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Community builders face a difficult task: create spaces-physical, virtual, or both-where we can be connected, defeat loneliness, and enrich our lives. Charles Vogl outlines seven ancient principles any organization can follow to create robust, thriving, positive communities. This book is a guide for leaders seeking to build a community, to strengthen the community they already have, or who may not think of themselves as community leaders but who are envisioning a group they hope to create. These communities can be formal, with official memberships and administrations, or informal, tied by shared values and commitments. Some people think communities happen by accident, or have to emerge organically, but Charles Vogl emphasizes that there are solid, time-honored principles for consciously building them. Drawing on 3,000 years of tradition, Vogl lays out seven enduring principles that every community of every kind must master to be effective and supportive. He describes each principle's purpose and provides extensive hands-on tools for implementing them. He also helps leaders ensure that their communities remain healthy and life-affirming and not degenerate into rigid cults.

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Charles H. Vogl is an award-winning author, speaker, and executive adviser. He draws from a wealth of spiritual traditions to understand how individuals build loyalty, strengthen identity, and live out shared values. His work advises leadership and operations within firms including Google, LinkedIn, Airbnb, Twitch.tv, Meetup.com, and the US Special Forces worldwide. Vogl is also a founding member of the Google Vitality Lab. He studied leaders in social movements, business, and spiritual traditions at Yale University, where he earned a Master of Divinity as a Jessie Ball duPont Foundation Scholar.

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