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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 thatβs 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 ideaβand 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 Kinkoβs 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 gradeβtwiceβyet succeeded in using his learning differences as opportunities, molding the compassionate, unconventional, partner-driven culture that allowed Kinkoβs 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 heβs 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 faceβand a poker mind. And know whenβand howβto walk away. Which Orfalea did in 2000, having made millionaires out of dozens of his friends and partners, after an extraordinary 30-year run.
 Media BuzzToday - October 16, 2005
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