Thomas Fellows is the American author of three non-fictional books, Forget Self-Help: Re-Examining the Golden Rule,He Spoke With Authority: Get, Then Give the Advantage of Confidence, and The Criminal: The Power of an Apology. He coached the Morehouse Sales Team in 2016. He attended The Westminster Schools in Atlanta and would matriculate into Samford University in Birmingham, Alabama for college. All books interweave biblical scripture, history, literature; He Spoke with Authority: Get, the Give the Advantage of Confidence and The Criminal: The Power of an Apology also feature popular movies and music. He resides in Atlanta, Georgia and is in technology hardware sales.
Career
''Forget Self-Help: Re-Examining the Golden Rule''
Fellows started his first book, Forget Self-Help: Re-Examining the Golden Rule, at age twenty while he was a counselor at a summer camp in Mentone, Alabama. Based upon the Golden Rule found in Matthew 7:12, the book examines the actions of characters in To Kill a Mockingbird and Uncle Tom's Cabin as well as the writings of Robert E. Lee and Martin Luther King Jr. It also gives tips for overcoming clinical depression which Fellows has struggled with since he graduated high school. In addition to the book being named one of twelveself-help books to read in 2018 by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, I The book received widespread media attention in the South, being featured by 21 local nespapers newspapers in Alabama,Georgia, North Carolina, Mississippi, Tennessee,,Virginia, t , and, and was featured by the regiona press in St. Paul, Minnesota's Pioneer Press, Oklahoma's City's Daily Oklahoman, and Hartford Connecticut's Hartford Courant.
''He Spoke With Authority: Get, then Give the Advantage of Confidence''
Fellows’ second book, He Spoke with Authority: Get, then Give the Advantage of Confidence, explores the connection between confidence and both humility and empathy. The book's title gets its name from Matthew 7 verses 28 and 29 where the people in the crowd notice that Jesus speaks with authority and not as one of the teachers of the law. Fellows wrote the majority of the first edition of the book in just 45 days, while working at a Walmart store in the midtown neighborhood of Atlanta. By using characters such as Jay Gatsby in The Great Gatsby, and Jane in Jane Eyre, Fellows illustrates why confidence is important to have in interpersonal relationships as well as in life. Fellows also uses To Kill a Mockingbird as he does in his previous book. From a historical lens, Fellows uses both George Washington and Abraham Lincoln to teach these two lessons. Lastly, the book explores the role that confidence played in the life of Fellows' mentor, Bill McDermott, former CEO of SAP, who Fellows says has "taught more about life than sales." The book also uses the 1997 drama, Good Will Hunting, to make several points on both confidence and vulnerability. In a Northside Neighbor interview with Everett Catts, Fellows said that he wrote the book because, "there’s a misconception about confidence. I think confidence ultimately leads to empathy and security. It leads empathy because people who are secure with themselves won’t attack people who are behind or ahead of them. They deem themselves as fit. Then it leads to humility because you’re humble enough to learn and you’re also accessible.” He Spoke with Authority: Get, then Give the Advantage of Confidence received national media attention in St. Paul, Minnesota's Pioneer Press, the San Antonio Express-News, the Salt Lake Tribune, and Oklahoma City's Daily Oklahoman.
''The Criminal: The Power of An Apology''
The Criminal: The Power of An Apology, examines the Criminal on the Cross found in Luke 23:29-43 who gives an unprovoked apology next to Jesus before he dies. Specifically, Fellows examines the gratitude, humility, courage, discipline, integrity, and vulnerability displays in that pivotal scene. By using classic works such as Catcher in the Rye, A River Runs Through It, Flowers For Algernon, A Separate Peace, and Joy-Luck Club, Fellows encourages the reader to be a man or woman after God's own heart. Fellows also uses popular movies such as Flight, He's Just Not That Into You, and popular music featuring Dave Matthews Band, Taylor Swift, and The Eagles to make his case.
