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Believe in People

By: Charles Koch, Brian Hooks
Narrated by: Charles Koch, Steve Carlson
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This program is read by Steve Carlson and Charles Koch with contributions from Social Entrepreneurs working in collaboration with the Stand Together organization.

A surprising take on how you can help tackle the really big problems in society - from one of America’s most successful entrepreneurs.

People are looking for a better way. Towering barriers are holding millions of people back, and the institutions that should help everyone rise are not doing the job. Crumbling communities. One-size fits all education. Businesses that rig the economy. Public policy that stifles opportunity and emboldens the extremes. As a result, this country is quickly heading toward a two-tiered society.

Today’s challenges call for nothing short of a paradigm shift - away from a top-down approach that sees people as problems to be managed, toward bottom-up solutions that empower everyone to realize their potential and foster a more inclusive society.

Such a shift starts by asking: What would it mean to truly believe in people?

Businessman and philanthropist Charles Koch has devoted his life to answering that question. Learn what he’s discovered during his 60-year career to help you apply the principles of empowerment in your life, in your business, and in society.

By learning from the social movements and applying the principles that have enabled social progress throughout history, Koch has achieved more than he dreamed possible - building one of the world’s most successful companies and founding Stand Together, one of America’s most innovative philanthropic communities. Stand Together CEO Brian Hooks and Koch show how the only way to solve the really big problems - from poverty and addiction to harmful business practices and destructive public policy - is for each and every one of us to find and take action in our unique role as part of the solution.

Full of compelling examples of what works - including several first-person accounts from individuals whose lives have been transformed - Koch and Hooks’ refreshing approach promotes partnership instead of partisanship and speaks to people from different perspectives and all walks of life. They show that no injustice is too tough to overcome if you share a deep belief in people, are willing to unite with anyone to do right, and work to empower others from the bottom up.

A Macmillan Audio production from St. Martin's Press

"If you don't believe in people, what do you believe in? This is a provocative book for the moment. Highly recommended." (Ryan Holiday, number one New York Times best-selling author of The Obstacle Is the Way and The Daily Stoic)

©2020 Charles G. Koch and Brian Hooks (P)2020 Macmillan Audio

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this book is an incredibly well-written very detailed blueprint houses improve other people's lives as well as your own. I have read a lot of work by Charles Koch and this is by far has best work and I really enjoyed every part of it.

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The world's biggest climate villain passing the bu

Please research the author Charles Koch before buying this book.

The fossil fuel reliant billionaires of the world like Charles Koch want us to believe that solving the world's problems relies entirely on individuals. This strategy plays into their goal of avoiding political change that would incentivise the necessary move away from fossil fuels. Meanwhile, he funds countless lobbyist front groups that use every means possible to stonewall any meaningful political progress that might help us transition towards a sustainable future.

While individual action is critical, the individual we most need to act (or get out of the way) is none other than the author himself (owner of the largest privately held fossil fuel interest - Koch Industries).

I'm gutted that I spent money on this book. I firmly believe in personal accountability but it wasn't until I learned more about Charles Koch that I realised I was being played like an innocent pawn in his fossil fuel Crusade.

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