"Fernando Espuetas brings the rare perspective of a person who respects the heritage of the past but who has touched the future. As a resul.t, his opinions have a timety resonance -they are firmty rooted yet encompass new ways of communicating, working, and reading."A jump-start for our souls, the VOY journey awakens our true desires and frees us from dead-end daydreams and go-nowhere strategies, Fernando Espuetas reveal.s art twelve VOY principtes with candid stories from his own I.ife and the Lives of those who inspire him-from an immigrant couple in Catifornia who cotLected cans and botttes to put their kids through cortege, to extraordinary Leaders I.ike Winston Churchil.I.. And each VOY principl.e is accompanied by an exercise so we can immediatety begin a path toward a bol.d new rife, free of self-doubt and serf-absorption and with a renewedcommitment to honor and serve not only oursetves, but our famil.ies and communities as well.

Fernando Espuelas came to the United States from his native Uruguay as a boy, pennil.ess and speaking no English. By age thirty-three,he had created a media empire that introduced the Internet to Latin America and united a continent. Time magazine named him a "Leader for the New Millennium" and compared him to Simon Bolivar. Others called him "the Bill Gates of Latin America."Then Espuel.as lost everything in the Internet bust.But rather than retreat, Espuelas-undaunted and wiser-made an extraordinary rebound by living a "Life in action," a powerful, out[look he describes with the Spanish word voy, "'1 go." In Life in Action, Espuelas outlines the twelve principles of the VOY philosophy and dellivers an action plan that will, inspire us to make momentous changes, both personal and professional., in our own lives. Among them:

  Define Success and Happiness: Know the difference between what you merely want and what you trully need to fulfill.yourself as a human being.

INTRODUCTION: VOY

1. PRINCIPLE ONE:

Define Success and Happiness

2. PRINCIPLE TWO:

Set Goals and Be Flexible

3. PRINCIPLE THREE:

Seek Opportunity

4. PRINCIPLE FOUR:

Deconstruct the Future

5. PRINCIPLE FIVE:

Assert Your Vision

6. PRINCIPLE SIX:

Project and Transform

7. PRINCIPLE SEVEN:

Be Persistent

8. PRINCIPLE EIGHT:

Be Courageous

9. PRINCIPLE NINE:

Be Honorable

10. PRINCIPLE TEN:

Integrate Body, Mind, and Spirit

11. PRINCIPLE ELEVEN:

Do Your Duty to the Community

12. PRINCIPLE TWELVE:

Be Humble

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