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Steven Beschloss is a journalist who believes America’s problems are smaller than the rest of the world, but believes we need to be jolted out of complacency and motivated to bold action. We discuss his thoughts from his book Adrift.

Ross Bernstein is the author of over 50 sports books, gives us life lessons of values and integrity from the sports world to the business world from his The Code trilogy of books (The Football Code, The Code: Baseball, The Code: Hockey).

Adam Bryant has been a journalist for more than two decades. He reveals the indispensable and unexpected lessons he learned from CEOs on how to lead and succeed from his book titled, The Corner Office.

Here is the lineup of guests on BRAINSTORMIN’ with Billy the Brain for Tuesday, June 7, 2011. Listen at www.BrainstorminOnline.com or on AM 1400 in Ventura at 10 o’clock am Pacific time.

Doug Glanville guest defied the odds. He grew up in Teaneck—not Hackensack—New Jersey, got good grades and was enrolled in engineering school at an Ivy League university when he got the call he was drafted into the Major Leagues of baseball by the Chicago Cubs. We discuss his Major League career, and the importance of getting good grades and finishing your education from his book The Game From Where I Stand.

Gayle Tzemach Lemmon first-hand experience in Afghanistan as a reporter for ABC News. She’s an expert on women’s economic development in war torn regions. We discuss the US involvement in Afghanistan, Afghanistan’s future and cultural changes going on there because of women entrepreneurs from her book The Dressmaker of Khair Khana.