Dare to Inspire
Sustain the Fire of Inspiration in Work and Life
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- 349,00 Kč
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- 349,00 Kč
Publisher Description
"Dare to Inspire shows how to spark and sustain exponential growth."
--Shawn Achor, New York Times bestselling author of Big Potential and The Happiness Advantage
Inspiration is a most critical resource to be managed in modern work.
The problem is that the power of inspiration often feels fleeting. But what if you could design your own way to be inspired at work on a regular basis? What if you could make your own inspiration last?
Rooted in 18 engines of inspiration that emerged from interviews with leaders across different industries, Dare to Inspire shows how to supercharge inspiration for yourself, your team, and your organization. Each chapter offers tools, strategies, and examples of how to make inspiration happen and last.
Through stories of pioneers in business, health, education, and other industries, readers learn how to effectively use the engines to spark inspiration, along with specific practices to sustain it. Dare to Inspire features Chef Wes Avila, the founder of L.A. sensation Guerrilla Tacos, who was inspired to revolutionize his industry; crowdfunding pioneer Charles Best, who founded DonorsChoose to meet the challenge of connecting teachers in need with donors interested in supporting educational programs; and many others. This will be a vital book for anyone interested in creativity, success, achievement, and happiness.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
For those feeling stuck at work, the cofounders of consulting firm InspireCorps have built out an encouraging, if familiar, manual to getting out of a rut. Holzer, Spataro, and Baron describe building their business on the elusive concept of inspiration asking themselves why, since the average person works for over 90,000 hours over the course of a lifetime, that time shouldn't be meaningful and fulfilling? The book offers examples of people whose inspiration drove their success, from entrepreneurs such as chef Wes Avila, who combined his Puerto Rican immigrant mother's cooking with his French gourmet training to offer "high-quality food with... unusual flavors," to Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai, whom they note was inspired, but not led, by her father to become an education activist like himself. Their recommendations to readers seeking to spark and maintain inspiration in themselves and their teams include taking on a service mindset, seeking out inspirational environments, and prioritizing self-care. Though the inspiration framework is an interesting one, the advice itself is fairly run-of-the-mill. Nonetheless, this is a useful workbook for people seeking a positive spin on easily digestible advice.