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Title: The Promise of a Pencil
Subtitle: How an Ordinary Person Can Create Extraordinary Change
Author: Adam Braun
Narrator: Kirby Heyborne
Format: Unabridged
Length: 7 hrs and 32 mins
Language: English
Release date: 03-18-14
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 389 votes
Genres: Business, Leadership
Publisher's Summary:
Adam Braun began working summers at hedge funds when he was just 16 years old, sprinting down the path to a successful Wall Street career. But while traveling as a college student, he met a young boy begging on the streets of India. When Braun asked the boy what he wanted most in the world, he simply answered, "A pencil."
This small request became the inspiration for Pencils of Promise, the organization Braun would leave a prestigious job at Bain & Company to start with just $25 at the age of 24. Using his unique "for-purpose" approach, he helped redefine the space in which business, philanthropy, and social media intersect. And a mere five years later, Pencils of Promise has now built more than 200 schools around the world, proving that anyone can create a movement that matters.
The Promise of a Pencil chronicles Brauns journey through more than 50 countries to find his calling, as each chapter explains the steps that every person can take to ignite their own passion and potential. His trailblazing story takes listeners behind the scenes with business moguls and village chiefs, world-famous celebrities and hometown heroes. Driven by compelling stories and shareable insights, this is a vivid and inspiring book that will give listeners the tools to unlock their own extraordinary journey of self-discovery.
If you have ever wanted a more purpose-driven life, if you have ever felt like you could become more than your current circumstances allow, its time to ask yourself, "What do I want most in the world?" And through the lessons shared in this book, turn those ideas into reality.
Members Reviews:
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This book was such a great listen. I would easily say it's one of my favorite biography to have read
Promise of hope.
Engaging, insightful and hopeful. I wish all people had the drive passion and determination to create this kind of change in our world.
Ready to change the world!
This inspiring story raises the bar in the readers to reach for their dreams and anyone can make a difference.
Life changing
Would you listen to The Promise of a Pencil again? Why?
I've already listen to the book twice, there's always some wisdom or just some complement of information I like to get on the second read. This book has resulted in a life change for me because it made me realize further more that you make your dream job, it does not come to you. Also it's another example that you don't have to be only one thing, you can be more than a teacher, an economist, a lawyer...
Which scene was your favorite?
My favorite scene is definitely when the author sits down with his grand mother to tell her about the first school.
Great premise, okay execution
We often hear about the plight of people in developing regions of the world, but seldom do people actually do something about it. Braun, to his credit, did something and launched Pencils of Promise, a charity dedicated to building schools in impoverished regions of the world. He takes readers from New York to Laos to Central America to Ghana and back again as he grows his charity. A hybrid of memoir, travel and business writing, the book tries to cater to multiple audiences.
I had a couple of issues with the book.
