This is by John Wood, founder of Room to Read.
So John Wood used to be a higher up exec at Microsoft reporting to Ballmer, and just got sick of adding more cents to the bottom line of an enormous company.
Ended up starting Room to Read and now he is on track to be Andrew Carnegie 2.0. Andrew Carnegie, his legacy was 2500 or so public libraries in the US. John is trying to do that with Room to Read every year in developping countries.
I, along with my readers through some campaigns like LitLiberation have about 6 schools being built right now. 2 of them we went to visit in Vietnam. If you ever wonder what you can do to really change the world outside perhaps your business, or using your business, maybe a change in direction to give a test by dipping your toes into the world of philanthropy or causes, this is a book you need to read.
John Wood discovered his passion, his greatest success, and his life's work not at business school or helping lead Microsoft's charge into Asia in the 1990s but on a soul-searching trip to the Himalayas. He made the difficult decision to walk away from his lucrative career to create Room to Read, a nonprofit organization that promotes education across the developing world. By the end of 2007, the organization will have established over 5,000 libraries and 400 schools, and awarded long-term scholarships to more than 3,000 girls, giving more than one million children the lifelong gift of education.
If you have ever pondered abandoning your desk job for an adventure and an opportunity to give back, Wood's story will inspire you. He offers a vivid, emotional, and absorbing tale of how to take the lessons learned at a hard-charging company like Microsoft and apply them to the world's most pressing social problems.
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Leaving Microsoft to Change the World: An Entrepreneur's Odyssey to Educate the World's Children
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