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About the Book

This book is about choices, focus, survival and how our American based cultural belief systems sometimes “shortcut” our decision making processes. We all have belief systems. They are neither good nor bad. It is the additional information we choose to either include or not include in our decisions that determine the outcome. Our belief system is not limited to religious or spiritual aspects, but include every decision we make about every task we do on a daily basis. What foods we eat, what we watch, read, listen, our friends, our employers; it is an endless list. Without additional information, everything we believe in will produce an expected, less desirable outcome. With additional information, we will make better decisions with a more predictable, desirable outcome. In this book I share some of my experiences and how I struggled to understand the importance of how to effectively use information. For me, it is the person Jack Mulder that goes overboard at night in the Pacific Ocean and transforms into the person, “Captain Jack”. Just a “moment” passes from the time I leave the sailboat until I hit the water. It was that “moment” of understanding along with my beliefs that would determine the outcome.

About the Author

I am qualified to write the book based on my 66 years of life experience. I have read books all my adult life and I have been writing my current books for the last 35 years. I discovered a passion for writing in the last 10 years and the two books that I am publishing are both true stories. I currently live in Southern California. I grew up in Portland, Oregon. I graduated from the University of Oregon. I was a Jet Instructor in the U.S. Navy. I worked for the Washington State Patrol first as a Trooper and then as the Assistant Aviation Commander for a total of 12 years. I was the first recipient of the State Patrol's highest Award, The Award of Honor after 88 previous nominations