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Written with wit and style, this book offers much to inspire readers with obstacles to overcome or who march to a different drummer.?School LIbrary Journal
Lessons from a Hyperactive Dyslexic who Turned a Bright Idea
Workman Publishing Company
September 2005
Featuring: Paul Orfalea
248 pages
ISBN: 0761137777
Hardcover
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Non-Fiction Biography
A charismatic, heart-warming business memoir that’s filled
with life lessons on overcoming obstacles, Copy This!
is a
book for every business owner looking to grow a company,
every manager helping his team perform, every visionary
trying to launch a new idea—and for every mother and father
of a child suffering from dyslexia or Attention Deficit
Hyperactivity Disorder. Because Copy This! is the
story of
how Paul Orfalea opened a small copy shop called Kinko’s in
1970 and turned it into a $1.5 billion-a-year company,
while barely being able to read, write, or sit still
through a business meeting. Here is the story of a dyslexic, hyperactive boy who
flunked out of second grade—twice—yet succeeded in using
his learning differences as opportunities, molding the
compassionate, unconventional, partner-driven culture that
allowed Kinko’s to thrive, and made it, according to
Fortune, Forbes, and Mother Jones, one of the best places
in America to work. In fourteen chapters narrated with the
engaging voice of a born storyteller, Orfalea takes as much
pleasure in discussing his shortcomings as he does his
successes, and imparts the valuable lessons he’s learned
along the way: Manage the environment, not the people. Fail
forward. Be "on" your business, not "in" your business. Let
your soul catch up with your body. Keep a poker face—and a
poker mind. And know when—and how—to walk away. Which
Orfalea did in 2000, having made millionaires out of dozens
of his friends and partners, after an extraordinary 30-year
run.
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