Career Year is a story about an intellectual who mentors a professional baseball player. The book is an entertaining blend of self-improvement, philosophy, business, and baseball. This is a self-help book not afraid to poke fun at its own advice. Coaches, teachers, athletes, mentors, business executives, entrepreneurs, sales professionals, musicians, and baseball fans will benefit from this short and easy-to-read book. The story includes a collection of practical ideas to help you personally and professionally. The characters are fictional, but the challenges facing them are real. The fable has plenty of "what if" scenarios and thought-provoking material you can discuss with friends, co-workers, and colleagues. Baseball fans will love Career Year.

Lane Patterson is struggling. His migraines can be debilitating. A tenuous relationship with the head coach and his binge drinking wife compound his problems. His most unfortunate and life-altering moment unfolds when he experiences sudden deafness. Yes, sudden deafness is a real medical condition and could happen to anyone, including a professional quarterback. At the urging of a friend, Lane reluctantly agrees to learn American Sign Language. An eccentric teacher enters Lane's life and thus begins his journey to learning sign language and a new way to live. In this intriguing story, the skills of sign language and signal-calling come together under unique circumstances.

Career Year is a story about an intellectual who mentors a professional baseball player. The book is an entertaining blend of self-improvement, philosophy, business, and baseball. This is a self-help book not afraid to poke fun at its own advice. Coaches, teachers, athletes, mentors, business executives, entrepreneurs, sales professionals, musicians, and baseball fans will benefit from this short and easy-to-read book. The story includes a collection of practical ideas to help you personally and professionally. The characters are fictional, but the challenges facing them are real. The fable has plenty of "what if" scenarios and thought-provoking material you can discuss with friends, co-workers, and colleagues. Baseball fans will love Career Year.