Make Your Mark by Jocelyn K. Glei Summary
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"Make Your Mark" revolutionizes how creatives build impactful businesses, featuring wisdom from Seth Godin and Tim O'Reilly. Rejecting hustle culture, it's become the entrepreneur's manifesto for purpose-driven success. What if your creative work could change the world without burning you out?
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The Alchemy of Creative Impact
In a world obsessed with innovation, we've forgotten a fundamental truth: ideas are worthless without execution. "Genius is 1 percent inspiration, and 99 percent perspiration," as Thomas Edison famously declared. This insight forms the foundation of "Make Your Mark," a revolutionary playbook for the modern creative entrepreneur. Unlike traditional business guides, this collection taps into the wisdom of twenty-one leading experts who have transformed small startups into billion-dollar businesses with remarkable speed. The principles within have shaped companies from Airbnb to Warby Parker, proving that purpose-driven businesses focused on craftsmanship and meaningful change consistently outperform those fixated solely on profit. These organizations operate on what might be called a "Responsive OS" - they're lean, learning machines with an intense bias toward action. They experiment constantly through rapid prototyping, obsess over culture, eliminate friction in decision-making, build with their communities, embrace uncertainty, and most importantly, are driven by purpose beyond profit.
Purpose and Problem-Solving: The Foundation of Innovation
The Power of Singular Focus and Craftsmanship
Building Community Through Authenticity
Leadership That Unleashes Potential
Begin Before You're Ready
The Journey from Idea to Impact
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"Feels effortless compared to reading. I’ve finished 6 books this month already."
"BeFreed turned my guilty doomscrolling into something that feels productive and inspiring."
"BeFreed turned my commute into learning time. 20-min podcasts are perfect for finishing books I never had time for."
"BeFreed replaced my podcast queue. Imagine Spotify for books — that’s it. 🙌"
"It is great for me to learn something from the book without reading it."
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"Makes me feel smarter every time before going to work"
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