{"product_id":"be-the-solution-isbn-9780470450031","title":"Be the Solution","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhat if the distinction between business and doing good vanished? What if all those who engaged in business were committed to a deeper purpose, and all those committed to doing good were entrepreneurial and enterprising? What would it take for a world of seven billion such people to solve all the world’s problems?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMore and more people are looking for meaning and purpose in their lives as employees, as consumers, and as investors. More and more people have more than enough material goods and are more interested in the qualities of the goods they buy; in the experiences associated with the services they provide and buy; in the way the companies they buy from act as citizens; and in self-actualization—rising up Maslow’s hierarchy. As an increasing percentage of the population reaches the point at which they no longer need more stuff, what will they do, how will they live their lives? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf you are one of these people, wondering where to go from here, how to “be the solution” in the twenty-first century, \u003ci\u003eBe the Solution\u003c\/i\u003e provides an original perspective on how to create a better world. Focused entirely on entrepreneurial and Conscious Capitalist solutions to the challenges and opportunities facing humanity, \u003ci\u003eBe the Solution\u003c\/i\u003e shows how the entrepreneurial passion to create a better world, in combination with Conscious Capitalist business practices, can solve far more of the world’s problems than any other approach. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn combination with leading Conscious Capitalists such as John Mackey writing on “Conscious Capitalism,” leading social entrepreneurs such as Muhammad Yunus writing on “Social Business,” and leading legal reform experts such as Hernando de Soto writing on “Is Economic Freedom for Everyone?,” entrepreneurial educator Michael Strong lays out a philosophical, social, and legal framework for a FLOW vision through which all problems may be solved entrepreneurially. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFLOW, Inc., is an organization cofounded by John Mackey and Michael Strong to promote Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi’s concept of flow as optimal experience—the state in which we are so immersed in challenging, creative activity that we forget that time is passing. To be engaged in flow activities is happiness itself. Whether we are creators of enterprises or entrepreneurially creative within our life as employees, we can embody the entrepreneurial spirit and, in the words of Michelangelo, “criticize by creating.” \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn addition, FLOW refers to the global flow of goods, services, capital, humans, ideas, and culture, in a positive win-win-win world based on love rather than fear. Combining the best of the positive psychology and human potential movements with the best of free market thinking, FLOW offers a unique perspective on how to \u003ci\u003eBe the Solution\u003c\/i\u003e in the twenty-first century.  Foreword.  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart One: The Entrepreneurial Spirit and How to Liberate It.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 1 Context (\u003ci\u003eMichael Strong\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 2 The Entrepreneur as Hero (\u003ci\u003eCandace Allen\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 3 The Opportunity : The Creative Powers of a Free Civilization (\u003ci\u003eMichael Strong\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart Two: Conscious Capitalism.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 4 Creating a New Paradigm for Business (\u003ci\u003eJohn Mackey\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 5 Social Business Entrepreneurs Are the Solution (\u003ci\u003eMuhammad Yunus\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 6 Business as Service:“Doing Well to Do Good” (\u003ci\u003eKartar Singh Khalsa\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 7 Leveraging Entrepreneurship for Social Change (\u003ci\u003eDonna Callejon\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart Three: What Do We Need to Do So That Entrepreneurs and Conscious Capitalists Can Solve All the World’s Problems?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 8 Solving All Environmental Problems (\u003ci\u003eMichael Strong\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 9 Eliminate Global Poverty (\u003ci\u003eMichael Strong\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 10 Is Economic Freedom for Everyone? (\u003ci\u003eHernando de Soto\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 11 Can Entrepreneurs Help Us Improve Our Understanding of the World? (\u003ci\u003eMichael Strong\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 12 Improving Health, Happiness, and Well-Being (\u003ci\u003eMichael Strong\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart Four: Living a Life of FLOW.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 13 The Upward Flow of Human Development—Maps of the Terrain: From Success to Signifi cance—The Five Bottom Lines of Conscious Capitalism (\u003ci\u003eJohn Mackey and Dr. Don Beck\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 14 Areté and the Entrepreneur (\u003ci\u003eBrian Johnson\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 15 The Creation of Conscious Cultures in Support of Human Flourishing (\u003ci\u003eMichael Strong\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 16 Liberating the Entrepreneurial Spirit for Good (\u003ci\u003eJeff Klein\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 17 The FLOW Vision for the Twenty-First Century (\u003ci\u003eMichael Strong\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAbout the Contributors.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex.\u003c\/p\u003e \"If Be the Solution is a bold title, the subtitle is even bolder: How Entrepreneurs and Conscious Capitalists Can Solve All the World's Problems. . . Author Strong's point, however, is not just that there is plenty of room for idealism in the capitalist system. His main argument is that, to the degree that the world's problems can be solved at all, conscious capitalism is the only possible solution. For example, in the chapter called \"Solving All Environmental Problems,\" you'll find the best argument I've ever read on why government is part of the problem, and why property rights are fundamental to the solution. If you know some young, or old, person who would like to change the world, Be the Solution would be an ideal present.\" (\u003ci\u003eBarron's\u003c\/i\u003e) \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMICHAEL STRONG,\u003c\/b\u003e educated at Harvard, St. John’s College, and the University of Chicago, has created several high-performance private and charter schools, including a school that was named the 36th best public school in the United States on the \u003ci\u003eWashington Post’s \u003c\/i\u003eChallenge Index. The author of \u003ci\u003eThe Habit of Thought: From Socratic Seminars to Socratic Practice,\u003c\/i\u003e Strong has consulted for hundreds of educational institutions around the world. Prior to his career in education, he was a doctoral student at the University of Chicago working on a dissertation on “Ideas and Culture as Human Capital” under economics Nobel laureate Gary Becker. Strong is currently the CEO and Chief Visionary Officer of FLOW, Inc., the nonprofit organization he cofounded with John Mackey.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eWhat if the distinction between business and doing good vanished? What if all those who engaged in business were committed to a deeper purpose, and all those committed to doing good were entrepreneurial and enterprising? What would it take for a world of seven billion such people to solve all the world’s problems?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMore and more people are looking for meaning and purpose in their lives as employees, as consumers, and as investors. More and more people have more than enough material goods and are more interested in the qualities of the goods they buy; in the experiences associated with the services they provide and buy; in the way the companies they buy from act as citizens; and in self-actualization—rising up Maslow’s hierarchy. As an increasing percentage of the population reaches the point at which they no longer need more stuff, what will they do, how will they live their lives? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf you are one of these people, wondering where to go from here, how to “be the solution” in the twenty-first century, \u003ci\u003eBe the Solution\u003c\/i\u003e provides an original perspective on how to create a better world. Focused entirely on entrepreneurial and Conscious Capitalist solutions to the challenges and opportunities facing humanity, \u003ci\u003eBe the Solution\u003c\/i\u003e shows how the entrepreneurial passion to create a better world, in combination with Conscious Capitalist business practices, can solve far more of the world’s problems than any other approach. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn combination with leading Conscious Capitalists such as John Mackey writing on “Conscious Capitalism,” leading social entrepreneurs such as Muhammad Yunus writing on “Social Business,” and leading legal reform experts such as Hernando de Soto writing on “Is Economic Freedom for Everyone?,” entrepreneurial educator Michael Strong lays out a philosophical, social, and legal framework for a FLOW vision through which all problems may be solved entrepreneurially. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFLOW, Inc., is an organization cofounded by John Mackey and Michael Strong to promote Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi’s concept of flow as optimal experience—the state in which we are so immersed in challenging, creative activity that we forget that time is passing. To be engaged in flow activities is happiness itself. Whether we are creators of enterprises or entrepreneurially creative within our life as employees, we can embody the entrepreneurial spirit and, in the words of Michelangelo, “criticize by creating.” \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn addition, FLOW refers to the global flow of goods, services, capital, humans, ideas, and culture, in a positive win-win-win world based on love rather than fear. Combining the best of the positive psychology and human potential movements with the best of free market thinking, FLOW offers a unique perspective on how to \u003ci\u003eBe the Solution\u003c\/i\u003e in the twenty-first century.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47988795375845,"sku":"NP9780470450031","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780470450031.jpg?v=1761781617","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/be-the-solution-isbn-9780470450031","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}