The Answer Is You - by Alex Amouyel (Paperback)

About the Book

Alex Amouyel's experience at MIT Solve has helped her develop a phenomenal model that will help you go from a frustrated citizen to an effective activist and advocate. The steps in The Answer Is You will help you understand and focus your cause and then realistically assess your strengths and your limitations.

Book Synopsis

Problem-Solving Requires Innovation, Activism, and You

An important read for those on the journey of making this world better and wondering where to start." ―Jacqueline Novogratz, founder and CEO of Acumen, author of New York Times bestseller The Blue Sweater

People from all walks of life yearn to do something that adds value to others and to be someone who makes a difference in their community and the world.

Now Alex Amouyel is inviting you to become part of the solution. Alex, author of The Answer is You, is the founding Executive Director of Solve, an initiative at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) with a mission to solve world challenges. Solve finds incredible tech-based social entrepreneurs around the world and funds them to develop lasting, transformational tech-based solutions.

Take action for social impact. The Answer is You is here to inform you that being a change agent starts with doing good deeds and being a community helper. Everyone can do something with the skills and resources they already have─they just need ideas for how. The Answer is You inspires every person to start thinking critically about the problems we face and the solutions we might be able to offer to enact change.

Inside, you'll find:

• Motivating and encouraging stories of amazing impact innovators from MIT Solve
• Guidance on how to take action in the world in big and small ways to get results
• A path to hope and action for problem-solving in your community and within society

If you like books by women in leadership and enjoyed reading Create the Future + the Innovation Handbook: Tactics for Disruptive Thinking, Believe in People: Bottom-Up Solutions for a Top-Down World, The Innovator's DNA: Mastering the Five Skills of Disruptive Innovators, you'll love The Answer is You: A Guidebook to Creating a Life Full of Impact.

Review Quotes

"At a time when we could not be in greater need of systems that prioritize our shared humanity, Alex makes the difficult work of social change accessible to all. An important read for those on the journey of making this world better and wondering where to start." ―Jacqueline Novogratz, founder and CEO of Acumen, author of New York Times bestseller The Blue Sweater: Bridging the Gap between Rich and Poor, and Manifesto for a Moral Revolution: Practices to Build a Better World

"The Answer Is You is a powerful reminder we all have a superpower that can catalyze beautiful and needful change on this planet. Whether it's through your career, volunteering in your community, or joining a giving circle, it's our responsibility to identify our unique superpower and use it to heal ourselves, our communities, and our Mother Earth." ―Edgar Villanueva, author of Decolonizing Wealth: Indigenous Wisdom to Heal Divides and Restore Balance, activist, and philanthropist

"With The Answer is You, Alex Amouyel brings her 15 years of experience working in social impact to help everyone reflect on their superpowers, the problems that really matter, and the actions they can take to create a life full of impact. Read this book - and learn from her as well as an impressive and diverse array of social entrepreneurs, innovators and activists whose stories will wow and inspire you. Everyone has a role to play in improving the world, and Alex shows us that the time to start living your purpose is now." ―Jeremy Heimans, co-founder and CEO of Purpose, and co-author of New Power: How Power Works in Our Hyperconnected World―and How to Make It Work for You