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Tony Schwartz (born May 2, 1952) is an American journalist and business book author who is best known for
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the 1987 book ''
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'', which was credited to
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.


Early life and education

Schwartz was born to Irving Schwartz and
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, the founder of the nonprofit organization Catalyst, Inc., which works to build inclusive workplaces and expand opportunities for women and businesses. In 1974, Schwartz graduated
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from the
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, where he majored in American Studies.


Career

Schwartz began his career as a writer in 1975 and spent 25 years as a journalist. Schwartz was a columnist for ''
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'', associate editor at ''
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'', reporter for ''
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'', and staff writer at ''
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'' and ''
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''. In 1985, Schwartz began interviewing
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to ghostwrite ''Trump: The Art of the Deal'' (1987), for which he was credited as co-author. According to Schwartz, Trump wrote none of the book, choosing only to remove a few critical mentions of business colleagues at the end of the process. In 1995, Schwartz wrote ''What Really Matters: Searching for Wisdom in America.'' In 1998, he co-authored ''Risking Failure, Surviving Success'' with
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, then the CEO of
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. In 1999, Schwartz joined LGE Performance Systems, a training company, where he served as president until 2003. In the same year, Schwartz co-authored ''The Power of Full Engagement: Managing Energy Not Time'' with LGE chairman Jim Loehr. In 2003, Schwartz founded The Energy Project, a consulting firm that focuses on the improvement of employee productivity and counts
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as one of its clients. He launched The Energy Project Europe in 2005, with headquarters outside
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. In October 2007, Schwartz's article "Manage Energy Not Time: The Science of Stamina", co-authored with The Energy Project's former COO Catherine McCarthy, was published in the ''
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'' (''HBR''). The article described the impact of The Energy Project curriculum at three
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companies. In June 2010, Schwartz published another article in the ''HBR'' called "The Productivity Paradox: How Sony Pictures Gets More Out of People by Demanding Less", covering
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's implementation of Energy Project guidelines. He has blogged in the ''HBR''. Schwartz's book ''The Way We're Working Isn't Working: Fueling the Four Needs that Energize Great Performance'', co-authored with The Energy Project Europe's chairman Jean Gomes and Catherine McCarthy, was published in May 2010. It later was republished under the title ''Be Excellent at Anything: The Four Keys To Transforming the Way We Work and Live'' for a short time. Now, the book can be found under its original title. Schwartz began writing a bi-weekly column for ''The New York Times'' financial news report, DealBook, titled Life@Work in May 2013. In 2014, Schwartz co-wrote an article, "Why You Hate Work", with Georgetown University McDonough School of Business
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, Christine Porath, about a collaboration between ''Harvard Business Review'' (''HBR'') and The Energy Project to find out what makes people productive and engaged at work. In July 2016, Schwartz was the subject of an article in ''
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'' in which he described Donald Trump, who was
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for President of the United States at the time, in unfavorable terms. Schwartz said he came to regret writing ''The Art of the Deal''. Schwartz repeated his criticism on ''
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'', saying he "put lipstick on a pig", and again on ''
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''.


Books

* '' Trump: The Art of the Deal'' with Donald Trump (Random House, 1987) * ''What Really Matters: Searching for Wisdom in America'' (Bantam, 1995) * '' Work in Progress: Risking Failure, Surviving Success'' with
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(Random House, 1998) * ''The Power of Full Engagement: Managing Energy, Not Time, Is the Key to High Performance and Personal Renewal'' with Jim Loehr (Free Press, 2003) * ''Be Excellent at Anything: The Four Keys to Transforming the Way We Work and Live'' with Jean Gomes and Catherine McCarthy, Ph.D. (Free Press, 2010) also published under the title ''The Way We're Working Isn't Working: The Four Forgotten Needs That Energize Great Performance'' (Free Press, 2010) * ''Dealing with the Devil: My Mother, Trump and Me'' ( Audible Original, 2020)


References


External links


Tony Schwartz at Oxford Union
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