What goes into making a life successful and what does success mean? If you think about a life as a chemical equation, then the elements are obvious: family, work, purpose. The key is discovering how to get the balance just right. In To Make a Difference, Montreal entrepreneur and philanthropist Morris Goodman shares his personal and professional prescription for success and enduring happiness. Born in 1931 in Montreal to Ukrainian immigrants during the worst days of the Great Depression, Goodman recounts the events, strategies, and lucky breaks that led to a thriving company and a life of philanthropic accomplishments. From his first job as a pharmacy delivery boy to his graduation from the University of Montreal's Faculty of Pharmacy - when he had already started his own pharmaceutical company - through the crucial moments that created an international business, Goodman depicts stirring accounts of Montreal's Jewish community and the development of the global pharmaceutical industry. Along the way, he presents vivid, generous portraits of colleagues and business collaborators. To Make a Difference is a powerful rags-to-riches story but it is also much more - it is a heartfelt, candid, and inspiring exploration of what makes our lives rich, what we value, and why.
Authors
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- CaOOCEL
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- rda
- Dewey Decimal Classification Number
- 338.7/61615092
- Dewey Decimal Edition Number
- 23
- Distributor
- Canadian Electronic Library (Firm),
- General Note
- Issued as part of the desLibris books collection
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- n-cn-qu
- ISBN
- 9780773590441 9780773543348
- LCCN
- HD9670.C32
- LCCN Item number
- G65 2014eb
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- CaBNVSL
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- CaBNVSL
- Physical Description | Extent
- 1 electronic text (216 pages)
- Published in
- Ottawa, Ontario
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- CaOOCEL
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- Access restricted to authorized users and institutions
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- (CaBNVSL)thg00913121 (OCoLC)887635049 (CaOOCEL)447307
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- Mode of access: World Wide Web
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- CaBNVSL
Table of Contents
- Cover 1
- Contents 8
- Illustrations 16
- Prologue 12
- 1 Second Nature 24
- 2 Mentors 31
- 3 The Faculty of Pharmacy 44
- 4 Starting Out: May 1953 53
- 5 New Ventures 63
- 6 Building a Business 74
- 7 Seller’s Remorse 83
- 8 The Writing on the Wall 94
- 9 Fresh Start 104
- 10 Swinging for the Fences 117
- 11 Pharmascience Meets the World 147
- 12 Going Home Again 161
- 13 Investing in People: Two Case Studies 171
- 14 Making a Difference 180
- 15 Roz 191
- 16 Pulling Together 203
- Epilogue 220
- Acknowledgments 224
