kickerdad - , reviewed on 5/24/2016 + 116 more book reviews

"The Promise of A Pencil" by Adam Braun lives up to its subtitle, "How an Ordinary Person Can Create Extraordinary Change." The real life experiences of a fresh out of college student on a Wall Street fast-track who discovered how truly listening to the answer of a simply question 'What do you want most in the world?' can change your thinking and your life, which has led him to found Pencils of Promise, an organization responsible for the foundation of over 250 schools throughout Africa, Asia, and Latin America.

One of the common struggles for many people who 'want to make a difference' is there are hundreds if not thousands of books giving advice. "The Promise of A Pencil" delivers where most self-help, business strategy books often struggle - providing real, practical advice on how to transform our thinking and our world. Not simply a repackaging of aged ideals, but a fresh, social era, connected perspective that builds on traditional thinking. Adam Braun shares each tidbit of wisdom, for that is truly what it is, with real world emotions and stories of the experiences that created each 'ah-ha' moment.

An easy read - parents, I HIGHLY recommend "The Promise of A Pencil" for high school students heading to college and college students preparing to head into 'the real world', or anyone wanting to change the world and unsure where to start. And if you can't get your kids interested, tell them that if they have bought a Justin Bieber ticket, they have supported Pencils of Promise. Read it, it's explained there.

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