The Accordion Player

My Journey from Fear to Love

Ichak K. Adizes

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Wiener Schiller Productions, Inc.
30 May 2023

Memoirs; 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000; Violence in society; Religious groups: social & cultural aspects

""My heart was in a cage. My life was a long struggle to find happiness, to overcome fear, and to find love I had lost. I did not give up, and that is what my story is about."" - Dr. Ichak K. Adizes

Seeing every challenge as an opportunity for growth, Dr. Ichak Adizes moved beyond a childhood marked by imprisonment in a Nazi concentration camp and immigration to an unfamiliar country to discover the benefits of opening his heart.

Rejecting isolation and fear, he became a renowned thought leader who advises companies and governments worldwide on structuring thriving organizations around a culture of trust and respect.

Dr. Adizes's personal story is more than a string of external events that propelled him through adversity after adversity to become the insightful, compassionate person he is today. It is also a map of his journey into a heart which, like the accordion that he played to earn a living and put himself through school, ultimately expanded and opened up to the universal truths that connect us all in our humanity.

The Accordion Player is a compelling account of a remarkable life-an unvarnished view of a man whose decision to recognize the value of change and creative conflict allowed him to love. His story reveals the enduring human ability to turn possibility into reality.

By: Ichak K. Adizes
Imprint: Wiener Schiller Productions, Inc.
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 228mm, Width: 152mm,
ISBN: 9798986048307
Pages: 320
Publication Date: 30 May 2023
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Introduction ix Foreword xii PART I CAGING THE HEART Preface 3 A Sudden Silence 9 My Pain 19 The Jews of Spain 27 Fugitives 33 The Jewish Will to Survive 39 Stray Bullets 45 The Risk He Would Take 51 Peace Is Coming 59 In Search of Home 67 The Accordion Player 73 Sailing to Freedom 81 My Lost Family 87 Foreign Again 93 White Spots 101 Walking on Hot Coals 109 Serving the Germans 115 Follow Your Heart 119 PART II CAGED HEART America 129 Live and Let Live 137 Unexpected Help 145 Hungry in America 153 Becoming Jewish 161 I Used to Live Here 165 Hypnotized 173 Is That All There Is? 177 Being First 185 Someone Wants Me 195 Would I Make It? 201 Helping Others While Failing Myself 207 Healing Organizations 213 What to Ask and When 219 What Kept Me Going 225 The One-Eyed Man 231 A Change Has a Price 239 The Price to Pay for Success 247 Symbols That Imprison 253 What’s in a Name? 263 PART III OPENING THE CAGE Making a Wish 273 On the Spur of the Moment 281 Facing the Wounds 289 My Enemies, My Friends 293 Heaven and Hell 301 Seek the Light in Your Heart 307 Kissing the Marble 313 Epilogue 321 Postscript 327 Documentary 331 Afterword 333 About the Author 334 Acknowledgements 335 Praise for the Adizes Methodology 337 The Adizes Institute 340 Published Works 342

Ichak Adizes, Ph.D. is the creator of the Adizes Symbergetic™ Methodology for Managing Change and the founder of the Adizes Institute Worldwide. Leadership Excellence magazine named him one of the “Top Thirty Thought Leaders,” and PRovoke (formerly the Holmes Report) named him one of the “Best Communicators Among World Leaders,” alongside Pope Francis and the Dalai Lama. He is an international best-selling author of 28 books translated into 36 languages.

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The Accordion Player

My Journey from Fear to Love

Ichak K. Adizes

$70.95 $64.11

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