Success Built to Last : Creating a Life that Matters

by Porras, Jerry (Author); Emery, Stewart (Author); Thompson, Mark (Author)

• ISBN13: 9780452288706
• ISBN10: 0452288703
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-08-28
• Publisher: Plume

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.

Author Biography

JERRY PORRAS coauthored (with Jim Collins) Built to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies, which has sold over one million copies. He is Stanford Graduate School of Business Lane Professor of Organizational Behavior and Change, Emeritus, and lectures worldwide.
STEWART EMERY, considered one of the fathers of the Human Potential Movement, served as the first CEO of EST, cofounded Actualizations, and is the bestselling author of Actualizations: You Don-'t Have to Rehearse to Be Yourself and The Owner-'s Manual for Life. As a consultant, he asked questions that led MasterCard to its legendary -ôPriceless-ö campaign.
MARK THOMPSON is an executive coach, advisor to senior management teams, award-winning audio book producer, and former executive producer of Schwab.com. Forbes Magazine listed him as one of America-'s top venture investors with the -ôMidas-ö touch.