Ingredients of Young Outliers:Achieving Your Most Amazing Future

Series: Ingredients of Young

Outliers

Trade Paperback/ Hardcover/ eBook

164 pages6 x 9 inches

Trade Paperback: $14.95Hardcover: $24.95

E-book: $4.99Publisher: Outliers Publishing

Publication Date: March 2014

Paperback ISBN: 978-1-940288-

04-8

Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-940288-05-5

Electronic ISBN: 978-1-940288-06-2

Author: John Shufeldt, MD, JD, MBA

Outlier: An individual whose exceptional attitude, ambition, and accomplishments cause them to stand out from their peers.

They always have been with us and continue to walk among us. Some rise to fame like Wilma Rudolph, Theodore Roosevelt, Dr. William Osler, Grandma Moses, Fred Astaire, Dr. Seuss, David Lee Roth, Ray Kroc, Captain “Sully” Sullenberg, and Jeff Bezos. Others accomplish their feats outside the spotlight of fame, touching thousands of lives along the way.

How does a student become a standout in a sea of others with similar qualifications? What traits contribute to a young person’s success? In Ingredients of Young Outliers: Achieving Your Most Amazing Future, author John Shufeldt explores the traits of extraordinary individuals identified over nearly three decades of his professional career. While guiding young readers through these characteristics, he inspires them to step outside of their comfort zones and join the ranks of the outliers.

If you or a young adult you know a aspire to be an outlier, live with one, work with one, or are mentoring one, this is your go-to book for insight into those special fifteen characteristics that outliers encompass. Shufeldt’s tips and techniques inspire readers of all ages and aspirations to step out of their comfort zone and into the extraordinary world of outliers.

About the Author

John Shufeldt is a serial student, an indefatigable

change agent and a multidisciplinary entrepreneur

who has studied the traits and qualities of

extraordinary individuals for over three decades.  

John received his BA from Drake University in 1982

and his MD from the University of Health Sciences/ The

Chicago Medical School in 1986.  He completed his

Emergency Medicine Residency at Christ Hospital and

Medical Center in 1989 where he spent his final year as

Chief Resident.  John received his MBA in 1995, and his Juris Doctorate in 2005, both

from Arizona State University.  He is admitted to the State Bar in Arizona, the

Federal District Court and Supreme Court of the United States. 

He founded numerous health and non-health care businesses and continues to

practice emergency medicine and law.  He writes and lectures on a variety of subject

matters to graduate medical, business and law students, businesses, entrepreneurs,

and professional associations. He is an adjunct professor at the Sandra Day

O’Connor College of Law where he teaches a clinic on Health Law Entrepreneurism.

He serves on the Drake University Board of Trustees and the Sandra Day O’Conner

College of Law Alumni Board.

To learn more about John and his work, visit www.ingredientsofoutliers.com.

https://www.facebook.com/ingredientsofoutliers

@JohnShufeldt

John Shufeldt, MD, JD, MBA, FACEP

Praise for Ingredients of Young Outliers

“Special thanks to Dr. Shufeldt for inspiring and enabling our youth to leave a wonderful footprint on this earth. Dr. Shufeldt’s wisdom may enable our children to grow up to be amazing influential people who help make the world a better place for future generations.”

- Brenda Rico, Fifth Grade Teacher

“Ingredients of Young Outliers empowers young people with the tools to create positive possibilities in every aspect of their lives. I highly recommend this book to all teachers, parents and school districts to use this book as an opportunity to create an “exhilarated learning” environment which is so critical to student success."

- Barbara Duncan, Ph.D., Chief Operating Officer at Edu-Prize School

“Ingredients of Young Outliers, by John Shufeldt, MD, JD, MBA is filled with cornerstone virtues of courage, hope, humility, respect, integrity, trust and love. It shares the importance of how “mentors” can make a life changing difference in someone’s life. I am certain that everyone who reads these stories will hold their heads up a little higher, their smile will be a little brighter, their tears will be tears of joy and they will believe that they too have what it takes to be an outlier”.

- Mary Vallelonga, Founder and Instructor, Little Friends Montessori Schoolhouse

Sample Interview Questions

1. How do you define an outlier?

2. What inspired you to write a book about student outliers?

3. If you could tell a teenaged version of yourself anything, what would it be?

4. You did not have a mentor growing up. What affect did that have on you?

5. If a kid is teased, bullied or unpopular, does this have any effect on their future as an outlier?

6. How easy are outliers to identify? Can you recognize them before they leave their mark? Perhaps when they are in elementary or high school?

7. Do you think individuals who are outliers recognize themselves as such, or recognize they have the potential to be an outlier?

8. What would you tell a student who is struggling with their grades?

9. You list 15 characteristics of outliers. Some would be expected – persistence, communication, enthusiasm. But talk a moment about the ones that readers might not expect to find, like humility and kindness.

10. Failure is another attribute of outliers. You mention that you failed a lot in life? What have been some of your failures and how did they affect you?

11. You include humor in your book. What role does humor play for outliers?

12. You include many real-life stories of outliers, some famous, some not. Share one of your favorite stories.

13. Who should read this book?

14. What are your plans for future books?