Imprint - A Short Story Lewis Scott is an eccentric man, the “creative” type. We’ve all met them in our lives. He is unconventional and more than a little bit odd by most standards. Lewis has a penchant for the color purple. He has purple shirts, purple over-dyed jeans, even purple shoes. He truly is quirky and everyone who knows him would agree. Lewis channels his creativity through writing. His genre is fantasy fiction and he is a master in his field. But Lewis has a secret. His ideas feel like they are inspired by some unseen power and he worries that he may be a fraud. The truth is imprinted on his mind but is just out of reach. . . for now.
Dr. Ivan Misner is the Founder & Chairman of BNI, the world's largest business networking organization. BNI was founded in 1985. The organization has over 5,800 chapters throughout every populated continent of the world. Last year alone, BNI generated 6.5 million referrals resulting in $2.8 billion dollars worth of business for its members.
Dr. Misner's Ph.D. is from the University of Southern California. He is a New York Times Bestselling author who has written twelve books including his latest #1 bestseller, "Networking Like a Pro".
He is a monthly columnist for Entrepreneur.com and is the Senior Partner for the Referral Institute - a referral training company with trainers around the world. In addition, he has taught business management and social capital courses at several universities throughout the United States.
Called the "Father of Modern Networking" by CNN and the "Networking Guru" by Entrepreneur magazine, Dr. Misner is considered one of the world's leading experts on business networking and has been a keynote speaker for major corporations and associations throughout the world. He has been featured in the L.A. Times, Wall Street Journal, and New York Times, as well as numerous TV and radio shows including CNN, CNBC, and the BBC in London.
Dr. Misner is on the Board of Trustees for the University of La Verne. He is also the Founder of the BNI-Misner Foundation and was recently named "Humanitarian of the Year" by a Southern California newspaper. He is married and lives with his wife Elisabeth and their three children in Claremont, CA. In his spare time!!! he is also an amateur magician and a black belt in karate.
Lewis is a writer who loves purple. He writes wonderful fiction but in the back of his mind there's a niggling sense that his inspiration comes from...elsewhere. At the end of his life, he discovers the source.