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Friday Forward Book
A new book from #1 Wall Street
Journal and USA Today
bestselling author Robert Glazer
Inspiration & Motivation
to Help You End Your Week Stronger
Than It Started
Discover the leadership lessons
that have impacted over
200,000 readers worldwide.
Outside the United States?
Click here for international editions.
Praise for Friday Forward
“Bob Glazer leads from the heart. When the work week drags you down, his clear-cut advice can lift you up.”
“Friday Forward is a vital leadership resource that can help every person, team or organization to build capacity and reach their full potential”
“Glazer’s collection of inspiring, thought-provoking stories gives the motivation and mentorship you need to build a more fulfilling life and career.”
“Friday Forward is thought provoking and inspirational. It makes you want to be a better person, to disrupt yourself in ways you may not have previously considered. Reading from this book is the perfect way to start your day.”
“Robert Glazer has spent five years sharing thought-provoking, motivational lessons to a global audience of business and thought leaders. With Friday Forward, he delivers 52 must-read pieces of inspiration to help you be your best and lead others to their full potential.”
“Improvement starts when we become aware of where we need to grow and study people who inspire us. Robert Glazer shares 52 brilliant and thought-provoking stories that will motivate you to pursue your full potential and lead others to improve with you.”
“Friday Forward is a truly amazing collection of ideas, advice, and essential learnings for work and life, sorted and organized in a quick and accessible format to help you make compounding progress each week.”
“Friday Forward is a rich collection of stories and essays that burst with insight and wisdom. But don’t just read this book – savor it and share it. Let it inspire you and all your colleagues to live and work at your very best.”
“As someone who values intentional and focused mornings, I highly recommend starting your day by reading and implementing the compelling leadership lessons Robert Glazer shares in Friday Forward.”
“To make sustained change, we need to be deliberate about how we approach each day. In Friday Forward, Robert Glazer shares 52 examples of achievement and growth to inspire you towards taking action to improve your life."
“Robert Glazer has built a world class Scale-up company by finding creative ways to challenge and inspire his own team—and hundreds of thousands beyond the company’s walls. Friday Forward shares stories of achievement, peak-performance and personal growth that anyone can use to improve their life, their leadership and their business.”
“Robert’s exceptional storytelling brings Friday Forward to life with stories that will grow you as a leader and give you the insightful positivity we all crave. You won’t be able be able to put this book down!”
"If aligning your great intentions with your actions are important to you - read Friday Forward. The signals you pick up from Bob's stories will give you the nudge of hope to take control of your story."
“Friday Forward is the best way I can imagine to start your morning. In contrast to the negative news that fills our days, these real-life stories of achievement give the positive inspiration we all need, and will challenge you to improve for yourself and others.”
“Robert Glazer's surprising and uplifting stories will make your week. Learn from the rabbi who faced down the Ku Klux Klan, an Olympic gymnast's legendary sacrifice, and a groundskeeper's beautiful legacy. Personal, practical (how to get kids to clean up their toys), and always inspirational, this Friday Forward collection is a rare treat from a lifelong learner.”
"If you've ever stumbled, lost momentum, got distracted and found yourself not doing the thing you actually want to do, then this might be the book for you. Friday Forward is a year's worth of momentum."
“Reinvention is built on inspirational ideas and long-term commitment. Robert Glazer shares a full year of stories that have helped hundreds of thousands of people globally make lasting changes in their lives and businesses, and gives you the tools you’ll need to do the same.”
“Robert Glazer has effectively written Chicken Soup for the Successful. Friday Forward is a definitive collection of 52 stories that will challenge and motivate you to hit the next level.”
“While there is lots of great information published on the internet, there are very few weekly emails I read religiously and consider ‘never-to-be-missed.’ Robert Gazer’s Friday Forward is one of those rare ones. That he has finally put 52 of his favorite lessons into book form will make for a wonderful review for his more than 200,000 subscribers worldwide, and a 'resource of magnificence' for every new reader who makes this book their own. My only suggestion is to embrace its life-enhancing wisdom…and share it with others.”
“This is the best of Bob Glazer’s weekly wisdom, captured in an inspiring collection. His well-crafted insights help show us how we can, and must, elevate both ourselves and the people we lead to navigate our turbulent times. In Friday Forward, Glazer provides actionable motivation drawn from his own leadership experience in the voice of a sympathetic, knowledgeable mentor who wants to help you succeed on your own terms as you progress on your leadership journey.”
“Robert Glazer shares lessons to help leaders engage with their core values and lift others up. Leaders should read Friday Forward, share it with their teams and use its lessons to elevate their collective performance.”
Let Me Tell You
More About This Book
In 2015, Robert Glazer started sending a weekly note to his team of 40 at Acceleration Partners. Five years later, these inspirational weekly emails are read by over 200,000 people in over 60 countries.
Friday Forward is story of how any person can build their capacity, lead others to do the same, and inspire thousands of people without even meeting them. Too many of us are flooded negative, conflict-driven news—Friday Forward provides a better way to inspire others and lead a fulfilling, impactful life.
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Discover the leadership lessons
that have impacted over
200,000 readers worldwide.
International Editions
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