Success Built to Last: Creating a Life that Matters

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Success Built to Last: Creating a Life that Matters
by Jerry Porras, Stewart Emery, Mark Thompson
from Wharton School Publishing

Customer Reviews:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0

• This Book Helped Me Get My Passion Back
  I'd been meaning to read this book for over a year now. Now that I've read it, I wish I would've read it earlier. The message of the book helped me refocus on my true passion (helping as many people as possible get fit), rather than the road I had been going on (working in fitness management). Since I got back on my path, I've been so much happier and feel that much more confident that I'll ultimately reach my goals and be a better person. This book was the stimulus. I hope it does as much for you as it did... more info

• Make your life matter!
  "If I see something I don't like, I try to change it, and if I can't change it, I change my position of looking at it, and then by seeing it from a different angle, I might be able to change it; or I might find some good in it that I can use, which might make it change itself." - Maya Angelou
  Imagine discovering what successful people have in common, distilling it into a set of simple practices and using them to transform your company, your career and your life. This is what this book is all about. The... more info

• Good, well packaged, but not great
  The success of "Built To Last" must have attracted many business/management book readers who seldom read self improvement books to "Success Built To Last". Otherwise, the percentage of 5 star reviews should have been lower. The key findings (backed by a 750 sample survey) is very similar to the preachings commonly found in most self help books of the "7 Habits of Highly Effective People" and "Awaken the Giant Within" genre. Not really remarkable nor well organized, despite the abundance of opinion of... more info

• excellent book
  This is a wonderful book. I also highly recommend Emery Stewart's two previous books, "Actualizations..." and "The Owners Manual for Your Life.....".
  These books are based on the realities of life, not an unattainable fantasy.
  Do yourself a favor and get these books!

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