<TitleType>01</TitleType> <TitleText>Lasting Contribution</TitleText> <Subtitle>How to Think, Plan, and Act to Accomplish Meaningful Work</Subtitle>

Agate Publishing 20100909 eng

GCDS-9781932841299 02 01 Agate Publishing 01 GCOI 93284100204460 02 1932841296 03 9781932841299 15 978-1-932841-29-9 BC <TitleType>01</TitleType> <TitleText>Lasting Contribution</TitleText> <Subtitle>How to Think, Plan, and Act to Accomplish Meaningful Work</Subtitle> 1 A01 Tad Waddington Tad Waddington received his MA from the University of Chicago's Divinity School, where he focused on the history of Chinese religions. He also earned his PhD from the University of Chicago, in measurement, evaluation, and statistical analysis. He is currently director of performance measurement for Accenture. His lasting contribution is a work in progress, but to date has involved rigorously demonstrating the tremendous value that companies can realize from training their employees, work for which he has won numerous awards. See Return on Learning (Agate, 2007), which he coauthored. 01 eng 122 01 "The formula to an effective, successful and meaningful life."--Accenture's Spotlight  This profound little book will deepen your understanding of how to become a genius, achieve wealth, take sophisticated action, manage your career, create meaning throughout your life, and much more. It synthesizes the thought of Aristotle, Sun Tzu, Gödel, Frankl, Confucius, and many others. It draws insights from information theory, sociology, Zen, psychology, the history of art, management theory, the philosophy of science, and a dozen other fields. It uses the Titanic, avatars, Santa Claus, skateboarding, muses, cocktail parties, Oprah's shoes, and an array of other vivid examples to make its points clear. Lasting Contribution is at once an enjoyable read and deeply thought provoking. Lasting Contribution, though very brief, offers different things to different people: For those who are looking for useful tricks to improve their performance, it's akin to The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People; for those who want to be challenged by interesting ideas, it does so in a way like The Tipping Point and Blink; and for those interested in how philosophy provides help in answering life's questions, it is similar to Man's Search for Meaning. Lasting Contribution may be the shortest book you read this year, but also the most memorable, and the most valuable in terms of how you approach your life. USA Book News, Best Books award, 2007Eric Hoffer Book Award, 2008Axiom Business Book Award, 2007Independent Publisher Book Award (the "IPPY"), 2008International Business Awards (the "Stevie"), 2008World Human Resources Development Leadership Award, 2008Pinnacle Book Achievement Award, 2008 02 This life-changing little book demonstrates how to create meaning in your life, take sophisticated action, manage your career, and make lasting contributions in your life and work. 08 “Tad Waddington... believes he has found the formula to an effective, successful and meaningful life.  Whether you want to become a genius, attain wealth, manage your career or execute a plan, Tad’s book Lasting  Contribution: How to Think,  Plan and Act to Accomplish Meaningful Work may hold the  answers.” Accenture's Spotlight, November 2007 23 01 http://www.agatepublishing.com/resources/titles/93284100204460/extras/LCpresskit3.pdf 04 02 72 01 http://www.agatepublishing.com/resources/titles/93284100204460/images/93284100204460L.gif 07 02 72 01 http://www.agatepublishing.com/resources/titles/93284100204460/images/93284100204460S.gif http://www.agatepublishing.com/book/?GCOI=93284100204460 01 B2 US 04 01 7 in 02 4.5 in 08 3 oz Agate Publishing 01 IP 01 6.05 USD