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Life's Bulldozer Moments

How Adversity Leads to Success in Life and Business

Donato Tramuto - With Chris Black

Donato Tramuto felt bulldozed by life as a child when he lost most of his hearing to an ear infection that left him isolated and treated as a failure. A succession of tragedies rocked his world, including a last minute decision to change his plans to fly out of Logan Airport on 9/11 on the same LA-bound flight that claimed the lives of his close friends. In this poignant and penetrating book, Tramuto, a successful health care entrepreneur and global philanthropist, recounts the business and life lessons he learned and shows that adversity can lead to success. He shows anyone bulldozed by life how to pull themselves out of the rubble, dust themselves off and find meaning and purpose.
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Hamilton Books
Pages: 248 • Trim: 6¼ x 9⅜
978-0-7618-6855-2 • Hardback • November 2016 • $41.00 • (£35.00)
978-0-7618-6826-2 • eBook • July 2016 • $39.00 • (£30.00)
Subjects: Biography & Autobiography / Personal Memoirs, Biography & Autobiography / Business, Business & Economics / Corporate & Business History, Business & Economics / Nonprofit Organizations & Charities / General, Self-Help / Personal Growth / Success
Donato Tramuto is a respected healthcare innovator and industry leader, philanthropist and global healthcare activist. In 2015, he was appointed chief executive officer of Healthways, Inc. a global organization providing population health management and well-being improvement solutions. A recipient of the prestigious RFK Ripple of Hope Award in 2014, Donato has been widely recognized for his three decades of industry experience and commitment to social change.
Preface
Chapter 1 Bulldozer Moments
Chapter 2 Be Doggedly Goal Oriented and Strive for All Good Things Up to Perfection
Chapter 3 Don’t Listen to the Naysayers
Chapter 4 The Tummy Check
Chapter 5 Be Ready to Learn
Chapter 6 Collaboration and Integration
Chapter 7 Get the Culture Right and Everything Else Will Follow
Chapter 8 Get your Priorities Straight: Place Consumer Patients at the Heart of Health Care
Chapter 9 Pulling it All Together
Chapter 10 Aspire to Serve Others First
Acknowledgements
About the Author
What sets this book apart is a personal approach that blends business and life lessons into a memoir, firmly rooting hardships with the strengths Donato Tramuto gained from this process.... The result is a powerful guide that charts several "bulldozer moments" in Tramuto's life and offers insights into health care issues, personal involvement, and business decision-making. Business and life purposes readers will read it for its lively tone, but will ultimately walk away with a clear blueprint for turning adversity into strength. Many other books cover some of the concepts; but Life's Bulldozer Moments covers the actual process of achieving this goal.
— Midwest Book Review


Donato Tramuto demonstrates the value around hard work and tenacity, applying his own challenges to a four-decade crusade to improve access to healthcare. In Life’s Bulldozer Moments, Donato demonstrates how his unrelenting passion for improving access to high-quality healthcare has made a positive difference in the lives of people from Africa to the United States.
— Dr. Regina Herzlinger, Nancy R. McPherson Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School


Life’s Bulldozer Moments demonstrates the power of harnessing personal loss and adversity to drive professional success, and the power of leveraging professional success to effect social change. Donato Tramuto’s professional story illustrates the unpredictable trajectory of the healthcare industry over the past thirty years, while his personal experiences gave him an unwavering determination to succeed in business and to improve the lives of others. A great example of leadership, compassion and fortitude.
— Senator William H. Frist, M.D. of Tennessee


With this book, Donato Tramuto’s descriptive phrase, ‘life’s bulldozer moments’ has entered the American lexicon. Donato describes his most deeply personal and professional bulldozer moments as life-changing challenges that shaped his unrelenting drive to make this world a better place. Donato’s message is simple and profound: Material success in life and business is best used as a means to end suffering and create a more just and peaceful world.
— Kerry Kennedy, President, Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights


I have known Donato Tramuto for many years—as a successful healthcare executive, a thriving business owner and a former elected official in Ogunquit. I didn’t realize the amount of adversity he has faced and overcome in his life. For the first time I understand how Donato has used those Bulldozer Moments to bolster his determination to improve the human condition—in his home state of Maine and around the world.
— Former Maine Governor John E. Baldacci


Life's Bulldozer Moments

How Adversity Leads to Success in Life and Business

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Hardback
eBook
Summary
Summary
  • Donato Tramuto felt bulldozed by life as a child when he lost most of his hearing to an ear infection that left him isolated and treated as a failure. A succession of tragedies rocked his world, including a last minute decision to change his plans to fly out of Logan Airport on 9/11 on the same LA-bound flight that claimed the lives of his close friends. In this poignant and penetrating book, Tramuto, a successful health care entrepreneur and global philanthropist, recounts the business and life lessons he learned and shows that adversity can lead to success. He shows anyone bulldozed by life how to pull themselves out of the rubble, dust themselves off and find meaning and purpose.
Details
Details
  • Hamilton Books
    Pages: 248 • Trim: 6¼ x 9⅜
    978-0-7618-6855-2 • Hardback • November 2016 • $41.00 • (£35.00)
    978-0-7618-6826-2 • eBook • July 2016 • $39.00 • (£30.00)
    Subjects: Biography & Autobiography / Personal Memoirs, Biography & Autobiography / Business, Business & Economics / Corporate & Business History, Business & Economics / Nonprofit Organizations & Charities / General, Self-Help / Personal Growth / Success
Author
Author
  • Donato Tramuto is a respected healthcare innovator and industry leader, philanthropist and global healthcare activist. In 2015, he was appointed chief executive officer of Healthways, Inc. a global organization providing population health management and well-being improvement solutions. A recipient of the prestigious RFK Ripple of Hope Award in 2014, Donato has been widely recognized for his three decades of industry experience and commitment to social change.
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
  • Preface
    Chapter 1 Bulldozer Moments
    Chapter 2 Be Doggedly Goal Oriented and Strive for All Good Things Up to Perfection
    Chapter 3 Don’t Listen to the Naysayers
    Chapter 4 The Tummy Check
    Chapter 5 Be Ready to Learn
    Chapter 6 Collaboration and Integration
    Chapter 7 Get the Culture Right and Everything Else Will Follow
    Chapter 8 Get your Priorities Straight: Place Consumer Patients at the Heart of Health Care
    Chapter 9 Pulling it All Together
    Chapter 10 Aspire to Serve Others First
    Acknowledgements
    About the Author
Reviews
Reviews
  • What sets this book apart is a personal approach that blends business and life lessons into a memoir, firmly rooting hardships with the strengths Donato Tramuto gained from this process.... The result is a powerful guide that charts several "bulldozer moments" in Tramuto's life and offers insights into health care issues, personal involvement, and business decision-making. Business and life purposes readers will read it for its lively tone, but will ultimately walk away with a clear blueprint for turning adversity into strength. Many other books cover some of the concepts; but Life's Bulldozer Moments covers the actual process of achieving this goal.
    — Midwest Book Review


    Donato Tramuto demonstrates the value around hard work and tenacity, applying his own challenges to a four-decade crusade to improve access to healthcare. In Life’s Bulldozer Moments, Donato demonstrates how his unrelenting passion for improving access to high-quality healthcare has made a positive difference in the lives of people from Africa to the United States.
    — Dr. Regina Herzlinger, Nancy R. McPherson Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School


    Life’s Bulldozer Moments demonstrates the power of harnessing personal loss and adversity to drive professional success, and the power of leveraging professional success to effect social change. Donato Tramuto’s professional story illustrates the unpredictable trajectory of the healthcare industry over the past thirty years, while his personal experiences gave him an unwavering determination to succeed in business and to improve the lives of others. A great example of leadership, compassion and fortitude.
    — Senator William H. Frist, M.D. of Tennessee


    With this book, Donato Tramuto’s descriptive phrase, ‘life’s bulldozer moments’ has entered the American lexicon. Donato describes his most deeply personal and professional bulldozer moments as life-changing challenges that shaped his unrelenting drive to make this world a better place. Donato’s message is simple and profound: Material success in life and business is best used as a means to end suffering and create a more just and peaceful world.
    — Kerry Kennedy, President, Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights


    I have known Donato Tramuto for many years—as a successful healthcare executive, a thriving business owner and a former elected official in Ogunquit. I didn’t realize the amount of adversity he has faced and overcome in his life. For the first time I understand how Donato has used those Bulldozer Moments to bolster his determination to improve the human condition—in his home state of Maine and around the world.
    — Former Maine Governor John E. Baldacci


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