Jolt!: Get the Jump on a World That's Constantly Changing [Hardcover]

Phil Cooke (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 19, 2011

In Jolt! television producer, social media guru, and cultural commentator Phil Cooke helps you discover how you can navigate today's culture of disruption and actually use it to your advantage.  You'll learn that changing a company and changing your life are based on virtually the same key principles.  

The world is changing at light speed, but mastering the power of change can revolutionize your business and your life.  Stop feeling overwhelmed with changing technology, culture, business, trends, and values and regain the confidence that can give you a real advantage.

The book reveals twenty-five "jolts" that anyone can leverage to establish a new direction, maximize potential, overcome insecurity, and create an amazing future and legacy.  Jolt! will revolutionize your thinking and shake up your life!

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Phil Cooke, a writer, speaker, and filmmaker, is changing the way business, church, and nonprofit leaders influence and engage the culture. Christianity Today calls him a “media guru.” His media company, Cooke Pictures, advises many of the largest and most effective churches and nonprofit organizations in the world, and his books and blog (at philcooke.com) are changing the way they tell their story. 

Product Details

• Hardcover: 240 pages
• Publisher: Thomas Nelson (April 19, 2011)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 159555324X
• ISBN-13: 978-1595553249
• Product Dimensions: 6.2 x 1.1 x 9.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (120 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #713,425 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

An internationally known writer and speaker, Phil Cooke has actually produced media programming in nearly 50 countries around the world. In the process, has been shot at, survived two military coups, fallen out of a helicopter, and in Africa, been threatened with prison. And during that time - through his company Cooke Pictures in Burbank, California - he's helped some of the largest nonprofit organizations and leaders in the world use the media to tell their story in a changing, disrupted culture.

According to former CNN journalist Paula Zahn, Phil is rare - a working producer in Hollywood with a Ph.D. in Theology. He's appeared on NBC, MSNBC, CNBC, CNN, Fox News, and his work has been profiled in the New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, and The Wall Street Journal.

His book "Jolt!: Get the Jump on a World That's Constantly Changing," shares his secrets of making today's culture of disruption and change work for you. "One Big Thing: Discovering What You Were Born to Do" helps you find the great purpose and calling for your life. And his newest book: "Unique: Telling Your Story in the Age of Brands and Social Media" is changing the way churches, ministries, and nonprofit organizations share their story with the culture.

He's lectured at universities like Yale, University of California at Berkeley, UCLA, and is an adjunct professor at the King's University in Los Angeles. In addition to writing his blog at philcooke.com, he also blogs for The Huffington Post, and is a contributor to Fast Company, Wired.com, Forbes.com, and Fox News.

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful

3.0 out of 5 stars Jolt! by Phil Cooke May 14, 2011

By Just Bibliophiles

Format:Hardcover

I have read and reviewed literally hundreds of self-help books. Most have similar common themes, as does Phil Cooke's JOLT!. Going through the phases of being able to accept yourself for who you are and looking inside to determine what your gift or passion is. The book discusses going over goals, how to prioritize personal events and how you operate at work. Many books go into the moral purpose of the individual along with their true faith, as does Cooke.

If you have not read many self-help books then you may enjoy this book. The book has the basic foundation that most self-help books have. If you are looking for something different or a unique point of view in tackling some of the key self-help topics you will be disappointed. JOLT! provides nothing unique or new to the field of self-help. The book provides many stories and quotes but nothing solid that the reader could walk away with saying, "that could really change/improve my life". The book contains many good suggestions but they are suggestions that appear in most published self-help books.

I received a free copy of this book from Thomas Nelson through BookSneeze.com in exchange for my honest review of the book.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Jolt! - May 15, 2011

By Daniel E. Maldonado

Format:Hardcover

This book is all about change. What areas of your life need to be "shaken" in order to achieve your full potential? What steps you need to take to a meaningful and fruitful life? What positive changes can you make in your family, your business and your sphere of influence? This book will help you answer just that, or create in you the desire to find those answers.

Phil is able to maintain the readers attention throughout the entire reading. In one word, "Refreshing". To find a book that is well written but at the same time balanced, is quite that; Refreshing. Phil makes a great job in integrating a myriad of resources and references into his writing, and in doing so it doesn't make you doze away. The reading is engaging and quite powerful. One could actually re-read it, and find after every read a new idea.

The book could easily be a reference for new ideas or reflection on decision making or even how to think of new ways to run your organization or business. The author does not hide his beliefs but at the same time doesn't push them down your throat. He is very well versed and through the pages of the book you can appreciate the profound knowledge that makes this book, a well balanced, practical book. A must read, I'm glad I did.

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars Worthwhile Information May 4, 2011

By L. Kyle

Format:Hardcover

While I felt like some of the words were redundant or didn't apply to me, most of the author's insights were valuable. I appreciated what he had to say about Overcoming Insecurities, Healthy Habit Forming and Eliminating Distractions. This is a very fast-paced society of change we live in. We need to be highly-functioning to stay on top of things. I give this book four stars and would recommend you read it, if you have time and desire!