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Editor's Note: A special highlight of "Encore" is the author's inclusion of stories of people who have chosen not to retire from working itself, but to change careers for work that is personally meaningful and self-satisfying. Certainly this has been my own experience and readers will find practical hints and tips for the transformation that millions of our baby boomers may want to make.

Favorite quote: "One thing about successful encore careerists – they don’t wait around."

Editor’s Note: This book serves as a great reminder that we all have something to give, from the smallest donation to starting a non-profit organization.  It is a comprehensive look into how to make giving really count, and will inspire and motivate you to think more carefully about all you are doing for others.  The book opens with a great quote that guides part of our foundation’s mission of encouraging others to try and make a difference:  “A philanthropist is anyone who gives anything – time, money, experience, skills, and networks – in any amount to create a better world.” 

By Jan Thrope

www.innervisionsofcleveland.org

Editor’s Note:  This book captures the amazing inner strength of some of Cleveland’s most economically disadvantaged residents.  The stories of hope in the face of poverty are both inspiring and humbling to me. 
I admire greatly the work Jan Thrope is doing to help inner-city residents initiate and lead their own community improvement projects.  If you are interested in receiving a complimentary copy of the book, please contact our foundation’s director, Bill Leamon, at bill@thebusinessofgood.org.

by Isabel Wilkerson
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Editor’s Note: Wilkerson is a first time book writer but a Pulitzer Prize winning feature writer for the New York Times. This epic non-fiction work traces the lives of three southern blacks from three different decades moving north from three different parts of the South. More...

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