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Success built to last : creating a life that matters

Author: Jerry I Porras; Stewart Emery; Mark Thompson
Publisher: Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Wharton School Pub., ©2007.
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Presents a series of interviews with successful people who demonstrate the author's three elements of success: involvement with something they are passionate about, the cultivation of a sense of responsibility and accountabiliy, and taking effective action.
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Additional Physical Format: Online version:
Porras, Jerry I.
Success built to last.
Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Wharton School Pub., c2007
(OCoLC)607775551
Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Jerry I Porras; Stewart Emery; Mark Thompson
ISBN: 013228751X 9780132287517
OCLC Number: 68132939
Description: xvii, 278 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Contents: Introduction : from Built to last to Success built to last --
From great to lasting : redefining success --
Love it or lose : passions and the quest for meaning --
Portfolio of passions : it's not about balance --
Why successful people stay successful : integrity to meaning --
The silent scream : why it's so damn hard to do what matters --
The cause has charisma : you don't have to be charismatic to be successful --
The tripping point : always make new mistakes --
Wounds to wisdom : trusting your weaknesses and using your core incompetencies --
Earning your luck : preparing for serendipity by using big hairy audacious goals --
Naked conversations : harvesting contention --
Creating alignment : the environment always wins --
The pleasure of finding things out : a look at the research behind Success built to last.
Responsibility: Jerry Porras, Stewart Emery, Mark Thompson.
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Authored by three legends in leadership and self-help, this work challenges conventional wisdom at various steps. It draws on face-to-face, unscripted conversations with hundreds of human beings from  Read more...

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