The Merger Mogul
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Daniel took KT in his arms and held her tightly. He knew that he had to restrain himself from rushing and he prayed for strength and restraint. At once he felt a peace and strength flow into him. He kissed KT gently, almost reverently, running his hands down her back over the silk of her nightgown. He slipped the straps over her shoulders, kissing each one in turn as the silk pooled at her feet.
“Perfection,” he whispered. “You are fearfully and wonderfully made.” He kissed the curve of her neck and her shoulders. “How beautiful you are, my darling! Oh, how beautiful!” Scripture verses were flowing from him that he didn’t even know.
“How handsome you are, my lover!” she quoted in response feeling the strength of his back and shoulders.
He admired her beauty, caressing her body while murmuring the words of a traditional wedding vow: “With this ring I thee wed. With my body I thee worship.” Daniel carried her to the bed and began to worship her body with his. KT was enthralled by the beauty of their lovemaking and the feelings she was experiencing for the first time. Daniel encouraged her with words of praise and tender caresses until she was ready for him.
At the moment of the sealing of their marriage covenant, Daniel caught KT’s brief cry in his mouth and held her close until she relaxed again.
“Thank you for your amazing gift” he murmured and began a rhythm as old as time.
A wave began to swell, pushing them steadily and unwaveringly towards a shore that they could feel getting closer and closer until it suddenly broke, tossing them into a maelstrom of intense pleasure and then slowly receding leaving them enveloped by a Presence so sweet, so holy that tears came to their eyes.
“I’ve never experienced anything like that,” Daniel said softly when he was able to speak again.
“Neither have I,” KT said in wonder, wiping her eyes. “It was as if God was here with us giving his approval.”
For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife and they will become one flesh.
“We are now one,” whispered Daniel.
Chapter 32
New York Times, November 15, 2010
Tennant Consulting Praised by Morgan Stanley
The Merger Mogul, Daniel Tennant, and Tennant Consulting have been praised by Patterson Morgan, CEO of Morgan Stanley, who attributes their two quarters of successive growth to the new Oneness Strategy that was implemented by Tennant Consulting at his company earlier this year. Morgan Stanley, which was on the brink of failure after a merger masterminded by Tennant himself four years ago, has shown a significant turnaround and looks set to continue that trend well into the future.
At the beginning of this year Tennant Consulting added another division to the firm bringing a new dimension to their consulting services. The division, which is jointly run by Tennant’s wife, Kathryn and Business Coach, Karen Myers, focuses on team and relationship building in companies through activity based retreats and exercises…
One Week Later
Daniel and KT sat on the set of The Beacon Live waiting for the cameras to roll. Daniel squeezed KT’s hand reassuringly and brought it to his lips for a quick kiss. She smiled at him looking slightly nervous.
“You guys look like you’re still on your honeymoon,” quipped JB.
“It feels like we’re still on our honeymoon,” smiled KT.
“Well, Daniel, I think I’ll have to eat my words. Last time you were here I said that I didn’t believe people could change but you’re living proof.”
Before Daniel could reply the programme director called for silence and said: “We’re going live in five, four, three, two, one.”
JB: Good night everyone and welcome to The Beacon Live. Tonight our special guests are Daniel Tennant, aka The Merger Mogul, and his lovely wife Kathryn who everyone calls KT. Welcome Daniel and KT.
Daniel and KT: Thank you.
JB: Well Daniel it’s been over a year since you were here. At that time you had just started talking about Oneness. What’s been happening since then?
Daniel: Well my most successful Oneness project to date has been with my beautiful wife KT. We’ve been married for just over a year now and it’s been amazing.
KT smiled at him radiantly.
JB: You’re both obviously very happy together. I’m sure you’re also happy to have KT working in the business. KT, I understand that you’re a physiotherapist and in fact Daniel was your patient, that’s how you met.
KT: That’s right JB. After his surgery he was assigned to me for therapy but we didn’t start to go out until after his treatments finished although he did try. (She laughed).
JB: What’s it like working with Tennant Consulting especially since you’ve come from a background of working in a hospital?
KT: It’s a great change and although I’m a part of Tennant Consulting I don’t work there on a day-to-day basis, so I manage to keep out of Daniel’s hair. My part of the business conducts retreats that focus on relationship building and team work through physical activities and exercises. Karen Myers, who is a Business Coach, brings the coaching dimension while I focus on the physical activities. That compliments the work that’s being done in the other divisions of the firm.
JB: Daniel, Patterson Morgan, the CEO of Morgan Stanley attributes his firm’s success to Tennant Consulting’s new Oneness strategy. What do you say to that?
Daniel: Well I’m very glad that we could help Morgan Stanley. We were fortunate to have the team there very receptive to the strategies we suggested. Our role was to help them create a whole new entity with a new vision, a new culture and new values. We also worked with them on a communication strategy so that everyone was speaking the same language and through KT’s and Karen’s division they built inter-departmental relationships that were non-existent and were able to develop an understanding of how working together would help them to achieve the overall vision, even though each department also had its own goals to achieve.
JB: That sounds great but will it work in all companies?
Daniel: It has potential to work not only in all companies but in families, communities and even nations because it’s based on principles, and principles are true wherever they are applied. The key is to apply them.
JB: Well you’ve heard it folks, Daniel Tennant, the Merger Mogul, and his beautiful wife, KT have been sharing their success with Oneness. Daniel or KT do you have any final comments?
Daniel: I’ve come to realize that many of the problems we face in the world today, not just in companies, are because we operate separately. It’s me, my and mine and not we, our and ours. If we can get to a place where we operate as a “single intelligence” according to David Bohm, meaning that we operate as one and we also speak the same language, then nothing that we plan to do will be impossible for us.
Three months later
Daniel put down the New York Times as the phone on his desk rang.
“Daniel, there’s a Ryan Thomas on Line one for you. He’s calling from Barbados and he wants to talk to you about a project using your Oneness strategy.”
“OK Margaret, I’ll take the call.” He pressed the button. “Daniel Tennant speaking.”
“Hello Mr. Tennant, my name is Ryan Thomas. I’m the Chairman of the Strategic Planning Committee of the Ministry of Finance & Planning in Barbados. We’ve heard about the success you’ve been having using your Oneness strategy in companies and we understand that you believe it can work for nations as well. We’re just a small nation but our vision is to make Barbados the number one place to live, work and do business and we would like you to work with us to get the whole nation on board to make it a reality. Is this something you’d be interested in and, if so, can you come to Barbados for an initial meeting?”
“It sounds like something I’d be very interested in. I’ll have to check my schedule and let you know when I would be available. I believe that the principles we use will apply in any situation, but we have never done a nation before. It would definitely be
a challenge if we decided to do it.”
“If you give me your e-mail address I’ll send a brief for you to look at. Then you can let me know about your availability and I’ll set up a meeting between you, the Prime Minister and the rest of the Planning Team.”
“That’s fine. My e-mail is Daniel dot Tennant at Tennant Consulting dot com, all small letters. I’ll read through the brief and get back to you.” They exchanged goodbyes and Daniel hung up the phone with a look of amazement on his face. This was huge! He had the possibility of using Oneness to achieve something unheard of before – bring an entire nation together by sharing the same vision and speaking the same language so that they could achieve what would otherwise be impossible. That could only be God. He picked up the phone and pressed the intercom:
“Margaret, check my schedule for me and let me know if I have a few days free in the next couple of weeks. We may have to shift around some appointments. I need to fly to Barbados for a meeting with the Prime Minister. Margaret, I may have the opportunity to help transform an entire nation.”
Table of Contents
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
Chapter 22
Chapter 23
Chapter 24
Chapter 25
Chapter 26
Chapter 27
Chapter 28
Chapter 29
Chapter 30
Chapter 31
Chapter 32