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The Bold Ones

Innovate and Disrupt to Become Truly Indispensable

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The Bold Ones

Written by: Shawn Kanungo
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Disruption for disruption's sake isn't a smart strategy when you're seeking ways to accelerate your career and become truly indispensable. In The Bold Ones, you'll discover it's more about being bold than disruptive: being simultaneously confident enough to challenge industries, yet practical enough to recreate them. In this playbook from internationally celebrated disruption strategist Shawn Kanungo, you'll learn where to start, what to do, and how to break through with your ideas. Distilling lessons learned from some of the world's most extraordinary disruptors, The Bold Ones presents eight unconventional pillars to success: Success is a Pitfall; Chipping Toward Your Next Big Move; Paradox of Piracy; Disruption is a Joke; Innovation's Dirty Little Secret; 1 True Fan; How to Engineer a Lucky Break; and Disrupt a Culture, Leave a Legacy.

Through each pillar, Kanungo illustrates smart takeaways with the eye-opening strategies of some the world's greatest disruptors and most unlikely "change agents"-from the first female pharaoh to the rapper Cardi B.

Far from being one-in-a-million David-and-Goliath triumphs, Kanungo puts these individual stories together to create a map, showing you how you can replicate their tactics and emulate their strategies to create your own path forward.

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Shawn is an entertaining igniter with great stories that push…be a pusher of this book and it’s ideas!

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The Bold Ones has something for everyone. Shawn Kanungo draws on a diverse group of leaders and innovators, from history, sports, business, and pop culture to highlight what it takes to be bold and make your mark. Shawn Kanungo aims to inspire everyone to be an innovator. No matter what our expertise, hobbies, or interests, we can take simple, tangible steps to be bold and innovate. But above all, Shawn Kanungo’s book is entertaining and fun to read. The passion that comes through in his speaking engagements is there on every page, and the examples that he draws on are fun, unique, and thought provoking. This is a book you will come back to again and again, and it will always be relevant and engaging.

Inspirational and Entertaining

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The content of this book is very inspiring. The storytelling related to stories from today and the past offerts references we can truly relate to.

Inspiring! Fantastic content and storytelling!

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Entertaining story telling and actionable advice. Really enjoyed it, particularly the later chapters. Great work Shawn!

Excellent!

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Omg, what an extraordinary book!!! I couldn't wait to listen to the next chapters. So much useful info. I'll recommend it to so many people. Simply wow. Best book ever!!!

Best book ever!!!

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I was hoping for a good read from local speaker, Shawn Kanungo. Instead, the book is largely cliches, a rehash of better books, and no functional information. This one is for people who don't read many business books and need some motivation in their lives.

One nice feature is that Shawn moves away from the same old stories of successful companies. Expect a few sports heroes, celebrities, and a pirate. Unfortunately for Shawn, several exanples aged really poorly in the roughly year-long time since the book came out. Hard right heroes like Kanye West, Joe Rogan, and Jordan Peterson, among others, raises concerns. Before you ask, no, I don't recall Trump being mentioned.

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