The Passion Plan A Step-by-Step Guide to Discovering, Developing, and Living Your Passion

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Edition: 1st
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2001-01-19
Publisher(s): Jossey-Bass
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Summary

Find Your Passion and Change Your Life"Provides clear explanations, insightful self-assessments and inspiring stories of people both ordinary and famous."-Newsday"An inspiring call to action."-Publishers Weekly"Written with the burning fire he espouses, Richard Chang's The Passion Plan powerfully teaches us how to ignite the embers of our dreams in order to truly find success and happiness."-Stephen R. Covey, author of the No. 1 best-seller, The 7-Habits of Highly Effective Peoplea"Richard Chang boldly challenges us not only to seek and find the passions which exist in all of us, but more importantly equips us with a plan to pursue those passions all the way to a rewarding and fulfilling life!"-Ken Blanchard, co-author of The One Minute Managera"The Passion Plan offers a simple, easy-to-follow recipe for finding your own special passion and following it to greater personal satisfaction and success."-Debbi Fields, founder and chief cookie lover, Mrs. Fields CookiesTHE AUTHORRichard Chang is CEO of Richard Chang Associates, Inc., a performance-improvement consulting, training, and publishing firm headquartered in Irvine, California. He is internationally recognized for his strategic planning, performance measurement, quality improvement, organization development, change management, product realization, customer service, and human resource development expertise. Chang has consulted to a wide range of organizations-including Toshiba, Marriott, Nabisco, Universal Studios, Citibank, Nortel Networks, Fidelity Investments, and McDonalds. He has served as chair of the board for the American Society for Training and Development and as a judge for the prestigious Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award in the U.S. Chang is the author or co-author of more than twenty books on business and personal development, including The Passion Plan at Work (Jossey-Bass, 2001).

Author Biography

RICHARD CHANG is CEO of Richard Chang Associates, Inc., a performance-improvement consulting, training, and publishing firm headquartered in Irvine, California. He is internationally recognized for his strategic planning, performance measurement, quality improvement, organization development, change management, product realization, customer service, and human resource development expertise. Chang has consulted to a wide range of organizations? including Toshiba, Marriott, Nabisco, Universal Studios, Citibank, Nortel Networks, Fidelity Investments, and McDonalds. He has served as chair of the board for the American Society for Training and Development and as a judge for the prestigious Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award in the U.S. Chang is the author or co-author of more than twenty books on business and personal development, including The Passion Plan at Work (Jossey-Bass, 2001).

Table of Contents

The Author xi
Foreword xiii
Preface xvii
Acknowledgments xxi
Introduction xxiii
Chapter One
Why Passion Works: The Way of the Passioneer
1(42)
Chapter Two
From Passion to Profit: A Model for Success
43(14)
Chapter Three
Step One: Start from the Heart
57(16)
Passion Plan Worksheet #1
73(2)
Chapter Four
Step Two: Discover Your Passions
75(35)
Passion Plan Worksheet #2
110(3)
Chapter Five
Step Three: Clarify Your Purpose
113(33)
Passion Plan Worksheet #3
146(3)
Chapter Six
Step Four: Define Your Actions
149(31)
Passion Plan Worksheet #4
180(3)
Chapter Seven
Step Five: Perform with Passion
183(27)
Passion Plan Worksheet #5
210(5)
Chapter Eight
Step Six: Spread Your Excitement
215(26)
Passion Plan Worksheet #6
241(4)
Chapter Nine
Step Seven: Stay the Course
245(26)
Passion Plan Worksheet #7
271(4)
Chapter Ten
Profit with a Capital P: Reaping Your Rewards
275(10)
References 285

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