Success at Life: A Zentrepreneur's Guide : How to Catch and Live Your Dream

Success @ Life is timely and inspiring. It is a guide for twenty-first century Zentrepreneurs on how to achieve goals, catch and live their dreams, liberate their natural energies, andmost importantlyto live lives of passion and purpose. Quite simply, it is a book that changes attitudes. And sometimes, that is all it takes. Without changing anything else, if you change your attitude, you can change everything else. Indeed, you can change the world.From the "Ministers" of The Republic of Tea, one of the fastest growing and successful beverage brands in America today. As the leading purveyor of only the finest teas and herbs in the world, The Republic of Tea is a progressive, socially conscious California company that was founded in 1992 by the co-creators of The Banana Republic. In 1994, an entrepreneur named Ron Rubin bought and took charge of the company, and shortly thereafter marketing veteran Stuart Avery Gold joined him in the company's mission to create a Tea Revolution. Applying ancient and contemporary wisdom, the two self-described Zentrepreneurs have guided The Republic of Tea into an enormous success, capturing the imagination and loyalty of its customers by maintaining its high ideals despite the aggressive nature of today's business. Rubin and Gold's unusualand highly successfulapproach to business and life has brought them numerous speaking invitations from colleges and organizations nationwide. The most often asked question: What is their secret? Their answer in a nutshell: If you do what you love, you will never work a day in your life. Is it possible for anyone to live the life they imagine? Yes, say Rubin and Gold, if they prepare their mind to do so. In these pages, Rubin and Gold share their personal experiences and their philosophy of "enlightenment and discovery" for living a happy, fulfilled life-in the hope that others will learn to journey down a path that will allow them to catch and live their dream. While an entrepreneur creates a business, a Zentrepreneur creates a business and a life.

In keeping with its whimsical identity as an independent republic, people working for The Republic of Tea are not managers or vice presidents; the company designates its employees as Ministers and Ambassadors, its customers Citizens, and its sales outlets Embassies . Ron Rubin and Stuart Avery Gold are "Ministers" of The Republic of Tea, one of the most successful and fastest growing cachet brands in America today. Headquartered in Novato, California, The Republic of Tea sells the finest teas and herbs in the world to specialty food and select department stores, cafés and restaurants, as well as through its award-winning mail order catalog. Ron Rubin, the "Minister of Tea," is Chairman of the Board of The Republic of Tea. He keeps a permanent residence in Clayton, Missouri. Stuart Avery Gold, the "Minister of Travel," is COO, and the lauded editorial "voice" for the company's Tea Revolution. He keeps a permanent residence in Boca Raton, Florida.