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Building a New Eden - Audacity at Work

In: The Road to Audacity

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  • Stephen Carter
  • Jeremy Kourdi

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In March 2001, the world’s largest conservatories opened; The Eden Project was the culmination of an audacious vision that Tim Smit and his team refused to let die. It is a story of the effort and determination required to turn dreams into reality. But, more than that, it is about having the courage and vision to formulate a dream - to be audacious - in the first place. In the case of The Eden Project, this required life-changing decisions, an ability to see beyond the horizon and an unfailing belief in oneself. As Tim Smit himself says: No one has a monopoly on dreams, but only a rare few discover the alchemist’s art of making them real. Making things real demands… a single-mindedness and determination to succeed that persuades others as much by the force of your conviction as by the idea itself.1

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  • Stephen Carter & Jeremy Kourdi, 2003. "Building a New Eden - Audacity at Work," Palgrave Macmillan Books, in: The Road to Audacity, chapter 0, pages 137-150, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:palchp:978-0-230-50879-8_11
    DOI: 10.1057/9780230508798_11
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