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The difference between mediocrity and greatness can be measured by the intensity of a person’s charge. In ‘Charge at the Dark’,’ David Schaeffer taps into our deep desire to do something special with our life, to go beyond a herd mentality and throw off the shackles that would hold us back. This is not a book for the exceptional or super-gifted. Neither is it a book for the faint-hearted. It is an every-person book that will inspire the reader to ‘get their charge on.’ As David shares the highs and lows of his charge, you will laugh and cry your way to the place where you will be inspired to make the most of yours.

Leadership:
Turn the Ship Around by L David Marquet
It’s Your Ship by D Michael Abrashoff
Courageous Leadership by Bill Hybels

Personal Life Management:
Getting Things Done by David Allen
Integrity by Dr Henry Cloud
balancedwealthcreation.com

Safe Church Workshops:
Boundaries by Henry Cloud and John Townsend
Behavioural Styles:
Personality Plus by Dr Florence Littauer

Relationships:
The Five Love Languages by Gary Chapman
Natural Church Development:
Natural Church Development by Christian A Schwarz
The 3 Colours of Leadership by Christian A Schwarz
Color Your World with NCD by Christian A Schwarz

Grief:
Experiencing Grief by H Norman Wright
Why? By Anne Graham Lotz
Griefshare audio (see griefshare.org)
Grieve Upwards by David Schaeffer

Workplace Safety:
workcover.nsw.gov.au
safeworkaustralia.gov.au

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The ticking clock takes us from the past to the future every 3 seconds. In David Schaeffer’s thought provoking book ‘Smile at the Future’ he examines the future that mankind’s creativity is fashioning for itself, and then reveals the underbelly of the human race; its corrupt nature where we weaponise what could have been used for our collective good. In the midst of a longevity revolution, he goes on to ask “how much time do we have this side of the grave?” And “how much time do we have on the other side of the grave?” Thoughtfully compiled and compellingly written, this book provides a perspective on life and helps us formulate answers to life’s toughest questions.

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By his own admission, David Schaeffer is now one of the most contented people he knows. So why is he writing books on the very serious topics of grief and stress? A short decade earlier, he was spiraling downwards under a weight of stress that had accumulated over many years.

David writes this book from his discovery and recovery experiences. He uncovers three kinds of stress. The stress we choose, the stress that chooses us and everyday, unnecessary stress. He uses the tragedy of the 1998 Rolex Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race as a backdrop for many important things we all need to learn.

In Stress less Live More, David summarizes almost 100 years of research into this universal human condition and delivers it in a relaxing, sometimes humorous style.[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc_button2 title=”ORDER TODAY” style=”outlined” color=”mulled_wine” link=”url:http%3A%2F%2Fdavidschaeffer.com.au%2Fproduct%2Fstress-less-live-more%2F|title:Grieve%20Upwards|target:%20_blank|”][vc_empty_space height=”16px”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/6″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/6″ offset=”vc_col-xs-2″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″ offset=”vc_col-xs-8″ css=”.vc_custom_1430495405550{margin-right: 80px !important;margin-left: -20px !important;}”][vc_empty_space][vc_custom_heading text=”Grieve Upwards” font_container=”tag:h2|font_size:36|text_align:left|color:%23333333″ google_fonts=”font_family:Montserrat%3Aregular%2C700|font_style:700%20bold%20regular%3A700%3Anormal”][vc_custom_heading text=”Introduction to the book Grieve Upwards” font_container=”tag:h2|font_size:18|text_align:left|color:%23333333″ google_fonts=”font_family:Montserrat%3Aregular%2C700|font_style:700%20bold%20regular%3A700%3Anormal”][vc_column_text]

“One day we will understand why this is the best thing that could have happened to us.”

Those were the first words that came from my mouth. Where did they come from?

Unscripted.

Unexpected.

Unrehearsed.

I looked into the eyes of my two daughters who, with me, had just helplessly watched on as their mother and my wife, ceased breathing with one laboured, exhaling sigh.

In that moment, Marilyn’s body had surrendered to death, and her spirit surrendered to life…. into the safe arms of Jesus, and away from ours.

Fast–forward approximately ten years.

Belinda, one of the two daughters who, a decade previously, had stood at her mother’s bedside, now lay in the intensive care section in Sydney’s Royal Prince Alfred hospital. Four years earlier, this had been the very place where she had received the gift of a liver transplant.

A grieving family somewhere in Australia had given permission for that organ to be taken from the dying body of their loved one and placed into Belinda’s dying body to give it life.

Now a rare and aggressive cancer was sweeping through her body like a firestorm. Its rapid advance had been made possible by an immune system, purposefully lowered to prevent her body from rejecting the new liver.

Rohan had been my son–in–law for an agonisingly brief fifteen months. Together, we watched numbly as the life support machines were turned off one by one. At 32 years of age, Belinda took the same safe passage into eternity her mother had taken ten years earlier.

How does one go through experiences like this and rise again to a new normal, richer and stronger for the experience?

Read on…

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‘Grieve Upwards’ deals with questions such as

How do males grieve differently to females?

How do you avoid falling into temptation?

How can you find love second time around?

When are you ready for a new relationship?

How can you trust God again?

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“The best book I have ever read about dealing with grief”

– Mark Ramsey, Senior Pastor, Citipointe Church, Brisbane, Australia

“Grieve Upwards is one of the most authentic, lucid, relevant and passionate books on responding to death and grief I have ever read”
– The Right Reverend Richard Hurford OAM, Retired Anglican Bishop, State Chaplain, St John Ambulance, NSW, Australia

“Any man, particularly those who think that they can grieve alone, should read this book”
– Mark Kliner Chief Executive Officer, Keller Australia Group of Companies

“An amazingly brave and transparent look into one of the toughest journeys in someone’s life in the loss of a loved one”
– Andy Gourley, CEO and Founder, Red Frogs Australia

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