Life Entrepreneurs: Ordinary People Creating Extraordinary Lives生活中的企业家：凡人创造非凡人生

作者： Christopher Gergen著

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出版时间： 2008-3-1字数：版次： 1页数： 211印刷时间： 2008/03/01开本： 16开印次： 1纸张： 胶版纸I S B N ： 9780787988623包装： 精装内容简介

"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."

目录

Foreword by Warren Bennis

Introduction

PART I: SURVEYING THE LANDSCAPE

1. Understanding Life Entrepreneurship

2. Life Entrepreneurs in Action

3. Discovering Core Identity

PART II: PREPARING FOR THE JOURNEY

4. Awakening to Opportunity

5. Envisioning the Future

6. Developing Goals and Strategies

PART III: BLAZING A TRAIL

7. Building Healthy Support Systems

8. Taking Action and Making a Difference

9. Embracing Renewal and Reinvention

Conclusion: Creating a New Future

Appendix A: Life Entrepreneurship Primer

Appendix B: Exercises and Helpful Resources

Appendix C: List of Interviews

Appendix D: Interview Methodology

Notes

The Authors

Acknowledgments

Index