Jesus, Inc.: The Visionary Path [Hardcover]

Laurie Beth Jones (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 10, 2001

He didn't work for money.
He was willing to walk away.
He invested His emotions wisely.
He did sweat the small stuff.

Beyond work, beyond entrepreneurism, there is "spiritreneurism" -- work that allows you to do well by doing right. In Jesus, Inc., Laurie Beth Jones, bestselling author of Jesus, CEO, shows you how to find soul satisfaction in your work.

In Jesus, CEO, Laurie Beth Jones offered an irresistible motivational proposition: If Jesus could change the world with a team of just twelve men, shouldn't he have something to teach us all about managing our teams? The answer was a resounding yes, and it made the book a bestseller.

Now, in Jesus, Inc., Jones shows that there is no contradiction between earning a comfortable living even as you use your job to promote your deepest spiritual and personal beliefs. How exactly is this possible? Using timeless wisdom from the Bible and anecdotes from her own life and consulting career, as well as tales from the best and worst work situations in today's rapidly changing business environment, she reveals how you can inspire yourself and your coworkers to use your highest gifts to benefit the bottom line.

Never before have so many individuals been willing to launch new businesses, and never before have so many of them been looking for a new business model. Here, in Jesus, Inc., entrepreneurs and "spiritreneurs" will find timeless wisdom and biblical principles that will help create a new world of joyful and satisfying work.

A genius at making the powerful familiar, Jones offers a commandingly fresh and compelling case for Jesus as a role model for modern times. Rich with humor, exercises, meditations, and case histories, Jesus, Inc. is essential reading for those seeking to put their spirituality to practical use.

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

Jones (Jesus, CEO) believes in conducting business and simultaneously satisfying one's spiritual needs. Biblical and real-life stories advocate religious faith and bestow practical advice. For example, Jones recommends undertaking difficult activities with a fresh approach (she made the most of a tedious seminar by pretending she was a reporter). Past success and an extensive author tour should help win her considerable sales. Agent, Mary Ann Naples. (Apr.)
Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From Booklist

Jones has made a name for herself adapting biblical scriptures to the workplace and the world of business. Jesus, CEO: Using Ancient Wisdom for Visionary Leadership (1995) was a best-seller that exhorted managers to emulate the leadership style of Jesus. Jesus in Blue Jeans (1997) held Christ up as an everyday role model. Now Jones reasserts her conviction that it is possible to earn a comfortable living and still promote one's spiritual and personal beliefs. Increasing dissatisfaction with the workplace, growing numbers of "downsized" workers hoping to start their own enterprises, the Internet, and an apparent rising newfound desire by many to contribute something meaningful to society have all helped create a new kind of businessperson Jones has dubbed the "spiritreneur." It is potential "spiritreneurs" she hopes to inspire with this collection of sermonettes that are based on biblical passages and that Jones uses to illustrate basic business principles. David Rouse
Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 288 pages
• Publisher: Crown Business (April 10, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0609607170
• ISBN-13: 978-0609607176
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.7 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,174,467 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Laurie Beth Jones - Best Selling Author and Motivational Speaker

Laurie Beth Jones is an internationally recognized best-selling author, speaker, coach, and trainer. Her business books, written from a spiritual perspective, have received global recognition for the sound, time-proven principles contained within. As a speaker and trainer, she has been invited to present to presidents of countries and companies, business teams, government and the judicial system, churches and ministries, service organizations, and educators.

Her first book, Jesus CEO, Using Ancient Wisdom For Visionary Leadership was written when she was struck by the notion that Jesus’ leadership approach with his staff (disciples) ran counter to many of the management styles and techniques being employed and popularized. As the owner of a successful marketing company, Laurie became increasingly dismayed to find invaluable human energy and intelligence untapped or underutilized. She made it her goal to help empower people by encouraging them to review the divine excellence in themselves and in those they serve.

She followed with The Path: Creating Your Mission Statement for Work and for Life. This book, along with Path Experience Workshops, has provided inspiration and practical advice to thousands of individuals through every step of defining and fulfilling a mission. . . a mission statement that can be created over a weekend rather than months or years. Her Personal Mission is to recognize, promote, and inspire divine connection in myself and others. She lives her mission by writing, speaking and creating opportunities for you to get clear about who you are, what you were created to do, and how to live your highest good.

In, The Four Elements of Success, Laurie introduces two new approaches to the age-old challenge of working with people. The Path Elements Profile (PEP) is an intuitive and powerful communication tool that can successfully be employed by individuals of almost any age in any situation. The Elemental Team Challenge Quiz
is a diagnostic tool for businesses based on twenty-eight principles, gleaned from hundreds of proven best practices, that can help transform a team into a powerful and productive entity.

In her most recent release, Jesus, Career Counselor, Laurie Beth defines the difference between a job, a career, and work using a construct she terms as the "Twelve Dreams" for finding and keeping your perfect work. This book is more than a manual to help you identify and find the exact job fit. Laurie's goal goes beyond helping you decide whether you want to go into pediatrics or neurosurgery, or become a part-time eBay seller or get a job at Home Depot. These are details to be determined after you have found your vocare, your calling.

Between plane trips, speaking engagements, and writing opportunities, Laurie provides amazing insights and support to her team and those she coaches. For rest and recreation she cuddles Roo, her Bichon-Frise Yorkie mix, cruises the southwest trails on Texas Range, her Palomino Tennessee Walker, and joins family and friends for opportunities of casual fun, entertainment, and enlightenment.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

15 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Jesus, Inc -- the spriitual view of business, June 28, 2001

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John Alexander Long (Coconut Creek, FL United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Jesus, Inc.: The Visionary Path (Hardcover)

This book encompasses and embodies all of steps, stumbling blocks and successes that spiritual entrepreneurs find themselves facing as they walk out their business careers.

This book is not for everyone. If you are not tuned into God's way of conducting business and personal accountablility, read something else.

My overall rating of this book is beyond excellent. I am on my second reading.

17 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Another Home Run For Laurie Beth Jones, May 2, 2001

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Sue Smith (Kailua-Kona, Hawaii United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Jesus, Inc.: The Visionary Path (Hardcover)

This book is another wonderful addition to the growing list of titles written by Laurie Beth Jones. All of her books have been life changing for me, and this one was no exception. The idea of the "spiritreneur"---a person whose highest gifts are succesfully used in the workplace to promote their deepest spiritual and personal beliefs, is tremendously relevant in today's society. I especially enjoyed the format, which features a short section for each individual idea with questions for application at the end. The book cover is beautiful, and the idea that Jesus should be a roll model for entrepreneurs helps us to look for a life of joyful and satisfying work. I highly recommend this book for anyone who has to work for a living!

13 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars WOW! Another fantastic proactive book by Laurie Beth Jones, April 21, 2001

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Randy Gilbert "Best Seller Mentor" (founder of 'BestSellerMentoring.com') - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Jesus, Inc.: The Visionary Path (Hardcover)

I had been on pins and needles waiting for this book. I was not disappointed; in fact, it was even better than I had anticipated. It is destined to become a best-seller because I already have a list of at least 2 dozen friends and family members that I want to buy it for - and I don't think I will be alone in feeling this way. This is a 6-star book.

Laurie Beth Jones has been one of my success mentors for years. Her wisdom is clear and eloquent - but more than that it is right on! She has every right to invent her own word "Spiritrenuer" (spirit-ra-nur). This book has already helped my to see that I need to get to know myself even better so that I can serve others in my business better. I guarantee that if you read it you will be a changed person - it's that incredible. Like her other books, I can see that I will want to read Jesus, Inc. again and again to get the full impact of its inspiration.

Laurie Beth covers all of the proactive bases: smart thinking, system thinking, futuristic thinking, and positive thinking. If you are truly seeking the kind of success and abundance that makes your life 100% livable - you must read this book. Many of her ideas are found in SUCCESS BOUND, another book built on learning how to live a proactively life that is God centered and fulfilling.

Everything that I have put into practice that Laurie Beth has recommended in her books has worked. She helped me to find my major purpose in life. It has been one of the most important keys to my success. My mission statement now reads "My mission is to learn, live, and teach the principles of proactive thinking in order to help bring abundant life to all." When I finished writing it, it completely changed my life and gave me new energy to pursue what I knew all along to be the right thing for me. It helped me to become "Dr. Proactive" and has brought me success by focusing on serving others using my God given talents.

You will find that this exciting book becomes a part of you. Don't hold back - let it happen. In fact, I plan on spending 10 to 15 minutes every morning for the next several days focusing my thoughts on the truths of this book, thereby allowing them to seep deep into my subconscious mind. If you do this too I guarantee God's wisdom will most assuredly bring you the success and abundance you deserve.

Enjoy Jesus, Inc. and your new proactive and successful life!