Earning Serendipity: 4 Skills for Creating and Sustaining Good Fortune in Your Work (Hardcover)

~ Glenn Llopis (Author)
Key Phrases: extensive innovation, generous purpose, earning serendipity, Sowing Entrepreneurial Seeds, Strategic Focus, Growing Seeds of Greatest Potential (more...)

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'In our challenging and uncertain times, Glenn Llopis presents clear and positive lessons for a new form of enlightened business--one that addresses both the professional and civic responsibilities of his audience.' -- --Adlai Wertman, professor of clinical management and organization, founding director of the Society and Business Lab, Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California

Product Description

For some people, success seems fated or shrouded in mystery. But in Earning Serendipity, Glenn Llopis shows that most positive changes in fortune--in careers or in corporate ventures--are no mystery at all.

We all have control over the path to prosperity. Progression along that path is the result of a rare combination of skills that readers can develop and apply in their careers, businesses, and lives. These four skills are

• Seeing with circular vision: Broaden your observation beyond what you seek and beyond the obvious details before you.
• Sowing entrepreneurial seeds: When good vision is met with consistent, hand-dirtying execution every day the result is a stable, growing fortune.
• Growing seeds with the greatest potential: Learn how to recognize the most promising opportunities and give them the right amount of attention.
• Sharing the harvest: Focus on meeting others' needs to improve personal good fortune.

Those who master this quartet tap into a power most never reach: the power to create and sustain a momentum of good fortune. This ability to earn serendipity can elevate a career or company quicker than any single force. And with the skills outlined in this book, readers will be catapulted onto the path of prosperity.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 208 pages
• Publisher: Greenleaf Book Group Press; 1 edition (May 1, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1929774915
• ISBN-13: 978-1929774913
• Product Dimensions: 8.6 x 5.5 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #273,569 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Tremendous Information, May 6, 2009

By	Frank R. Woods (Orange County, CA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I've never been a huge reader, but this book had me hooked from start to finish. I've always heard that "the harder you work, the luckier you get", but this delineates the truthfulness of that principal. The way Mr. Llopis puts it all together is masterful, with a distinct hint of his personality. I highly recommend this book to all entrepreneurs, sale-people, parents, friends, students, or anyone that is looking to "climb the ladder".

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I Truly Enjoyed This Read and Llopis' Concepts, April 28, 2009

By	Michael B (Orange, CA) - See all my reviews

This is a very easy read. The vocab is very simple and the concepts are broken down and explained very well. The ideas are not only applicable to businesses and career oriented people, but life in general. I really liked this book and what it has to offer.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An Approach I'd Never Considered, March 30, 2009

By	Shantyhag (Lake Arrowhead, CA) - See all my reviews

Wow! The first thing that struck me after finishing this book is how incredibly simple, yet seemingly elusive, creating ones own fortune could be.

This has got to be one of the best approaches to business (or life, really) that I have ever read; plotting a four step approach that encompasses a vision to see, seize, grow and share opportunity. It is a philosophy that will resonate strongly with young professionals of my generation, especially given the relevance to today's uncertain times.