Success Built to Last: Creating a Life That Matters

Porras, Jerry, Stewart Emery, and Mark Thompson

ISBN 10: 013228751X / ISBN 13: 9780132287517

Published by Wharton School Publishing, Upper Saddle River, New Jersey, 2006

About this Item

First printing, August 2006, stated. Inscribed and signed by coauthor Thompson on the half-title page: "Scott--Wishing you success built to last. / Mark Thompson." The book is unmarked; slight spine slant; corners sharp, spine ends bumped. The dust jacket is not price-clipped (original price $22.99); edgewear at spine ends and corners; Brodart protected.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Success Built to Last: Creating a Life That Matters
• Publisher: Wharton School Publishing, Upper Saddle River, New Jersey
• Publication Date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 013228751X
• ISBN 13: 9780132287517
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Good +
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good +
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)

About this title

Synopsis

Presents a series of interviews with successful people who demonstrate the author's three elements of success: involvement with something they are passionate about, the cultivation of a sense of responsibility and accountabiliy, and taking effective action.

About the Author

Jerry Porras coauthored (with Jim Collins) Built to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies, which has been translated into twenty-five languages and sold more than one million copies. He is Stanford Graduate School of Business Lane Professor of Organizational Behavior and Change, Emeritus, and directed the School’s Executive Program on Leading and Managing Change for sixteen years. He has also lectured on visionary companies before senior management audiences worldwide.

 

Stewart Emery is considered one of the fathers of the Human Potential Movement. He served as the first CEO of est, cofounded Actualizations, led seminars in dozens of countries, and has coached over 12,000 people in the last three decades. He is the bestselling author of the books Actualizations: You Don’t Have to Rehearse to Be Yourself and The Owner’s Manual For Your Life. As a consultant, he asked questions that led MasterCard to its legendary “Priceless” campaign.

 

Mark Thompson captured the insightful stories that formed the foundation for Success Built to Last from hundreds of personal interviews with enduringly successful people around the world. He is an executive coach, advisor to senior management teams, award-winning audio book producer, and former executive producer of Schwab.com. Forbes Magazine listed him as one of America’s top venture investors with the “Midas” touch.