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Excellence: Inspiration for Achieving Your Personal Best
Author(s): J. Pincott (Author, Editor)
- Publisher: Cyan Books and Marshall Cavendish
- Publication Date: 30 Jun. 2007
- Edition: 1st
- Language: English
- Print length: 192 pages
- ISBN-10: 1904879896
- ISBN-13: 9781904879893
Book Description
This encouraging collection contains more than 400 insights from a diverse group of remarkably successful people on how to achieve excellence both at home and at work. Respected celebrities from the fields of business, politics, sports, and arts and entertainment—including J. K. Rowling, Rupert Murdoch, Tiger Woods, Miuccia Prada, and Jon Stewart—provide inspiration and guidance on attaining distinction in their discussions of ambition, innovation, responsibility, and the hazards of mediocrity. Motivational text accompanies the quotes and prefaces of each thematic section, providing additional reflection on what “excellence” means and how to successfully manage this ultimate personal goal.
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About the Author
J. Pincott is a senior editor at Random House. She is the editor of Success: Advice for Achieving Your Goals from Remarkably Accomplished People and the author of (under the pen name Adam Brate) Making the Cisco Connection and Technomanifestos. She lives in New York City.
