Kingonomics: Twelve Innovative Currencies for Transforming Your Business and Life Inspired by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
272Kingonomics: Twelve Innovative Currencies for Transforming Your Business and Life Inspired by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
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Overview
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was a revolutionary and progressive thinker who changed American history and society for the better. King’s sweeping dream of equality and freedom for all is well known around the world, but you may not realize just how keenly focused he was on economic issues and the belief that economic inequality kept minorities out of influential positions and handicapped them financially. It was while King was planning the Poor People’s March, a dramatic stand on economic issues, that his life was taken from him and his voice was forever silenced.
Like King once asked, “Where do we go from here?” The answer lies in Kingonomics, a 21st–century interpretation of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s vision, translated through the eyes of Rodney Sampson, a globally established economic innovator, business developer, and highly successful serial entrepreneur. Focusing on free enterprise as the ideal environment to practice King’s teachings, Sampson has created a 12-currency guide through which you can realize your full potential as an individual and as part of a greater movement.
More than 10 years later, the lessons in Kingonomics are more relevant than ever. This groundbreaking book challenges America’s individualistic and profit-focused business mentality in favor of collaboration, diversity, and equal opportunity—and explains why and how this approach can create abundant success for all.
Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9781637742150 |
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Publisher: | BenBella Books, Inc. |
Publication date: | 03/01/2022 |
Pages: | 272 |
Product dimensions: | 5.50(w) x 8.25(h) x 0.69(d) |
About the Author
The recipient of an honorary D. Min. from the I.G.F. Theological Seminary in 1998, Sampson serves as a board member for numerous private sector and not-for-gain organizations. For his contributions to humanity, Sampson was awarded The Phoenix Award, the City of Atlanta's highest honor, in 2004. In direct support of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s legacy, Sampson, his wife, and a group of influencers donated more than $50,000 in 2007 to the King Papers Project, a capital campaign established to ensure that Dr. King's papers would remain in the City of Atlanta at Morehouse College for generations to come. He resides with his wife, Shanterria, and their six children in Atlanta, Georgia.
Table of Contents
Foreword ix
Introduction: The Economic Rules Must Change xi
Chapter 1 The Twelve Currencies 1
Chapter 2 The Currency of Service 11
Chapter 3 The Currency of Connectivity 26
Chapter 4 The Currency of Reciprocity 43
Chapter 5 The Currency of Positivity 62
Chapter 6 The Currency of Personal Responsibility 84
Chapter 7 The Currency of Self-Image 105
Chapter 8 The Currency of Diversity 123
Chapter 9 The Currency of Character and Dignity 140
Chapter 10 The Currency of Dreaming 157
Chapter 11 The Currency of Openness and Transparency 174
Chapter 12 The Currency of Creativity and Innovation 187
Chapter 13 The Currency of Courage 206
Parting Thoughts 225
Notes 231
Acknowledgments 235
About the Author 237
Index 239
What People are Saying About This
"Kingonomics made me take a deeper look at where we are today and how important Dr. King's work was to the success assimilating cultures, education, and financial opportunities to all people today.”
Rick Singer, CEO & Master Coach, The Key Worldwide
“Kingonomics translates many of the teachings of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. as they may be applied by individuals in this world as participants in the struggle for economic recognition, inclusion, and reward.
I highly recommend this book to learn more about how to find economic success that is in sync with your spiritual self.”
Charles H. Green, Executive Director, Small Business Finance Institute; Author, Get Financing Now
“Bishop Sampson has developed a creative use of King’s principles, using his high moral standard to suggest best practices for business. He raises some prudent ideas worth our consideration.”
Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga)
“Kingonomics
expands our view of currency and gives us a new paradigm on expected returns.”
Henry Hardin, CEO and President, SCI Companies
“Read this book and remove the words ‘failure’ and ‘impossible’ from your vocabulary.”
Bishop Charles Edward Blake, Sr., Presiding Bishop, Church of God in Christ (Los Angeles)
“Kingonomics captures a philosophical framework, which if embraced today, will impact your tomorrow and generations to come.”
Bishop Allen T.D. Wiggins, Senior Pastor, The Hope Church; Executive Director, The Village of Orlando
“With Kingonomics, Bishop Sampson has successfully blended together Dr. King's practical and philosophical approach to economic self-sufficiency. His clear, crisp, and compelling approach is a must read by people wanting to gain knowledge and virtually guarantee results.”
Alan W. Urech, Principal, Stoney River Capital Partners, LLC; Sr. Vice President, 200 Peachtree
“Bishop Rodney Sampson is at once incisive, inspiring, and thought-provoking. A superb book that provides unique and compelling insights into the principles of collaborative leadership and strategies for economic success, based on the life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., as applied to today's business environment. Guaranteed to be a truly rewarding experience for all readers, regardless of background. Highly recommended!”
Andre Bisasor, Founder, Harvard Extension Service & Leadership Society; President, Institute for Negotiation Leadership & Diplomacy
“Kingonomics is a powerful experience for each person that turns the pages. The right course of action for our economy!”
Derrick Miles, CEO, The Milestone Brand; Author, Superhuman Performance
“Sampson reminds us that Dr. King’s message is as relevant today, if not more so, than it was forty-five years ago.”
Dr. Robert R. Jennings, President, Lincoln University
“Bishop Rodney Sampson has embodied the manifestation of Dr. Martin Luther King's economic philosophies in his timely prophetic book.
Kingonomics is a great investment.”
Bishop Paul S. Morton, Sr., International Presiding Bishop, Full Gospel Baptist Church Fellowship; Senior Pastor, Changing A Generation Full Gospel Baptist Church; Author, Changing Forward