Empires vs. Coalitions: A Defining Moment for Relationships Empires vs. Coalitions draws a compelling comparison between relationships functioning as an empire and relationships that represent a gathering of equals. Empires are easy to detect. Relationships are based on accommodation, performance, and fear, with a concentration of power that includes vision, authority, voice, passion, and intelligence restricted to one or a select few. It's just the opposite with a coalition of equals, where accountability, transparency, mutuality, and personal responsibility are valued, because manufactured credibility is unreliable when compared to authentic credibility. When pathways to achieve credibility and legitimacy are primarily restricted to identifying with such tracts as nationalism, financial, race, ethnicity, social, political, religious, military or physical prominence, the true value of a person is defined in a narrow and limited scope. It's not surprising to witness repeatedly during modern times the breakdown of trust and credibility toward scandal-ridden institutions collapsing under the weight of having no conscious. Institutions such as government, military, political, economics, civil, financial, educational, religious, and marriage are tragically caught in scandal after scandal because self-importance and self-indulgence have replaced the principles of good character. Empires vs. Coalitions expresses the opinion that to educate an individual to the best that he or she inherently possesses, then credibility is no longer necessary to achieve through blind obedience, power, violence, and deviant behavior. In the words of one young aspiring entrepreneur, Luke Turpeinen, "We all do the best we can with the tools we have, but sometimes the tools are woefully inadequate." It is time to upgrade the tools to include the education, development, and practice of the merits of character that inspire a gathering of equals rather than imploding empires. Publisher's website: http: //www.sbprabooks.com/LorenzoDLeonard

Many people have reached a certain level of frustration and disappointment with their lives and ask the question, iHow did I arrive here in spite of my best efforts?i As we look around, we witness large numbers of people are struggling to achieve a measure of sustainable success in their primary relationships and careers. Author Lorenzo Leonard takes a look at a way of life that values who an individual is intrinsically, where authentic personal credibility and the effectiveness of character are revealed. The True Holy War represents a compilation of writings designed to encourage its reader to think about the internal struggle between what we are externally-typified by oneis race, sex, role, social status, and material wealth-versus who we are intrinsically-attained through the embodiment of dignity, integrity, and personal responsibility. Insightful, intelligent, and compassionately expressed, The True Holy War-The Clash Between: What We Are Externally vs. Who We Are Intrinsically, gifts the reader with an eloquent truth and offers a path to emotional and spiritual healing well outside the beaten path of traditional methods commonly used to establish personal credibility and legitimacy. Author Bio: ABOUT THE AUTHOR-Lorenzo D. Leonard grew up in Chicago and currently lives in Seattle. The True Holy War is his fifth book.