Charlie's Thinking Cheese : Food for Thought and Inspiration with motivational seeds of wisdom from the Garden of Life

by Juarez, Mark; Happy Company

• ISBN13: 9780970317308
• ISBN10: 0970317301
• Edition: Cards
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2010-04-01
• Publisher: Happy Company

Summary

Charlie's Thinking Cheese is so much more than an inspirational story or a motivational novella. It is an optimistic, encouraging and uplifting package that creates immediate and positive life-changing experiences. It is a lifestyle kit that encourages generosity, community and hope. It is a reminder to see the possible in the impossible, believe in the unbelievable and to look for opportunity in every disappointment. An entertaining read for all ages, Charlie's story reminds us all that even the smallest acts of kindness can make a big and lasting impact.Alongside Charlie's Thinking Cheese are Charlie's Inspiration Cards, daring suggestions to expand horizons, question limitations and try things you perhaps never would have tried before. They offer courage, insight and inspiration into the magic of everyday life.Also in the box are Charlie's Appreciation Cards and Charlie Notes, two unique and special ways to spread appreciation. The Cards, like mini-greeting cards, offer a blank inside to write a message and a matching envelope to write a name to make it as personal as possible. The Notes are appreciation-on-the-sly, to be slipped into a purse or desk drawer anonymously. Either way, both offer heartfelt words and sayings written with true, honest appreciation for friends and loved ones in mind.For Charlie on-the-go, enclosed are Charlie's Pocket Cheese and Charlie's Pure and Simple Recipes. Both fit easily into a pocket or a purse, roughly the size of a business card, but they each have something big and special to offer. Charlie's Pocket Cheese includes messages, principals and lessons from Charlie's Thinking Cheese while Charlie's Pure and Simple Recipes are for the market trips when hunger for nourishing, fresh food strikes. Both are quick, little Charlie-sized pick-me-ups.On a playful note, there's a "Charlie ate it ..." magnet for the fridge to alleviate the guilt of eating that last piece of yummy goodness! And Charlie's stickers are fun and simple ways to say 'Thanks!' for the food we just love to eat.The Charlie's Thinking Cheese set is interactive and participatory to inspire positive action in people's lives, whether through appreciating others more often, seeking inspiration daily, or finally beginning that herb garden. Charlie's story is an example of compassion in action, destined to change the lives of more than just those who read it. Its goal is to spark a movement of kindness across the globe and every reader can be a part of the change.

Author Biography

At the age of 11, Mark Juarez started his first business mowing lawns. When his best friend?s grandmother, a woman near and dear to his heart, needed much more than just a mowed lawn, he decided to help by fixing her roof at almost no charge. Soon, he began to notice the obvious disrepair all over his own neighborhood and, in an effort to aid his community, he began offering basic repairs at low to no cost: fixing roofs, cracked windows, broken doors, and patching walls and painting. He refused to take payment until the residents were completely satisfied with his work. At this very young age his business philosophies grew from hard work, compassion and an overwhelming desire to serve. These philosophies would last an entire lifetime, making him a successful business owner and entrepreneur.In 1992 Mark established The Happy Company with his own personal savings of $22,000. Built on values such as ?Integrity Before Profit? and ?Work is Love Made Visible,? within three years the company?s sales exceeded $20 million annually with only one product: The Happy Massager. ?Happy? became it the world?s best-selling massage tool and an industry-changing phenomena thanks to Mark?s belief that ?All Is Possible!? Today, Mark?s energy is focused on his new, fictional friend named Charlie who was created out of the belief that all is possible and a concern for the impact that the current economic conditions of the world are having on everyday life. Mark recognized the correlation between past and present day struggles and endeavored to illuminate those struggles in Charlie?s story. A goal of his first literary work is to instill in others the principle of looking for opportunity in every possible circumstance. It is his greatest hope that Charlie sparks a movement of kindness across the globe because every person touched by Charlie?s story has the opportunity to become part of the change.