The Carpenter: A Story About the Greatest Success Strategies of All (Jon Gordon)

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Given the author has written a ground breaking book like 'The Scientist in the Crib', I had high expectations of 'the gardener and the carpenter'. Unfortunately, I felt disappointed throughout the book. It was a mish Ideally, your carpenter should have both liability insurance—which will protect your home against work-related damages–and worker’s compensation insurance—which will make sure you’re not held liable if the carpenter undergoes work-related injuries. Additionally, your carpenter should have a bond so that you’re protected, should he or she not meet the terms of your contract. Warranty J. has a different viewpoint on failure, saying that it can be a gift if you are willing to learn, grow, and improve because of it. It gives you the opportunity to evaluate how bad you really want something. He says to Michael, “Whatever path failure guides you toward, it is always meant to give you a big serving of humble pie that builds your character, gives you perspective, grows your faith, and makes you appreciate your success later on.” When he's not running through airports or speaking, you can find him playing tennis or lacrosse with his wife and two "high energy" children. It was a reaction to seeing my name all over these movies,” Carpenter explained to Entertainment Weekly in 2012. "I think the height of it was Christine. It was like, John Carpenter’s Christine, directed by John Carpenter, music by John Carpenter … what an egotist!”

With that in mind, here are 10 big ideas from The Carpenter … 1. Life and Success are About What You Choose to Believe Failure can be a gift if you don’t give up and are willing to learn, improve, and grow because of it. Jon is a graduate of Cornell University and holds a Masters in Teaching from Emory University. He and his training/consulting company are passionate about developing positive leaders, organizations and teams. In a chapter about technology Gopnik tries to be a Yuval Noah Harari, but makes a poor futurologist. Calling young people ‘digital natives’ is enough to trigger my bullshit-meter. And people don’t talk to the whole world on the web — far from.Are there proven practices and timeless truths that help you lead a better life, enjoy more fulfilling work, and make more moments that matter? Caring deeply about our children is part of what makes us human. Yet the thing we call "parenting" is a surprisingly new invention. In the past thirty years, the concept of parenting and the multibillion dollar industry surrounding it have transformed child care into obsessive, controlling, and goal-oriented labor intended to create a particular kind of child and therefore a particular kind of adult. In The Gardener and the Carpenter, the pioneering developmental psychologist and philosopher Alison Gopnik argues that the familiar twenty-first-century picture of parents and children is profoundly wrong--it's not just based on bad science, it's bad for kids and parents, too. Can I tell you how conflicted I was to score this?! It's a great and inspirational book. However, I've read other books with bits of what this book is about with various real life examples. It's also easy for me to be inspired by this book because I've met a leader like this. Didn't say these exact words but through his actions, the team was a group and better environment for us all to learn from each other. I do think if you use Love, Serve, and Care, you will build great things. I continue to invest in people and my relationships because I know they are worth it. I don't have to be a leader to know that. You aren’t a true success unless you are helping others be successful. Success is meant to be shared.

I know that I’m not a human being having a spiritual experience. I’m a spiritual being having a human experience. While I have a body, it is my soul and spirit that power me. Artists create from the depths of their souls. An artist is moved by the spirit. I know who I am, and I know the power that moves me to create.” If we make time to invest in our relationships and spend quality time with our family, friends, and colleagues, we will dramatically improve the quality of our lives and careers. Gopnik ends on a chapter about how we value children. Having a child is choosing to take part in a special relationship that will change a person forever. Parents, in a very real well, do not just consider their children's interests as important as their own. Parents seem to literally treat the interests of their young children, as their own interests. Yet raising children also has traditionally been a community task. Care takers throughout a community have had roles in making sure that children have both the material and social resources they need to thrive. This is something we have lost in our industrial and postindustrial society. Figuring out how to modernize this sort of community care which is not based in generics but in specific relationships is a pressing problem of our time. Gopnik also points out that taking care of parents as they age is a similar problem. As a society, we tend to treat it as a problem each family needs to solve individually, but we could structure our society to value care taking and provide better support for care takers.True success isn’t about money or possessions. It’s about people, commitment, loyalty, and relationships. With a trademark sound highlighted by brother Richard’s multi-layered production and sister Karen’s timeless voice, the Carpenters set a new standard for melodic pop. When you see the good, look for the good and expect the good, you find the good and the good finds you.