Publications

"Gergen and Vanourek provide a great road map for anyone who is looking to find success and fulfillment doing what they are passionate about."
-Steve Ells, Founder, Chairman, and CEO, Chipotle Mexican Grill

In Life Entrepreneurs: Ordinary People Creating Extraordinary Lives, Christopher Gergen and Gregg Vanourek offer fresh stories and strategies for creating an extraordinary life through the power of what they call "life entrepreneurship." Life entrepreneurs are ordinary people who integrate their life, work, and purpose through distinctively entrepreneurial behavior—and, in so doing, create extraordinary lives of significance. Drawing on revealing interviews with 55 high-impact entrepreneurs, the authors—themselves proven entrepreneurs—provide vivid examples, frameworks, and strategies for helping us create a life of service and fulfillment.

"Some people don't just live: they lead a life. They don't sit around waiting for a lucky break. They create opportunities. They go after their dreams and bring them to life. They develop a vision of the good life, devise a plan for how to attain it, go for it, and check their progress along the way. As with any great effort, their work is never done but ever-evolving and, often, inspiring to those around them. Welcome to the territory of life entrepreneurs."

-Excerpt from Life Entrepreneurs, Chapter 1

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“Pick up this book and read it. It might change your life."

—Stephen R. Covey, best-selling author, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People and The 8th Habit: From Effectiveness to Greatness