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I guess you could say that Father Skiffington, S.J. was my first Mentor. He was my English teacher in my junior year at the University of Detroit High School. Somehow I had been named “Staff Poet” on the Cub Newspaper and he had been reading some of my stuff. One day he called me aside and said, “Art, I do believe God had a plan when He created every living individual and that He gave every one of us a special talent. If we can just discover our special talent and hone it and find ways to use our talent for the good of all humankind then this could become a world full of love and peace and understanding.” Then he looked me straight in the eye and said, “Art, I do believe that you were put on this earth to serve as a bad example.” I replied, “Yes Father, and look at the great job I am doing with this talent.” I could serve well as a bad example in both my conduct and in my academic achievement there.
Later I taught a course titled “You can sell your writing.” It was built around a poem I’d written which was rejected twenty-five times. I sold it the 26th time out. My course gave struggling authors the challenge to carry on and some found success. At the railroad years later I played the role of Joe No No in our A-V productions on Safety. Joe No No would break every safety role and we’d show me lying on the ground and we even brought in a stretcher and showed me getting into an ambulance and moaning with great pain. So many times both writers and professional speakers have shared with me how I had inspired them. Some said to me, “Art, I saw you succeeding and it convinced that I could do better in some way and I did.” What is your special talent and what are you doing with it right now?
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The Platinum Rule by Art Fettig
The Age Old Secret to Happiness and Prosperity. If you believe in the Golden Rule then, just maybe, you are one of those fortunate few who are ready to take a giant step forwaqrd in your lives to fame, fortune and a great new plateau of personal satisfaction.
Art Fettig has identified a little known key to wealth and happiness in his book The Platinum rule. I hope that millions of people discover this little book and apply this giving formula. Trul their lives will be enriched and certainly this will be a better world.” – The Wickman Formula, Executive Press 1991
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