The Creator's Handbook

 The Creator's Handbook: The Art and Science of Creating Social Change, Shingai Samudzi, Nobody Times Press, 2022

This book is all about setting goals, and then making them happen. These are not personal goals, like "Get a promotion at work" or "Lose at least 10 pounds before beach season." These are bigger, social change goals, like "Increase the number of female engineers in Silicon Valley by at least 10 percent in the next 5 years."

Set up these goals the same way as with personal goals. They still have to be specific, measurable, action-oriented, reasonable and have a time limit. Next comes some visualization. Don't spend 5 minutes daydreaming that it would be great if. . . Take some time, and in your mind, go over the steps needed to get from Here to There. Figuratively speaking, you need to burn this goal, and the steps to get there, into your brain. 

How do you get other people to change their goals and their worldview, so that it aligns with yours? A possible obstacle involves having to deal with other people's emotional biases (everyone has them). They may get in the way of having people join you on the way to your goal.

When it comes to getting society to accept your goal, it's all about networks (six degrees of separation). They come in different shapes and sizes; some are very loose, while others are so tight, they are almost rock-solid. Some people are direct, or first-degree, connections (you know Person X directly). Other people are much looser connections (you know someone who knows someone who knows Person X). How do you get them to join you to work toward your goal?

This is a very thought-provoking book. It's very well done, and is not very technical. It's recommended for everyone, especially the average young person who has decided that today is the day that they start to change the world.