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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.
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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
Cover
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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
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