The Carpenter: A Story About the Greatest Success Strategies of All (Jon Gordon)

Product Information

This is great advice. We all have the ability to control how we react to various situations in our lives and failure is no different. It can be the end of a pursuit or it can be the wake up call to course correct, dig a little deeper and find a way to succeed.

What Michael learns from the carpenter is goes well beyond woodwork. It’s deep wisdom and some of the greatest strategies to build a better life, a better career, and make each moment his masterpiece. Like many of his films, Carpenter also served as a composer for They Live, working once again with composer and sound designer Alan Howarth for what turned out to be a largely improvisational process. “I walked into Alan’s studio with a complete blank,” Carpenter said, and noted that he has taken a similarly blank slate approach to many of his films.Best-selling author Jon Gordon does it again with his book The Carpenter. This fun, inspiring story is about the greatest success strategies of all, which can be applied to any business owner, leader, sports team, coach or parent. However, this book makes a lot more sense after realizing that it isn’t narrowly focused on the carpenter and gardener metaphor and instead broadly surveys relevant research in developmental psychology and more. From mating strategies in monkeys to how children play, from the ethics of raising children to why children ask why, this book covers a lot of ground. I wanted to strike out in some way, so I cast the Republicans as alien creatures,” Carpenter later recalled.

This point is illustrated when J. is talking to Michael about the importance of designing the entertainment center before he starts to build. Through this dialogue, he starts to discuss how it’s important to live our lives in the same manner. He begins to ask Michael some compelling questions: Gopnik calls the entire verb "parenting" into question, pointing out that no other relationship in our life is made into an action word in this way. We do not "husband" our wives or "daughter" our parents. Gopnik highlights another possibility: that instead of viewing parents as carpenters, we instead view them as gardeners. We provide the rich soil, the structured environment suited for the individual needs of our children, but where and how they grow is up to the individual vagaries of the seedling. We cannot ordain the height of a tulip, or the number of apples our tree produces. Instead we provide them with what they need, and hope for the best. Why is it so hard to make lasting changes in our companies, in our communities, and in our own lives? Everyone can be a craftsman or craftswoman but not everyone is willing to become one. They don’t want to spend the thousands of hours it takes to master their craft. With that in mind, here are 10 big ideas from The Carpenter … 1. Life and Success are About What You Choose to BelieveOh my goodness! This is probably the best book I've read in a long time. Jon Gordon uses stories to really make his point. The basic theme is Love, Serve, and Care. J. Emmanuel is a craftsman/carpenter that makes you look twice. Same name as Jesus. The basic premise is very similar to the bible.

After working as a journeyman for an extended period of time, a carpenter becomes known as a master carpenter. In the United States, this graduation is an informal one that simply means the carpenter has the skills and expertise required to perform nearly any carpentry job. Keep in mind that a master carpenter will often charge more per hour than a journeyman. Licensure You can! You can choose to see it! Life and success are about what you choose to believe. It’s easy to believe things will be great when everything is going well, but the true test of your faith is what you believe when you are facing insurmountable challenges. From the #1 New York Times-bestselling author of The 48 Laws of Power comes the definitive new book on decoding the behavior of the people around you

Jon is a graduate of Cornell University and holds a Masters in Teaching from Emory University. He and his training/consulting company are passionate about developing positive leaders, organizations and teams. Michael had to be away from both work and coaching his daughter’s basketball team as he recovers. During that time, Social Connect loses their largest client. They have just two months to find new clients to replace the revenue loss, or they will need to shut the business down. J shares three main points of “The Way”, his Heart of Success Model – Love, Serve and Care. He tells Michael that you love, you serve, and you show people you care. It’s the simplest, most powerful and greatest success model of all time. It’s not just people who make the world go round. It’s people who care. And caring is the difference that makes the difference.