Shake the World: It's Not About Finding a Job, It's About Creating a Life Book

Introduction 7

1 Landing in a New Place

The Experience MBA, a Knowledge-Based GPS, and a Lifetime of Extraordinary Responses 9

2 Playing Risk

Naked Shorts, High-Beta Decisions, and Generation "Why Not?" 34

3 Finding The Right Company to Work For

New-School Capitalism, Containment Booms, Symbolic Superheroes, and Very Important Carrots 53

4 tRunning The Table

Shoot from an Angle, Lose the Training Wheels, and Focus on the Process 77

5 Sourcing The Crowd

Curate Connections, Engage Community, and Breathe Your Fire 99

6 Becoming A Disrupter

Subvert Power Structures, Raze Barriers, and Sit at the Wrong Table 128

7 Cultivating The Twenty-First-Century Polymath

Accelerate Possibilities, Incubate Ideas, and Embrace the Landscape of a Renaissance 152

8 Channeling Passion

Fly High, Live Strong, and Respond to Extraordinary Circumstances 181

9 Harnessing Capitalism For Good

Why Companies That Generate Direct Philanthropic Dividends Will Be the Trademark of This Generation 202

10 Leveraging Failure

The Ultimate Drop Test and Finding the Shoe That Fits 225

Conclusion 247

Acknowledgments 257

Index 259