What Makes the Man: My Life's Landmarks and Lessons

"What Makes the Man: My Life's Landmarks and Lessons" by Darby Checketts. This book is the life story of Darby Checketts who is an intrepid teacher and a trusted business strategist. He has traveled the globe to influence over 300 client organizations. He is the founder of Cornerstone Professional Development. This is his fifteenth book. He lives with his wife, Sharon, in South Jordan, Utah. They are the parents of eight children and the grandparents of thirty-five. Darby's passion is to help America be the "Education Nation" that NBC News advocates. The book describes the responsibility Darby was given by his father at an early age to oversee their twenty-acre ranch in South Phoenix, Arizona. As soon as he graduated from high school, his family moved to Hilo, Hawaii. Darby went on to graduate from Brigham Young University and to marry Sharon Marie Barrow of Gridley, California. Darby's career took them to Ford Motor Company in Dearborn, Michigan, then on to Digital Equipment Corporation in Maynard, Massachusetts, and back to Provo, Utah, where Darby & Sharon founded their family-owned business consultancy. This book is truly the story of their landmark experiences as a family and in business. You will discover the teachings for which Darby is well known that have helped his clients, friends, and family to gain more "Leverage for Leadership in Business and Success in Life. "