How to Find Your Breakthrough Idea and Build a Following Around It

Stand Out

Standing out is no longer optional. Learn how to become a thought leader - the agenda setter, the go-to person - with Dorie Clark's Stand Out. 
 
Too many people believe that if they keep their heads down and work hard, they'll gain the recognition they deserve. But that's simply not true anymore. To get noticed, create true job security, and make a difference in the world, you have to make sure your ideas get noticed. 
 
Drawing on interviews with thought leaders including Seth Godin, David Allen and Daniel Pink, Dorie Clark shows you how to break through the clamour of everyday life and inspire others to embrace your vision. 
 
Whatever your cause, perspective, or point of view, your ideas matter. The world needs your insights, and it's time to be bold. 
 
'From finding your niche, or big idea, to building your audience, Clark effortlessly guides you through the process to inspire others' Keith Ferrazzi, author of Never Eat Alone and Who's Got Your Back 
 
'It's easy to admire a thought leader; it's much harder to become one. Stand Out illuminates the path' Adam Grant, Wharton professor of psychology and author of Give and Take

It's easy to admire a thought leader; it's much harder to become one. Stand Out illuminates the path. With compelling advice from many of the world's top influencers, as well as her own impressive journey, Dorie Clark has written a highly accessible book that's both informative and motivating

Adam Grant, Wharton professor of psychology and author of Give and Take

Dorie Clark has developed an engaging resource to differentiate yourself in today's marketplace. From finding your niche, or big idea, to building your audience, Clark effortlessly guides you through the process to inspire others

Keith Ferrazzi, author of Never Eat Alone and Who’s Got Your Back

This isn't another book about marketing. It's a book about how to develop an idea and a voice powerful enough to deserve a powerful following and real influence. It's about how to stand out in the ways that matter

Ryan Holiday, author of The Obstacle Is the Way and Growth Hacker Marketing

This is the book for you if you are starting any kind of personal, professional, or societal movement. Clark has penned a breakthrough process for taking your big idea from infancy to maturity. Read this book and your revolution will be officially in motion. Highly recommended

Michael Port, author of Book Yourself Solid

In today's crowded marketplace, having a great résumé or business idea is not enough to be successful. In Stand Out, Dorie Clark clearly and powerfully teaches you how to become a recognized expert in your field, leading to more opportunities, income, and impact in the world

Dorie Clark is a thought leader in how to be a thought leader. She's an expert in how to be an expert. Her book offers clear tips on how to stand out, whether you're a blogger, a rocket designer, or a laundry machine reviewer

Dorie Clark is a marketing and strategy consultant and frequent contributor to the Harvard Business Review, Entrepreneur and Forbes. She consults and speaks to a diverse range of clients, including Google, the World Bank, Microsoft and Morgan Stanley. She is also an adjunct professor of business administration at Duke University's Fuqua School of Business. Her first book was Reinventing You.

Standing out is no longer optional. 
 
Too many people believe that if they keep their heads down and work hard, they'll gain the recognition they deserve. But that's simply not true anymore. To get noticed, create true job security, and make a difference in the world, you have to make sure your ideas get noticed. 
 
Drawing on interviews with thought leaders including Seth Godin, David Allen and Daniel Pink, Dorie Clark shows you how to break through the clamour of everyday life and inspire others to embrace your vision. 
 
Whatever your cause, perspective, or point of view, your ideas matter. The world needs your insights, and it's time to be bold.

Dorie Clark

Ryan Holiday, author of The Obstacle is the Way

It's easy to admire a thought leader; it's much harder to become one. Unapologetically You illuminates the path.

Adam Grant, bestselling author of Think Again and Give and Take

From finding your niche, or big idea, to building your audience, Clark effortlessly guides you through the process to inspire others.

Keith Ferrazzi, bestselling author of Never Eat Alone and Leading Without Authority

Harness Your Individuality and Stand Out at Work

Being yourself has never been so important (or so lucrative). 
 
The working world has changed. In an era where the cost of living is rising and competition increasing, it's no longer good enough to have a university degree, a cushy corporate job and a strong work ethic. The once-guaranteed routes to success are leaving employees poorer and undervalued. More and more, people are finding that they have to take alternative paths to their careers - whether that's by starting a side hustle, or by finding a breakthrough idea at work, or even by quitting the rat race entirely and pursuing their own passion projects. 
 
With an increasingly educated and experienced population to contend with, discovering what makes you stand out as an individual is more important than ever - within a corporate structure, a freelance market, a virtual collective or any other workplace. So how do you do it? The answer, according to world-renowned strategy consultant Dorie Clark, is to be yourself, entirely and unapologetically. 
 
You might not know what your breakthrough idea is. Or you might know, but have no idea how to implement it. You might think you have an idea, but you don't trust yourself enough to pursue it. Regardless of what's holding you back, this book will teach you how to burst through that barrier and establish yourself as an individual thought leader - and it starts with being true to who you are. Drawing on interviews from some of the most influential thought leaders in the world, including Seth Godin, Daniel Pink and David Allen, Clark shows you how to break through the clamour of everyday life, understand yourself and your worth, and ultimately inspire others to embrace your vision. 
 
Unapologetically You is a manifesto for individuality. Whoever you are, whatever your perspective, your ideas matter. The world won't wait for you. It needs your insights, and now is the time to be bold, daring and unapologetic.

Dorie Clark

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