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Drawing on ten years of experience working with more than 10,000 executives from companies around the globe, Nick Craig takes you on a revelatory journey to understand your purpose, find clarity and focus, and lead with inspiration.
When uncovered, purpose becomes our most fundamental guiding principle. Explaining where true purpose lies and demystifying where it doesn't, Craig offers the methods through which anyone can find their purpose. He identifies three pathways that will assess where you are with your purpose and where you should be going.
Illustrated by case studies of leaders from all walks of life and industries, Craig shares their unique stories to show how top leaders are energized by their purpose, finding in it the confidence they need to properly evaluate high-stakes decisions and take the optimal action. The best leaders access their purpose especially when facing the unknown, drawing on the source of it to energize themselves. Purpose also redefines their relationships to stress, allowing them to thrive where others just survived, and to postpone momentary, fleeting rewards in favor of leaving a sustained, meaningful impact.
Accessible, methodical, and eminently practical,
Leading from Purpose offers the comprehensive toolbox with which everyone -- whether a c-suite executive of behind-the-scenes office worker -- can live out their purpose and achieve success on their own terms.
If you find yourself in an organization that is struggling to live its purpose, Craig's insights on how to bring your purpose and the organization's purpose into the same room at the same time is game-changing and will redefine your life and career.
Review
One of Girl Boss' "Career Advice Books That'll Help Light a Fire Under Your A**"
"Caution: This is a book about purpose. Do this work and it will change the way you live, love, parent, and lead. However, you will not be able to forget, block, or unlearn your purpose, and trying to walk away from the reason you're here on this earth may cause anxiety, resentment, confusion, self-doubt, and persistent, low-grade feelings of 'what in the hell am I doing?' Once you live your purpose, you can't unlive it."
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Brene Brown, New York Times bestselling author of The Gifts of Imperfection, from the foreword
"Nothing is more at the core of what you need to lead in today's disruptive world than Nick's work on purpose. Working with Nick dramatically changed my professional path and I can't imagine leading Ben & Jerry's without it."―
JosteinSolheim, CEO Ben & Jerry's
"Powerful things happen when people are connected to purpose. This book shows why and how. Nick Craig uses his wise insights and his well-honed gift of storytelling to teach and inspire us.
Leading From Purpose is at once a road map and a revelation destined to become a classic in the purpose movement."―
Richard Leider, author of The Power of Purpose,Repacking Your Bags, and Life Reimagined
"Nick Craig is on fire and the fire has driven him across the bridge of convention to the realm of sacred conversation and deep learning. In that realm, he has helped thousands to find their purpose, or unique gift. Now he returns with deeply synthesized insights. This book will turn the thousands into millions. If you want to know who you really are or what your organization is meant to do, this is a must read."―
Robert E Quinn, Professor Emeritusof Management and Organizations at the University of Michigan, co-director ofthe Center for Positive Organizations
"After twenty-five years of corporate life coupled with a myriad of learning and development opportunities, I knew there was an underlying driver but could not put my finger on it--that is, until I explored with Nick his work around Purpose. Nick helped me to distil a life full of experiences into my underlying purpose. Since then, my purpose has acted as a guiding light, to help me centre and ground myself to lead effectively when it's needed most. Con