Life is Like a Rubik's Cube

Book excerpt: Life Is Like A Rubik's Cube is designed to show people how to solve the twists and turns of life by teaching them how to solve the twists and turns of the Rubik's Cube. Too many people overcomplicate the Rubik's Cube and associate being able to solve it with being a genius, and not enough people realize that everyone has a genius inside of them. This book will help you discover the genius within by simplifying life and simplifying the Rubik's Cube. Life Is Like a Rubik's Cube outlines the steps of how Derrick Standifer learned to solve the twist and turns of the Rubik's Cube and applied the same principles to his life's quarrels. Throughout the pages of this book, you will learn how to: 1. Believe in yourself. 2. Solve your cross.3. Fill in your corners. 4. Take it to the next level.5. See the bigger picture. Author, Derrick Standifer shares how he graduated from high school as the salutatorian, lost his scholarship from FAMU, and flunked out of Georgia State. He then returned to FAMU to complete his bachelor's degree, master's degree, and is now in the process of completing the requirements to earn his Ph.D. This book is designed to help others overcome their own trials and recognize their tribulations. It proves that failing does not mean you are a failure, that you can always turn your test into a testimony with a renewed mind. Remember, if you learn to solve the Rubik's Cube, then you can also solve the twists and turns of your own life.