Facing Hard Truths: How Americans Can Get Real, Pull Together, and Turn Our Country Around by Cloobeck, Stephen J.
Facing Hard Truths: How Americans Can Get Real, Pull Together, and Turn Our Country Around by Cloobeck, Stephen J.

Facing Hard Truths: How Americans Can Get Real, Pull Together, and Turn Our Country Around

Successful businessman, activist, and philanthropist, and 2026 candidate for governor of California Stephen J. Cloobeck applies an...
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Facing Hard Truths: How Americans Can Get Real, Pull Together, and Turn Our Country Around by Cloobeck, Stephen J.

Facing Hard Truths: How Americans Can Get Real, Pull Together, and Turn Our Country Around

$77.66
Facing Hard Truths: How Americans Can Get Real, Pull Together, and Turn Our Country Around by Cloobeck, Stephen J.

Facing Hard Truths: How Americans Can Get Real, Pull Together, and Turn Our Country Around

$77.66
Author: Stephen J. Cloobeck
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Description

Successful businessman, activist, and philanthropist, and 2026 candidate for governor of California Stephen J. Cloobeck applies an unflinching problem-solver's eye to America's most pervasive challenges.

Cloobeck built his reputation transforming dysfunctional companies at the brink of ruin into performance powerhouses. In Facing Hard Truths, he focuses this proven business acumen on our most pressing concerns like immigration, crime, the cost of living, and the coarsening of political discourse. He offers sometimes tough--but always sincere--lessons learned over a lifetime of public and private sector experience.

From his first job bussing tables in a small California restaurant, to his time operating a global hospitality juggernaut, to helming federal public-private partnerships, state agencies, and local organizations, Cloobeck's journey propelled him from busboy to boardroom. In this book, he relies on the action-oriented principles that drove his personal success to outline a plan that will take California, and America, from flailing back to flourishing.

With a refusal to pander and a no-nonsense assessment of today's most salient issues, Cloobeck argues our country's ability to effectively navigate the future depends on a reaffirmed commitment to:

  • Integrity
  • Collaboration
  • Respect for rules and norms
  • Economic inclusivity
  • A return to competence
  • Putting others first
  • Fostering of social trust

In Facing Hard Truths, Cloobeck's engaging storytelling and straight-shooting proposals leave readers feeling heard, respected, and above all, eager to set aside political differences and get back to what really matters: creating an America that is more affordable, liveable, and opportunity-rich for all.



Author: Stephen J. Cloobeck
Publisher: Disruption Books
Published: 04/08/2025
Pages: 264
Binding Type: Hardcover
ISBN: 9781633311077


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About the Author
Stephen J. Cloobeck is the founder and former CEO and chairman of Diamond Resorts International--a business that grew to become the second-largest vacation ownership company. A busboy turned entrepreneur with more than thirty years' experience across every aspect of hospitality, he is the author of Checking In: Hospitality-Driven Thinking, Business, and You. He is the former Chairman of the State of Nevada Athletic Commission.

Cloobeck was appointed by former Commerce Secretary Gary Locke to serve as the inaugural chairman of the board of Brand USA Inc., a US government-formed nonprofit corporation with the sole mission of promoting travel to the United States. In 2004, he was appointed by former governor Kenny C. Guinn to Nevada's Standing Committee on Judicial Ethics and Election Practices. A native of Encino, California, he currently resides in Southern California.
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