Books

127 Grains (2015)

• Author: William C. Short
• Publisher listing: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date listed: 15 December 2015
• ISBN-10: 1518631134
• Retail: Amazon

LinkedIn lists 127 Grains as an author role from January 2014. Retail copy describes essays on healthcare, money, regulation, and related topics. CreateSpace is a self-publishing imprint; that does not by itself make the book a Wikipedia reliable source for biography, but the ISBN and authorship are public.

The domain 127grains.com exists separately and currently is not this knowledge site.

Think Boldly: Accept Nothing and Challenge Everything (2025)

• Author: William C. Short
• Publisher listing: Independently published
• Publication date listed: 12 December 2025
• Language: English
• Format: Paperback
• Print length: 152 pages
• ISBN-13: 979-8264948404
• ISBN-10: 8264948405
• ASIN: B0G5DYRJGM
• Dimensions: 5.25 × 0.38 × 8 inches
• Retail and catalog listings: Amazon; Bookswagon

Amazon and Bookswagon identify Short as the author and list the same publication date, publisher status, and ISBN-13. LinkedIn lists his author role beginning in December 2025 and links to the Amazon edition.

Subject and structure

Retail copy describes Think Boldly as a book about critical thinking, intellectual independence, and testing accepted claims instead of treating consensus as conclusive. It begins with historical beliefs once accepted as true and asks what enables people to challenge prevailing ideas and discover alternatives.

The book combines a father-and-son narrative with practical guidance for questioning assumptions. Its stated themes include:

• distinguishing evidence from assertion;
• testing claims that are presented as settled or universally accepted;
• recognizing persuasion tactics and hidden incentives;
• examining the costs faced by people who challenge established beliefs; and
• developing tools for independent analysis and reasoned disagreement.

The retail description applies those themes to debates involving science, medicine, family structures, recycling, environmental protest, and other public-policy or cultural claims. These examples reflect the book's arguments and publisher copy; their appearance here documents the book's subject matter rather than endorsing each position.

Bibliographic significance

Think Boldly is Short's second publicly listed book, following 127 Grains in 2015. The ten-year interval separates the earlier collection of essays on healthcare, finance, and regulation from a later work centered on critical inquiry and challenging conventional assumptions.

The ISBN identifies the paperback edition, while the ASIN identifies its Amazon product listing. As with 127 Grains, the independently published designation establishes the edition's bibliographic identity but does not make the book an independent source for biographical claims about its author.

Reading note

Book-jacket or Amazon “about the author” text (WashU, Quinnipiac, HBS OPM, YPO, ECFC, Ameriflex CEO) overlaps the Ameriflex About biography. Prefer the company and LinkedIn pages for dated roles; use the ISBN pages for bibliographic identity.