Born in Cincinnati, Ohio, Reverend Robert Patterson, Sr. is the father of six children (five sons and one daughter) and the loving husband of Mrs. Linda Patterson. He is a grandfather as well as a great grandfather.
As a member of Walker Chapel AME Church (The Fifth District), he has served in various capacities, from the Usher Board to the Steward and Trustee Boards. He has taught both Sunday School and Bible Study and has served in each department to the best of his abilities
His life reads like a road map—he is a Vietnam ERA Veteran (U.S.M.C 1961 to 1970) and a graduate of San Diego State University (Class of 1975). He has served as a cable television news reporter, (Oceanside, CA), and has been host of Behind the Truth, Employment Counselor Specialist, (Operation SER), Counselor-Testing Specialist, Metropolitan Area Advisory Committee (MAAC), Coordinator of Manpower, CETA Area Training Center (at Palomar Community College), Transitional Assistance Program Instructor (TAP), was Director of Personal Affairs (Camp Pendleton, CA), and coordinated the first ever Sickle Cell Anemia testing in Oceanside, just to name a few of his many accomplishments.
Reverend Patterson is a strong advocate of education and cultural awareness. He likes teaching and having the interaction and discussion of both Bible Study and Sunday School with the congregation in order to get down to the nitty gritty and still be brief, be specific, and be seated. As he is fond of saying, “The day that you stop seeking knowledge is the day that you most surely are dead.”
We interviewed Robert to find out more about his exciting new book, Five Steps to C.A.L.M. (Career and Life Management).
Q. Thank you for this interview, Robert. They say everyone has a book in them. Why did you feel a need to write this book?
A. I did my research all the years that I was teaching my seminars and the feedback that I was getting from the seminar participants inspired me to write this book.
Q. Can you give us a little bit of information about your past and how it played a role in writing this book?
A. I have been a motivational speaker for some fifteen years and during that time, I have addressed people from various levels of education and business in areas from personal appraisal, career exploration, strategies for an effective job search, interviews, reviewing job offers, and resume writing.
