Table of Contents
Foreword xv
Introduction xvii
Section 1 Fabricating Bricks - Building Walls
Chapter 1 Baby Dynamite 1
Chapter 2 Navy Blue Suits Don't Suit Me 5
Chapter 3 From Dud to Dynamite 9
Chapter 4 Rediscovering the Dream 11
Chapter 5 The Entrepreneurial Mindset 15
Chapter 6 Are You Defending Your Impossible Instead of Your Dream? 19
Section 2 Anatomy, of the Wall-Bricks, Mortar, and Belief
Chapter 7 Another Brick in the Wall 23
Chapter 8 Show Me What You're Made Of 27
Chapter 9 Do You Have a Dream? 29
Chapter 10 "I Want" Comes Before "How Can I" 31
Chapter 11 Is It Bigger Than a Breadbox? 37
Chapter 12 The Dynamite Dialogs Project 39
Chapter 13 The Nike Myth 43
Chapter 14 Committed Action Requires Committed Energy 47
Chapter 15 Impossible Isn't Impractical 51
Chapter 16 Dream Big-Think Small 55
Chapter 17 What Can You Say Yes to Today? 57
Chapter 18 What Can You Say Yes to Everyday? 61
Chapter 19 What's Your Status Today 63
Chapter 20 Here Be Dragons-but Only if You Believe in Dragons 67
Chapter 21 How Many Baby Elephants Can Dance On the Tip of a Pen? 71
Chapter 22 Do You Hear What I Hear? 77
Chapter 23 Boundaries, Barriers, and Barricades 83
Chapter 24 Truth or Fear 89
Chapter 25 Leave the Crate to the Crabs 95
Chapter 26 What Face Does Your Fear Wear? 101
Chapter 27 Calling All Saints 103
Chapter 28 Amanda Has Something to Say-and It's Not "I Can't" 107
Chapter 29 Would You Believe…Talking Mice? 111
Chapter 30 Magic Is Made Up of Little Things 115
Section 3 Four Walls Do Not a Prison Make
Chapter 31 Sorting Out the Bricks 121
Chapter 32 The Wall of Circumstances 123
Chapter 33 Choosing "Can Too"-Just Not Right Now 125
Chapter 34 The Wall of Style 131
Chapter 35 The Wall of Consequences 137
Chapter 36 The Wall of Design 141
Chapter 37 Never Put Off until Tomorrow What You Can Enjoy Today 145
Section 4 The Dynamite Toolbox
Chapter 38 Small Explosions-Major Breakthroughs 151
Chapter 39 Blasting Cap #1-Do I Really Want It? 153
Chapter 40 Blasting Cap #2-Do I Have Permission? 161
Chapter 41 Blasting Cap #3-Is it True That I Can't? 173
Chapter 42 Blasting Cap #4-How Can I Redesign It? 181
Chapter 43 The Real Dynamite-What Am I Going to Do About It? 187
Dedication 199
Acknowledgement 201
About the Author 203