The world is not short of ideas, but it is short of people who know how to carry them out. Making It Happen unravels the process of taking a good idea and turning it into a successful venture. Author Peter Sheahan guides the reader through the five competencies that will enable you to understand and utilize the forces that drive buyers’ behavior, break through mental barriers, and effectively position your offer in the market. Whether you are looking to start a business, get promoted or launch a social movement, this book will streamline your thinking so you can finally turn your good ideas into great results.
Peter Sheahan has a reputation for making it happen fast. By 30, he had established two international multimillion-dollar consulting practices and authored five books, including the bestsellers Generation Y and Fl!p. Let him share with you the strategies that make Google, BMW, and Goldman Sachs his clients.
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Peter Sheahan has spent a decade teaching individuals and companies how to make it happen--how to position effectively in the market and find opportunity where others cannot. Author of six books, including the international bestsellers "Fl!p" and "Generation Y," Sheahan has established himself as a highly successful entrepreneur with his international thought-leadership practice and as the CEO of ChangeLabs, a global consultancy building and delivering large-scale behavioral change projects for clients such as Apple and IBM. Sheahan has worked with some of the world's leading brands in the area of innovation and behavior change, including Google, Goldman Sachs, News Corporation, Harley Davidson and GlaxoSmithKline.
Peter Sheahan is known internationally for inspiring innovative business thinking and creating lasting behavior change. He has established himself as a highly successful entrepreneur with his international thought leadership practice and as the CEO of ChangeLabs, a global consultancy building and delivering large-scale behavioral change projects for clients such as Apple and IBM. Peter has worked with some of the world's leading brands, including Google, Goldman Sachs, Hilton Hotels, Harley Davidson and GlaxoSmithKline.
By age 30 he had already built two multimillion-dollar businesses, operating in 9 cities internationally. He has delivered more than 2000 presentations to over 300,000 people in 15 different countries. In 2006, Peter was voted the National Speakers Association's Keynote Speaker of the Year and has since been named one of the 25 Hottest New Speakers in America, and one of the 25 Most Influential Speakers in the industry.
He is the author of six books, including international bestsellers Fl!p and Generation Y. As a global thought leader, Peterʼs insights into business trends and the changing needs of customers and staff have made him a regular presenter on Fox Business, with appearances on ABC and BBC as well. In 2008 Peter was a featured expert in a five-part global series on Innovation on CNBC, and he has been written up in the Washington Post, CNBC, Inc.com, the Wall Street Journal and Fast Company magazine. His newest book Making It Happen unpacks his insights on the best leaders and entrepreneurs execute on their good ideas, and turn them into profitable results.
I never leave reviews but to be honest, I have to review this book. I always have ideas and have never brought them to fruition. This book does a great job of outlining how to turn your ideas into products that you can sell. It has really helped me fine tune my sales pitch and understand how to develop an 'idea into great results.' I highly recommend it.
I can't think of anyone who wouldn't benefit from reading this book. It is rare to find a (dare I say) 'self-help' book that has conviction. Unlike most books of this nature, this by no means has a vague concept that leaves you wondering 'what's next?' It is a much needed wake up call. Making it Happen gives straight up step by step guidance to getting it done. Makes me sick of TALKING about my ideas...
I have now read this book once and studied it in detail twice and highly recommend it to anyone wanting to turn an idea into reality. Peter is young yet very wise. I love his well researched, proven, no-nonsense style. As with his other books, this one is full of really valuable insights and guidance and things that really make you think and compel you to act straight away.
