Making a Life, Making a Living Reclaiming Your Purpose and Passion in Business and in Life

by Albion, Mark

• ISBN13: 9780446676519
• ISBN10: 0446676519
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-12-01
• Publisher: Business Plus

Summary

Mark Albion had it allbut not enough to satisfy his body and soul. So Mark started over, dedicating his passions to a better self and a better world. It was the sanest, wisest, and most fulfilling decision he ever made. And the same goes for the dozens of fast-trackers who have followed his lead, and whose stories are outlined in this book to inspire readers to build their own lifetime worth living.

Author Biography

Mark Albion, a twenty-year veteran at Harvard University and its Business School, is the founder of You and Company, a career management firm, and helped launch Net Impact (formerly called Students for Responsible Business), an international not-for-profit network of MBAs committed to a better world. Albion publishes a newsletter, Making a Life, which is read by more than a million business executives in eighty-seven countries. His work has been recognized by Ronald Reagan, Mother Teresa, and other world leaders, prompting BusinessWeek to name him the "savior of B-school souls."

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	vi
Part 1 WHO ARE YOU?
Find Your Passion	1	(2)
Make Happiness a Habit	3	(18)
Keep Your Walking Costs Low	21	(20)
Take Your Place at the Table of Life	41	(24)
Part 2 WHAT DO YOU WANT?
Establish Purpose	63	(2)
Know How You Measure Success	65	(24)
Bring Your Values to Work	89	(22)
Build a Domain of Love	111	(22)
Part 3 WHAT CAN YOU DO?
Develop Market Value	131	(2)
Create Your Platform and Leap	133	(22)
Seek Common Ground for Uncommon Results	155	(22)
Find Out Where You Fit In by Not Fitting In	177	(26)
Part 4 WHERE CAN YOU GO?
Free Your Spirit	201	(2)
Live a Life, Not a Resume	203	(24)
Don't Let Success Stand in the Way of Opportunity	227	(26)
Honor the Past, Celebrate the Present, Embrace the Future	253