Conquer Life's Frontiers: A Philosophy of Individual Fulfillment: Create a Personal Renaissance at Any Moment-Even Now - Paperback

by Spero T. Lappas Phd (Author)

IS THIS THE LIFE YOU WANTED TO LIVE?

ARE YOU THE PERSON YOU WANTED TO BE?

Spero T. Lappas was a successful and prominent lawyer until he came face-to-face with the realization that despite the many rewards of his profession he was not living an authentic, fully integrated life. Instead of conquering the life of his aspirations, he had become a passive rider on the runaway train of circumstance and routine. His desired destination-personal fulfillment-was nowhere on the route.

In Conquer Life's Frontiers you'll learn the tools and tricks of charting your own bold new life-course from someone who resolved to live a life of daring and aspiration-and succeeded! Prepare for an adventure that spans ages and continents, an odyssey through foreign lands and ancient cultures, a story of enduring mythology and timeless faith, and a tale of seizing opportunities and overcoming obstacles. It's a journey that challenges you to examine your own life and career and make the choices that lead to a personal renaissance of greater happiness, deeper meaning, and brighter tomorrows.

Are you living your most authentic life? Or is there some nagging inadequacy that keeps you from your own personal completeness? Let Spero T. Lappas show you how to put a stop to frustration and forfeit, and claim the individual fulfillment that is waiting for you-once you learn how to seize it and LIVE!

Author Biography

Dr. Spero T. Lappas is an author, educator, lawyer, and artist headquartered in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. He was among the nation's youngest attorneys to be named in the first edition of The Best Lawyers in America and was later recognized in Who's Who in American Law, Who's Who in the World, Who's Who in America, America's Leading Lawyers, and The Bar Register of Pre-Eminent Lawyers. He served as lead counsel in hundreds of major cases, including some of Central Pennsylvania's most important trials. He received the Doctor of Philosophy (American Studies) from the Pennsylvania State University where he was a University Graduate Fellow, the Juris Doctor (cum laude) from the Dickinson School of Law where he was a member of the Editorial Board of the Dickinson Law Review and the National Trial Moot Court Team, and the Bachelor of Arts (cum laude) from Allegheny College. At Dickinson, he won two American Jurisprudence Awards and was later named to the Woolsack Society. At Allegheny, he was twice named an Alden Scholar; he received Departmental Honors at graduation, and won the Muhlfinger Prize for his independent research. He served on the state advisory committees to study the causes of wrongful convictions and Pennsylvania's death penalty, as well as numerous directors' boards of private and non-profit organizations. He has also held faculty positions at Penn State, the Widener University School of Law, Messiah College, and Harrisburg Area Community College. He is a frequent academic guest lecturer, legal educator, and community speaker. A prize-winning photographer, his artistic work has appeared in many solo exhibits, as well as in gallery shows, charity auctions, and private and corporate collections. His earlier publications have appeared in Dickinson Law Review, The Champion (the journal of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers), the Harrisburg Patriot-News (including a tenure as community columnist), The Burg, The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, and The Encyclopedia of American Studies. He co-authored a chapter in Wrongful Convictions and Miscarriages of Justice: Causes and Remedies in North American and European Criminal Justice Systems, and contributed to The Encyclopedia of American Studies and Youth Cultures in America. He has two children, Dr. Thom Lappas and Attorney Alexandria Lappas, and one grandchild, Spero Edward Lappas. Conquer Life's Frontiers is his first book.