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"You can accomplish anything you can
dream, if you can get someone else to do it!"
This is the personal mission statement and secret weapon
of R. Philip Hanes -- businessman, entrepreneur, civic leader,
conservationist, connoisseur, philanthropist -- in short,
a man who has packed more living, and giving, into a single
lifetime than most of us could manage in ten. And, at eighty,
he isn't done yet!
How does this irrepressible visionary do
it? With typical generosity and infectious enthusiasm, Hanes
shares his strategies for how to jump-start the impossible
by recounting a lifetime's worth of experiences doing just
that. Divided into four parts -- Networking, Risk-Taking,
Fund-Raising, and Problem-Solving -- How to Get Anyone
to Do Anything will inspire readers to see challenging
opportunities instead of insurmountable odds. By teaching
readers when and how to ask for help, How to Get Anyone
to Do Anything is a blueprint for accomplishment through
contribution, commitment, and connection. Not only a memoir
of an exceptional life, it is a manual for how to make your
own life extraordinary.
R. Philip Hanes was among the farsighted
few who helped launch the American arts council movement
in the 1950s. This former CEO of Hanes Companies has served
on the boards of more than fifty national, state, and local
arts agencies. He has received three presidential appointments,
three honorary university degrees, and twenty-four arts
awards. Long before environmental activism became a fashionable
cause, his love and respect for the outdoors led him to
help found three national conservation organizations and
to serve on the boards of nineteen others. Along the way
he assembled one of the largest and most respected private
collections of eighteenth- and nineteenth-century American
fine art. He lives with his wife, Charlotte, in Winston-Salem,
North Carolina, where they continue to serve their community
and country.
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