Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
Despite popular belief, American opportunity is not dead. Bestselling author John Hope Bryant shows us that economic liberation is right in front of us--if you know where to look. Americans have lost faith in their country. With job security disappearing and fewer glimpses of a better future, it can feel like we are barely surviving, much less thriving, in today's problematic economy. Americans want the "old" America back-- the America where opportunity comes knocking at the front door. But the real problem, John Hope Bryant says, is that we're forgetting that this is still the Land of Opportunity--a site of upward mobility, a place teeming with different ways to create and grow wealth. The opportunities of today are not only greater than the obstacles, but they are greater than they have ever been. What we need, he says, is a mindset shift--a way of recalibrating to recognize that there is still a bounty of resources for establishing entrepreneurship and success in this country. The first step for us, for America, is to remember our storyline--how, coming up from nothing, we established and harnessed the invincible American Dream.
Synopsis
American opportunity is not dead. Bestselling author/entrepreneur John Hope Bryant outlines the mindset and practices that will allow us to achieve the American Dream, no matter what our current circumstances. Up From Nothing is the forgotten story of the American Dream. It's about our beginnings as a nation of go-getters who believed they were winners before they won. Drawing in part on his own story and that of his parents and grandparents, Bryant shows how anyone can change their mindset from Survivor to Thriver to Winner and move beyond just getting by or being financially independent to wildly succeeding. By embracing his Five Pillars of Success--massive education, financial literacy, strong family structure, self-esteem, and supportive role models--we can create our own personal business plan for escalating achievement. It is only when we overcome our divisions and let go of the distractions that mess with our business plan that we can come together and do what it takes for us ALL to come up. John Hope Bryant insists that America is still the Land of Opportunity.