What It Takes: To Live And Lead with Purpose, Laughter, and Strength

What It Takes: To Live And Lead with Purpose, Laughter, and Strength

A NATIONAL BESTSELLER The trajectory of Zahra Al-Harazi’s life defies expectations. In this electrifying story, which begins in a small village in Yemen and ends in a Calgary suburb, Al-Harazi describes her experience of two civil wars; her years as a young immigrant mother with little education; and her road to becoming one of Canada’s most successful businesswomen. Navigating two worlds, Al-Harazi has struggled to find her own way between East and West, religion and belief, freedom and obligation, love and honour, despair and gratitude, war and war again. With deep warmth and courageous honesty, she emphasizes how it is only through gratitude and persistence that we can find happiness and the courage to build the life we want.   "It takes a special kind of person to practice relentless adaptation, something I’ve been studying for years. After reading Zahra’s very personal story about surviving two civil wars, nurturing a young family on her own in a new country, and finding the courage to build an award-winning business, she has What It Takes and we all need to hear to lead the way on our own terms." - ―Amber Mac, Bestselling author, speaker and entrepreneur ZAHRA AL-HARAZI is the co-founder of Skillit, an experiential marketplace for skills. As the CEO of Foundry Communications, an internationally acclaimed, award-winning marketing and communications firm based in Calgary, Al-Harazi was selected as Chatelaine ’s Top Female Entrepreneur, named one of the hundred most powerful women in Canada by the Women’s Executive Network and chosen by RBC as one of the twenty-five most influential immigrants to Canada. A sought-after speaker and consultant for leading institutions and events around the world, Al-Harazi served for several years as the Canadian ambassador for UNICEF. A true citizen of the world, she has lived on four continents, visited more than a hundred countries and argued for human rights in five languages. SARAH J. ROBBINS  is a writer, an editor and a collaborator whose work has appeared in  Entrepreneur ,  Inc ,  Glamour ,  MarketWatch  and  Newsweek , among other publications. She is the co-author with Dr. Hawa Abdi of  Keeping Hope Alive , and she recently adapted Malala Yousafzai’s bestselling memoir for young readers. Robbins is a founding editor of  Hacking Finance  magazine and a regular contributor to  Publishers Weekly .   She lives in Ann Arbor, Michigan, with her family.