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It started as a request from Bill Franks' financial advisor to create a Statement of Values letter that he could share with his then-young children. If something happened and he wasn't around to raise them, what were some of the core values he would like to impart on them once they were old enough to understand? As Bill began laying out his thoughts, he realized that he had a lot more to say than would fit in a letter. He also realized that many other families might benefit from the same advice he was providing. What started as life lessons he wanted to share just with his children, quickly became an opportunity for other families to discuss and learn together. Written not from the perspective of an expert, but from that of a father giving guidance to his own teens, the book comes at the issues from a different perspective than many others. This guidebook, written with teens as the intended audience, presents a great foundation for adults to think about and be intentional about sharing their own ethics and principles. With clear examples, timely teen issues, and 'taking action' elements with each chapter, it provides many opportunities for parents to begin or continue important conversations with their children. In chapters where parents disagree with Bill's view, the book still provides a starting point to explain to their children how their views differ.

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While there are many challenges in raising and guiding our kids today, open communication with them is probably the greatest challenge that we face as parents. As a parent of two kids, the ideas found in Bill Franks book are amazingly simple and easy to use. Each chapter offers a great communication starter which you can follow or customize for your own family's needs. The goal is to talk with your child and this book provides an outstanding outline to use. - Bill Wendell, 6th Degree Black Belt, Owner of Marietta Martial Arts, 29 years teaching kids martial arts As an influential thought leader in the field of Analytics and Data Science, Bill has always had the gift of taking complex concepts and explaining them in a manner that allows the rest of us to understand what's going on. In this book, Bill has extended his talent to another, far more important domain - parenting. With every chapter, Bill has taken concepts that can be daunting for parents to articulate to their children - like integrity, trust, confidence - and created a framework that any parent would find valuable to guide those conversations with their own children. - Jennifer Lewis Priestley, Professor of Statistics and mother of two. I will be using many of the themes and stories from Bill Franks' book, I Need To Tell You Something, for the weekly Scoutmaster's Moment that I share with my Boy Scout Troop each week. It is common sense and good old fashioned morals expressed in short, engaging and fun to read chapters. At times I felt like the author was reading my mind and writing my very thoughts! - Harry Colley, Scoutmaster & Father of two sons Bill Franks has taken his typical thorough and thoughtful approach to life and applied it to some of the most important topics of conversation we can have with our families ... and put them all in a book that is, simply, worth reading. This is a book that deserves attention. It deserves to be read and discussed with our children and grandchildren. I am looking forward to sharing it with my 12 children and soon to be 11 grandchildren. I firmly believe it can help them to reflect on life, character, and what kind of people they will eventually choose to become. (Excerpt from Foreword) - Robert Hockett, CFP, Principal/Wealth Manager, Modera Wealth Management While there are many challenges in raising and guiding our kids today, open communication with them is probably the greatest challenge that we face as parents. As a parent of two kids, the ideas found in Bill Franks book are amazingly simple and easy to use. Each chapter offers a great communication starter which you can follow or customize for your own family's needs. The goal is to talk with your child and this book provides an outstanding outline to use. - Bill Wendell, 6th Degree Black Belt, Owner of Marietta Martial Arts, 29 years teaching kids martial arts As an influential thought leader in the field of Analytics and Data Science, Bill has always had the gift of taking complex concepts and explaining them in a manner that allows the rest of us to understand what's going on. In this book, Bill has extended his talent to another, far more important domain - parenting. With every chapter, Bill has taken concepts that can be daunting for parents to articulate to their children - like integrity, trust, confidence - and created a framework that any parent would find valuable to guide those conversations with their own children. - Jennifer Lewis Priestley, Professor of Statistics and mother of two. I will be using many of the themes and stories from Bill Frank's book, I Need To Tell You Something, for the weekly Scoutmaster's Moment that I share with my Boy Scout Troop each week. It is common sense and good old fashioned morals expressed in short, engaging and fun to read chapters. At times I felt like the author was reading my mind and writing my very thoughts! - Harry Colley, Scoutmaster & Father of two sons Bill Franks has taken his typical thorough and thoughtful approach to life and applied it to some of the most important topics of conversation we can have with our families ... and put them all in a book that is, simply, worth reading. This is a book that deserves attention. It deserves to be read and discussed with our children and grandchildren. I am looking forward to sharing it with my 12 children and soon to be 11 grandchildren. I firmly believe it can help them to reflect on life, character, and what kind of people they will eventually choose to become. (Excerpt from Foreword) - Robert Hockett, CFP, Principal/Wealth Manager, Modera Wealth Management

While there are many challenges in raising and guiding our kids today, open communication with them is probably the greatest challenge that we face as parents. As a parent of two kids, the ideas found in Bill Franks book are amazingly simple and easy to use. Each chapter offers a great communication starter which you can follow or customize for your own family's needs. The goal is to talk with your child and this book provides an outstanding outline to use. - Bill Wendell, 6th Degree Black Belt, Owner of Marietta Martial Arts, 29 years teaching kids martial arts As an influential thought leader in the field of Analytics and Data Science, Bill has always had the gift of taking complex concepts and explaining them in a manner that allows the rest of us to understand what's going on. In this book, Bill has extended his talent to another, far more important domain - parenting. With every chapter, Bill has taken concepts that can be daunting for parents to articulate to their children - like integrity, trust, confidence - and created a framework that any parent would find valuable to guide those conversations with their own children. - Jennifer Lewis Priestley, Professor of Statistics and mother of two. I will be using many of the themes and stories from Bill Franks' book, I Need To Tell You Something, for the weekly Scoutmaster's Moment that I share with my Boy Scout Troop each week. It is common sense and good old fashioned morals expressed in short, engaging and fun to read chapters. At times I felt like the author was reading my mind and writing my very thoughts! - Harry Colley, Scoutmaster & Father of two sons Bill Franks has taken his typical thorough and thoughtful approach to life and applied it to some of the most important topics of conversation we can have with our families ... and put them all in a book that is, simply, worth reading. This is a book that deserves attention. It deserves to be read and discussed with our children and grandchildren. I am looking forward to sharing it with my 12 children and soon to be 11 grandchildren. I firmly believe it can help them to reflect on life, character, and what kind of people they will eventually choose to become. (Excerpt from Foreword)- Robert Hockett, CFP, Principal/Wealth Manager, Modera Wealth Management While there are many challenges in raising and guiding our kids today, open communication with them is probably the greatest challenge that we face as parents. As a parent of two kids, the ideas found in Bill Franks book are amazingly simple and easy to use. Each chapter offers a great communication starter which you can follow or customize for your own family's needs. The goal is to talk with your child and this book provides an outstanding outline to use.- Bill Wendell, 6th Degree Black Belt, Owner of Marietta Martial Arts, 29 years teaching kids martial arts As an influential thought leader in the field of Analytics and Data Science, Bill has always had the gift of taking complex concepts and explaining them in a manner that allows the rest of us to understand what's going on. In this book, Bill has extended his talent to another, far more important domain - parenting. With every chapter, Bill has taken concepts that can be daunting for parents to articulate to their children - like integrity, trust, confidence - and created a framework that any parent would find valuable to guide those conversations with their own children. - Jennifer Lewis Priestley, Professor of Statistics and mother of two. I will be using many of the themes and stories from Bill Frank's book, I Need To Tell You Something, for the weekly Scoutmaster's Moment that I share with my Boy Scout Troop each week. It is common sense and good old fashioned morals expressed in short, engaging and fun to read chapters. At times I felt like the author was reading my mind and writing my very thoughts!- Harry Colley, Scoutmaster & Father of two sons Bill Franks has taken his typical thorough and thoughtful approach to life and applied it to some of the most important topics of conversation we can have with our families ... and put them all in a book that is, simply, worth reading. This is a book that deserves attention. It deserves to be read and discussed with our children and grandchildren. I am looking forward to sharing it with my 12 children and soon to be 11 grandchildren. I firmly believe it can help them to reflect on life, character, and what kind of people they will eventually choose to become. (Excerpt from Foreword)- Robert Hockett, CFP, Principal/Wealth Manager, Modera Wealth Management

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Bill Franks is the Chief Analytics Officer at the International Institute for Analytics (IIA). In this role, he helps guide IIA's global community of analytics practitioners in determining the best strategy for their particular analytics needs. He provides perspective on trends in analytics and big data, and helps clients understand how IIA can support their efforts to improve analytic performance. Bill serves on the advisory boards of multiple university and professional analytics programs and has previously held a range of executive positions in analytics, including several years as Chief Analytics Officer for Teradata. He is also an active speaker and has presented at dozens of events over the past few years. Bill's previous books include Taming The Big Data Tidal Wave (John Wiley & Sons) where he applied two decades of experience working with clients on large-scale analytics initiatives to outline what it takes to succeed in today's world of big data and analytics. His second book, The Analytics Revolution (John Wiley & Sons), lays out how to move beyond using analytics to find important insights in data (large and small) and into operationalizing those insights at scale to truly impact a business. His blog, Analytics Matters, addresses the transformation required to make analytics a core component of business decisions. I Need To Tell You Something: Life lessons from a father for his teenage children was written from Bill's perspective as a businessman and a parent. As a father, he is also a leader, advisor, and teacher. His passion for both roles brings him to share life lessons not only with his own children, but with other families as well.

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