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Kingonomics

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

By Rodney Sampson
Published by BenBella Books
Distributed by Simon & Schuster

About The Book
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.

About The Author
Rodney Sampson

A globally established economic innovator, business developer, and advisor, Rodney Sampson is also a highly successful serial entrepreneur and investor. He cofounded Multicast Media Networks, Intellect, Intellect Inspire, Mobile Currency, Legacy Opportunity Funds, and EFactor.com, the fastest growing online social networking utility for entrepreneurs and investors, worldwide. To date, nearly 1 million entrepreneurs from 165 nations have joined in EFactor.com's ranks. Over the last 15 years, his clients have generated more than $1 billion in revenue, by deftly employing his advisory, management, business development, and integrated marketing services. He is, in addition, regularly called upon to advise nations, businesses, and bishops (who lead millions of constituents around the world).

Sampson holds a B.S. from Tulane University, a M.B.A. from Keller Graduate School of Management, and completed studies in the M.D. Program at the Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine.

In 2010, he was consecrated to the Holy Office of Bishop, under mandate of The Old Holy Catholic Church in intercommunion with the International Bishops' Conference and Kingdom Manifestation.

The recipient of an honorary D. Min. from the I.G.F. Theological Seminary in 1998, Sampson serves as a board member for numerous private sector and not-for-gain organizations. For his contributions to humanity, Sampson was awarded The Phoenix Award, the City of Atlanta's highest honor, in 2004. In direct support of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s legacy, Sampson, his wife, and a group of influencers donated more than $50,000 in 2007 to the King Papers Project, a capital campaign established to ensure that Dr. King's papers would remain in the City of Atlanta at Morehouse College for generations to come. He resides with his wife, Shanterria, and their six children in Atlanta, Georgia.

Product Details
  • Publisher: BenBella Books (January 1, 2013)
  • Length: 240 pages
  • ISBN13: 9781936661237

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Raves and Reviews

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""Kingonomics made me take a deeper look at where we are today and how important Dr. King's work was to the success assimilating cultures, education, and financial opportunities to all people today.""

—Rick Singer, CEO & Master Coach, The Key Worldwide

""Kingonomics translates many of the teachings of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. as they may be applied by individuals in this world as participants in the struggle for economic recognition, inclusion, and reward.… I highly recommend this book to learn more about how to find economic success that is in sync with your spiritual self.""

—Charles H. Green, Executive Director, Small Business Finance Institute; Author, Get Financing Now

""Bishop Sampson has developed a creative use of King's principles, using his high moral standard to suggest best practices for business. He raises some prudent ideas worth our consideration.""

—Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga)

""Kingonomics … expands our view of currency and gives us a new paradigm on expected returns.""

—Henry Hardin, CEO and President, SCI Companies

""Read this book and remove the words ‘failure' and ‘impossible' from your vocabulary.""

—Bishop Charles Edward Blake, Sr., Presiding Bishop, Church of God in Christ (Los Angeles)

""Kingonomics captures a philosophical framework, which if embraced today, will impact your tomorrow and generations to come.""

—Bishop Allen T.D. Wiggins, Senior Pastor, The Hope Church; Executive Director, The Village of Orlando

""With Kingonomics, Bishop Sampson has successfully blended together Dr. King's practical and philosophical approach to economic self-sufficiency. His clear, crisp, and compelling approach is a must read by people wanting to gain knowledge and virtually guarantee results.""

—Alan W. Urech, Principal, Stoney River Capital Partners, LLC; Sr. Vice President, 200 Peachtree

""Bishop Rodney Sampson is at once incisive, inspiring, and thought-provoking. A superb book that provides unique and compelling insights into the principles of collaborative leadership and strategies for economic success, based on the life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., as applied to today's business environment. Guaranteed to be a truly rewarding experience for all readers, regardless of background. Highly recommended!""

—Andre Bisasor, Founder, Harvard Extension Service & Leadership Society; President, Institute for Negotiation Leadership & Diplomacy

""Kingonomics is a powerful experience for each person that turns the pages. The right course of action for our economy!""

—Derrick Miles, CEO, The Milestone Brand; Author, Superhuman Performance

""Sampson reminds us that Dr. King's message is as relevant today, if not more so, than it was forty-five years ago.""

—Dr. Robert R. Jennings, President, Lincoln University

""Bishop Rodney Sampson has embodied the manifestation of Dr. Martin Luther King's economic philosophies in his timely prophetic book. … Kingonomics is a great investment.""

—Bishop Paul S. Morton, Sr., International Presiding Bishop, Full Gospel Baptist Church Fellowship; Senior Pastor, Changing A Generation Full Gospel Baptist Church; Author, Changing Forward
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Kingonomics

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

By Rodney Sampson
Published by BenBella Books
Distributed by Simon & Schuster