The Power of Half (ePub)

Kevin Salwen was a reporter and editor at the Wall Street Journal for more than eighteen years. He serves on the board of Habitat for Humanity and works with the US Olympic Committee.

"Hannah, you rock!" —Ann Curry, The Today Show "You feel lighter reading this book, as if the heavy weight of house and car and appliances, the need to collect these things to feel safe as a family, are lifted and replaced by something that makes much more sense." —Los Angeles Times  "Mixing humor, inspiration and self-reflection, The Power of Half will give you a whole new perspective on your life.  You can't help but recommit to the values you want to share with your children.  And you'll be reminded that your kids have much to teach you, too." —Jeffrey Zaslow, coauthor of The Last Lecture "The Power of Half is a story of genorosity become realized—a family's unpretentious, morally introspective life becomes a kind of lived enactment and fulfillment of an old ethical and spiritual imperitave: that in giving we receive.  In a sense, then, this is an account of kindness toward others become a family's fateful self-blessing and destiny (and for the rest of us a chain of events to behold, earnestly consider, and take to heart)." —Dr. Robert Coles "Americans are the world's most generous people, but, as The Power of Half shows, the Salwen family is lifting hearts in a new way.  Not Carnegie, Gates, or the United Way.  Sports mom, Little League dad, YouTube-addicted son, and 14-year-old "Hey Dude" daughter are pilgrims on the way of all loving flesh. Who knew Siddartha lived in the suburbs, Mother Teresa wore volleyball kneepads, and the Buddha could emerge from his dream at a traffic light: When the heart is full, give half." —Michael Capuzzo, author of Close to the Shore and The Murder Room  "The Power of Half proves so much about leadership.  Most importantly, that leadership comes in all ages, as long as there is a decision made to let it out and foster it.  Hannah and her family inspire