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Over the last two years, he has been working on this, his first book, entitled Master of None - How a Jack-of-All-Trades Can Still Reach the Top. This personal story of his lifelong development of leadership skills challenges established thinking, offering counter-intuitive career advice essential
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news programs. In 2009, he was placed on the
Foundation for Oklahoma City Public Schools Hall of Fame for his longstanding service. In 2001 Hudson received the University's Regent's Alumni Award from the University of Oklahoma and, in 2011, the University of Oklahoma conferred to him an
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Since his departure from Sonic Corp. in early 2019, Cliff has been sharing his philosophy on becoming a “Master of None”. In
February 2019, he was the James R. Wilson annual guest lecturer at The College of Wooster (Ohio) where he unveiled plans to release a book on the topic.
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Georgetown University Alumni Association has also awarded him its highest honor, the John Carroll Award, in 2014.
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