Book teaches life lessons, raises foundation funds

Life’s Golden Ticket is an inspirational novel by author, prominent leadership speaker, and San Francisco, California, Kiwanian Brendon Burchard. The book tells the story of a man trapped in his past and unable to the see the possibilities, the choices, and the gifts he has right in front of him. His job is passionless, and his relationship with his fiancée, Mary, is falling apart. His reality doesn’t change until Mary disappears and turns up 40 days later clinging to life in a hospital bed. On her deathbed, she asks him to take a mysterious envelope to an abandoned amusement park and experience what happened to her. He agrees to honor her last wish and travels to the park.

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When he steps through its rusted entrance gate, the park magically comes to life. He soon meets a series of “guides”—a park groundskeeper, a hypnotist, an elephant trainer, a fortune teller, a strong man—who teach him about awareness, acceptance, accountability, and action through metaphors and age-old insights about life and love. In the remarkable events that follow, he must answer difficult questions, overcome obstacles, listen to lessons from those wiser than he, and—toughest of all—take a good hard look at himself. Ultimately, he has a number of miraculous insights into why his life has become stagnant, what happened to Mary while at the park, and what lies within her mysterious envelope.

The storyline in this book makes it difficult to put down. Readers will find themselves reflecting on their own life experiences and confronting their lives with renewed passion. This is a book you will want to share with your family and friends.

The book is available to Kiwanis-family members at a special price through the Kiwanis Family Store. The book also is available through popular booksellers like Amazon.com, Borders, and Barnes & Noble. Burchard is donating portions of the proceeds from the sale of the book to Kiwanis.—Review by Lanton Lee, director of Leadership Education and Development for Kiwanis International’s Service Leadership Programs