Chosen by BusinessWeek as one of the top 5 books of 2006 in careers. Read the full story at businessweek.com. Imagine discovering what successful people have in common, distilling it into a set of simple practices, and using them to transform your life and work. Authored by three legends in leadership and self-help — including Built to Last co-author Jerry Porras — it challenges conventional wisdom at every step. Success Built to Last draws on face-to-face, unscripted conversations with hundreds of remarkable human beings from around the world. Meet billionaires, CEOs, presidents of nations, Nobel laureates and celebrities — the rich, the famous and the unknown. Meet unsung heroes who've achieved lasting impact without obvious power or charisma. Famous or not, most started out ordinary. Discover how successful people "harvest" their strengths and their weaknesses, their victories and their surprising failures. Discover how you can find meaning in your life and work just as they did and summon the courage to follow your passions. Above all, see how they've sustained success for decades and you can too. Foreword by Senator John McCain Acknowledgements Introduction–From Built to Last to Success Built to Last Chapter 1: From Great to Lasting–Redefining Success Part I: Meaning–How Successful People Stay Successful Chapter 2: Love it or Lose–Passions and the Quest for Meaning Chapter 3: Portfolio of Passions–It’s Not About Balance Chapter 4: Why Successful People Stay Successful–Integrity to Meaning Part II: ThoughtStyles–Extreme Makeovers Start in Your Head Chapter 5: The Silent Scream–Why It’s So Damn Hard to Do What Matters Chapter 6: The Cause Has Charisma–You Don’t Have to Be Charismatic to Be Successful Chapter 7: The Tripping Point–Always Make New Mistakes Chapter 8: Wounds to Wisdom–Trusting Your Weaknesses and Using Your Core Incompetencies Part III: ActionStyles–Turning Passion into Action Chapter 9: Earning Your Luck–Preparing for Serendipity by Using Big Hairy Audacious Goals Chapter 10: Naked Conversations–Harvesting Contention Chapter 11: Creating Alignment–The Environment Always Wins The Pleasure of Finding Things Out–A Look at the Research Behind Success Built to Last Endnotes Biographical Index Index

Success Built to Last: Creating a Life That Matters

Business & Money

THOMPSON, Mark

Porras, Jerry I.

Emery, Stewart

Management & Leadership

Wharton School Pub

If you can change the way you think, you can change the world. That’s the theme of Now You’re Thinking! as it tells the story of how a 2-year old Iraqi girl’s life was saved through determination, courage, and critical thinking. The book begins with the heroic story of how a Marine battalion beat the odds to save this little girl, and ends with a model of critical thinking that will help you STOP and THINK to recognize your emotions, evaluate arguments, and draw conclusions to make better life decisions. This book also provides the opportunity for you to take the My Thinking Styles assessment for free to learn your natural thinking preferences, strengths, and biases. This short read will give you a real-life example of great thinking plus tons of resources to guide your further interest in effective thinking.

Now You're Thinking!: Change Your Thinking... Revolutionize Your Career... Transform Your Life

Chartrand, Judy

Hall, Russ

Ishikawa, Heather

Maketa, John

Ft Pr

Now You're Thinking!: Change Your Thinking... Transform Your Life (paperback)

Personal Finance

Pearson FT Press

“Definitely, a game changer! Design experience is the power shift to our era what mass marketing was to the last century.” John Sculley former CEO, Pepsi and Apple “Great design is about creating a deep relationship with your customers. If you don’t, you’re roadkill. This book shows you how and much, much more. Be prepared to have your mind blown.” Bill Burnett Executive Director, Design Program, Stanford University “Design is the last great differentiator, and yet so few really understand it. Do You Matter? offers a marvelous series of direct, in-your-face observations and drives home the means to an absolutely integrated design strategy.” Ray Riley Design GM, Entertainment and Devices, Microsoft “This book will challenge you to ask and answer what arguably are the most important questions an executive can ponder today. So open up.” Noah Kerner CEO, Noise and coauthor, Chasing Cool More and more companies are coming to understand the competitive advantage offered by outstanding design. With this, you can create products, services, and experiences that truly matter to your customers' lives and thereby drive powerful, sustainable improvements in business performance. But delivering great designs is not easy. Many companies accomplish it once, or twice; few do it consistently. The secret: building a truly design-driven business, in which design is central to everything you do. Do You Matter? shows how to do precisely that. Legendary industrial designer Robert Brunner (who laid the groundwork for Apple's brilliant design language) and Stewart Emery (Success Built to Last) begin by making an incontrovertible case for the power of design in making emotional connections, deepening relationships, and strengthening brands. You'll learn what it really means to be "design-driven" and how that translates into action at Nike, Apple, BMW and IKEA. You'll learn design-driven techniques for managing your entire experience chain; define effective design strategies and languages; and learn how to manage design from the top, encouraging "risky" design innovations that lead to entirely new markets. The authors show how (and how not) to use research; how to extend design values into marketing, manufacturing, and beyond; and how to keep building on your progress, truly "baking" design into all your processes and culture.

Do You Matter?: How Great Design Will Make People Love Your Company

Brunner, Robert

“Definitely, a game changer! Design experience is the power shift to our era what mass marketing was to the last century.” John Sculley former CEO, Pepsi and Apple “Great design is about creating a deep relationship with your customers. If you don’t, you’re roadkill. This book shows you how and much, much more. Be prepared to have your mind blown.” Bill Burnett Executive Director, Design Program, Stanford University “Design is the last great differentiator, and yet so few really understand it. Do You Matter? offers a marvelous series of direct, in-your-face observations and drives home the means to an absolutely integrated design strategy.” Ray Riley Design GM, Entertainment and Devices, Microsoft “This book will challenge you to ask and answer what arguably are the most important questions an executive can ponder today. So open up.” Noah Kerner CEO, Noise and coauthor, Chasing Cool More and more companies are coming to understand the competitive advantage offered by outstanding design. With this, you can create products, services, and experiences that truly matter to your customers' lives and thereby drive powerful, sustainable improvements in business performance. But delivering great designs is not easy. Many companies accomplish it once, or twice; few do it consistently. The secret: building a truly design-driven business, in which design is central to everything you do. Do You Matter? shows how to do precisely that. Legendary industrial designer Robert Brunner (who laid the groundwork for Apple's brilliant design language) and Stewart Emery (Success Built to Last) begin by making an incontrovertible case for the power of design in making emotional connections, deepening relationships, and strengthening brands. You'll learn what it really means to be "design-driven" and how that translates into action at Nike, Apple, BMW and IKEA. You'll learn design-driven techniques for managing your entire experience chain; define effective design strategies and languages; and learn how to manage design from the top, encouraging "risky" design innovations that lead to entirely new markets. The authors show how (and how not) to use research; how to extend design values into marketing, manufacturing, and beyond; and how to keep building on your progress, truly "baking" design into all your processes and culture.

Do You Matter? How Great Design Will Make People Love Your Company

Marketing & Sales

Chosen by BusinessWeek as one of the top 5 books of 2006 in careers.  Read the full story at businessweek.com.      Imagine discovering what successful people have in common, distilling it into a set of simple practices, and using them to transform your life and work. Authored by three legends in leadership and self-help – including Built to Last co-author Jerry Porras – it challenges conventional wisdom at every step. Success Built to Last draws on face-to-face, unscripted conversations with hundreds of remarkable human beings from around the world. Meet billionaires, CEOs, presidents of nations, Nobel laureates and celebrities – the rich, the famous and the unknown. Meet unsung heroes who've achieved lasting impact without obvious power or charisma. Famous or not, most started out ordinary. Discover how successful people "harvest" their strengths and their weaknesses, their victories and their surprising failures. Discover how you can find meaning in your life and work just as they did and summon the courage to follow your passions. Above all, see how they've sustained success for decades and you can too.      Foreword by Senator John McCain Acknowledgements   Introduction—From Built to Last to Success Built to Last  Chapter 1: From Great to Lasting—Redefining Success      Part I: Meaning—How Successful People Stay Successful  Chapter 2: Love it or Lose—Passions and the Quest for Meaning Chapter 3: Portfolio of Passions—It’s Not About Balance Chapter 4: Why Successful People Stay Successful—Integrity to Meaning      Part II: ThoughtStyles—Extreme Makeovers Start in Your Head  Chapter 5: The Silent Scream—Why It’s So Damn Hard to Do What Matters Chapter 6: The Cause Has Charisma—You Don’t Have to Be Charismatic to Be Successful Chapter 7: The Tripping Point—Always Make New Mistakes Chapter 8: Wounds to Wisdom—Trusting Your Weaknesses and Using Your Core Incompetencies      Part III: ActionStyles—Turning Passion into Action  Chapter 9: Earning Your Luck—Preparing for Serendipity by Using Big Hairy Audacious Goals  Chapter 10: Naked Conversations—Harvesting Contention Chapter 11: Creating Alignment—The Environment Always Wins The Pleasure of Finding Things Out—A Look at the Research Behind Success Built to Last    Endnotes Biographical Index Index

Success Built to Last: Creating a Life that Matters

Porras, Jerry

Business Culture

Ft Press

More and more companies are coming to understand the competitive advantage offered by outstanding design, and in turn designing an outstanding total customer experience. Delivering great designs is not easy. many companies accomplish it once, or even twice; very few do it consistently. the secret: building a genuinely design-driven business in which design is central to everything you do. Design Matters shows you how to do precisely that. Brunner and Emery will show you what it really means to be design-driven and how that translates into action at Nike, Apple, BMW and IKEA. You’ll learn how to: • put into practice design-driven techniques for managing your entire experience chain • define effective design strategies and languages • manage design from the top, encouraging ‘risky’ design innovations that lead to entirely new markets • extend design values into marketing, manufacturing and beyond • genuinely absorb design into your processes and culture. UGLY IS OUT. DESIGN MATTERS.

Design Matters

Processes & Infrastructure

Financial Times/Prentice Hall

Identity: Passport to Success (Identity Series)

Graham, Stedman

Job Hunting & Careers

Pearson College Div

Identity: Passport to Success

Stewart Emery was one of the first people to lead EST training, and one of the founders of Actualizations, a supportive and loving workshop that helps people establish joyful relationships in their lives. The purpose of this book is to provide the groundwork for a complete transformation of its reader’s relationships—into sources of joy, satisfaction, and exhilarating personal growth. The philosophy described here will allow you to deepen not only your connection with others, but your understanding of yourself. Emery’s Actualizations will allow you to live life to its fullest—no reservation, or rehearsal, required!

Actualizations: You Don't Have to Rehearse to Be Yourself

Self-Help

Personal Transformation

Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group

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