Awakening the Entrepreneur Within

How Ordinary People Can Create Extrao rdinary Companies

By: Michael E Gerber

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Paperback | 1 December 2009

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"No business author has touched me as deeply as Michael Gerber has."

—Jack Canfield, co-creator of the Chicken Soup for the Soul bestselling book series

The legendary Michael Gerber—founder of E-Myth Worldwide and author of such multi-million copy bestselling classics as The E-Myth Revisited and E-Myth Mastery—shows you how to go from dreaming about having your own business to actually doing it in Awakening the Entrepreneur Within. A highly in-demand keynote speaker whose company boasts over 52,000 business clients in 145 countries, Michael Gerber is THE name in small business—and now he demonstrates "How Ordinary People Can Create Extraordinary Companies." Making your dreams real is the first step to creating a successful business—and Gerber's Awakening the Entrepreneur Within provides the key.

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"E-MYTH training is a powerful tool and a core component of Allstate's agency growth strategy. E-Myth teaches Allstate consultants and agency owners how to grow as entrepreneurs while improving their quality of life in the process." -- Gary Briggs, field vice president, Allstate Insurance Company

"No business author has touched me as deeply as Michael Gerber has." -- Jack Canfield, co-creator of the Chicken Soup for the Soul bestselling series

"The dean of small business gurus tells readers how to use the four dimensions of the entrepreneurial personality--dreamer, thinker, performer and leader--to inspire the vision and purpose to craft their own business narratives." -- Entrepreneur

"For those who are stuck in a rut or looking to dig deep, this title makes for a solid, albeit esoteric, guidebook." -- SRQ: Sarasota's Premiere Magazine

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Non-Fiction Self-Help, Personal Development & Practical Advice Advice on Careers & Achieving Success Business & Management Entrepreneurship / Start-ups Ownership & Organisation of Enterprises Small Businesses & Self-Employed Personal Finance

Foreword	p. xxvii
Preface	p. xxix
Introduction	p. xxxi
The Preparation
A Conversation with My Mother Leads to the Dreaming Room	p. 3
The Five Realities of the Entrepreneur	p. 9
The Four Dimensions of the Entrepreneurial Personality	p. 15
The Dreamer and the Dream
The Awakening	p. 23
The Realization	p. 31
The Negative Reaction	p. 37
The Personal Dream	p. 45
The Impersonal Dream	p. 49
The Sudden Shock	p. 57
The Dream Is Born	p. 63
The Thinker and the Vision
Taking the Dream Apart	p. 73
Taking the Dream Apart Again	p. 83
The Vision Begins to Take Form	p. 87
The Vision Continues to Take Form	p. 95
Coming to Grips with the Business Model	p. 103
The Storyteller and the Purpose
Defining Purpose to Capture Your Imagination	p. 121
Pursuing Your Story	p. 133
And the Story Grows from Within	p. 143
The Leader and the Mission
The Leader	p. 153
The Leader Goes to Work	p. 169
The Wisdom of Process	p. 175
Beginning the Strategy; Beginning the Plan	p. 199
The Mission Is Under Way	p. 207
The Mission Reveals Itself	p. 217
We Suddenly Understand	p. 227
The Mission Is Being Realized	p. 235
The Revelation of the Golden Pyramid	p. 241
Epilogue: All Systems Go!	p. 259
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How Ordinary People Can Create Extrao rdinary Companies

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