous research and individual interviews, Tom discovers what makes up a football program relying on a Blue Collar Mentality, rather than blue chip players to find itself, year after year, in the hunt for a top 10 ranking and a major bowl berth.

Finally, there is a book specifically created for the often overlooked and underdeveloped blue-collar workers on the front lines. My passion is to help leaders and organizations invest in those on the front lines or to help you invest in yourself. For the blue-collar workers I value so much: I've written the book I wish someone would have given me this book nearly 30 years ago when I started my career on the front lines. It would have changed my life then. It can change your life now. Separate yourself from the crowd quickly by learning how to master the traits High Impact leaders value most. You will learn how to get noticed for the right reasons and how to get promoted for the right reasons. You will learn how to become recognized as a front line leader worth following, and you don't need formal authority (position) because you will develop something better: moral authority (influence). I've made this book easy to read for the non-readers on the front lines. There are 30 chapters with 3 pages each. If you read a chapter a day (3 pages) you will easily complete the book in 1 month even if you're a non-reader. I've written this book specifically for the often overlooked great people with so much untapped potential on the front lines. If you're on the front lines it will help you better understand: - how to make an impact from where you are - how to be recognized for your abilities - how to position yourself well for promotions - how to increase your influence with your leaders and your teammates - how to be a better team player - how & why you should accept more responsibility - how to intentionally become more valuable to the company - how to become more valuable and successful as an individual - how to lead yourself well in order to create a better future for yourself This book will actually be great for anyone at any level in any industry, but the greatest value will be for those in the blue-collar world on the front lines along with the first few layers of front line leaders. Of course, higher level leaders also need to know and understand what's in this book to multiply the potential of those on the front lines.

From television, film, and music to sports, comics, and everyday life, this book provides a comprehensive view of working-class culture in America. The terms "blue collar" and "working class" remain incredibly vague in the United States, especially in pop culture, where they are used to express and connote different things at different times. Interestingly, most Americans are, in reality, members of the working class, even if they do not necessarily think of themselves that way. Perhaps the popularity of many cultural phenomena focused on the working class can be explained in this way: we are endlessly fascinated by ourselves. Blue-Collar Pop Culture: From NASCAR to Jersey Shore provides a sophisticated, accessible, and entertaining examination of the intersection between American popular culture and working-class life in America. Covering topics as diverse as the attacks of September 11th, union loyalties, religion, trailer parks, professional wrestling, and Elvis Presley, the essays in this two-volume work will appeal to general readers and be valuable to scholars and students studying American popular culture.

The postwar United States has experienced many forms of populist politics, none more consequential than that of the blue-collar white ethnics who brought figures like Ronald Reagan and Donald Trump to the White House. Blue-Collar Conservatism traces the rise of this little-understood, easily caricatured variant of populism by presenting a nuanced portrait of the supporters of Philadelphia Mayor Frank Rizzo. In 1971, Frank Rizzo became the first former police commissioner elected mayor of a major American city. Despite serving as a Democrat, Rizzo cultivated his base of support by calling for "law and order" and opposing programs like public housing, school busing, affirmative action, and other policies his supporters deemed unearned advantages for nonwhites. Out of this engagement with the interwoven politics of law enforcement, school desegregation, equal employment, and urban housing, Timothy J. Lombardo argues, blue-collar populism arose. Based on extensive archival research, and with an emphasis on interrelated changes to urban space and blue-collar culture, Blue-Collar Conservatism challenges the familiar backlash narrative, instead contextualizing blue-collar politics within postwar urban and economic crises. Historian and Philadelphia-native Lombardo demonstrates how blue-collar whites did not immediately abandon welfare liberalism but instead selectively rejected liberal policies based on culturally defined ideas of privilege, disadvantage, identity, and entitlement. While grounding his analysis in the postwar era's familiar racial fissures, Lombardo also emphasizes class identity as an indispensable driver of blue-collar political engagement. Blue-Collar Conservatism ultimately shows how this combination of factors created one of the least understood but most significant political developments in recent American history.