The Promise of a Pencil, Adam Braun
The Promise of a Pencil, Adam Braun
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The Promise of a Pencil
How an Ordinary Person Can Create Extraordinary Change

Bestseller

Author: Adam Braun

Narrator: Kirby Heyborne

Unabridged: 7 hr 32 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 03/18/2014


Synopsis

The riveting New York Times bestseller about a young man who built more than 250 schools around the world—and the steps anyone can take to lead a successful and significant life.

Adam Braun began working summers at hedge funds when he was just sixteen years old, sprinting down the path to a successful Wall Street career. But while traveling he met a young boy begging on the streets of India, who after being asked what he wanted most in the world, simply answered, “A pencil.” This small request led to a staggering series of events that took Braun backpacking through dozens of countries before eventually leaving a prestigious job to found Pencils of Promise, the organization he started with just $25 that has since built more than 250 schools around the world.

The Promise of a Pencil chronicles Braun’s journey to find his calling, as each chapter explains one clear step that every person can take to turn their biggest ambitions into reality. If you feel restless and ready for transition, if you are seeking direction and purpose, this critically acclaimed bestseller is for you. Driven by inspiring stories and shareable insights, this is the book that will give you the tools to make your own life a story worth telling.

*All proceeds from this book will support Pencils of Promise.

About Adam Braun

Adam Braun is the Founder of Pencils of Promise, an award-winning for-purpose organization that has built more than 200 schools across Africa, Asia, and Latin America and delivered over 30 million educational hours to children in poverty. PoP was founded with just $25 and has grown under Braun’s stewardship with his unique approach that blends nonprofit idealism with for-profit business principles. He has been a featured speaker at the White House, Clinton Global Initiative, and United Nations. All proceeds from The Promise of a Pencil will go to support Pencils of Promise.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Rosie on March 29, 2016

Best reading of 2016 so far. Inspiring stories from a man of action. Young, smart, enthusiastic and passionate, Adam Braun started with an idea, then came to live his dream and changed the world. What he experienced during the journey was beyond his imagination, he made the world a better place, get......more

Goodreads review by Joe on January 27, 2015

Great read. Fascinating, thought provoking and heart warming. It also achieves an extraordinary level of honesty for both the good and the bad times in Adam's life. For me, however, it did not achieve what it seems to have set out to do. He talks about how 'anybody' can make a big change to the world......more

Goodreads review by Kelley on June 23, 2014

Enh...started off great then...too much awesomeness in his tone. I think what confused me most is the subtitle. The "ordinary guy" thing just doesn't apply. Blessed by his own admission he was raised in a pretty affluent community with great schools, he then went on to Ivy League school, graduated w......more

Goodreads review by Ha-Linh on August 13, 2021

Mình đã quen với kiểu sách như thế này nên khi đọc mình không quá xúc động dạt dào nhưng đây vẫn là một cuốn sách truyền cảm hứng cho những người muốn làm điều gì đó lớn hơn bản thân mình, lớn hơn là duy trì một cuộc sống với tài chính ổn định. Xuất phát từ một ý tưởng nhỏ và hành trình đi tìm mục đ......more

Goodreads review by Amanda on July 22, 2014

To be honest, I don't know if I liked this book or not. Don't get me wrong, I think that what Adam Braun managed to accomplish, and what he is doing with Pencils of Promise is phenomenal. But I wasn't struck by the awe that he was clearly trying to convey with his story. Mr. Braun is a very passiona......more