“She’s one of the greatest minds ever to grace our agency or our country,” then NASA Administrator Charles Bolden said when Johnson was presented the presidential medal. Johnson was awarded a Presidential Medal of Freedom by former President Barack Obama in 2015 and in 2016 he cited her in his State of the Union Address as an example of America’s spirit of discovery. “She was an American hero and her pioneering legacy will never be forgotten.” “Our NASA family is sad to learn the news that Katherine Johnson passed away this morning at 101 years old,” NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine posted to Twitter.

Johnson is a pioneer in American space history. Johnson during an event in the East Room of the White House in Washington November 24, 2015. President Barack Obama presents the Presidential Medal of Freedom to NASA mathematician Katherine G. This book is about how learning from others' lives can protect ourselves and our children from the pain of living and learn the social skills and knowledge that make us successful in our personal lives, in raising our children, in our business.FILE PHOTO: U.S. Preventing psychological problems can be more effective than treating them after they occur. Knowledge and understanding can change your brain as effectively as any therapy. Yet we all have the ability to improve ourselves. Of all the professions, teachers and parents have the greatest chance of changing the lives of others for the better.

In this book we will read about the experiences that inspired the lives and success of others that help give us a blueprint of life in the words of some of the most successful people and the greatest minds in psychology.

It shows the critical importance of understanding what makes for success in life. 'If only I knew then, what I know now.' is the most common regret of life. 'The only defense against the world is a thorough knowledge of it.' John Locke. FORCES OF LIFE What is it the greatest minds in psychology, and those who are the most successful in life, know about success and failure? How can we use this knowledge to prevent problems and increase success? Knowledge is the key to success and to surviving failure.

MIND by David Lloyd Shepard