Charles Handy article on turning negative experiences into positive ambitions and results. Handy uses the term alchemy, which he defines in an entrepreneurial and labor context, to mean people who have started new ventures or revived and improved old or debased institutions, to describe the business activity of certain individual case studies in his book, The New Alchemists. He proceeds to relate the message of the book, which is that alchemy can happen in any sphere, that age and background are irrelevant, and how anyone can accomplish such deeds. Handy also states that there are no sure recipes for alchemical success, but that certain character traits, such as passion, and certain aids, such as money, assist in successful alchemy. He also states that there is an abundance of second or third-born individuals who are successful alchemists.
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Charles Handy article on turning negative experiences into positive ambitions and results, October 10, 1999; Charles Handy Papers; Box 15, Folder 4; 2 pages
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