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Book Review

The Answer to How is Yes -
Acting on What Matters
By Peter Block

Another "must read" for any leader. 

"This is the most important book Peter Block has ever written.  If enough people say yes to the teachings in this book, we'll be able to stop floundering toward the future and create lives and work that are meaningful contributions to each other and to the future.  Please say yes." 

- Margaret Wheatley, author of Leadership and the New Science and Turning to One Another

Modern culture's worship of "how to" pragmatism has turned us into instruments of efficiency and commerce - but we're doing more and more about things that mean less and less.  We constantly ask "how?," which is usually a way of avoiding questions on purpose. 

 

Instead of acting on what matters, we wait for bosses to change, seek the latest fad, go to a workshop, or back to school.  Instead of being led by our hearts into uncharted territory, we keep our heads down and stick to the rules.  But we are gaining the world and losing our souls.

Peter Block puts the how-to craze in perspective, presenting a guide to the difficult and life-granting journey of bringing what we know is of personal value into an indifferent or even hostile corporate landscape.  He raises our awareness of the trade-offs we've made in the name of practicality, and offers hope for a way of life in which we're motivated not by what "works," but by things that truly matter - idealism, intimacy, depth, and engagement.

Stop being a slave to economics and pragmatism - western culture's definition of "reality" - and a stranger to the meaning of life and a sense of purpose.  Buy a copy of The Answer to How is Yes at your favorite bookseller and DO WHAT MATTERS!

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