Life Entrepreneurs: Ordinary People Creating Extraordinary Lives (J-B Warren Bennis Series)

March 9, 2010

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Life Entrepreneurs: Ordinary People Creating Extraordinary Lives (J-B Warren Bennis Series)
 
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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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A Framework for Taking Charge
 
Review Date: April 8, 2008
Reviewer: Paul J. Lightfoot, United States
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.

Changed the Course of My Life
 
Review Date: June 8, 2008
Reviewer: Andrew R. Skotzko,
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!
Not so ordinary people a little crazy like me!
 
Review Date: July 1, 2008
Reviewer: George Johnson, Lake Elmo, Mn USA
I felt like I was reading my life story when I read Life Entrepreneurs. Sometimes as an entrepreneur you feel a little, well more than a little, crazy. It was great to read all of these stories of other entrepreneurs who are ,well, crazy like me. I couldn't suggest this book more for anyone interested in becoming a Life Entrepreneur or learning about the life of one.
The book is well researched and filled with practical suggestions, buy it!
It provided me with guidance. It will do the same for you.
 
Review Date: September 12, 2008
Reviewer: Scott Maccarter,
When you are young everyone tells you that you can become whoever you want, but after a few short years that ideology seems to become nothing but a myth. This book not only proves that your dreams to change the world are possible; it illustrates that they can be a reality.

Are you ready to make your life extraordinary? As someone who is looking for a change in my life, Life Entrepreneurs is helping me strive above the status quo by inspiring me to look deeper for my true passions. I know that my dreams will not sit in a box waiting for a better time to be realized. Gregen and Vanourek's work proves that you wont find happiness by settling for something that is not your true passion. It is high time to realize that being successful does not provide you fulfillment in the same way or to the same level as doing something you love.

I know that I am grateful to Gregen and Vanourek for their inspiration, influence, and guidance. Thank you for Life Entrepreneurs.

This book will inspire you to make this world a better place by following your heart and living your passions. Buy This Book!
Strongly Recommended!
 
Review Date: May 9, 2008
Reviewer: Julie Horowitz,
I agree with Paul's review below -- while a book like Good to Great profiles successful companies, Life Entrepreneurs profiles many terrific people, leading wonderfully interesting and meaningful lives. And unlike a traditional business or leadership book, this book really is about life more generally, about how to integrate work, life, purpose and meaning.

Life Entrepreneurs is fun to read, and it is useful too. I recommend it strongly for people at all stages of their lives and careers.

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