Can't Not Do E-Book

Paul Shoemaker

• Herausgeber: John Wiley & Sons
• Kategorie: Fachliteratur
• Sprache: Englisch
• Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2015

Seitenzahl: 302

Beschreibung

With so many social challenges facing our world, trying to effect change feels daunting. The problems are complex, the politics murky, and the players innumerable. Yet, every day there are regular heroes making a significant impact on our most intractable social issues. "Can't Not Do" is a catchphrase for the urge that captures the heart of effective social change agents--explaining, in their own words, their passion and drive: "I Can't Not Do this." "It's not that I can do this, it's that I can't not." "I could not imagine not doing something about this issue." The surprising truth from the trenches is: we already have numerous proven solutions for our many social challenges; what our world needs most, and what most changes our children's future, are more people prepared and committed to act on their social impulses for the long haul. Innovation helps. Money helps, too. But greater numbers of committed people help the most. If you feel an internal, persistent call to do more for the world, Can't Not Do will help you to bridge the gap between "wanting to do" and "doing"--to access the drive of an effective change agent, to break through self-imposed barriers, to learn key principles for success, and to start seeing yourself acting as a change agent. There is no "secret sauce" someone is born with and no special club needed to be successful at social change. Rather, successful change agents share some fundamental orientations to the world and to their committed cause and, over time, learn certain lessons that help them become more effective. These lessons are reflected in Can't Not Do in seven seemingly simple questions that provide guideposts and unlock the reader's potential to make a difference for a social cause they care about. This isn't a self-help book. It's an inspiring narrative intertwined with a "street-readiness" dialogue, between the author and you, between you and your inner aspirations. These are authentic success stories, vital questions, and unconventional answers that can guide and inspire you to realize your greatest potential.

Leseprobe

CONTENTS

Cover

Title Page

Copyright

Dedication

Prologue: The Power of Can't Not Do

Can't Not Do—The Social Drive That Changes the World

Trees and Labs

The World Does Not Lack Solutions

Seven Questions That Unleash Potential

The Undeniable Question

A Little about SVP and Me

How to Use This Book

Introduction: Why Our Social Drives Matter More Now—Multipliers

We Face a Pivotal Moment, a Tipping Point of Multipliers

The Connected Passion of Anne Reece, Multiplied

We've Seen This Movie in a Different Town

How Pins Stuck in a Map on the Wall Can Reduce Crime

The Bottom Line

Part I: Finding Your Focus

Chapter 1: David Risher, the Lost Key, and Eradicating Illiteracy

What's the Point?

Haven't Had That “Aha” Moment?

This Work Does Not Have to Be an Epic Endeavor

So What's Mine?

Optimism + Determination

= Grit

Chapter 2: Lisa Chin Is Not Doing This to Be Happy

What's the Point?

A Cause Connected to Your Core for Someone Else

The Right Time and Place

Putting Optimism to Work: 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 = 10

Chapter 3: Eleuthera Lisch, Stepping Out from Behind the Fourth Wall

What's the Point?

Some Hard Places Aren't Places

What If You Have to Leave a Hard Place?

Failure Never Feels Good to Anyone, Including Me

Finding Meaning in a Hard Place

Part II: How You Do This Work Well

Chapter 4: Jeff Tollefson, Losing It All and Becoming Richer

What's the Point?

Power (and Humility?) in Philanthropy

Humility Has Power

Your Mindset

Level 5 Leaders and Humility

My Own Lesson in Humility

Even the Great Are Humbled

Chapter 5: Lori, I Got Married a Little Too Early to the Right Woman

Habit 5: Seek First to Understand, Then to Be Understood

What's the Point?

Levels of Listening, Where Are You?

You Hear Interesting Things When You Listen

Chapter 6: Suzi Levine, Learning When Not to Raise Her Hand

What's the Point?

1 + 1 = 3 with Connectors

Learning to Connect

Pacing the Floor Like an Expectant Father

Director or Connector?

Part III: Bringing It All Together for Your World and You

Chapter 7: Heidi Breeze-Harris, a Sick Pregnant Lady with an Idea

What's the Point?

A Different Kind of Career Dedicated to Can't Not Do

Can't Not Do for Others

Can't Not Do Takes Time, a Long Time

What Is It in Your Life That You Can't Not Do?

Chapter 8: Why Your Social Drives Matter More Now

The Equation

What's Possible

Conclusion: Surrendering to the Intention

A Meaningful versus a Happy Life

Start the Journey

My Family, Where It All Starts…and Ends

Appendix Introduction

Appendix 1: 20 Questions for a Personal ChecklistFinding Your Focus

What Are You a Determined Optimist About?

Who Are You at Your Core?

What Are You Willing to Go through Hard Places For?

Appendix 2: 20 Suggestions for a Personal ChecklistHow You Do This Work Well

Humility

Listening

Connecting

Appendix 3: Which Stories Fit You Best?

Appendix 4: Additional Resources for Getting StartedSVP Stuff, Books, Websites, and Blogs

SVP Stuff

Books

Websites

Blogs

Appendix 5: Chapter-by-Chapter Summary

Prologue: The Power of Can't Not Do

Introduction: Why Our Social Drives Matter More Now—The Multipliers

Chapter 1 David Risher, the Lost Key and Eradicating Illiteracy: Are You a Determined Optimist?

Chapter 2 Lisa Chin Is Not Doing This to Be Happy: Who Are You at Your Core?

Chapter 3 Eleuthera Lisch, Stepping Out from behind the Fourth Wall: Are You Willing to Go to Hard Places?

Chapter 4 Jeff Tollefson, Losing It All and Becoming Richer: Are You Ready to Be Humble and Humbled?

Chapter 5 Lori, I Got Married a Little too Early to the Right Woman: Can You Actively Listen?

Chapter 6 Suzi Levine, Learning When Not to Raise Her Hand: Do You Believe 1 + 1 = 3?

Chapter 7 Heidi Breeze-Harris, a Sick Pregnant Lady with an Idea: What Is Your Can't Not Do?

Chapter 8 Why Our Social Drives Matter More Now: The Equation

Conclusion: Surrendering to the Intention

About the Author

Acknowledgments

Index

End User License Agreement

Guide

Cover

Table of Contents

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Can’t Not Do

The Compelling Social Drive That Changes Our World

Paul Shoemaker

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data:

Shoemaker, Paul, 1961-

Can’t not do : the compelling social drive that changes our world / Paul Shoemaker

pages cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 978-1-119-13159-5 (cloth); ISBN 978-1-119-13160-1 (ebk); ISBN 978-1-119-13161-8 (ebk)

1. Social problems. 2. Social action. 3. Social change. I. Title.

HN18.3.S56 2015

303.4–dc23

2015016669

Dedication

Lori, Ben, Nick, and Sam, there is no way I am the person I am without each of you and all of you.

Prologue: The Power of Can't Not Do