My friend Tim Sanders has just written a new book.† In this sequel to his 2002 work, Love is the Killer App, Tim explains seven principles that he learned from his favorite Grandmother, Billye.

His fatherís unexpected death put him in a downward spiral for fifteen yearsówhat he calls his ìsideways years.î A photo of a dusty water tower in Texas finally woke him up in 1996. Thatís when he realized he needed to go home to his rockóhis grandmother Billye, who had taken him in as a child to raise as her own.

Rediscovering the lessons she taught him as a child turned his life around and, in less than four years, catapulted him to financial security and an officer-level role at an S&P 500 company at the center of the Internet revolution. Today, his promise to himself is, ìI will never forget those lessons. The price is too high.Those seven lessons from Tim’s Grandmother are:

1. Feed Your Mind Good Stuff
2. Move the Conversation Forward
3. Exercise Your Gratitude Muscle
4. Give to Be Rich
5. Prepare Yourself
6. Balance Your Confidence
7. Promise Made, Promise Kept

Today, Tim is a best-selling author, leadership coach, and†brings his experience as a former Yahoo! executive to his work as a terrific platform speaker and great author.† You will find his book here.