Kingonomics: Twelve Innovative Currencies for Transforming Your Business and Life Inspired by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

by Rodney Sampson

While most know of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s sweeping dream of equality and freedom for all, what many do not realize is just how keenly focused he was on economic issues, particularly in his later years. Dr. King believed without economic opportunity, we do not have the chance to pursue happiness. It was, in fact, while planning the Poor People’s March, a dramatic stand on economic issues, that his voice was forever silenced. In his final book, Dr. King posed the question, where do we go from here? The answer lies in Kingonomics, a 21st-century interpretation of his economic vision translated through the eyes of Dr. Rodney Sampson, a globally established economic innovator, business developer, and highly successful serial entrepreneur.

With 12 currencies (including service, innovation, and reciprocity), Sampson takes pertinent ideas from the life and works of Dr. King and, by combining them with real-life experiences, produces a guide through which one can realize their full potential and personal power. Success does not discriminate, and the road map to it is contained in the pages of this revolutionary new work.

240 pages, Hardcover

First published April 3, 2012

Reviews

[Marcus Smith · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great book. It should be well known that in his later years, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was keenly focused on economic issues. He believed that economic opportunity was key to racial fairness and overall happiness. In his final book, "Where Do We Go From Here: Community or Chaos", Dr. King posed the question with a very powerful intellectual insightfulness. In his book, "Kingonomics: Twelve Innovative Currencies for Transforming Your Business and Life", Rodney Sampson's book provides an analysis based on the organization of the civil rights movement to answer the question where we could go and how to build the foundation.

[Kelly · Rating 4 out of 5]

*I was fortunate to win an advance copy of this book through Goodreads' First Reads.
Kingnomics starts with the premise that internal success creates external success. It then goes on to explain 12 different ways you can improve your life and become more positive, thus leading you to make positive and successful choices with a clear mind. It was certainly an interesting read, and only time will tell if the methods work.
However, the methods are explained well and logic based, so I believe they will.
If you are looking to turn your life around, find success (business or personal), or just be inspired, I recommend reading Kingnomics.

[Jeannine · Rating 5 out of 5]

Love Rodney. Very insightful and wise