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5.0 out of 5 starsBuying a few copies for friends...
By Arthur C on February 28, 2012
Format: Paperback
Inspiring stories, practical exercises and a ton of good ideas. I've been really blessed to find a career where I can do well while doing good, and Making Good has inspired me to take it even further. I'm buying a few copies for friends who have been struggling to find that connection. I really think it will help them succeed.
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1.0 out of 5 starsThe road to hell
By doug k on May 3, 2012
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is paved with good intentions. I don't doubt the authors of this book who are involved with three nonprofit organizations have good intentions. The problem is that the book has very little substance. I evaluate 1000 books a year for a research business and this book was given to me; I read it quickly and found very little of value or worth reading. The customer reviews in Amazon were written almost entirely by people who had only one review. This is always suspicious. It is likely that either they were friends or associates of the authors or they read very little. Some of the big name reviewers are people who seem to give good reviews to a lot of bad books. It would not surprise me if they get paid to do this. The publishing industry is quite corrupt.

If the quality of this book is any indication of the quality of the author's non profit organizational work, I would be surprised if these organizations are doing anything significant.

Unfortunately, there are a great many books that are not worth reading and a great many nonprofit organizations that do very little real good. They exist to employ people who might otherwise be unemployed. It takes hard work and discrimination to find the really good books and organizations. I don't question the good intentions of many of the authors of these books or founders of these organization but I am reminded of that famous quote -- the road to hell is paved with good intentions.

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3.0 out of 5 starsLiving a good life is harder than most make it out to be.
By Kevin King on January 9, 2016
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The concept behind this book is noteworthy and explained in the book itself, but I see it as a feel good story for how two successful individuals are doing what they love in life and nothing more or less.
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5.0 out of 5 starsA Purposeful Path Toward Change
By John Kester III on February 28, 2012
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All I remember being told when I was growing up was when you decide what you want to do with your life make sure it is something you love. I believed wholeheartedly in this advice and still do. This book provides practical exercises and inspirational stories to light the path to finding the line of work you will love. The best part too is that the book always leads you back to your purpose for pursuing a job in life. The writing encourages the reader to clearly connect the motivation for making a difference to the goal of making money. Parish and Aujla acknowledge the undeniable financial necessity aligned with choosing this path and show how people are making a living while making good. The most significant lesson I learned from the book was that this is an option for everyone, not just a choice for a select few who have a particular skill set. We all have the ability to be good people and would all benefit from taking the time to read this book.

I suggest cozying up with Making Good to enjoy the inspirational stories, while also picking times to actively read with a pencil and notepad to make sure you truly interact with the reading. Most of all I hope you too find a useful guide to finding your purposeful path toward change.
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5.0 out of 5 starsA book made for these times
By Janos D. Marton on February 28, 2012
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It's no secret that today's job market is brutal for young people, but even when times were good, it was difficult for kids coming out of college to find paid work in the social justice arena. Parish and Aujla take us on a trip through numerous fields and locales, providing examples (themselves included) of young people who stepped off the well-worn track and found (or created) meaningful work without being completely dependent on foundations, government grants and the like. While they're specific path, which they spend some time on, might not be the best road map for everyone, I think the point of their first person accounts is to demonstrate that people who take risks are generally met with skepticism. Nevertheless, if you're doing what you love, and you've got a plan, you should go for it. This book is ideal for high school and college students, young professionals, and anyone looking to make career moves down the road.
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5.0 out of 5 starsInspirational and Useful
By RealSteel on February 28, 2012
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I myself stumbled into being a `social entrepreneur,' which is one way to describe what Parish and Aujla are writing about (although that term doesn't do the book full justice). I wish I had had this book earlier in my life. It's serves both as an injection of inspiration and a dose of reality--in the form of some prompts for self-examination. I was familiar with basics of what Billy Parish had accomplished with the Energy Action Coalition, but this gave me a lot more personal insight. It's pretty cool to have that alongside the kind of coaching you might otherwise pay thousands of dollars for in a business class or a leadership institute. That alone makes this a good value, I think, for folks setting out on this kind of path (or finding themselves already on it, like me). I am going to buy several for some soon-to-be grads I know who are looking for jobs and who care about social change; I can't think of a better gift for them, actually.
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