The purpose path : a guide to pursuing your authentic life's work

The purpose path A guide to pursuing your authentic life's work

Nicholas Pearce

Book - 2019

"Many of the world's most successful companies--Apple, Disney, Google--are not simply profit-driven, but purpose-driven. They let the reason for which they were created drive what they do every day. But what about us - how do we define our purpose, the why behind the work we do? How can we find the inspiration to pursue more than just a paycheck and ultimately fulfill our authentic life's work? In The Purpose Path, award-winning management expert Nicholas Pearce invites readers to courageously embark upon the journey of aligning their daily work with their life's work. This one-of-its-kind guidebook is for anyone--at any level, age, or professional stage--seeking to have more than just a job or career, but a meaningful c...alling. Readers will go on a journey of self-discovery that's organized around five key questions: What is success? Who am I? Why am I here? Am I running the right race? Am I running the race well?" -- Amazon.com.

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Subjects
Vocation.
Published
New York, N.Y. : St. Martin's Press 2019.
Language
English
Main Author
Nicholas Pearce (author)
Edition
First edition
Physical Description
xx, 236 pages ; 22 cm
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN
9781250182173
  • Foreword
  • Introduction
  • Part I. The Five Questions
  • 1. What Is Success?
  • 2. Who Ami?
  • 3. Why Am I Here?
  • 4. Am I Running the Right Race?
  • 5. Am I Running the Race Well?
  • Part II. Putting Vocational Courage to Work
  • 6. What's Courage Got to Do with It?
  • 7. Rechecking Your Alignment
  • 8. Helping Others Develop Vocational Courage
  • 9. Vocational Courage for Organizations
  • Afterword: The Contagion of Courage
  • Acknowledgments
  • Notes
Review by Booklist Review

Speaker, pastor, and award-winning professor at Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management Pearce offers an insightful look at how people in a variety of fields in different life stages have shaped or changed their lives. The first part of the book focuses on introspective questions: What is success? Who am I? Why am I here? Am I running the right race? and Am I running the race well? Pearce includes the stories of a wide range of people, from concentration camp survivors to students, along with personal narratives to illustrate points and share examples of jobs, careers, and vocations. In the second part, Pearce focuses on developing the courage to put one's vocation to work. He concentrates on not only persons but also companies. Zappos, for example, prioritizes cultural fit when hiring but offers employees three thousand dollars should they quit; most never do. These practices help the company maintain an engaged culture, keeping it viable. Although The Purpose Path has spiritual overtones, it reads practically, and those who are inclined can skip the occasional Bible verse and still take away solid messages.--Jennifer Adams Copyright 2019 Booklist

From Booklist, Copyright (c) American Library Association. Used with permission.
Review by Publisher's Weekly Review

In this fervent but insubstantial offering, pastor and executive consultant Pearce lays out a plan for getting "what every one of us wants-a life filled with purpose and meaning." Arguing that most Americans' careers are out of alignment with their vocations, he lays out a plan for demonstrating vocational courage and "building a life of significance and not just importance," in part through understanding that vocation is both a blessing and responsibility, and that chasing money and fame without purpose will only lead to being "successful but not a success." Using examples such as Barack Obama and, refreshingly, a proportionate number of women, Pearce walks readers through both putting vocational courage to work and helping others develop it. Readers may initially find his approach appealing, but those who don't share Pearce's Christian faith will likely find his frequent references to Jesus and God as the primary source of purpose, in a work not otherwise avowedly religious, off-putting. Though his presentation is earnest and enthusiastic, the content is skimpy and repetitive, falling short of Pearce's lofty ambitions for his treatise. Agent: Giles Anderson, Anderson Literary. (Apr.) © Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.

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