Book 9: How to Change the World - Social Entrepreneurs and the Power of New Ideas

I liked this book because I found in it inspiration and motivation, it was about stories from the real life. While reading I think that this book will touch the hearts and minds of many people and it brings hope and courage through the examples of the power of these extraordinary men and women who change the world. We have mostly studied and heard talking about business entrepreneurs and I think that the fact that this book was about social entrepreneurs made it amazing and more attractive for me, the way that they measure success not by how much money they make, but by how many lives they change. May be this comes strange to many people but I found it adorable.

It tells us that you don't need to be a politician or rich to improve the lives of other people or even your friends. You just need the will to do it and the motivation and their motivation usually comes from a person or event in their life. They managed realizing their goal
not through professionals but through inspired individuals that use determination and innovation to make a difference. People who passed similar situations in their previous lives and wanted to contributed in helping the others.

Everyone can start giving its contribution even if it is small because as it is said “Small Is Good”. This is an inspiring principle which may lead to big things. They say that “if you are truly a social entrepreneur, what doesn't kill you will make you stronger” and I like this phrase vey much. But if we don’t think we can be a social entrepreneur we can consider working for a social entrepreneur rather than trying to be one. Regardless of the role we take in helping to change the world, our contribution can be significant, we just need to be determined and innovative.

To conclude as the author says the lessons of this book can be applied across all types of organizations and industries. Any organization can use these stories that address many of the most difficult issues facing people today to gain inspiration to solve problems where others have failed.