How to make a difference : make it happen and fulfil your potential / Tim Drake.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Drake, Tim.

Series:

Business solutions.

Business solutions

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Success.

Self-realization.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (270 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Singapore : Marshall Cavendish Business, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Most of us want to make a positive difference either to the people around us or the situation in which we find ourselves. It gives meaning to our daily lives of work, chores and challenges. Moreover, it confirms our wish to leave a legacy, in either improving the lives of others or in changing the way organisations or societies behave. This book is about two things. Firstly, it provides a simple action plan to make more effective at making a difference in our chosen domain. Secondly, and more importantly, it is about how we can discover our purpose, and in so doing, find where that domain shou

Contents:

Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Preface; Introduction; 1 The Make a Difference Mindset; What is it?; The different ways to make the difference; Why it's important; Postmodernism and all that nonsense; 2 The positive difference makers are winning; Pessimists can't hack it; Most of us can; The evolution of volunteering; 3 The Mindset and finding our purpose; Why it's important?; Actually nailing it; 4 The values map; The ingredients; The map and compass; Repetition and paradoxes; 5 The start point: being captains of our souls; So how do we build character?

What exactly is conscience?A little extra help; 6 From why to how: creating value for others; It's the intention that counts; Adding value to people through making them feel valued; Adding value in families; Adding value for the planet; Creating value through leadership; Leadership and globalisation; Creating value through ideas; 7 Bringing this to life; Lee and Helen: finding the defining thread; Helen searches for purpose; 8 The Difference Imperative: choosing domains and making it happen; Differing shapes and sizes of purpose; Beneficial presences; Inflicted purpose

Exploitation by beneficial presencesChoosing our domain; The Difference Imperative; Sharpening your commitment; Choosing the concept; Branding the concept; Goal setting: important, but not all consuming; 9 The Difference Imperative; Lee fights the good fight; The Virtuous Value Centrifuge; Helen finds her way, but not directly; 10 So where do we go from here?; The need and the desire to make a difference; Using the Interrogative Imperative on ourselves; Bibliography; About the Author

Notes:

This book was first published as I want to make a difference : discover your purpose in life and change things for the better.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9789814408677

9814408670

OCLC:

799762816