An inspirational career guide based on the author's successes in the music industry outlines ten rules for aspiring managers that include finding work that will be loved, forming a strategic plan, and working with people from all walks of life. 75,000 first printing.
"Inspirational, touching and powerful."
-- Gayle King, "O: The Oprah Magazine"
"İLiles'¨ words teem with confidence, faith, conviction and wisdom."
-- "The Dallas Morning News"
"Liles İis¨ hard at work spreading the message...İof¨ the importance of illuminating new routes out of urban American poverty...İby¨ drawing heavily from the world of hip hop for examples of triumph and success."
"-- The New York Times
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"Inspirational, touching and powerful."-- Gayle King, "O: The Oprah Magazine"
""Make It Happen" is a guide for all of you who want to succeed in the music industry -- and in life. Kevin provides the tools he has developed from his experiences and mistakes, and teaches you how to apply them to your own journey."
-- Terry M. Williams, author of "Stay Strong: Simple Life Lessons for Teens", and founder of the Stay Strong Foundation
"Kevin Liles has a timeless, if unexpected, message for the hip-hop generation. Beneath the bling-bling and often obscured by outsized and outrageous personalities, business success still requires vision, focus, discipline and execution. The styles may change, but the basics remain the same."
-- Price M. Cobbs, MD
"As an African-American business leader, a man like Kevin represents to me everything that is right in the African-American entrepreneurship -- visionary, hard working, entrepreneurial and smart. . . . I encourage everyone to read his book and follow his advice." -- Bob Johnson, founder, Black Entertainment Television
"[Liles'] words teem with confidence, faith, conviction and wisdom." -- "The Dallas Morning News"
"Liles [is] hard at work spreading the message...[of] the importance of illuminating new routes out of urban American poverty...[by] drawing heavily from the world of hip hop for examples of triumph and success." "-- The New York Times "
"Inspirational, touching and powerful." -- Gayle King, "O: The Oprah Magazine"