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William Matthies

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Born

in Los Angeles, The United States

Website

https://williammatthies.com/

Genre

Business, Self Help, Fiction

Influences

My 6th grade teacher, Matthew Kim, Jack Doyle, founding president of P ...more

Member Since

September 2012

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https://www.goodreads.com/coyotewm

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Like the main character in his novel "The Unlived Lives of Raymond Quinn," William Matthies served in the U.S. Army including a year-long stint in Vietnam during the war.

After leaving the service, Matthies graduated college, married, raised two sons, and eventually found his true calling as a serial entrepreneur. His first book, The 7 Keys to Change, is based on years of research on personal and professional change management.

His other accomplishments include earning a lifetime ban from Catalina Island, viewing Earth from 80,000 feet during a Mach 2.5 flight in a supersonic aircraft, and remaining an absolute beginner after "playing" guitar for more than three decades. ...more

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Average rating: 3.78 · 82 ratings · 15 reviews · 4 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Unlived Lives of Raymond Quinn (The Unlived Lives #1) 3.73 avg rating — 67 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The 7 Keys to Change 3.91 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2013 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Unlived Lives of Shelly Bennett (The Unlived Lives #2) 4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Unlived Lives Reckoning (The Unlived Lives #3) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Series by William Matthies

The Unlived Lives (3 books)
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William Matthies rated a book really liked it The Pioneers: The Heroic Story of the Settlers Who Brought the American Ideal West by David McCullough	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Occasionally lost There were a number of people to keep track of, which I wasn't always able to do. But that wasn't McCullough's fault. I've never been particularly good with names, both people and in books. Still, the story's arc kept me coming back ...more
Jun 15, 2026 07:07PM · 1 like · like · see review · preview book See a Problem? We’d love your help. Let us know what’s wrong with this preview of The Pioneers by David McCullough. Problem: Details (if other): Thanks for telling us about the problem. Not the book you’re looking for? Preview — The Pioneers by David McCullough <iframe sandbox id="wrongBookKindlePreviewScreen">
William Matthies rated a book it was amazing Libby Prison Breakout: The Daring Escape from the Notorious Civil War Prison by Joseph Wheelan	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Much more than I knew. I believed that both the North and South mistreated their POWs. To some extent that may be true, but now I know that mistreatment in the south of Northern POWs was far greater than it was for southern POWs in the North. The best ...more
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William Matthies rated a book it was amazing Nothing but Courage: The 82nd Airborne's Daring D-Day Mission--and Their Heroic Charge Across the La Fière Bridge by James Donovan	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Unbelievable! I don't know if it's the courage of these men or the research required to write this book about them that impresses me the most. I've read a few hundred books regarding WW II in Europe and the Pacific. There's no choosing who experienced ...more
Apr 05, 2026 07:44PM · 1 like · like · see review · preview book See a Problem? We’d love your help. Let us know what’s wrong with this preview of Nothing but Courage by James Donovan. Problem: Details (if other): Thanks for telling us about the problem. Not the book you’re looking for? Preview — Nothing but Courage by James Donovan <iframe sandbox id="wrongBookKindlePreviewScreen">
William Matthies has read Midnight in the Pacific: Guadalcanal—The World War II Battle That Turned the Tide of War by Joseph Wheelan	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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William Matthies has read The Martians: The True Story of an Alien Craze that Captured Turn-of-the-Century America by David Baron (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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William Matthies has read Wiseguys and the White House: Gangsters, Presidents, and the Deals They Made – An Authoritative Exposé of the Mob's Secret Influence on American Political Power by Eric Dezenhall (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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William Matthies rated a book it was amazing The Last Voyage of Columbus: Being the Epic Tale of the Great Captain's Fourth Expedition, Including Accounts of Mutiny, Shipwreck, and Discovery by Martin Dugard (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Ok, truth be told, while I thought it might be interesting, it was the $2.99 price that got me to buy it. Whatever the case, I'm glad I did, it checked all my great book boxes. Remember the poem used to teach kids something about Columbus? The one tha ...more
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William Matthies answered Goodreads's question: If you could travel to any fictional book world, where would you go and what would you do there? To visit some of my unlived lives. How different would things be for me had I made different choices?
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William Matthies rated a book it was amazing Once There Was a War by John Steinbeck	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
I am an avid reader of non fiction WW2 stories, and a handful of great historical writers keep me coming back for more. This book is different. Steinbeck wrote a series of daily articles for the New York Herald Tribune during the last six months of 1 ...more
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“Not my quote, it came from Matthew Kim, my 6th grade teacher, but I use it a lot.

Speak not so you can be understood, but so you cannot be misunderstood.”
― William Matthies

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“Never say more than is necessary.”
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“Not my quote, it came from Matthew Kim, my 6th grade teacher, but I use it a lot.

Speak not so you can be understood, but so you cannot be misunderstood.”
― William Matthies

tags: communication, speaking, writing-quotes

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