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Success Built to Last: Creating a Life That Matters Paperback - 2007

by Jerry Porras; Stewart Emery; Mark Thompson

In this follow-up to the bestselling "Built to Last," leading thinkers in organizational development discover what successful people have in common, distill this information into a set of simple practices, and show readers how they can transform their career and life.


Summary

The phenomenal follow-up to the bestselling Built to Last

Imagine discovering what successful people have in common, distilling it into a set of simple practices, and using them to transform your career and your life. That?s what Jerry Porras, Stewart Emery, and Mark Thompson?leading thinkers in organizational development and self- improvement have done in Success Built to Last. Two hundred remarkable human beings from around the world are included, notably:
?Jeff Bezos, founder and CEO, Amazon.com
?Warren Buffett
?Bill Clinton
?Frances Hesselbein, former CEO, Girl Scouts of America
?Maya Angelou
?Bill Gates

Each shares how he or she harvested victories, learned from failures, and found the courage to be true to their passions. By following a set of simple principles culled from these inspiring interviews, readers can transform their business and personal lives?and discover the true meaning of success.

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  • Title Success Built to Last: Creating a Life That Matters
  • Author Jerry Porras; Stewart Emery; Mark Thompson
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Reprint
  • Pages 304
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Plume Books
  • Date 2007-09-01
  • ISBN 9780452288706 / 0452288703
  • Weight 0.5 lbs (0.23 kg)
  • Dimensions 7.74 x 5.2 x 0.69 in (19.66 x 13.21 x 1.75 cm)
  • Ages 18 to UP years
  • Grade levels 13 - UP
  • Dewey Decimal Code 650.1

Media reviews

'[An] extraordinary book that finally reveals a meaningful secret formula' for success based on the lives of remarkable people.'
Sir Richard Branson, Virgin Brands

'You can make a difference if you put your passions to work in a way that builds a better life for you, your business, and your community. Success Built to Last shows you how.'
Steve Forbes, editor in chief, Forbes Magazine

'This book presents a path to the kind of lasting success that transcends fear and endows healthy self-esteem.'
Jack Canfield, bestselling author of the Chicken Soup for the SoulĀ series and The Success Principlesç

About the author

Jerry Porras is the Lane Professor of Organizational Behavior, Emeritus, at the Stanford Graduate School of Business. He co-authored the international business bestseller Built to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies. The book is based on the results of an exhaustive six-year research project aimed at discovering the approaches and behaviors of the most visionary companies of the past two centuries. Translated into 25 languages, it has sold more than one million copies worldwide.

Stewart Emery is an entrepreneur, executive coach, and leader, and is considered one of the fathers of the Human Potential Movement. A visiting professor at the John F. Kennedy School of Management, Stewart has lead executive teams and organizations through Vision-Values-Strategy initiatives based on research from the business classic Built to Last. Author of two other bestselling books, Stewart Emery has led workshops, seminars, and delivered keynotes all over the world.

One of the most successful senior business communication executives and angel investors of our time, Mark Thompson has been a board member and advisor to Global 1000 companies and is Charles Schwab's former Chief Customer Experience Officer, Chief Communications Officer, and Chief of Staff. During his tenure, the company's customer assets grew ten-fold to more than $800 billion dollars in over five million client accounts, and continue to grow during the greatest economic storms in history. Thompson is a Visiting Scholar at Stanford University and a founding advisor to the Stanford Realtime Venture Design Lab. He has also served on the faculty of John F. Kennedy University, World Economic Forum, Tony Robbins Business Mastery series.

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