
- 312 pages
- English
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About this book
* With a Foreword by Sir Bob Geldof *
'Essential: full of heart, honesty, humour and helpful advice' - Sir Richard Curtis CBE
'Josh Littlejohn is a rockstar of social impact' - Irvine Welsh When Josh Littlejohn started a small sandwich shop in his home city of Edinburgh, he would never have thought that, within ten years' time, it would be frequented by Hollywood megastars, that he would have opened a string of successful cafés across the UK, and that he would be honoured with an MBE by the Queen. Not to mention raising over £25 million to combat homelessness around the world. And all set in motion by a person in need of homelessness, named Pete, walking into his café one day and sheepishly asking for a job. Paying It Forward is part memoir, part manifesto for social entrepreneurship, and part manual for putting purpose ahead of profit. It reveals what social entrepreneurship is and how it can make a difference. How if only 20% of entrepreneurs became social entrepreneurs our world would be in a much better state. How we can 'Calculate Risks', why we should 'Help Just One Person' every day, and that 'If You Don't Ask, You Don't Get'. The path to being social entrepreneur is never a smooth one: Paying it Forward is the compass for finding your own path and making a difference in the world.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Praise for Paying It Forward
- Half Title
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Foreword
- Contents
- Introduction
- Chapter 1: What is social entrepreneurship?
- Chapter 2: The cards we are dealt can define our destinies
- Chapter 3: Calculate risk (your way)
- Chapter 4: Find your inspiration
- Chapter 5: Find your purpose
- Chapter 6: Personal sacrifices and challenges
- Chapter 7: Pray for miracles
- Chapter 8: Find your compassion
- Chapter 9: If you don’t ask, you don’t get
- Chapter 10: It takes a village
- Chapter 11: There is no ‘them’ and ‘us’. There is only ‘us’
- Chapter 12: Find global solutions
- Chapter 13: Help just one person
- Chapter 14: Impossible is nothing
- Chapter 15: Build a movement
- Chapter 16: A world turned upside down
- Epilogue: A story from the street – Sonny’s story, in his own words
- Acknowledgements
- Notes