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Imagine discovering what successful people have in common, distilling it into a set of simple practices, and using them to transform your life and work. Authored by three legends in leadership and self-help including Built to Last co-author Jerry Porras it challenges conventional wisdom at every step. Success Built to Last draws on face-to-face, unscripted conversations with hundreds of remarkable human beings from around the world. Meet billionaires, CEOs, presidents of nations, Nobel laureates and celebrities the rich, the famous and the unknown. Meet unsung heroes who've achieved lasting impact without obvious power or charisma. Famous or not, most started out ordinary. Discover how successful people harvest their strengths and their weaknesses, their victories and their surprising failures. Discover how you can find meaning in your life and work just as they did and summon the courage to follow your passions. Above all, see how they've sustained success for decades and you can too.
Foreword by Senator John McCain
Acknowledgements
IntroductionFrom Built to Last to Success Built to Last
Chapter 1: From Great to LastingRedefining Success
Part I: MeaningHow Successful People Stay Successful
Chapter 2: Love it or LosePassions and the Quest for Meaning
Chapter 3: Portfolio of PassionsIts Not About Balance
Chapter 4: Why Successful People Stay SuccessfulIntegrity to Meaning
Part II: ThoughtStylesExtreme Makeovers Start in Your Head
Chapter 5: The Silent ScreamWhy Its So Damn Hard to Do What Matters
Chapter 6: The Cause Has CharismaYou Dont Have to Be Charismatic to Be Successful
Chapter 7: The Tripping PointAlways Make New Mistakes
Chapter 8: Wounds to WisdomTrusting Your Weaknesses and Using Your Core Incompetencies
Part III: ActionStylesTurning Passion into Action
Chapter 9: Earning Your LuckPreparing for Serendipity by Using Big Hairy Audacious Goals
Chapter 10: Naked ConversationsHarvesting Contention
Chapter 11: Creating AlignmentThe Environment Always Wins
The Pleasure of Finding Things OutA Look at the Research Behind Success Built to Last
Endnotes
Biographical Index
Index
