- Hardcover: 256 pages
- Publisher: Jossey Bass (28 Mar 2008)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0787988626
- ISBN-13: 978-0787988623
- Product Dimensions: 23.2 x 16.3 x 2.3 cm
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 856,539 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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"The real question is not how to just make a living, but how to make a life. Life Entrepreneurs helps all who are struggling to integrate money and meaning in their careers to do just that."––Dr. Mark S. Albion, New York Times best–selling author, Making a Life, Making a Living®, and True to Yourself
"Like jazz musicians, good entrepreneurs improvise, finding the roads less traveled. Life Entrepreneurs does a great job of capturing this spirit and sharing valuable lessons for work and life."––Gary Erickson, owner/founder, Clif Bar & Company, and author of Raising The Bar
"In Life Entrepreneurs, Christopher Gergen and Gregg Vanourek address the central issue of every emerging leader, ‘How can I design my life to be both fulfilling and significant?’ Through the life stories of many entrepreneurs who are impacting the world in dramatic ways, this compelling and refreshing new book provides deep insights that make it a must–read for all of us to use on our own journeys."––Bill George, author, True North and Authentic Leadership, former chairman and CEO, Medtronic
"At last, a powerful guide to integrating life, work, purpose, and work–life balance, one of the greatest needs of leaders in all three sectors of the emerging work force. Christopher and Gregg bring a new definition, a new clarity to life entrepreneurship that will make a difference in the lives of leaders at every level. A great gift."––Frances Hesselbein, chairman, Leader to Leader
"Business leaders and entrepreneurs alike will greatly benefit from Life Entrepreneurs. It captures the essential qualities of leadership including finding a worthy path, being willing to fail, and taking courageous action. I highly recommend it."––Howard Schultz, Chairman, Starbucks Coffee Company
"This is provocative reading for all those committed to creating a life of significance and meaning. Filled with helpful strategies and hopeful stories, Life Entrepreneurs is an intriguing, challenging guide for the next generation of leaders."––Wendy Kopp, president and founder of Teach for America
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"An inspirational and practical guide for anyone who wants to incorporate the dynamic skills of entrepreneurs into their own lives and work.
A new generation of "life entrepreneurs" is emerging: people who apply their vision, talents, creativity, and energy not only to their work but to their entire lives, changing the world for themselves and those around them. In this book, successful entrepreneurs Christopher Gergen and Gregg Vanourek draw on numerous interviews with fifty–five leading entrepreneurs worldwide as well as the wisdom of multiple thought leaders to provide vivid examples, moving vignettes, concrete frameworks, and practical strategies for revving up our work and play through entrepreneurial leadership. This book starts by providing strategies for integrating life, work, and purpose and ends by capturing the implications of the current entrepreneurial boom for our workplaces, learning institutions, communities, and families.
Christopher Gergen (Washington, D.C.) is a founding partner of New Mountain Ventures, co–founder and chairman of SMARTHINKING, Adjunct Professor and Director of the Entrepreneurial Leadership Initiative at Duke University, and a life–long entrepreneur,
Gregg Vanourek (Thornton, CO) is a founding partner of New Mountain Ventures, former CEO of Vanourek Consulting Solutions, and former Senior Vice President of School Development for K12 Inc."
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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Disappointed
25 May 2010
Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase
I bought this book based on all of the great reviews. Overall, I found it to be somewhat bland and uninspiring. While there were plenty of great stories of individuals making great accomplishments in the midst of adversity and faced with tough choices, the way the book was written took the energy out of it.
There were dozens and dozens of famous quotes, sometimes several per chapter. On top of the famous quotes, there were several excerpts from other books and authors peppered heavily throughout each chapter. Sometimes it just felt the authors were too lazy to express ideas in their own words so they just borrowed them from other authors. There are a lot of exercises included that are supposed to help you dig deeper inside of yourself to find your true purpose and your core identity. The exercises were probably the most useful part of the book, but not enough to make the rest of the book seem interesting.
All in all, I did not find anything new or profound in the book. Just a bunch of life stories chopped up and stirred into a text full of famous quotes, excerpts from other books, with a little writing that ties it all together in a somewhat bland manner.
There were dozens and dozens of famous quotes, sometimes several per chapter. On top of the famous quotes, there were several excerpts from other books and authors peppered heavily throughout each chapter. Sometimes it just felt the authors were too lazy to express ideas in their own words so they just borrowed them from other authors. There are a lot of exercises included that are supposed to help you dig deeper inside of yourself to find your true purpose and your core identity. The exercises were probably the most useful part of the book, but not enough to make the rest of the book seem interesting.
All in all, I did not find anything new or profound in the book. Just a bunch of life stories chopped up and stirred into a text full of famous quotes, excerpts from other books, with a little writing that ties it all together in a somewhat bland manner.
8 of 9 people found the following review helpful
A Framework for Taking Charge
8 April 2008
Format:Hardcover
Some of the most useful leadership/management books have been research driven and then provided a framework for changing behavior and results. Good to Great comes to mind as one of the best of the bunch.
Life Entrepreneurs does the same thing, but instead of doing it for your business, you'll be doing it for yourself.
This is a great book if you want to take charge of your life and get more reward and meaning out of it.
Highly recommended.
Life Entrepreneurs does the same thing, but instead of doing it for your business, you'll be doing it for yourself.
This is a great book if you want to take charge of your life and get more reward and meaning out of it.
Highly recommended.
6 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Changed the Course of My Life
8 Jun 2008
Format:Hardcover
Life Entrepreneurs is a powerful book. I was fortunate to encounter this book at a turning point in my life, and it's with complete sincerity I attest that this book changed the course of my life: Gergen and Vanourek's work inspired me to follow my dreams after graduating from college and travel abroad for a year, rather than giving in to the societal pressure to get a job and take the typical post-grad path. I am eternally grateful to the authors and this book for the positive influence it's made in my life.
This book will inspire you to be your own person and write YOUR story -- not someone else's. Get this book!
This book will inspire you to be your own person and write YOUR story -- not someone else's. Get this book!
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