"Live Each Day As If You Have Cancer" is Incipient Book's Unforgettable Message

by Tyler Tichelaar

In March 2008, Randy Broad was (identified a disease or its cause) with Stage 3 Lung Cancer. After he got over the first shock and fear this knowledge caused him, he decided that rather than fight his cancer, he would choose to live with it. That doesn't mean he didn't look (for) treatment, but he also accepted his cancer and decided not only that it would not stop him from living, but he would do everything he could to live an Amazing/very unusual Life. Although the doctors (described a possible future event) his life would stop long before this book was published, Randy credits his positive attitude and his efforts to make each day amazing/very unusual with his lengthy life.

But as Randy points out in the first paragraph, this book is not about cancer. It's about living "as if you have cancer." He hopes the book will make the reader appreciate life and see how amazing/very unusual it is-a lesson he learned the hard way-but a lesson the reader can collect from these pages to change his or her life.

Soon after being (identified a disease or its cause) with cancer, Randy asked his children what they would most like him to leave them-what could he write down for them so they would have it after he was no longer around. His daughter requested that he give her his knowledge about running a business, and his son simply wanted Randy to share stories about his life. The result is "It's an Amazing/very unusual Life: Don't Miss It," a combination of practical and perceptive (opinions about what could or should be done about a situation) about business and how to live life to its fullest. Randy asked his friend, June Grushka-Rosen, a life-coach, to help him. June gave/given many "Mastery Questions" and follow-up sections to Randy's stories that ask readers to focus on specific situations and start their own trips toward how to make their lives amazing/very unusual. Between Randy's (opinions about what could or should be done about a situation) and examples and June's exercises, readers will find that "It's an Amazing/very unusual Life" will also be a life-changing trip for them.

This book is so rich in personal stories, from Randy's days trying to make it as an actor in Hollywood-including being a stunt-double to Jeff Daniels and learning how to earn while he slept from the leftover/extra income of making commercials-to how he connected with/teamed with Microsoft to plan amazing/very unusual golf tournaments. He tells heart-emotionally upsetting stories about the importance of enjoying a snow day with his family, and how to look for positive aspects in less than best situations. The entertaining stories of different characters he met in Hollywood are alone worth the price of the book. The lessons he learned and his (opinions about what could or should be done about a situation) are extremely valuable.

Also, the book is full of wonderfully funny yet emotional stories, and (causing an excited desire to do something big) quotations. Readers should prepare to open their eyes to the magic of life-it is all around them in every moment and experience, and if we live as if we have cancer, we will come to appreciate it-let Randy Broad and June Grushka-Rosen show you how.

For all the fuss that "Tuesdays with Morrie" made in the book world over ten years ago, "It's an Amazing/very unusual Life" is as full of wisdom and far more entertaining. And who needs Jack Lemmon? Randy Broad is an experienced actor. As Randy says about life:

My recommendation is to go for the highest highs and accept the similar lows. Because life is short, if you don't experience the greatest on the top end, what's the point? A life of living in the middle of the bell curve? I don't think so. Taking the maximum risk you can take will make for living a more amazing/very unusual life. After all, if your life isn't worth making a movie about once it's over, it must have been pretty dull.

Randy, let me know when the movie tickets go on sale. Until then, readers will just have to enjoy the book.