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    The Visionary's Handbook (Review and Analysis of Wacker and Taylor's Book)
    The Visionary's Handbook (Review and Analysis of Wacker and Taylor's Book)
    The Visionary's Handbook (Review and Analysis of Wacker and Taylor's Book)
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    The Visionary's Handbook (Review and Analysis of Wacker and Taylor's Book)

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    The must-read summary of Watts Wacker and Jim Taylor's book: "The Visionary's Handbook: Nine Paradoxes That Will Shape the Future of Your Business".

    This complete summary of the ideas from Watts Wacker and Jim Taylor's book "The Visionary's Handbook" presents nine paradoxes that are all about being a success both in your business and personal life. The paradoxes show that the way a person or organisation reacts to the challenges of the present will have a huge impact on the possibilities available in the future. In other words, the future is constantly being rewritten by the events of today. In their book, the authors explain that savvy people and smart organisations realise that and use it to their advantage to create a future environment of success in an era of turbulence and uncertainty. By managing the contradictions of the present, they are then well positioned and prepared for whatever does ultimately come.

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    To learn more, read "The Visionary's Handbook" and discover the effective techniques that you can use to write your own story.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBusiness Book Summaries
    Release dateSep 29, 2014
    ISBN9782511016893
    The Visionary's Handbook (Review and Analysis of Wacker and Taylor's Book)

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      The Visionary’s Handbook by Watts Wacker & Jim Taylor

      Book Abstract

      About the Author

      Important Note About This Ebook

      Summary of The Visionary’s Handbook (Watts Wacker & Jim Taylor)

      Paradox #1: The Paradox of the Visionary

      Paradox #2: The Paradox of Value

      Paradox #3: The Paradox of Size

      Paradox #4: The Paradox of Time

      Paradox #5: The Paradox of Competition

      Paradox #6: The Paradox of Action

      Paradox #7: The Paradox of Leadership

      Paradox #8: The Paradox of Leisure

      Paradox #9: The Paradox of Reality

      Book Abstract

      MAIN IDEA

      The nine paradoxes are all about being a success – both in business and personal life areas. The paradoxes describe the future in the terminology of the present tense – illustrating that how a person or organization reacts to the challenges of the present will have a large part in shaping the possibilities available in the future.

      Specifically, the future is constantly being rewritten by the events of today. Savvy people and smart organizations recognize that and use it to their advantage to create a future environment of success in an era of turbulence and uncertainty. By managing the contradictions of the present, they are then well positioned and prepared for whatever does ultimately come.

      Visionaries may not be able to accurately forecast precisely what the future holds, but the techniques used by visionaries will enable any person or any organization to write their own story. The answers to the paradoxes provide the tools that will enable anyone to become what they want to be.

      About the Author

      WATTS WACKER is the founder of the consulting firm FirstMatter LLC and a futurist at one of the nation’s foremost think

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