Finding Sustainability: The Personal and Professional Journey of a Plastic Bag Manufacturer by Trent A. Romer
Finding Sustainability: The Personal and Professional Journey of a Plastic Bag Manufacturer
by Trent A. Romer
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My Ratings 4.5/5
Synopsis
What if the foundation of your family business were threatened by something out of your control? What if the livelihood of 70 employees and their families were at stake, as the license to operate your business became called into question? What if 57 years of family history, grown through generations of hard work and sacrifice, were at risk of being lost? What if the reasons were actually one with which you fundamentally agreed? Journey to 8 states, 3 national parks and 3 countries to experience the life-changing education and adventures that led Trent A. Romer to finding sustainability for his plastic bag manufacturing business and himself. The book has won a Gold Award from the Nonfiction Authors Association.
My Thoughts
Open this book at your own risk. It contains ideas that may lead to a profound self-awakening, book that conveys what one person can do to make a difference in his own life and the life of his company.
An introspective journey for those in the trenches of today's modern organizations, Finding Sustainability: The Personal and Professional Journey of a Plastic Bag Manufacturer is a survival manual to learn what sustainability means and how to embrace it in order to ensure the long-term viability of his company. By helping us learn new ways of thinking and behaving, it shows how we can transform ourselves and our business. And for anyone who yearns to be an internally driven leader, to motivate the people around them, to navigate a purpose-driven transformation rooted in sustainability and return to a satisfying work life, Finding Sustainability holds the key.
This book was recommended to me by a very successful business executive who said it changed his life. I found it very inspiring, as the concepts apply not just to business but to all areas of life. Everyone can identify some aspect of his or her life that lacks sufficient meaning, an area where a “Finding Sustainability” is probably needed. Unfortunately, change is hard for most of us, a challenge that only increases with age. Finding Sustainability should be mandatory reading for every business leader seeking the strength, direction, energy, and inspiration to shape organizational transformation. In my opinion, this is one of the best books I have encountered. Why? Becuase it takes the simple premise that one must change yourself to change a company and details the implications of that change in perspective in beautiful and exacting detail.
The book provides great insight in this context and has an excellent list of book references that I am working my way through. If you are more interested in solid principles to implement rather than the "my way is the best way" often presented, I highly recommend that this book be part of your arsenal to improve personal and community performance. A must for your library.
A must read for sure!
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