The Principles Children's Books
These books reinforce principles like honesty, compassion, and teamwork, and they are perfect for parents, teachers, and independent readers.
For Parents & Families
Harvest Time Partners helps you be your best for those you care about the most.
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Pre-School to Elementary School
Abundant Harvest for Kids
This fast-paced conversation game opens the door to more meaningful and effective communication for families by developing interpersonal skills such as active listening and empathy. Quickly learn the law of the harvest, you reap what you sow.
Character Building for Pre-Teens, Teens & Young Adults
Middle School to High School and College
Face to Face Transitions: Middle School to High School
Help the teens in your life cut through the chatter of modern life and learn to have authentic conversations with their peers and loved ones.
Face to Face Transitions: High School to College
As teens get older, life gets more complicated. This edition helps them navigate the transition to young adulthood with trusted peers in a safe, honest space.
Abundant Harvest for Teens & Adults
A framework for adults, teens, and young adults to develop active listening and empathy so they communicate more effectively and honestly.
Character Building for Parents, Couples & Young Adults
Young Adults to Adults
Face to Face Transitions: Single to Married
Help young adults navigate the transition from single to married life by learning to trust, listen, and build a solid foundation for a lasting marriage.
The Pathway to Positive Influence
Learn how living a principled life creates a ripple effect, improving the lives of those you care about most.
Once a Week, 52 Small Steps
Stay on course toward a better, more principled life through weekly readings that end with a thought-provoking question.
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When We Were Young
Character Creates Opportunity. Not an old-school story about walking uphill both ways to school.
The Bright Side of Loneliness
Character Creates Opportunity. A time of joy can wrestle with a great deal of loneliness.
Keep Moving Forward
Character Creates Opportunity. With Veterans Day approaching, a pilot blog on some learnings.
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About the Founder
David Esposito
David is a combat veteran, husband, father, business executive, and creator of Harvest Time Partners award-winning resources. He remains dedicated to developing programs and resources that help people be their best for those they care about most at home, at work, and in the community.
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For Leaders & Executives
Executive Leadership Services
Leading on the forward Edge
Help individuals and teams reach their full potential by giving them a purpose. We help guide you to be your best and deliver great results.
Download Free ResourcesThe Need for Effective Leaders
Learn how to lead effectively in a marketplace that continues to grow in complexity and uncertainty.
Leadership Career Guidance
Getting "unstuck" in your career by finding purpose
Career Advisory Service
Find a trusted advisor to build a successful leadership career in today's market.
Looking Back Book
Career transition lessons that help you find purpose and guide the next steps of your career.
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When you need a trusted leadership advisor
Trusted Advisors
Make the jump from average to industry-leading through effective leadership.
Looking Back Book
Practical lessons in leadership successes and failures at companies of all sizes.
Weekend Reflections for Leaders
Read personal reflections on how leadership can impact your team and your company's bottom line.
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Being Our Best
Weekend Reflections for Leaders. How do you be your best to deliver over the long term for your people?
An Often Missed Opportunity
Weekend Reflections for Leaders. Some of the leading companies made significant investments in employees.
A Veteran's Transition
Weekend Reflections for Leaders. With Veterans Day approaching, a pilot blog on some learnings.
About the Founder
David Esposito
David is a combat veteran, husband, father, business executive, and creator of Harvest Time Partners award-winning resources, dedicated to helping people be their best for those they care about most.
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Harvest Time Partners in the Community
Forming the backbone of support for families and businesses.
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Harvest Time Partners provides support in the community and in schools to prepare the next generation of productive citizens through Harvest Time Partners, Harvest Time Partners Venture Capital, and the Harvest Time Partners Foundation.
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Harvest Time Partners
Reaping what you sow
Practicing the law of the harvest, Harvest Time Partners aims to help you be your best for those you care about most at home, at work, and in the community.
Harvest Time Partners Venture Capital
Fueling early-stage innovation
Seed capital, Series A financing, and strategic advisory for early-stage companies in the life science marketplace.
Harvest Time Partners Foundation
Some of the groups we support
The Character Council of Western New York
College scholarships and grants for local schools.
Because I Said I Would
A social movement dedicated to the betterment of humanity through promises made and kept.
Half a Sorrow Foundation
Programs to support mental health and suicide prevention.
The Trevor Project
24/7 crisis care for young people struggling with depression, suicide, and identity.
PLAY ON! Toy Movie
Will the fun survive? A documentary on the journey of toy and game makers.
Missionaries to Brazil
Bethany and Rene Anderson.
Be your best for those you care about most.
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Resources for Parents & Families
The law of the harvest says you reap what you sow. Learn how to be the best for those you care about most.
The 4 A's of Leadership for Families
The Acceptance Principle
Once a Week: Introduction
The Pathway to Positive Influence: Introduction
The Pathway to Positive Influence: A Worthy Message to Deliver
The Pathway to Positive Influence: Poster
Resources for Leaders & Executives
Lead effectively in a marketplace that continues to grow in complexity and uncertainty.
The 4 A's of Leadership for Business
Looking Back: Introduction
Looking Back: Market Forces
About Harvest Time Partners
David Esposito
David is a combat veteran, husband, father, business executive, and creator of Harvest Time Partners award-winning resources, dedicated to helping people be their best for those they care about most.
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Whether you are helping the children in your life build character or looking to lead on the edge with executive leadership service, Harvest Time Partners can help you become the best for those you care about most.
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About Harvest Time Partners
At Harvest Time Partners, we believe that character creates opportunity to achieve your hopes and dreams regardless of your situation.
Law of the Harvest
We reap what we sow
We formed Harvest Time Partners more than 30 years ago to help people be their best for the people they care about most. We provide resources and support to encourage individuals, families, and organizations to reach their full potential despite a complex and uncertain world.
Our guiding principles are universal: compassion, honesty, courage, and commitment. We believe dreams are achieved when these principles guide thoughts, decisions, and actions.
The basic truth is simple, universal, and teachable, we reap what we sow. Everyone can achieve their hopes and dreams by remaining steadfast and using principle-based decision-making.
David Esposito
Managing Partner, david@harvesttimepartners.com
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We Reap What We Sow
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Combat veteran, husband, father, business executive, and the creator of the award-winning resources of Harvest Time Partners.
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About our founder
David A. Esposito
David is a combat veteran, husband, father, business executive, and the creator of the award-winning resources of Harvest Time Partners. He develops programs and resources that help people be the best for those they care about most at home, at work, and in the community.
He started his career as a sales representative before rising through corporate America to become President and Chief Executive Officer for several healthcare companies that had a significant impact on eye disease, allergic disease, and the early detection of cancer.
A West Point graduate, David led a rifle platoon of 39 men as an infantry officer with the 101st Airborne Division during the Gulf War and earned a Bronze Star after combat operations in February 1991. He holds an MBA from Syracuse University and a bachelor's degree in civil engineering from West Point.
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Once a Week
52 small steps on a year-long journey to reach your full potential.
About the Book
About Once a Week: Available now
Today's world creates a heightened level of stress and anxiety. Balancing work responsibilities, kids' schedules, and community events can hardly leave time for self-improvement.
While being pulled in a million directions, how do we make sure we are also moving in the right direction? How do we course correct? How do we find time for reflection?
The Once a Week book provides a framework to stay on course toward a better, more principled life through weekly readings that end with a thought-provoking question. You cannot reap what you sow if you do not tend the garden.
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About Harvest Time Partners
David Esposito
David is a combat veteran, husband, father, business executive, and creator of Harvest Time Partners award-winning resources, dedicated to helping people be their best for those they care about most.
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Looking Back
What I learned when I left a great company.
About the Book
Looking Back: Available Now
Over a decade ago, David Esposito left a great career with a multi-national life science company to learn and grow on the entrepreneurial side of the industry. Looking Back captures the lessons learned and gives senior executives practical actions to secure top talent and ensure long-term success.
In Looking Back, you will learn:
- Career insights and leadership lessons from someone who left a big company and succeeded, and failed, in building early-stage companies.
- Why top talent leaves great companies, and it is not what you think.
- The critical elements that drive competitive advantage and help you build a sustainable, high-growth business.
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About Harvest Time Partners
David Esposito
David is a combat veteran, husband, father, business executive, and creator of Harvest Time Partners award-winning resources, dedicated to helping people be their best for those they care about most.
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Character Creates Opportunity Blog
We believe character creates the opportunities to reach our hopes and dreams regardless of our situation. Our blog supports and encourages readers to build and strengthen their character.
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Easy-to-use advice on how to be the best for those you care about most.
When We Were Young
Character Creates Opportunity. Not an old-school story about walking uphill both ways to school.
The Bright Side of Loneliness
Character Creates Opportunity. A time of joy can wrestle with a great deal of loneliness.
Keep Moving Forward
Character Creates Opportunity. With Veterans Day approaching, a pilot blog on some learnings.
A Helpful Question
Character Creates Opportunity. Did you pass the test? Did you ace the game?
A Simple Reminder
Character Creates Opportunity. There is no doubt we live in a stressful, complex world.
A Role in Our Virtual World
Character Creates Opportunity. Building and maintaining healthy relationships in the virtual world.
A Seasonal Reminder
Character Creates Opportunity. Today marks the start of the fall season in many parts of the country.
Quiet Service
Character Creates Opportunity. There is a great deal written about the leaders of the world.
The Courage to Ask
Character Creates Opportunity. There is no denying we have all embraced our digital life.
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For Leaders & Executives
Weekend Reflections for Leaders Blog
Practical tools and concepts for more effective leadership, with time to reflect on your personal leadership journey.
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Proven advice on how to lead on the edge.
Being Our Best
Weekend Reflections for Leaders. How do you be your best over the long term for your people?
An Often Missed Opportunity
Weekend Reflections for Leaders. Leading companies made significant investments in employees.
A Veteran's Transition
Weekend Reflections for Leaders. With Veterans Day approaching, a pilot blog on some learnings.
The Long Game on Key Decisions
Weekend Reflections for Leaders. Some of the most difficult chances a leader faces are on key decisions.
Feeling Safe to Speak Up
Weekend Reflections for Leaders. There has been steady progress over the years on the value of safety.
Why Lead in the Early Stage
Weekend Reflections for Leaders. Over the last several weeks we have been building the case.
Raising Capital
Weekend Reflections for Leaders. Over the last several weeks we have been building a narrative.
Capital Deployment
Weekend Reflections for Leaders. Considering a narrative from a large company.
Risk Management in the Early Stage
Weekend Reflections for Leaders. Risk management, done well, considering some concepts.
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