What It Takes: To Live And Lead with Purpose, Laughter, and Strength

Name: What It Takes: To Live And Lead with Purpose, Laughter, and Strength
Brand: Author's Republic
Availability: InStock
Author: Zahra Al-harazi with Sarah J Robbins
ISBN: 9781518909078

Author: Zahra Al-harazi with Sarah J Robbins

Narrator: Zahra Al-harazi

Unabridged: 9 hr 17 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Author's Republic

Published: 01/21/2020

Categories: Nonfiction, Biography & Autobiography, Business, Women, Business & Economics, Management & Leadership

Synopsis

The trajectory of Zahra Al-harazi’s life defies expectations. In this electrifying book that travels from a small village in Yemen to a small town in Minnesota to a Calgary suburb, Al-harazi describes surviving two civil wars; her years as a young, stay-at-home immigrant mother with little education; and how she became one of Canada’s most successful businesswomen.

Navigating two worlds, Al-harazi has struggled to find her own way between East and West, religion and belief, freedom and obligation, family and desire, love and honour, despair and gratitude, war and war again. With warmth and courageous honesty, she recounts how it is only through gratitude and persistence that we can find happiness and the courage to build the life we want.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Soo on July 22, 2020

Gosh this was an irritating book. Started off ok, found it really interesting to read of authors early life but then she started giving us advice and the key to her success. Incredibly smug, self centred, boastful and arrogant woman, I really disliked her. The book would have benefited hugely from b......more

Goodreads review by Majd on July 27, 2024

The book was recommended to me as a relatable and inspiring immigrant success story. While I enjoyed reading it, I believe it was advertised wrongly to me. Zahra’s story of her struggle back home and her move to Canada were far from relatable. Her life was full of opportunities and privilege given h......more

Goodreads review by Jennifer on January 06, 2022

I picked this book up thinking I would get some tips on leadership, goal setting, and living with purpose. While the book provides some of this, it is more of a memoir, and it was the personal, family stories that I enjoyed most. I loved following Zahra's journey from Yemen to Canada, and her honest......more

Goodreads review by Juliet on May 09, 2021

I really liked the Canadian insights and view into Zahra’s perspective melding lived experiences from Yemen to Kenya to Calgary. I also grabbed a few “life” nuggets and had at least 2 a-ha moments. Well worth the read.......more