Dr. Ric Vandett’s Down-to-Earth Guide to Dealing With Tech-Fatigued Self-Sabotage Scheduled to Exhibit at the Printers Row Lit Fest 2024

From serving in Vietnam to working in education, Dr. Ric Vandett is no stranger to the inner obstacles that get in the way of success. In fact, he has seen enough to say that not even the advances in today’s technology have been all that helpful.

Hence, he published his own self-help book “Hurdles: Surviving Difficult Times.” He has recently been getting this book exhibited at a number of book fairs. This September, it’s slated to appear at Chicago’s famous Printers Row Lit Fest (PRLF).

“Hurdles” aims to help readers tackle the age-old feelings of helplessness, hopelessness, and depression. Dr. Vandett even notes that there’s a widening gap between advancing technology and the lack of any advancement to the way people have been interacting with each other (and themselves). Such discrepancy makes for troubled times, both as an individual and a society. By exhibiting his book at large events like the PRLF, he hopes to alleviate this mounting challenge.

The book draws heavily both from his military experience and education. He was in both the First Air Cavalry and the First Infantry Division in 1965 and 1966. Sometime after that, he worked as director of the Southwest Education Alliance in North Carolina. He’s taught high school English, coached in both basketball and football, and worked as a middle school assistant principal. Throughout all that, he has developed a means to really help troubled individuals come to terms with the real hurdles in their hearts and minds so that they discover their potential and finally pursue happiness.

Those visiting the Printers Row Lit Fest 2024 can find “Hurdles: Surviving Difficult Times” displayed at the self-publishing and book marketing company ReadersMagnet’s exhibit at booth space C and D. The outdoor book showcase will be held on September 7-8, 2024, at Printers Row Park, 620 S Dearborn St (Ida B Wells & Polk), Chicago, Illinois.

The book is available on Amazon and Barnes & Noble. To reach out to Dr. Ric Vandett, readers can visit his website at https://www.ricvandett.com/.

“Hurdles: Surviving Difficult Times”
Author: Dr. Ric Vandett
Published date: January 17, 2023
Publisher: Hawes and Jenkins
Genre: Self-Help

Author’s Biography

Dr. Ric Vandett retired in 2009 from public education after serving three years as Superintendent of Hickory Public Schools, Hickory, NC.
During a thirty-four-year career in education, he taught high school English and coached football and basketball. As an administrator, he served as a middle school assistant principal, elementary school principal, Director of Instruction, Assistant Superintendent, and Superintendent of Schools.

He earned a BS in English and an MA in Public School Administration from Appalachian State University, in Boone, NC. Ric also earned a Doctorate in Educational Administration from Columbia University in New York in 1998. He served as Director of the Southwest Education Alliance, a consortium of eleven school districts in southwest NC, retiring in 2017. He is a Certified Lay Speaker for the United Methodist Church and has served St. Luke’s UMC in Hickory, NC, as a Lay Leader. He is a Rotarian and served as chairperson on the board of Exodus Homes.

Ric is a Vietnam veteran serving with both the First Air Cavalry and the First Infantry Division in 1965 and 1966. He served as Chair of the Foothills Veterans Stand Down Committee for seven years and is on the board of the Foothills Veterans Helping Veterans.

Ric is married to the former Angela McCombs from Creedmoor, NC. They have 4 children, 12 grandchildren, and 2 great grandchildren.

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