My Orange Duffel Bag
A Journey to Radical Change
Author: Sam Bracken and Echo Montgomery Garrett
206 pages
This mini-memoir tells how Sam Bracken went from an abused, homeless teen—when everything he owned fit into his orange duffel bag—to a scholarship athlete at Georgia Tech. Sam, now an executive with FranklinCovey, offers "7 Rules for the Road" that helped him get out of poverty. Includes DVD with music and other bonuses.
"I spent five years with Sam Bracken at a time of transformation for him. His is a stunning story of courage, resiliency, and servant-leadership. There are two pains in life—the pain of discipline and the pain of regret ... we all choose every day. The difference between Sam and those who are gobbled up by our sick society is that he usually chose wisely. We would all do well to read, and heed, his powerful message."

—Bill Curry
Football analyst for ESPN and director of Leadership Baylor,
former NFL football player, and NCAA football coach