For The Young Entrepreneurs Of The World: A Contemporary Guide To 'Making Good'

 

When something attracts praise that ranges from Van Jones to the Freelancers Union to Forbes, our ears perk up. When that something turns out to be a new book co-authored by Billy Parish, the Yale dropout turned Energy Action Coalition founder, we really start paying attention. When the title of that book is Making Good: Finding Meaning, Money, and Community in a Changing World, we're pretty much sold. Who doesn't want to do meaningful, world-changing work while also making money?

Hot off the press from Rodale Books, Making Good is the result of three years of research, interviews and analysis by Parish and his fellow co-author Dev Aujla, with the goal of outlining "step by step how any person can achieve financial autonomy, capitalize on global changes to infrastructure, and learn from everyday success stories—providing the skills and insights this generation needs to succeed." Dubbing itself as the "What Color Is Your Parachute? for the Facebook generation," the book has also been compared to 1989 self-help tome The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People.

Job-seeking and self-help books can often be empty marketing ploys or unhelpful volumes of outdated advice, but Making Good promises to be different. The Facebook generation has everything constantly at its collective fingertips, and maybe Making Good is just the sort of guidebook needed to help see the forest for the trees. "This book cuts through the illusion of the quick fix and offers real solutions to help you create a life that both makes money and changes the world," says Freelancers Union president Sara Horowitz. Sounds like it's worth a read to us.

For an idea of what you'll find in Making Good, check out this Huffington Post article by Billy Parish and this Forbes article.

-- John Ruscher