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Believe in People: Bottom-Up Solutions for a Top-Down World Audio CD – Unabridged, November 17, 2020

by Charles Koch (Author, Reader), Brian Hooks (Author), Steve Carlson (Reader)
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*This program is read by Steve Carlson and Charles Koch with contributions from Social Entrepreneurs working in collaboration with the Stand Together organization.*

A surprising take on how you can help tackle the really big problems in society–from one of America’s most successful entrepreneurs.

People are looking for a better way. Towering barriers are holding millions of people back, and the institutions that should help everyone rise are not doing the job. Crumbling communities. One-size fits all education. Businesses that rig the economy. Public policy that stifles opportunity and emboldens the extremes. As a result, this country is quickly heading toward a two-tiered society.

Today’s challenges call for nothing short of a paradigm shift – away from a top-down approach that sees people as problems to be managed, toward bottom-up solutions that empower everyone to realize their potential and foster a more inclusive society.

Such a shift starts by asking: What would it mean to truly believe in people?

Businessman and philanthropist Charles Koch has devoted his life to answering that question. Learn what he’s discovered during his 60-year career to help you apply the principles of empowerment in your life, in your business, and in society.

By learning from the social movements and applying the principles that have enabled social progress throughout history, Koch has achieved more than he dreamed possible – building one of the world’s most successful companies and founding Stand Together, one of America’s most innovative philanthropic communities. Stand Together CEO Brian Hooks and Koch show how the only way to solve the really big problems – from poverty and addiction to harmful business practices and destructive public policy – is for each and every one of us to find and take action in our unique role as part of the solution.

Full of compelling examples of what works – including several first-person accounts from individuals whose lives have been transformed – Koch and Hooks’ refreshing approach promotes partnership instead of partisanship and speaks to people from different perspectives and all walks of life. They show that no injustice is too tough to overcome if you share a deep belief in people, are willing to unite with anyone to do right, and work to empower others from the bottom up.

A Macmillan Audio production from St. Martin's Press

"If you don't believe in people, what do you believe in? This is a provocative book for the moment. Highly recommended."--Ryan Holiday, #1 New York Times Bestselling Author of The Obstacle is The Way and The Daily Stoic

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    Charles Koch is chairman and CEO of Koch Industries, one of the largest privately held American companies. An influential philanthropist for more than 50 years, he supports education, a community of organizations addressing persistent poverty, and public policy research focused on developing effective solutions to social problems. He has founded numerous non-profit organizations, including Stand Together. He holds two masters degrees in nuclear and chemical engineering from MIT and lives in Wichita, Kansas with his wife Liz.

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    Brian Hooks is chairman and CEO of Stand Together, a philanthropic community comprised of more than 700 business leaders and philanthropists and thousands of social entrepreneurs working together to help break barriers that prevent people from realizing their potential. The Stand Together community supports more than 300 universities, tens of thousands of K-12 teachers, more than 180 organizations addressing persistent poverty, and millions of grassroots activists in all 50 states. Brian is also president of the Charles Koch Foundation and Charles Koch Institute. Previously, Brian served as executive director and COO of the Mercatus Center at George Mason University, where he led strategy and operations for a growing research, education, and public policy center. A graduate of the University of Michigan, Brian lives near Washington, DC with his wife and daughter.

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As a long time advocate for social change, this look not only inspired me but also equipped me to be a better advocate, community leader, and healer in a polarized time. Charles and Brian SHOW instead of tell you how to empower others, shift away from old models that are no longer working, and bridge divides to bring about real change to challenging problems. RUN TO GET YOUR COPY TODAY!
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Lifelong Learner
5.0 out of 5 stars A Refreshing View: Unity and Practical Advice Instead of Division and Hollow Slogans
Reviewed in the United States on November 18, 2020
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This is an inspiring how-to book for doers. It’s for social entrepreneurs—the author’s term for change makers out there trying to find new ways to improve the world—written by one of the most effective and least understood philanthropists of our times.

And unlike the author’s previous books—which are great, but drier and focused on just the facts—Koch and Hooks weave in stories and narrative that keep you turning pages. This includes stories from Koch’s life, but also the lives of many of the social entrepreneurs featured in the book. Written in first-person vignettes by them, their fascinating stories—such as from an early gay-rights activist, a former gang leader, a community organizer in recovery—bring a lot of heart and emotion to the book.

Many of us are deeply concerned about the state of affairs in America today: division, a rigged economy, politics that seems broken and a general sense that things are going in the wrong direction. And in an urge to help, many turn to traditional camps in search for an answer—partisan politics, or strains of nationalism and socialism—only to be plagued by a nagging sense that these views aren’t delivering the change they’ve long promised.

This book offers not only practical guidance for how you can make things better, but presents a refreshingly new paradigm for action. Koch and Hooks offer a compelling case for why empowering others, instead of attempting to control them, offers a better way to tackle the biggest issues of our times.

When we believe in others, we enable them to contribute more. But to believe in others, we must also believe in ourselves. I love how this book shows the symbiotic nature of how using our gifts towards having an impact on the causes we most care about, we not only help OTHERS but WE can find fulfillment along the way, too.

Strongly recommend for anyone out there trying to help others, searching for better and better ways to magnify your impact, and searching for more meaning in these dark times.
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Charlie
5.0 out of 5 stars Guidebook for Positive Change
Reviewed in the United States on January 31, 2021
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Charles Koch took over his father's business at age 31 and built it into one of the largest privately-held enterprises in America. $1000 invested in 1961 would be worth $10M today. In this book he expresses what he believes are the most important ingredients for success, including constant trial and error and non-stop learning. At age 85, he still pursues growing and relishes learning new things.

The main theme is the significance of building from the bottom up versus the top down. He cites example after example demonstrating the superiority of the collaborative and incremental approach versus the autocratic one size fits all method. He emphasizes the importance of finding your North Star and empowering others to reach their own success and self-actualize. The dangers of over-regulating and implementing other crippling protectionist policies are also discussed and he shows how these types of measures can be appealing but only lead to wealth destruction in the long run. He details the myriad problems associated with corporate welfare and explains what an insidious environment this creates. He has a unique perspective on these topics considering his position as the leader of such a large corporation. His lessons are not based on a theoretical understanding but were learned through actual experience.

It's unfortunate that people will see the name and automatically disregard the book. There is a ton of insightful and useful knowledge. Even if you disagree with his beliefs, he lays out his reasons and provides concrete cases where these methods made positive impacts. If you want to contribute but are not sure of the best way, this book will provide some guidance. This book also provides well-researched ideas regarding growing an organization. Highly recommend.
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David
4.0 out of 5 stars Development, Revelation, a touch of confessional
Reviewed in the United States on March 19, 2021
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Interesting look into the development of a man gifted with material goods, an excellent education, and creative genius.
I cannot pass judgment on a the 85 year old man with experiences much different than I.
Seems that having a whole lot of money and education cannot prevent one from making mistakes, going down rabbit holes that do not produce the results ( hopefully) intended.
Another human being...I would like to have a conversation with him.
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Amy Rees Anderson
5.0 out of 5 stars More than an AWESOME BOOK - it's an AWESOME movement!!! #believeinpeople
Reviewed in the United States on November 18, 2020
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Honestly, the only way I can explain the books AWESOMENESS is to say that it’s not just a book – it’s A MOVEMENT – a movement to BELIEVE IN PEOPLE and empower them to use their talents and abilities to achieve self-reliance so they can then go and help others learn how to excel. It’s a movement with a ripple effect that is ever expanding and never ending, and as more and more people unite together in this movement to believe in people the ripples are amplified beyond measure and countless lives are impacted for the better. It’s a movement I fully believe in and wholeheartedly support!

Charles Koch and Brian Hooks do an absolutely amazing job in this book of sharing how Charles, through his experience as Chairman and CEO of one of the largest privately held companies in America along with his years and years of philanthropic giving, came to understand that we will never be able to solve societies problems with a top-down approach - we can only solve them by believing in people and empowering people to use their own talents and abilities to achieve self-reliance so they can then help others learn to do the same. They share some great stories in this book of social entrepreneurs who are helping to solve some of societies more serious problems with their unique bottom-up approaches to overcoming addiction, ending the cycle of poverty, and so on. Their examples will inspire you in ways you can't yet imagine and by the time you finish the book you will be so excited to unite with others in the movement to #believeinpeople - COUNT ME IN!!!
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5.0 out of 5 stars I would suggest everyone to read this book
Reviewed in India on March 16, 2021
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Great reading 👍
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