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Search - Copy This!: Lessons from a Hyperactive Dyslexic who Turned a Bright Idea Into One of America's Best Companies
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Copy This Lessons from a Hyperactive Dyslexic who Turned a Bright Idea Into One of America's Best Companies Author: Bill Moyers said this about Paul Orfalea after reading Copy This!: "If I could live my life over again, I would sit at his feet and listen to everything he has to say." And David Brancaccio, host of NOW on PBS, wrote: "As the host for a decade of a daily business program, I had to read what seemed like every business book publis... more »." Now in paperback, Copy This!, Paul Orfale's memoir of turning lemons into lemonade, is wise, personal, funny, unflinchingly honest, and filled with wisdom, business lessons, and his inspired Orfalea Aphorisms. It's the story of how a struggling kid who could barely read, write, or sit still managed to grow a 100-square-foot copy shop named Kinko's into a $1.5 billion empire that Fortune named one of the best places in America to work. And it's the story of an individual who saw his learning disabilities—ADHD and dyslexia—as learning opportunities, which molded the homegrown, compassionate culture that allowed Kinko's to thrive, and guided the behavior of a CEO who had no choice but to think different. A terrifically entertaining read from a born storyteller, but with the hardcore guts of true business acumen, Copy This! will blow fresh air into the thinking of any manager, entrepreneur, executive, or business owner.
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Dana W. (SouthWestZippy) reviewed Copy This!: Lessons from a Hyperactive Dyslexic who Turned a Bright Idea Into One of America's Best Companies on + 85 more book reviews
WOW fascinating man. Here is a excerpt that I think help explain were he is coming from with his laid back approach to business.
"Humor is a diversionary tool many kids with learning opportunities employ to subvert authority. Many dyslexics grow up with a strong distaste for authority. Our earliest experiences with teachers and parents as authority figures are usually pretty negative. That certainly was the case with me, as it was several of my cousins and business partners who are also dyslexic."
I enjoy his humor and thinking. Does not talk a lot about his private life but does tell a few facts about himself so you could see his drive and personalty
"Humor is a diversionary tool many kids with learning opportunities employ to subvert authority. Many dyslexics grow up with a strong distaste for authority. Our earliest experiences with teachers and parents as authority figures are usually pretty negative. That certainly was the case with me, as it was several of my cousins and business partners who are also dyslexic."
I enjoy his humor and thinking. Does not talk a lot about his private life but does tell a few facts about himself so you could see his drive and personalty
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