Read the book as soon as it arrived. I hadn’t meant to read it all, but it is very compelling, and easy to read. Thank you for sharing it with me. We are going to Mexico in a couple of weeks, and I was planning to use this approach in my talk, but I was getting cold feet, given the situations in Mexico.. and with Mexico.. Your book is giving me courage.. Thanks, Mary

Your book is a hopeful reflection on our society’s and the world’s potential. It serves as a reminder that leadership succeeds by living out the aspirations of others without negating the journey it takes to get there.

Recently, I have been reading “The World is Flat” by Thomas Freedman and I feel both books are similar in that they show the power ideas can have given a personal commitment from one or a few people.

Your book makes the case for envisioning the best tomorrow possible, because even if the route to get there is still unclear, the act of imagining is a critical step in the journey.

I love the concept of an unarticulated hope. Many people piss and moan because they can’t connect in a positive way with that which is bugging them. I agree that cynicism is a cover for frustrated idealism.

Can you imagine if this book were successful in positively awakening the gifted cynics in our culture?

I really think you are onto something here. Your example of Anne Nickerson is very good. I’ve often felt a bit like Anne.

Thank you and I think the world is ready for this book. We are tired of negativity and fearful of a future of increased fear of one another. We will be the better for someone who inspires us to our best.

I hope you sell millions - for the world’s sake.

I’m honored to have been invited to read this. I affirm that this book can/should start an international conversation/movement.

Lord askes the question. The beauty in the question being how very personal he makes it. Through having a clear vision of your won world , you can become a great leader. The leader of your life. Living what you have imagined is possible. Lord is a master at opening a window of conversation just by asking the question. “What Kind of World do You Want” should be a question asked at every dinner table , in every school , any place people come to gather. “What Kind of World do you Want ” should be in every home. This book allows everyone the belief what they think and feel is important to the world and they MAKE a difference just by taking the time to IMAGINE what kind of world they want.
Cheers Lord…..keep asking the questions!

The book is a gift to the world. Finally, all of your wisdom put in one magic book. I have used excerpts from the book, your wisdoms in several ways. Sometimes, I read one, and it becomes my meditation as I go into a facilitation with a tough client group. Sometimes I share an excerpt outright with a client group, illustrating to them that the world they wish to co-create is up to them, they decide. It is full of hope and tools for life. Thanks Jim,

This book is as refreshing as turning on the evening news and hearing the “Breaking News Flash” that Peace is Breaking Out All Over the World. Imagine the possibilities.

You read it once and feel good from the inside-out. You read parts of it again to refresh your thoughts about how very blessed we are to live at just a beautiful time with a world packed full of goodness and opportunities.

I placed an immediate order as a gift for the special people in my world.

What a powerful question! Asking it moves us in the direction of the world we want. Oh that we might ask it everyday — What kind of world do I want TODAY? What kind of relationship do I want with my wife, with my children, with my co-workers, with my neighbors? Talking about the world we want moves us in that direction. Do you feel the energy in the question? WOW!

THANKS, Jim and Pam for asking us once again to focus on what we WANT. I am excited to see the impact of the ideas in this book.

What a lovely book - I’m on my second reading. Even positive people get a down day, so it is lovely to forget about what we hear on the news, focus on successes and read about others who have done so as well and what they have achieved. It is about changing the conversations we are having and I am delighted that someone is helping to do this. And yes, it is a big WOW! I was so excited the first time I read it - it was JUST what I needed at just the right time.

Wake up world and take hold of your future! It begins with one…one voice, one prayer, one hope, one love, one touch, one person willing to take a stand for the possibility of peace - a common humanity at work for the other. Let us value the best in one another…read this book for it is one opportunity to bring one more voice to what can be a
movement of appreciation of what is possible when we change our perspective - one by one!

I am still reading What Kind of World do you Want in the pdf file - it’s wonderful! :-) So in tune with my own perspective - no wonder I am smiling and nodding at every page I read, with the occasional "YES!" exclaimed aloud. Anyone watching me communicating thus with my computer screen might be excused in thinking I should be carted away by wee men in white coats. ;-)

I want to live in your world..I thoroughly enjoyed and savored the book. I feel honored to have been an early reader. The delight of the book is that it spoke directly to me. I suspect others will feel the same. Thank you and I will pick it up again in a few days for a second take. It is a well paced, well told story about investing in our future. You may know I had a challenge sometime ago, when asked by a teacher, what is my handle/job description….as I worked on the tasks to define myself, I came up with ‘community investor’. I invest in all kinds of philanthropy, kids, community and family. That is my title. Your chapter ‘unleashing the desire to invest’ resonated. Thank you, Jim.

I finished the book in the early hours. I was riveted and couldn’t put it down. It was proufoundly moving in its absolute simplicity. Thought provoking and clearly meaningful. Congratulations. A masterpiece! 

I would like to tell you how much I enjoyed your book. My father showed it to me on one of my visits home, knowing that I would be interested in it, and I read it cover to cover in one sitting. I found it truly inspiring. It really struck a chord with me as many of the ideas in the book are subjects that have been on my mind for many years now.