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What really separates the best from the rest?
We all know that it takes hard work, dedication, and the occasional dose of luck for someone to make it to the top of their chosen field. Yet, we also suspect that it takes a little something morebut what?
The Art of Doing asks todays most successful celebrities, businessmen, and iconoclastic achievers, How do you succeed at what you do?” Illuminating, surprising, and profoundly inspiring, interviewees include:
30 Rock Star Alec Baldwin Baseball Legend Yogi Berra Actor Laura Linney Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh Dog Whisperer Cesar Millan Opera Diva Anna Netrebko Indy Champ Helio Castroneves Foodie God David Chang High Wire Artist Philippe Petit Funk Master George Clinton Bestselling Writer Steven Dubner Tennis Icon Martina Navratilova Puzzle Master Will Shortz Style Guru Simon Doonan Indie Rock Band OKGo Jeopardy! Champ Ken Jennings Business Guru Guy Kawasaki Photojournalist Lynsey Addario Blogger Mark Fraunfelder Alien Hunter Jill Tarter Visionary Vintner Randall Grahm Startup King Bill Gross Activist Connie Rice Erotic Filmmaker Candida Royalle Tabloid Editor Barry Levine Country Musician Ray Benson Hostage Negotiator Gary Noesner Online Love Experts OKCupid Inspiring Teacher Erin Gruwell Neuroscientist Richard Restak Guru of Ganja Ed Rosenthal Master Hunter Chad Schearer Broadway Producer Marc Routh Reputation Fixer Mike Sitrick Ballpark Designer Joe Spear Circumnavigator Jessica Watson
Synopsis
How does anyone get to the top of their field? We all know it takes hard work, dedication, and the occasional dose of luck, but what separates a wannabe from a winner?
The Art of Doing brings together an incredible cross-section of individuals who are the at the top of their respective fields, from actor Alec Baldwin to New York Times crossword puzzle editor Will Shortz, to and asks them each one question: how do you succeed at what you do? The advice that they share is illuminating, and occasionally surprising, providing their top ten strategies on how to achieve greatness in a variety of ways. From the practical ("How to Open a Restaurant and Stay in Business," by restaurateur David Chang) to the zany ("How to Live Life on the High Wire," by infamous World Trade Center tightrope walker Philippe Petit), each interview is a testament to the knowledge and experiences that these risk-taking, barrier-breaking individuals have used to achieve their own success. With its diverse perspectives and variety of opinions about how to be the best in any field, this book will shape readers' views of success and inspire them to carve out their own niche.
Synopsis
What really separates the best from the rest?
We all know that it takes hard work, dedication, and the occasional dose of luck for someone to make it to the top of their chosen field. Yet, we also suspect that it takes a little something more but what?
The Art of Doing asks today's most successful celebrities, businessmen, and iconoclastic achievers, How do you succeed at what you do?” Illuminating, surprising, and profoundly inspiring, interviewees include:
30 Rock Star Alec Baldwin
Baseball Legend Yogi Berra
Actor Laura Linney
Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh
Dog Whisperer Cesar Millan
Opera Diva Anna Netrebko
Indy Champ Helio Castroneves
Foodie God David Chang
High Wire Artist Philippe Petit
Funk Master George Clinton
Bestselling Writer Steven Dubner
Tennis Icon Martina Navratilova
Puzzle Master Will Shortz
Style Guru Simon Doonan
Indie Rock Band OKGo
Jeopardy! Champ Ken Jennings
Business Guru Guy Kawasaki
Photojournalist Lynsey Addario
Blogger Mark Fraunfelder
Alien Hunter Jill Tarter
Visionary Vintner Randall Grahm
Startup King Bill Gross
Activist Connie Rice
Erotic Filmmaker Candida Royalle
Tabloid Editor Barry Levine
Country Musician Ray Benson
Hostage Negotiator Gary Noesner
Online Love Experts OKCupid
Inspiring Teacher Erin Gruwell
Neuroscientist Richard Restak
Guru of Ganja Ed Rosenthal
Master Hunter Chad Schearer
Broadway Producer Marc Routh
Reputation Fixer Mike Sitrick
Ballpark Designer Joe Spear
Circumnavigator Jessica Watson
About the Author
Camille Sweeney is a journalist and a MacDowell Arts Colony Fellow. She writes fiction in her spare time.
Josh Gosfield, an award-winning illustrator and fine artist, was the art director at New York Magazine.
Sweeney and Gosfield both live in New York City.
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