John Strelecky

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John P. Strelecky

John P. Strelecky (born September 13, 1969 in Chicago , Illinois ) is an American bestselling author and the inventor of the Big Five for Life concept .

life and work

Strelecky was born on September 13, 1969 in Chicago, Illinois. After college, he worked as a corporate strategy consultant for five years. Strelecky began to wonder "if there shouldn't be more in life than spending ten to twelve hours a day in the office working toward a promotion that would likely result in twelve to fourteen hour days." he broke up his household and traveled around the world with his wife Xin for nine months.

In the course of this journey, Streleckys view changed to life: After his return he wrote in three weeks his first book The Why Are You Here Café (dt. The cafe on the edge of the world , 2006) and first published it in self-publishing . In 2005 it made its debut on the American bestseller lists for the first time. Da Capo Press , an American publisher of the Perseus Book Group, acquired the rights and published the title again in 2006. Strelecky's books are now published by Aspen Light Publishing.

The German first edition Das Café am Rande der Welt was published in 2007 by dtv-Verlag . His book is one of the most successful non-fiction books of the 2010s in German-speaking countries. Since July 2015 it has been number 1 among the Spiegel bestsellers (paperback non-fiction). (Status: January 2019) The longseller was one of the year's bestsellers in 2015, 2016, 2017 and in 2018 it was even the best-selling book in Germany across all book types.

In his 2007 published the second book Life Safari (dt. Safari of Life , 2010) Strelecky for the first time describes the philosophy behind his concept Big Five for Life . He explains this in more detail in his book The Big Five for Life - Leadership's Greatest Secret ( The Big Five for Life: What really matters in life , 2009). The personal goals in life or the most important things that a person would like to do and experience in their life are called Big Five for Life , metaphorically based on the five big animals of an African safari (lion, buffalo, leopard, rhino, elephant).

In 2010 he published with the coach and online blogger Tim Bronson the book How to be Rich and Happy (dt. Rich and Happy !: How did you get everything you want , 2012) and wrote in 2014 and 2015 the best sellers Café on the edge of the world and The Big Five for Life sequels.

In August 2019, another sequel to the book Das Cafe am Rande der Welt was published with a break in the Café am Rande der Welt .

The role of aha-moments in life is topic in Ahaz! Moments of Inspired Thoughts Vol. 1 (Eng. If you want oranges, don't look in the blueberry field , 2015) and Ahas! Moments of Inspired Thoughts Vol. 2 (Eng. What use is the most beautiful view if you are not looking out the window , 2017).

In total, Strelecky's books have sold more than three million copies and have been translated into more than 30 languages.

He lives with his family in Orlando , Florida .

Big Five For Life seminar concept

The seminar concept Big Five for Life by John Strelecky and his team John-Strelecky-and-Friends is aimed at adults and teenagers as well as entrepreneurs to develop goals in life or company goals. A central idea of ​​the Big Five for Life concept is recognizing one's own purpose of existence (ZDE) and harmonizing it with work: “Not only everyone has their own ZDE, that also applies to every company.” Loud Strelecky makes you happier and more successful when your personal ZDE harmonizes with that of the company. As an entrepreneur, one should therefore only hire employees "whose personal purpose of existence harmonizes with the ZDE of the company they want to work for."

social commitment

John Strelecky is also socially committed. With Big Five for Life Gives , he founded a non-profit project to show young people future prospects and their personal Big Five during school time . He also supports the RE for Free program in fundraising with free copies of his books.

bibliography

  • Self-published The Why Are You Here Café in 2003
    • First book publication within a publishing program: The Why Café , Da Capo Press, Boston 2006
    • German: Das Café am Rande der Welt , dtv , Munich 2007, ISBN 978-3-423-25357-4
  • Life Safari , Aspen Light Publishing, Windermere 2007
  • The Big five for Life - Leadership's greatest Secret , Aspen Light Publishing, Windermere 2008
  • How to be Rich and Happy , Aspen Light Publishing, Windermere 2010
  • The Return to the Why Café , Aspen Light Publishing, Windermere 2014
  • The Big Five for Life Continued , Aspen Light Publishing, Windermere 2015
  • Ahas! Moments of Inspired Thoughts (Vol. 1) , Aspen Light Publishing, Windermere 2014
  • Ahas! Moments of Inspired Thoughts (Vol. 2) , Aspen Light Publishing, Windermere 2016
    • German: What use is the most beautiful view if you are not looking out the window, dtv, Munich 2017, ISBN 978-3-423-28122-5
  • Follow Where Your Heart Guides and You Will Discover Your True Self , Windermere 2019
    • German: Follow the advice of your heart and you will arrive at yourself, dtv, Munich 2019, ISBN 978-3-423-28978-8
  • The Why Are You Here Cafe: A new way of finding meaning in your life and your work , Windermere 2019

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Das Café am Rande der Welt, Munich 2007, p. 9
  2. ↑ Article about the Big Five for Life concept from December 31, 2011 in the Hamburger Abendblatt
  3. ↑ book report. Retrieved on January 21, 2019 (German).
  4. ↑ Book Charts - Balance 2018 / The bestsellers of the year. Retrieved January 16, 2019 .
  5. ↑ Bestseller archive book report
  6. ↑ Article 31.12.11, Hamburger Abendblatt
  7. ↑ The Big Five for Life: What really matters in life, Munich 2009, p. 32
  8. ↑ a b The Big Five for Life: What really matters in life, Munich 2009, p. 33
  9. ^ Fundraising RE for Free
personal data
SURNAME Strelecky, John
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Strelecky, John P.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American author
DATE OF BIRTH 13th September 1969
PLACE OF BIRTH Chicago , Illinois