Assisting others in all areas of their lives, including the building of character and learning of etiquette skills is a large part of Catherine's practice.The Character and Etiquette Handbook is thought provokingly valuable for families and teachers as it is laid out to be a one year course full of games and activities to show all the way!We all must choose a 'way' to be in the world. Humans are social beings. We need each other. And, as we need each other, we must have a means of communicating, acting and being in this world for us to understand more wholly and completely. Therefore, throughout time, social rules or Character and Etiquette have grown to have meaning and respect. Those that master Character and Etiquette excel and become extraordinary assets to the entire world! Think of Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, George Washington, Nikola Tesla, Einstein, and many, many more! These 'social rules', or Character and Etiquette allow us to treat others better and be treated better. For instance, Etiquette allows women to be gracious and kind and be treated with respect and allows gentlemen to have the same.

Keep in mind that 'gentlemen' are manly men, not lacking in the least the capacity to protect and serve!Good Character and Etiquette isn't only about being social out in the world. It is also about respecting and communicating within the family unit, the relationship unit, the friend unit and the school/work unit. Taking steps to master Character and Etiquette can create the foundation for fuller, successful home, personal, school and work lives.If you want to have better friends, be one. If you want to have a better work, school or home life, do your share. Take 100% responsibility for your surroundings, actions, relationships and work in the world. Be the best you can be in all that you do. Keep your faith.

Your life will soar, and you will excel and remain in all ways EXTRAORDINARY!Each part of this book acts as a building block for success in all areas of life. It will act as a guide that gives the family a basis or a plan from which to work with as the children are being raised and as the adults are continuing to grow.Catherine was inspired to travel to Beijing because of her mother's boundless grace and her father and greatest inspiration, Jack Ferrier, was one of the first Americans to be allowed back into China in the 1970s. An extraordinarily gifted photographer and movie director in the military, Jack was on President Nixon's and Henry Kissinger's personal staff.He is also a Vietnam War Veteran, and prior to being on the presidential staff, he was a top gun for the first Apollo missions to the moon. He never stopped!After the Nixon administration, Jack continued to direct and produce all kinds of training films for the Navy and taught the Alaska Area Natives how to use closed-circuit TV, so they could run it in their own hospitals.Catherine learned truths about many men and many cultures through her father. He taught her to hold herself to herself, use her abilities, pay attention, be strong and as fearless as possible, and to persevere.

In fact, because of her strength, she was one of the Americans brought up to stand before the younger Chinese people as a symbol of where they as a people desired to go in the future during the so-called uprising at Tiananmen Square in Beijing. Having to rely on her interpersonal skills and abilities rather than knowing the Mandarin language, she was able to connect, communicate, and go into and out of a situation. She then passes on her methods of character and etiquette to the next generations.For more information, please see www.theschoolofprotocol.org.