THINGS TO DO WHEN YOU’RE ON A LONG TRIP, WAITING AROUND, OR JUST PLAIN BORED…

About the Book

Have you gone on a long trip where you have gotten bored while traveling or waiting in an airport or bus or train station? Do you need a quick pickup to help in your job search? Have you wondered how to pass the time and amuse yourself, when you can’t use your cell phone, read, or listen to music?

THINGS TO DO WHEN YOU ARE ON A LONG TRIP, WAITING AROUND, OR JUST PLAIN BORED is the perfect antidote. It features a variety of fun and creative things you can do in your imagination or by being more perceptive, speaking, or interacting with others. Activities range from interesting things to think about and imagine to mind games to enjoy with yourself and others, and more.

The chapters include these topics:
• Ways to relax • Enjoy yourself and be happy • Work out any problems and challenges • Exercise your imagination • Go on eating adventures • How to see and perceive more • Increase your creativity • Experience some fun games • Experiment with brain building exercises • Play some guessing games • Discover your psychic abilities • Make plans for the future • Improve your memory • Decide what to do about something • Practice and improve your skills in your mind • Listen and enjoy what you listen to more • Create your own experiences • And much, much more.

About the Author

GINI GRAHAM SCOTT, Ph.D., J.D., is a nationally known writer, consultant, speaker, and seminar/workshop leader, specializing in business and work relationships, professional and personal development, social trends, popular culture, lifestyles, and criminal justice. She has published over 50 books on diverse subjects. Her websites are at www.changemakerspublishingandwriting.com and www.ginigrahamscott.com.

She has written several books on having fun and enjoying life more, including ENJOY! 101 LITTLE WAYS TO HAVE MORE FUN AT WORK, THE CREATIVE TRAVELER, THE POWER OF FANTASY, and DOYOU LOOK LIKE YOUR DOG?

Her books on business relationships and professional development include: WANT IT, SEE IT, GET IT!; DISAGREEMENTS, DISPUTES AND ALL-OUT WAR; 30 DAYS TO A MORE POWERFUL MEMORY; A SURVIVAL GUIDE TO MANAGING EMPLOYEES FROM HELL; A SURVIVAL GUIDE FOR WORKING WITH BAD BOSSES; and A SURVIVAL GUIDE FOR WORKING WITH HUMANS (all from AMACOM 2004-2009).

Scott’s books on social trends and popular culture include: THE VERY NEXT NEW THING, PLAYING THE LYING GAME, YOU THE JURY, CAN WE TALK? THE POWER AND INFLUENCE OF TALK SHOWS, MIND YOUR OWN BUSINESS: THE BATTLE FOR PERSONAL PRIVACY, and PRIVATE EYES (with Sam Brown).

Her books on marketing include: LET’S HAVE A SALES PARTY, BUILDING A WINNING SALES TEAM, SUCCESS IN MLM and GET RICH IN PERSONAL SELLING (Self-Counsel Press).

She writes books and book proposals, articles, scripts, and other materials for clients, and writes books and does workshops on writing and promoting books and films. These include: SELL YOUR BOOK, SCRIPT OR COLUMN; USING LINKEDIN TO PROMOTE YOUR BUSINESS OR YOURSELF; DOING YOUR OWN PR; and WRITING, DIRECTING AND PRODUCING A LOW-BUDGET SHORT FILM. Her books for clients include books on work and business, professional and personal development, self-help and relationships, psychology, sales, marketing, and money, health and beauty, memoirs, crime, social trends, and popular culture, novels, and specialty books. Her scripts include book adaptations and screenplays from original ideas.

She is founder and director of Changemakers Publishing and Writing and Changemakers Productions and has taught classes at several colleges, including Cal State University, East Bay and Notre Dame de Namur University.

She has published over 30 POD and E-Books in various formats, and has licensed several dozen books for foreign sales, including the UK, Russia, Hungary, Lithuania, Korea, Spain, and Japan.

Scott has received national media exposure for her books, including appearances on Good Morning America, Oprah, Montel Williams, and CNN. She has been the producer and host of a talk show series, CHANGEMAKERS, featuring interviews on various types of change. Additional information is at www.changemakersradio.com.

Scott’s screenplays, mostly in the crime, legal thriller, and sci-fi genres, include RICH AND DEAD, COKE AND DIAMONDS, DEADLY AFFAIR, THE NEW CHILD, and NEW IDENTITY. UNBALANCED is expected to be completed in 2011. She produced, directed, wrote, cast, and sometimes directed over 50 short films and trailers, which can be viewed at www.youtube.com/changemakersprod.

As a game and toy designer, Scott has had over two dozen games with major game companies, including Hasbro, Pressman, and Mag-Nif. Two new games were introduced by Briarpatch in 2007. She licensed GLASNOST: THE GAME OF SOVIET-AMERICAN PEACE AND DIPLOMACY to John N. Hansen (1988).

She received a PhD in Sociology from the University of California, Berkeley, a JD from the University of San Francisco Law School, and MAs in Anthropology; Mass Communications & Organizational/ Consumer/Audience Behavior, and Popular Culture and Lifestyles from Cal State, East Bay. She will be getting an MS in Recreation and Tourism at Cal State, East Bay in 2013.