Former Lansford native Rick Forgay has been selected from a nationwide search to be featured in Words of Wisdom; a book series from Tennessee-based Insight Publishing.

The book features best-selling authors Dr. John Gray, Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus; and Brian Tracy, Million Dollar Habits. Forgay, Gray, and Tracy are joined by other well-known authors and experts in their fields, each offering time-tested strategies for success in frank and intimate interviews.The anthology provides strategies that readers can directly apply to simplify the most complex human relationship challenges in business and life."We live in an age where balancing the scales between effective 'high tech' and 'high touch' communications and teamwork has never been more vital," Forgay said. "If you want to improve the quality of your relationships, communicate more effectively with people in any setting, navigate through conflicts and inspire others to purposeful action, then Words of Wisdom provides a powerful advantage in your personal and professional advancements."In chapter one, Forgay suggests, "Never underestimate someone's value."He shares real-life examples and solutions for transforming chance meetings with total strangers into trust-based relationships and clients. His life rule for building mutually valued relationships is to treat everyone with courtesy, dignity, and respect regardless of title, status or position in business and life.Forgay is president and CEO of Business Leadership Mastery. He advises and educates professional leaders to excel at growing companies where people, productivity and profits thrive in any economy.For over two decades, he led thousands of people to achieve all time high sales, multi-million dollar revenues as he earned international recognition as an effective executive in extremely high pressure, highly competitive environments in Fortune 500 corporations and beyond. Forgay began his life-long passion for effective leadership as an athlete, firefighter and laborer in the Anthracite Coal Region of Northeastern Pennsylvania. He is also an FAA certified pilot among many other achievements.Words of Wisdom is Forgay's third book, along with Bushido Business and Applied Leadership.