This book should carry a health warning. If you have only experienced success and fortune in your business, it might not appeal to you; unless you have stared in the eyes of the abyss--laughed and roared because you were too scared to do anything else--some of this will not relate to you. Sometimes you concluding what is the truth--is just you not having to look hard enough. And when you have, read Michael Gerber's excellent work and you can start becoming a true human being who in a commercial way wants to change the world, with heart.

These words have been defining the life of Michael E. Gerber, bestselling author and international small business guru, since before 1977--when he created E-Myth Worldwide to transform the way that small businessowners can grow their companies. Now he's created the Dreaming Room, the place where entrepreneurs and future entrepreneurs come to discover how to make their dreams a reality.

In Awakening the Entrepreneur Within, Michael will help you shape your dream into a viable, economically successful company. He writes, "It is time to dream. It is time to care about something bigger than you. It is time to imagine something sorely needed in the world--the world you live in--that somebody would pay to have. It is time to look around you and ask yourself, 'What's missing in this picture？'"

If you see something missing in your world, join Michael E. Gerber in the Dreaming Room and awaken the entrepreneur within you.

Foreword by Ken Blanchard

Preface

Introduction

 PART ONE:THE PREPARATION

A Conversation with My Mother Leads to

the Dreaming Room

The Five Realities of the Entrepreneur

The Four Dimensions of the Entrepreneurial Personality

 PART TWO:THE DREAMER AND THE DREAM

The Awakening

The Realization

The Negative Reaction

The Personal Dream

The Impersonal Dream

The Sudden Shock

The Dream Is Born

 PART THREE:THE THINKER AND THE VISON

Taking the Dream Apart

Taking the Dream Apart Again

The Vision Begins to Take Form

The Vision Continues to Take Form

Coming to Grips with the Business Model

 PART FOUR:THE STORYTELLER AND THE PURPOSE

Defining Purpose to Capture Your Imagination

Pursuing Your Story

And the Story Grows from Within

 PART FIVE:THE LEADER AND THE MISSION

The Leader

The Leader Goes to Work

The Wisdom of Process

Beginning the Strategy; Beginning the Plan

The Mission Is Under Way

The Mission Reveals Itself

We Suddenly Understand

The Mission Is Being Realized

The Revelation of the Golden Pyramid

Epilogue: All Systems Go！