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Overview
Chris is still mourning the loss of his girlfriend to brain cancer. Her question haunts him: “Now that we know how short life can be, what will you do with the time you have left?” After five years, he feels an urgencywhat he calls, “Atomic Time” in which every second countsto find an answer, but is stuck. Even while giving Brooke permission to aspire to one day become President of the United States, he knows it’s time to reclaim his own permission to dream.
Lost, Chris and his granddaughter board a bus, reminding him of earlier rides through dark times when dreams of a better life kept him alive. As the two wind through a changing cityscape, Chris reflects on past lessons that offer powerful guidance for dreaming your way to monumental success.
At its heart, this book lays out a blueprint for building a dream-come-true lifeeven during uncertainty. Gardner delivers the secrets to achieving a prosperous careerfrom a method for identifying your ultimate dream to a playbook for becoming world class at it. His tools include the “new 3 R’s”or the Rep, the Rap and the Rolodexwhich reveal how to earn a stellar reputation, develop a rap for marketing yourself, and amass a Rolodex of rewarding relationships. No matter how much wealth you achieve, Chris notes, true success comes from enriching the lives of othersso all can still have access to the American Dream.
Toward the end, Brooke observes that in Atomic Time it’s never too late for anyone to reinvent themselves and change their fortune. Chris, hearing her, realizes what his next pursuit will beto go back to high school and give permission to dream to the next generation of problem solvers and change makers.
A true fable, Permission to Dream is a timeless and timely manifesto for turning dreams into actionbeginning right now.
Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9781799950530 |
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Publisher: | HarperCollins Publishers |
Publication date: | 04/13/2021 |
Product dimensions: | 5.40(w) x 6.70(h) x 0.60(d) |
About the Author
Mim Eichler Rivas has worked as an author, coauthor and collaborator on more than eighteen books, including the New York Times Bestsellers The Pursuit of Happyness with Chris Gardner Finding Fish with Antwone Fisher, and A Mother For All Seasons with Debbie Phelp. Mim is the sole author of the highly acclaimed Beautiful Jim Key. Mim and her family live in Hermosa Beach, California.
Table of Contents
Prologue: Atomic Time-Holly's Gift 1
1 Our Greatest Export 11
2 One Day … 25
3 An Underground Railroad 41
4 The Power of One 67
5 Change the Game 89
6 A Blueprint for Your Life 105
7 World-Class Skills 123
8 The Rep, the Rap, and the Rolodex 145
9 This Has Been Done Before 161
10 A Masterpiece Life 169
Epilogue: Brush Your Teeth and Change Your Life in Two Days 181
Acknowledgments 187
Sources 191