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