Travis Allen Sterner, MBA is known as a friend and mentor. He writes from the heart with a passion and authenticity that connects his readers with lessons learned from real-life experiences. With his easy style, an ability to convey meaningful content with humorous analogies, and unabashed love for the irony, absurdity, and wonder that is our shared human existence, he excels in 'edutainment.' He is an advocate of suicide prevention, based on his own high school attempt. He began his career in the US Army, then spent over two decades in corporate America, retiring at 47 to pursue being an author and motivational speaker. He has been married for 22+ years, and raised four boys. Travis believes we are on this Earth to serve each other and as such shares his writing, speaking, and other creative talents to convey strategies for self-care, optimism, and empathy for oneself and community.