About Imperfect Courage
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The founder of the popular fair trade jewelry brand Noonday Collection shares her story of starting the rapid-growing business that impacts over 4,400 artisans in vulnerable communities across the globe and invites readers on a journey of transformation, challenging them to trade their comfort zones for a life of impact and adventure.
In 2015, Inc. magazine recognized Noonday Collection as one of the fastest-growing companies in America. Years earlier, as Jessica Honegger stood at a pawn-shop counter in Austin, Texas, and handed over her grandmother’s gold jewelry, her goal was personal: to fund the adoption of her Rwandan son, Jack, by selling artisan-made jewelry. This first step launched an unexpected side-hustle that would grow into Noonday Collection. She embarked on this new journey and teamed up with her first artisan partner, Jalia, a Ugandan jewelry maker. She saw the meaningful impact Noonday brought to Jalia’s community and knew it was the right move. Fear crept into Jessica’s heart as she realized her success, or failure, meant the same for Jalia.
Refusing to let fear hinder her goals, Jessica found the necessary (if imperfect) courage she needed along the way–the courage to leave comfort and embrace a life of risk and impact. In Imperfect Courage, Jessica invites you to draw a circle of compassion around yourself and leads you through soul-searching aimed at setting you free from shame. Next, she challenges you to come together, risking all for each other and commit to building a culture of collaboration. Finally, Jessica calls on you to broaden your circles of compassion to embrace the entire globe–and to bring that cultivation of imperfect courage to a world that deeply needs you.
My Review
I’ve long been a fan of Noonday Collection, so jumped at the opportunity to read and review Imperfect Courage.
This book is for you if:
– You want to learn more about Noonday Collection and/or Honegger
– You want to learn more about others’ experiences with international adoption
– You’re considering (or not considering) being a Noonday ambassador
– You want or need a kick in the pants in some area of your life, to get up and get going
This book is not for you if:
– You’re content in your bubble
– You don’t want to be challenged
– You’d rather not have truth spoken sweetly into your life
I love how Honegger encourages community over competition. We aren’t here to beat someone else — we’re here to join them. Life is not about winning or losing, but about pursuing God … together. “Imperfect Courage” testifies to that on every page.
Get ready with a highlighter (or your ereader’s version of a highlighter), because this book makes extensive use of it! I certainly plan to revisit those highlights regularly, and consider myself suitably challenged to pursue some goals I’ve sat on for way too long.
I received a copy of the book from the publisher. All opinions are my own.
About Jessica Honegger
Bio via Amazon.com.
JESSICA HONEGGER is the founder of Noonday Collection, a fair-trade jewelry company that partners with artisans across the globe to create unique and hand-made pieces of jewelry. She and Noonday work to empower women from a wide variety of communities and cultures to create their own, thriving businesses by partnering with Noonday as an artisan or ambassador. Jessica lives in Austin with her husband and children.
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