Profiles of Black Success by Gene N Landrum
Do blacks and nonblacks achieve success in the same way? Do cultural differences have an impact on success? Are there differences in the races when it comes to achievement? Does success have a color? Author Gene Landrum studied the lives of Maya Angelou, Shirley Chisholm, Bill Cosby, Berry Gordy, Michael Jackson, John Johnson, Michael Jordan, Reginald Lewis, Nelson Mandela, Thurgood Marshall, Colin Powell, Paul Robeson, and Oprah Winfrey, and found repeated patterns in their behavior. Yet, many of these were consistent with his findings on nonblacks. Greatness is greatness, he says. It is colorless. Although the behavior patterns of these thirteen superachievers are consistent with his findings on nonblacks, Landrum concludes the book with ten cultural differences in the ways blacks and nonblacks approach creativity and innovation. Among these cultural factors was the fact that these thirteen black subjects were far better educated than the white subjects. They preferred the performing arts over technological pursuits and were substantially more competitive, insecure, spiritual, political, and family-oriented than the nonblacks studied. Consistent with his findings on nonblacks, these thirteen visionaries tended to be average people with abnormal drives who were armed with an indomitable will and insatiable need to succeed.
Gene N. Landrum, PhD, is a high-tech start-up executive turned educator and writer. As a businessman he originated the Chuck E. Cheese concept of family entertainment among other entrepreneurial ventures. After years of interacting with creative and overachieving personalities, he decided to document the inner workings of what made them tick and did his doctoral dissertation on the Jungian Psychology of Success. Dr. Gene lectures extensively on the vagaries of eminence and teaches MBAs at the Hodges University graduate school in southwest Florida. He is the author of many books, including Eight Keys to Greatness, Profiles of Genius, Profiles of Female Genius, Profiles of Black Success, and Profiles of Success. Visit him online at www.genelandrum.net.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781573921190 |
| ISBN 10 | 157392119X |
| Title | Profiles of Black Success |
| Author | Gene N Landrum |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Prometheus Books |
| Year published | 1997-02-01 |
| Number of pages | 402 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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