Start Where You Are: Life Lessons in Getting from Where You Are to Where You Want to Be - Rilegato

Gardner, Chris; Rivas, Mim Eichler

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ISBN 10: 006153711X ISBN 13: 9780061537110

Casa editrice: Amistad Pr, 2009

Riassunto

The author of The Pursuit of Happyness shares the life lessons that enabled him to rise from a homeless single father to a millionaire businessman, in a guide that outlines inspirational steps for recovering from professional or physical setbacks and finding the motivation to pursue new challenges. 150,000 first printing. Original.

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Recensione:

“Gardner offers practical advice and pragmatic suggestions for tackling life’s problems. . . In 44 ‘tell-it-like-it-is’ chapters. . .Gardner provides a blueprint for navigating tumultuous times.” (Ebony)

“This smart and well-written guide includes excellent suggestions for both everyday life and work, with the last sentence summing up Gardner’s message: “Accepting responsibility is accepting that your dreams really can come true.” The result is hopeful and uplifting. (Library Journal)

“Start Where You Are represents the next phase in Gardner’s career, offering hope and sound advice in this tough economic climate. . . .Transformative and inspirational.” (BookPage)

“A book that teaches you how to transform the impossible into the possible.” (Sidney Poitier)

“Start Where You Are is a must-have, must-read guide to pursuing happiness in changing times. It’s not just about surviving as an individual or business in the current economic environment, but about thriving -- personally, collectively, and globally.” (Quincy Jones)

“With . . . Start Where You Are, he is encouraging us all to start where we are and dare to make our lives bigger and stronger, more satisfactory, and better. Chris Gardner is a knock out!” (Maya Angelou)

L'autore:

Chris Gardner is the chief executive officer of Gardner Rich & Company, a multimillion-dollar brokerage with offices in New York, Chicago, and San Francisco. An avid philanthropist and motivational speaker, Gardner is a recipient of the Father of the Year Award from the National Fatherhood Initiative. He has two children and resides in Chicago and New York.

Mim Eichler Rivas is the author of the acclaimed Beautiful Jim Key, as well as the coauthor of more than eighteen books, including The Pursuit of Happyness and Finding Fish with Antwone Fisher.

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• Editore: Amistad Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2009
• ISBN 10: 006153711X
• ISBN 13: 9780061537110
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 300