'His book injects some grounded, non-jargon-laden reality into the
bland corporate-speak around notions of passion, engagement and
purpose.' Financial Times 'This is explicitly a book to help a
"regular person do well in a rapidly changing economy" and it
succeeds precisely because there is no hyperbole or hard sell. No
dynamism is required' Financial Times 'Inspiration for
entrepreneurs that should be required reading in any business
school curriculum' Kirkus 'The Passion Economy is exactly what
everyone needs today: examples of how to thrive in an economy that
can seem overwhelming, and crystal-clear explanations of how to
succeed. This is the book about how to live (and work) a more
passionate life' Charles Duhigg, author of The Power of Habit 'Adam
Davidson is one of America's most accomplished business journalists
- and this book reminds us why. With a reporter's eye and a
storyteller's grace, he has traveled the country to find regular
people who have cracked the code of the modern economy. Reading
their stories will reveal the secrets of successful careers' Daniel
H. Pink, author of When 'Move over Malcolm Gladwell. In The Passion
Economy Adam Davidson upends the conventional thinking about how to
succeed in our topsy-turvy, seemingly unforgiving post-industrial
economy by sharing the stories of regular people who followed their
dreams' William D. Cohan, author of House of Cards The brilliant
creator of NPR's Planet Money podcast and award-winning New Yorker
staff writer explains our current economy: laying out its internal
logic and revealing the transformative hope it offers for millions
of people to thrive as they never have before. Contrary to what you
may have heard, the middle class is not dying and robots are not
stealing our jobs. In fact, writes Adam Davidson--one of our
leading public voices on economic issues-- the twenty-first-century
economic paradigm offers new ways of making money, fresh paths
toward professional fulfillment, and unprecedented opportunities
for curious, ambitious individuals to combine the things they love
with their careers. Drawing on the stories of average people doing
exactly this--an accountant overturning his industry, a sweatshop
owner's daughter fighting for better working conditions, an Amish
craftsman meeting the technological needs of Amish farmers--as well
as the latest academic research, Davidson shows us how the
twentieth-century economy of scale has given way in this century to
an economy of passion. He makes clear, too, that though the
adjustment has brought measures of dislocation, confusion, and even
panic, these are most often the result of a lack of understanding.
In The Passion Economy, he delineates the ground rules of the new
economy, and armed with these, we begin to see how we can succeed
in it according to its own terms--intimacy, insight, attention,
automation, and, of course, passion. An indispensable road map and
a refreshingly optimistic take on our economic future.
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