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The Art of the Start: The Time-Tested, Battle-Hardened Guide for Anyone Starting Anything by Guy Kawasaki

What does it take to turn ideas into action? What more...2 points

What does it take to turn ideas into action? What are the elements of a perfect pitch? How do you win the war for talent? How do you establish a brand without bucks? These are some of the issues everyone faces when starting or revitalizing any undertaking, and Guy Kawasaki, former marketing maven of Apple Computer, provides the answers. The Art of the Start will give you the essential steps to launch great products, services, and companies-whether you are dreaming of starting the next Micr...2 points

On Writing Well, 30th Anniversary Edition: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction by William K. Zinsser

On Writing Well has been praised for its sound adv more...2 points

On Writing Well has been praised for its sound advice, its clarity and the warmth of its style. It is a book for everybody who wants to learn how to write or who needs to do some writing to get through the day, as almost everybody does in the age of e-mail and the Internet. Whether you want to write about people or places, science and technology, business, sports, the arts or about yourself in the increasingly popular memoir genre, On Writing Well offers you fundamental priciples as well as the....2 points

Presentation Zen: Simple Ideas on Presentation Design and Delivery (Voices That Matter) by Garr Reynolds

Presentation designer and internationally acclaime more...1 point

Presentation designer and internationally acclaimed communications expert Garr Reynolds, creator of the most popular Web site on presentation design and delivery on the net -- presentationzen.com -- shares his experience in a provocative mix of illumination, inspiration, education, and guidance that will change the way you think about making presentations with PowerPoint or Keynote. Presentation Zen challenges the conventional wisdom of making "slide presentations" in today's world and encourage...1 point

Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die by Chip Heath, Dan Heath

Mark Twain once observed, "A lie can get half more...1 point

Mark Twain once observed, "A lie can get halfway around the world before the truth can even get its boots on." His observation rings true: Urban legends, conspiracy theories, and bogus public-health scares circulate effortlessly. Meanwhile, people with important ideas-business people, teachers, politicians, journalists, and others-struggle to make their ideas "stick." Why do some ideas thrive while others die? And how do we improve the chances of worthy ideas? In Ma...1 point

All Marketers Are Liars: The Power of Telling Authentic Stories in a Low-Trust World by Seth Godin

Every marketer tells a story. And if they do it ri more...1 point

Every marketer tells a story. And if they do it right, we believe them. We believe that wine tastes better in a $20 glass than a $1 glass. We believe that an $80,000 Porsche Cayenne is vastly superior to a $36,000 VW Touareg, which is virtually the same car. We believe that $225 Pumas will make our feet feel better-and look cooler-than $20 no-names . . . and believing it makes it true. Successful marketers don't talk about features or even benefits. Instead, they tell a story. A story we want t...1 point

Getting Real: The smarter, faster, easier way to build a successful web Application by 37signals

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How to Win Friends & Influence People by Dale Carnegie

YOU CAN GO AFTER THE JOB YOU WANT...AND GET IT! Y more...1 point

YOU CAN GO AFTER THE JOB YOU WANT...AND GET IT! YOU CAN TAKE THE JOB YOU HAVE...AND IMPROVE IT! YOU CAN TAKE ANY SITUATION YOU'RE IN...AND MAKE IT WORK FOR YOU! For more than sixty years the rock-solid, time-tested advice in this book has carried thousands of now famous people up the ladder of success in their business and personal lives. Now this previously revised and updated bestseller is available in trade paperback for the first time to help you achieve your maximum potential throughout....1 point

Outliers: The Story of Success by Malcolm Gladwell

In this stunning new book, Malcolm Gladwell takes more...1 point

In this stunning new book, Malcolm Gladwell takes us on an intellectual journey through the world of "outliers"--the best and the brightest, the most famous and the most successful. He asks the question: what makes high-achievers different? His answer is that we pay too much attention to what successful people are like, and too little attention to where they are from: that is, their culture, their family, their generation, and the idiosyncratic experiences of their upbringing. Along the way he e...1 point

Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion (Collins Business Essentials) by Robert B. Cialdini

Influence, the classic book on persuasion, explai more...1 point

Influence, the classic book on persuasion, explains the psychology of why people say "yes"-and how to apply these understandings. Dr. Robert Cialdini is the seminal expert in the rapidly expanding field of influence and persuasion. His thirty-five years of rigorous, evidence-based research along with a three-year program of study on what moves people to change behavior has resulted in this highly acclaimed book. You'll learn the six universal principles, how to use them to become a skill...1 point

First, Break All the Rules: What the World's Greatest Managers Do Differently by Marcus Buckingham, Curt Coffman

The greatest managers in the world seem to have l more...1 point

The greatest managers in the world seem to have little in common. They differ in sex, age, and race. They employ vastly different styles and focus on different goals. Yet despite their differences, great managers share one common trait: They do not hesitate to break virtually every rule held sacred by conventional wisdom. They do not believe that, with enough training, a person can achieve anything he sets his mind to. They do not try to help people overcome their weaknesses. They consistently....1 point

The 4-Hour Workweek: Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich by Timothy Ferriss

What do you do? Tim Ferriss has trouble answering more...1 point

What do you do? Tim Ferriss has trouble answering the question. Depending on when you ask this controversial Princeton University guest lecturer, he might answer:"I race motorcycles in Europe.""I ski in the Andes.""I scuba dive in Panama." "I dance tango in Buenos Aires." He has spent more than five years learning the secrets of the New Rich, a fast-growing subculture who has abandoned the "deferred-life plan" and instead mastered the new currenc...1 point

Getting Everything You Can Out of All You've Got: 21 Ways You Can Out-Think, Out-Perform, and Out-Earn the Competition by Jay Abraham

A trusted advisor to America's top corporations an more...1 point

A trusted advisor to America's top corporations and recognized as one of today's preeminent marketing experts, Jay Abraham has created a program of proven strategies to help you realize undreamed-of success! Unseen opportunities face each of us every day. Using clear examples from his own experience, Jay explains just how easy it can be to find and/or create new opportunities for wealth-building in any existing business, enterprise, or venture.And just how easy can it be? One entrepreneur took t...1 point

10 Days to Faster Reading by Abby Marks-Beale, The Princeton Language Institute

Speed reading used to require months of training. more...0 points

Speed reading used to require months of training. Now you can rev up your reading in just a few minutes a day. With quizzes to determine your present reading level and exercises to quickly introduce new skills, this book is a must for anyone feeling pressed for time.0 points

Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity by David Allen

In today's world, yesterday's methods just don't w more...0 points

In today's world, yesterday's methods just don't work. In Getting Things Done, veteran coach and management consultant David Allen shares the breakthrough methods for stress-free performance that he has introduced to tens of thousands of people across the country. Allen's premise is simple: our productivity is directly proportional to our ability to relax. Only when our minds are clear and our thoughts are organized can we achieve effective productivity and unleash our creative potential. In Get...0 points

Competitive Strategy: Techniques for Analyzing Industries and Competitors by Michael E. Porter

Now nearing its 60th printing in English and tran more...0 points

Now nearing its 60th printing in English and translated into nineteen languages, Michael E. Porter's Competitive Strategy has transformed the theory, practice, and teaching of business strategy throughout the world. Electrifying in its simplicity -- like all great breakthroughs -- Porter's analysis of industries captures the complexity of industry competition in five underlying forces. Porter introduces one of the most powerful competitive tools yet developed: his three generic strategies -- lo...0 points

Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes are High by Kerry Patterson, Joseph Grenny, Ron McMillan, Al Switzler, Stephen R. Covey

Foreword by Stephen R. Covey, Author of The 7 Habi more...0 points

Foreword by Stephen R. Covey, Author of The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People A PAPERBACK ORIGINAL "Most books make promises. This one delivers. These skills have not only helped us to change the culture of our company, but have also generated new techniques for working together in ways that enabled us to win the largest contract in our industry's history."--Dain M. Hancock, President, Lockheed Martin Aeronautics A powerful, seven-step approach to handling difficult conversations with confiden...0 points

Citizen Marketers: When People Are the Message by Ben McConnell, Jackie Huba

""A solid... insightful explanation of h more...0 points

""A solid... insightful explanation of how the Internet has armed the consumer-which is to say, everyone-against the mindless blather of corporate messaging attempts. Drop everything and read this book.""-The Wall Street Journal The woman next to you in the coffee shop, typing madly on her laptop, just might be determining the ending to next year's block-buster film or how quickly the hottest new PDAT hits store shelves.  In homes, dorm rooms, waiting rooms, planes and trains arou...0 points

Marketing Metrics: 50+ Metrics Every Executive Should Master by Paul W. Farris, Neil T. Bendle, Phillip E. Pfeifer, David J. Reibstein

Few marketers recognize the extraordinary range of more...0 points

Few marketers recognize the extraordinary range of metrics now available for evaluating their strategies and tactics. In Marketing Metrics, four leading researchers and consultants systematically introduce today's most powerful marketing metrics. The authors show how to use a "dashboard" of metrics to view market dynamics from various perspectives, maximize accuracy, and "triangulate" to optimal solutions. Their comprehensive coverage includes measurements of promotional strategy, advertising, a...0 points

Marshall Goldsmith Interviewed by Jan Schleicher on Inside Business Success: What Got You Here Won't Get You There by Marshall Goldsmith, Jan Schleicher

 Discover a systematic approach to identifying an more...0 points

 Discover a systematic approach to identifying and changing the habits that are preventing you from going to the next level in your career. Whether you are near the top of the ladder, or still have a ways to climb, you will identify specific actions that will help you change for the better and ensure that you won't fall back into your old habits. You will see the fundamental problems that often come with success -and ways to attack these problems. America's Most Famous Executive Coach0 points

Making Things Happen: Mastering Project Management (Theory in Practice (O'Reilly)) by Scott Berkun

In the updated edition of this critically acclaime more...0 points

In the updated edition of this critically acclaimed and bestselling book, Microsoft project veteran Scott Berkun offers a collection of essays on field-tested philosophies and strategies for defining, leading, and managing projects. Each essay distills complex concepts and challenges into practical nuggets of useful advice, and the new edition now adds more value for leaders and managers of projects everywhere. Based on his nine years of experience as a program manager for Internet Explorer and....0 points

Brain Rules: 12 Principles for Surviving and Thriving at Work, Home, and School (Book & DVD) by John Medina

Most of us have no idea what's really going on ins more...0 points

Most of us have no idea what's really going on inside our heads. Yet brain scientists have uncovered details every business leader, parent, and teacher should know--such as the brain's need for physical activity to work at its best. How do we learn? What exactly do sleep and stress do to our brains? Why is multi-tasking a myth? Why is it so easy to forget--and so important to repeat new information? Is it true that men and women have different brains? In Brain Rules, molecular biologist Dr. Jo...0 points

The Sales Bible: The Ultimate Sales Resource, New Edition by Jeffrey Gitomer

Since its initial publication in 1994, Morrow's ha more...0 points

Since its initial publication in 1994, Morrow's hardcover edition of Jeffrey Gitomer's THE SALES BIBLE has sold over 117,000 copies, and another 100,000 in paperback (published by Wiley).But in the 13 years since then, Gitomer has made himself into a sales powerhouse with huge success around an inventively packaged series of books, with his classic THE LITTLE RED BOOK OF SELLING at its heart.Now at last, Gitomer has taken the title that began it all, and has completely revised it. The Sales Bibl...0 points

The Goal by Eliyahu M. Goldratt (BOOK)

The Goal Book. Softcover version. 2004 edition. Th more...0 points

The Goal Book. Softcover version. 2004 edition. The Goal. 2004 version. 3 rd edition. Softcover. Paperback.by Eliyahu M. Goldratt (Author), Jeff Cox (Author)Product DescriptionThe Goal. Softcover Paperback Back. by Eliyahu M. Goldratt and Jeff Cox (Paperback - Jul 2004). Published by North River Press. Here is some info on the book. All-time classic. From Publishers Weekly In this intriguing, readable business novel, which illustrates state-of-the-art economic theory, Alex Rogo is a UniCo pla...0 points

Law 101: Everything You Need to Know about the American Legal System by Jay M. Feinman

The best-selling first edition of Law 101 provided more...0 points

The best-selling first edition of Law 101 provided readers with a vividly written and indispensable portrait of our nation's legal system. Now, in this revised edition, Jay M. Feinman offers an updated survey of American law, spiced with new anecdotes and cases, and incorporating fresh material on topics ranging from the President's war powers, to intellectual property, standard form contracts, and eminent domain. Here is an exceptionally clear introduction to law, covering the main subjects fo...0 points

slide:ology: The Art and Science of Creating Great Presentations by Nancy Duarte

No matter where you are on the organizational ladd more...0 points

No matter where you are on the organizational ladder, the odds are high that you've delivered a high-stakes presentation to your peers, your boss, your customers, or the general public. Presentation software is one of the few tools that requires professionals to think visually on an almost daily basis. But unlike verbal skills, effective visual expression is not easy, natural, or actively taught in schools or business training programs. slide:ology fills that void. Written by Nancy Duarte, Pres...0 points

Presentation Zen: Simple Ideas on Presentation Design and Delivery (Voices That Matter) by Garr Reynolds

Presentation designer and internationally acclaime more...3 points

Presentation designer and internationally acclaimed communications expert Garr Reynolds, creator of the most popular Web site on presentation design and delivery on the net -- presentationzen.com -- shares his experience in a provocative mix of illumination, inspiration, education, and guidance that will change the way you think about making presentations with PowerPoint or Keynote. Presentation Zen challenges the conventional wisdom of making "slide presentations" in today's world and encourage...3 points

See You at the Top: 25th Anniversary Edition by Zig Ziglar

For more than three decades, Zig Ziglar, one of th more...3 points

For more than three decades, Zig Ziglar, one of the great motivators of our age, has traveled the world, encouraging, uplifting, and inspiring audiences. His groundbreaking best seller, "See You at the Top," remains an authentic American classic. Its basic premise--you can get everything in life you want if you help enough other people get what they want--has guided generations of readers to personal success. This revised and updated twenty-fifth anniversary edition stresses the importance of ho...3 points

Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die by Chip Heath, Dan Heath

Mark Twain once observed, "A lie can get half more...2 points

Mark Twain once observed, "A lie can get halfway around the world before the truth can even get its boots on." His observation rings true: Urban legends, conspiracy theories, and bogus public-health scares circulate effortlessly. Meanwhile, people with important ideas-business people, teachers, politicians, journalists, and others-struggle to make their ideas "stick." Why do some ideas thrive while others die? And how do we improve the chances of worthy ideas? In Ma...2 points

Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion (Collins Business Essentials) by Robert B. Cialdini

Influence, the classic book on persuasion, explai more...2 points

Influence, the classic book on persuasion, explains the psychology of why people say "yes"-and how to apply these understandings. Dr. Robert Cialdini is the seminal expert in the rapidly expanding field of influence and persuasion. His thirty-five years of rigorous, evidence-based research along with a three-year program of study on what moves people to change behavior has resulted in this highly acclaimed book. You'll learn the six universal principles, how to use them to become a skill...2 points

All Marketers Are Liars: The Power of Telling Authentic Stories in a Low-Trust World by Seth Godin

Every marketer tells a story. And if they do it ri more...2 points

Every marketer tells a story. And if they do it right, we believe them. We believe that wine tastes better in a $20 glass than a $1 glass. We believe that an $80,000 Porsche Cayenne is vastly superior to a $36,000 VW Touareg, which is virtually the same car. We believe that $225 Pumas will make our feet feel better-and look cooler-than $20 no-names . . . and believing it makes it true. Successful marketers don't talk about features or even benefits. Instead, they tell a story. A story we want t...2 points

Getting Everything You Can Out of All You've Got: 21 Ways You Can Out-Think, Out-Perform, and Out-Earn the Competition by Jay Abraham

A trusted advisor to America's top corporations an more...2 points

A trusted advisor to America's top corporations and recognized as one of today's preeminent marketing experts, Jay Abraham has created a program of proven strategies to help you realize undreamed-of success! Unseen opportunities face each of us every day. Using clear examples from his own experience, Jay explains just how easy it can be to find and/or create new opportunities for wealth-building in any existing business, enterprise, or venture.And just how easy can it be? One entrepreneur took t...2 points

The 4-Hour Workweek: Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich by Timothy Ferriss

What do you do? Tim Ferriss has trouble answering more...2 points

What do you do? Tim Ferriss has trouble answering the question. Depending on when you ask this controversial Princeton University guest lecturer, he might answer:"I race motorcycles in Europe.""I ski in the Andes.""I scuba dive in Panama." "I dance tango in Buenos Aires." He has spent more than five years learning the secrets of the New Rich, a fast-growing subculture who has abandoned the "deferred-life plan" and instead mastered the new currenc...2 points

The Art of the Start: The Time-Tested, Battle-Hardened Guide for Anyone Starting Anything by Guy Kawasaki

What does it take to turn ideas into action? What more...2 points

What does it take to turn ideas into action? What are the elements of a perfect pitch? How do you win the war for talent? How do you establish a brand without bucks? These are some of the issues everyone faces when starting or revitalizing any undertaking, and Guy Kawasaki, former marketing maven of Apple Computer, provides the answers. The Art of the Start will give you the essential steps to launch great products, services, and companies-whether you are dreaming of starting the next Micr...2 points

First, Break All the Rules: What the World's Greatest Managers Do Differently by Marcus Buckingham, Curt Coffman

The greatest managers in the world seem to have l more...2 points

The greatest managers in the world seem to have little in common. They differ in sex, age, and race. They employ vastly different styles and focus on different goals. Yet despite their differences, great managers share one common trait: They do not hesitate to break virtually every rule held sacred by conventional wisdom. They do not believe that, with enough training, a person can achieve anything he sets his mind to. They do not try to help people overcome their weaknesses. They consistently....2 points

New Rules for the New Economy by Kevin Kelly

A spirited and groundbreaking book in the traditio more...2 points

A spirited and groundbreaking book in the tradition of such futuristic bestsellers as Megatrends, The Year 2000, and Future ShockForget supply and demand. Forget computers. The old rules are broken. Today, communication, not computation, drives change. We are rushing into a world where connectivity is everything, and where old business know-how means nothing. In this new economic order, success flows primarily from understanding networks, and networks have their own rules. In New Rules for the N...2 points

Getting to Yes: Negotiating Agreement Without Giving In by Roger Fisher, William L. Ury

This is by far the best thing I've ever read about more...2 points

This is by far the best thing I've ever read about negotiation. It is equally relevant for the individual who would like to keep his friends, property, and income and the statesman who would like to keep the peace. --John Kenneth Galbraith.2 points

Return on Customer: Creating Maximum Value From Your Scarcest Resource by Don Peppers, Martha Rogers

Internationally acclaimed business gurus and best- more...2 points

Internationally acclaimed business gurus and best-selling authors Don Peppers and Martha Rogers kicked off the CRM revolution and changed the landscape of business competition with their classic bestseller, The One to One Future. Now, in Return on Customer, they have written an even more revolutionary book, redefining the very concept of what it means to be "profitable" as a business. Virtually every manager agrees that a company's most vital asset is its customer base - the....2 points

Long Tail, The, Revised and Updated Edition: Why the Future of Business is Selling Less of More by Chris Anderson

The New York Times bestseller that introduced the more...2 points

The New York Times bestseller that introduced the business world to a future that's already here--now in paperback with a new chapter about Long Tail Marketing and a new epilogue. Winner of the Gerald Loeb Award for Best Business Book of the Year In the most important business book since The Tipping Point, Chris Anderson shows how the future of commerce and culture isn't in hits, the high-volume head of a traditional demand curve, but in what used to be regarded as misses--the endlessly long tai...2 points

Direct Mail Copy That Sells! by Herschell Gordon Lewis

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The Only Other Investment Guide You'll Ever Need by Andrew P. Tobias

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Zig Ziglar's Secrets of Closing the Sale by Zig Ziglar

Ziglar's ultimate sales guide covers creative clos more...2 points

Ziglar's ultimate sales guide covers creative closes, reasons people won't buy and ways to overcome them, selling with integrity, and more. Previously available as a direct mail package for $59.95. Unabridged.2 points

The Republic of Tea: The Story of the Creation of a Business, as Told Through the Personal Letters of Its Founders by Mel Ziegler, Patricia Ziegler

Through a 20-month exchange of faxes, this book ch more...2 points

Through a 20-month exchange of faxes, this book chronicles the feelings and emotions of three partners as they confront their fears and dreams to create an enormously successful start-up company. "(Allows) us to observe a new business unfold."--Inc. Magazine.2 points

The Ten Faces of Innovation: IDEO's Strategies for Defeating the Devil's Advocate and Driving Creativity Throughout Your Organization by Thomas Kelley, Jonathan Littman

The author of the bestselling The Art of Innovatio more...2 points

The author of the bestselling The Art of Innovation reveals the strategies IDEO, the world-famous design firm, uses to foster innovative thinking throughout an organization and overcome the naysayers who stifle creativity. The role of the devil's advocate is nearly universal in business today. It allows individuals to step outside themselves and raise questions and concerns that effectively kill new projects and ideas, while claiming no personal responsibility. Nothing is more potent in stifling...2 points

Software Project Survival Guide (Pro -- Best Practices) by Steve McConnell

The author of the classics "Code Complete&quo more...2 points

The author of the classics "Code Complete" and "Rapid Development" throws a lifeline to the industry's huge and indispensable population of rookie managers and technical leads. This book is a roadmap to how an effective software project works--understandable even for those with limited project experience.2 points

The Art of the Start: The Time-Tested, Battle-Hardened Guide for Anyone Starting Anything by Guy Kawasaki

Free at ChangeThis. What does it take to turn idea more...2 points

Free at ChangeThis. What does it take to turn ideas into action? What are the elements of a perfect pitch? How do you win the war for talent? How do you establish a brand without bucks? These are some of the issues everyone faces when starting or revitalizing any undertaking, and Guy Kawasaki, former marketing maven of Apple Computer, provides the answers. The Art of the Start will give you the essential steps to launch great products, services, and companies-whether you are dreaming of st...2 points

The Cathedral & the Bazaar: Musings on Linux and Open Source by an Accidental Revolutionary by Eric S. Raymond

Free on this page. The Cathedral & the Bazaar more...2 points

Free on this page. The Cathedral & the Bazaar is a must for anyone who cares about the future of the computer industry or the dynamics of the information economy. Its conclusions will be studied, debated, and implemented for years to come. According to Bob Young, "This is Eric Raymond's great contribution to the success of the Open Source Revolution, to the adoption of Linux-based operating systems, and to the success of open source users and the companies that supply them." The interest in open...2 points

How to Be Creative by Hugh MacLeod

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Marketing Myopia (Harvard Business Review Classics) (Harvard Business Review Classics) by Theodore Levitt

Free on this page. What business is your company r more...2 points

Free on this page. What business is your company really in? That's a question all executives should all ask before demand for their firm's products or services dwindles. In Marketing Myopia, Theodore Levitt offers examples of companies that became obsolete because they misunderstood what business they were in and thus what their customers wanted. He identifies the four widespread myths that put companies at risk of obsolescence and explains how business leaders can shift their attention to custo...2 points

The Cluetrain Manifesto: The End of Business as Usual by Christopher Locke, Rick Levine, Doc Searls, David Weinberger

Free on this page. From four of the liveliest pers more...2 points

Free on this page. From four of the liveliest personalities on the Web comes a provocative, outrageous, and wickedly smart account of what it will take to prosper in the fast-forward world on the wire. This nationally acclaimed best seller is a spirited, original, and wonderfully irreverent conversation that will challenge, provoke, and forever change your outlook on the digital economy. A rich tapestry of anecdotes, object lessons, parodies, insights, and predictions, The Cluetrain Manifesto il...2 points

THE ART OF EXCEPTIONAL LIVING By Jim Rohn by Jim Rohn

Begin by making your life a work of art. You don't more...1 point

Begin by making your life a work of art. You don't have to be a super-achiever. You don't have to be unusually creative. You don't have to endure great obstacles. According to success expert, Jim Rohn, you don't have to do exceptional things at all. Just do ordinary things exceptionally well. That's The Art of Exceptional Living.There are things you can, should and must do to get your life on track of success. You may not be aware of it, but they are already in your heart. In The Art of Except...1 point

Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity by David Allen

In today's world, yesterday's methods just don't w more...1 point

In today's world, yesterday's methods just don't work. In Getting Things Done, veteran coach and management consultant David Allen shares the breakthrough methods for stress-free performance that he has introduced to tens of thousands of people across the country. Allen's premise is simple: our productivity is directly proportional to our ability to relax. Only when our minds are clear and our thoughts are organized can we achieve effective productivity and unleash our creative potential. In Get...1 point

How to Win Friends & Influence People by Dale Carnegie

YOU CAN GO AFTER THE JOB YOU WANT...AND GET IT! Y more...1 point

YOU CAN GO AFTER THE JOB YOU WANT...AND GET IT! YOU CAN TAKE THE JOB YOU HAVE...AND IMPROVE IT! YOU CAN TAKE ANY SITUATION YOU'RE IN...AND MAKE IT WORK FOR YOU! For more than sixty years the rock-solid, time-tested advice in this book has carried thousands of now famous people up the ladder of success in their business and personal lives. Now this previously revised and updated bestseller is available in trade paperback for the first time to help you achieve your maximum potential throughout....1 point

On Writing Well, 30th Anniversary Edition: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction by William K. Zinsser

On Writing Well has been praised for its sound adv more...1 point

On Writing Well has been praised for its sound advice, its clarity and the warmth of its style. It is a book for everybody who wants to learn how to write or who needs to do some writing to get through the day, as almost everybody does in the age of e-mail and the Internet. Whether you want to write about people or places, science and technology, business, sports, the arts or about yourself in the increasingly popular memoir genre, On Writing Well offers you fundamental priciples as well as the....1 point

The Design of Everyday Things by Donald A. Norman

Donald Norman's best-selling plea for user-friendl more...1 point

Donald Norman's best-selling plea for user-friendly design, with more than 175,000 copies sold to date, is now a Basic paperback. First, businesses discovered quality as a key competitive edge; next came service. Now, Donald A. Norman, former Director of the Institute for Cognitive Science at the University of California, reveals how smart design is the new competitive frontier. The Design of Everyday Things is a powerful primer on how--and why--some products satisfy customers while others only...1 point

Universal Principles of Design by William Lidwell, Kritina Holden, Jill Butler

Whether a marketing campaign or a museum exhibit, more...1 point

Whether a marketing campaign or a museum exhibit, a video game or a complex control system, the design we see is the culmination of many concepts and practices brought together from a variety of disciplines. Because no one can be an expert on everything, designers have always had to scramble to find the information and know-how required to make a design work until now. Universal Principles of Design is the first comprehensive, cross-disciplinary encyclopedia of design. Richly illustrated and eas...1 point

Getting Real: The smarter, faster, easier way to build a successful web Application by 37signals

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How to Make Millions with Your Ideas: An Entrepreneur's Guide by Dan S. Kennedy

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Blue Ocean Strategy: How to Create Uncontested Market Space and Make Competition Irrelevant by W. Chan Kim, Renée Mauborgne

Winning by Not Competing: A Fresh Approach to Stra more...1 point

Winning by Not Competing: A Fresh Approach to Strategy Since the dawn of the industrial age, companies have engaged in head-to-head competition in search of sustained, profitable growth. They have fought for competitive advantage, battled over market share, and struggled for differentiation. Yet these hallmarks of competitive strategy are not the way to create profitable growth in the future. In a book that challenges everything you thought you knew about the requirements for strategic success,...1 point

How to Lie With Statistics by Darrell Huff

Darrell Huff runs the gamut of every popularly use more...1 point

Darrell Huff runs the gamut of every popularly used type of statistic, probes such things as the sample study, the tabulation method, the interview technique, or the way the results are derived from the figures, and points up the countless number of dodges which are used to fool rather than inform.1 point

Citizen Marketers: When People Are the Message by Ben McConnell, Jackie Huba

""A solid... insightful explanation of h more...1 point

""A solid... insightful explanation of how the Internet has armed the consumer-which is to say, everyone-against the mindless blather of corporate messaging attempts. Drop everything and read this book.""-The Wall Street Journal The woman next to you in the coffee shop, typing madly on her laptop, just might be determining the ending to next year's block-buster film or how quickly the hottest new PDAT hits store shelves.  In homes, dorm rooms, waiting rooms, planes and trains arou...1 point

Wave Rider: Leadership for High Performance in a Self-Organizing World by Harrison Owen

What began forty years ago as a journey of explora more...1 point

What began forty years ago as a journey of exploration into the interplay between chaos, order, and the creative process culminates in this capstone work of Harrison Owen's pioneering career. From the creator of Open Space Technology (OST), Wave Rider shows how to apply the fundamental principles of OST to the day-to-day management and leadership of organizations. Owen lays out eight concrete steps for aligning ourselves with the driving power behind OST's immense success: the primal force of se...1 point

The Seven-Day Weekend: Changing the Way Work Works by Ricardo Semler

Email and paperwork have invaded homes. Most peopl more...1 point

Email and paperwork have invaded homes. Most people know how to work on Sunday evening. But no one yet knows how to go to the cinema on Monday afternoon. A new way to work is needed. Since "Maverick!" was published, the growth and success of Semco have been explosive: it's now five times bigger than it was four years ago. It has embraced the internet world, expanded in services, and employs 2,300 people, compared to 350 when "Maverick!" was written. A new way of working has emerged at Semco of w...1 point

Psycho-Cybernetics, A New Way to Get More Living Out of Life by Maxwell Maltz

Positive wisdom and helpful insights on how to be more...1 point

Positive wisdom and helpful insights on how to be a successful personHappiness and success are habits. So are failure and misery. But negative habits can be changed--and Psycho-Cybernetics shows you how!This is your personal audio guide to the amazing power of Psycho-Cybernetics--a program based on one of the world s classic self-help books, a multimillion-copy bestseller proven effective by readers worldwide. Presenting positive attitude as a means for change, Maltz s teaching has the ring of c...1 point

Maverick: The Success Story Behind the World's Most Unusual Workplace by Ricardo Semler

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A Brazilian executive's success story describes how he turned around an aging, stagnant company that defied recession, strikes, and inflation by eliminating nine layers of management and instilling democratic practices. Reprint.1 point

Snow Crash (Bantam Spectra Book) by Neal Stephenson

Only once in a great while does a writer come alon more...1 point

Only once in a great while does a writer come along who defies comparison--a writer so original he redefines the way we look at the world. Neal Stephenson is such a writer and Snow Crash is such a novel, weaving virtual reality, Sumerian myth, and just about everything in between with a cool, hip cybersensibility to bring us the gigathriller of the information age.In reality, Hiro Protagonist delivers pizza for Uncle Enzo's CosaNostra Pizza Inc., but in the Metaverse he's a warrior prince. Plung...1 point

The Story of B by Daniel Quinn

The Story of B combines Daniel Quinn's provocative more...1 point

The Story of B combines Daniel Quinn's provocative and visionary ideas with a masterfully plotted story of adventure and suspense in this stunning, resonant novel that is sure to stay with readers long after they have finished the last page. Father Jared Osborne--bound by a centuries-old mandate held by his order to know before all others that the Antichrist is among us--is sent to Europe on a mission to find a peripatetic preacher whose radical message is attracting a growing circle of follower...1 point

The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable by Nassim Nicholas Taleb

A black swan is a highly improbable event with thr more...1 point

A black swan is a highly improbable event with three principal characteristics: It is unpredictable; it carries a massive impact; and, after the fact, we concoct an explanation that makes it appear less random, and more predictable, than it was. The astonishing success of Google was a black swan; so was 9/11. For Nassim Nicholas Taleb, black swans underlie almost everything about our world, from the rise of religions to events in our own personal lives.Why do we not acknowledge the phenomenon of...1 point

The SPEED of Trust: The One Thing That Changes Everything by Stephen M.R. Covey

From Stephen R. Covey's eldest son comes a revolut more...1 point

From Stephen R. Covey's eldest son comes a revolutionary new path towards productivity and satisfaction. Trust, says Stephen M.R. Covey, is the very basis of the new global economy, and he shows how trust-and the speed at which it is established with clients, employees and constituents-is the essential ingredient for any high-performance, successful organization. For business leaders and public figures in any arena, The Speed of Trust offers an unprecedented and eminently practica...1 point

First Things First by Stephen R. Covey, A. Roger Merrill, Rebecca R. Merrill

I'm getting more done in less time, but where are more...1 point

I'm getting more done in less time, but where are the rich relationships, the inner peace, the balance, the confidence that I'm doing what matters most and doing it well? Does this nagging question haunt you, even when you feel you are being your most efficient? If so, First Things First can help you understand why so often our first things aren't first. Rather than offering you another clock, First Things First provides you with a compass, because where you're headed is more important than how...1 point

The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen R. Covey

In The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, author more...1 point

In The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, author Stephen R. Covey presents a holistic, integrated, principle-centered approach for solving personal and professional problems. With penetrating insights and pointed anecdotes, Covey reveals a step-by-step pathway for living with fairness, integrity, service, and human dignity -- principles that give us the security to adapt to change and the wisdom and power to take advantage of the opportunities that change creates.1 point

Tribes: We Need You to Lead Us by Seth Godin

A tribe is any group of people, large or small, wh more...1 point

A tribe is any group of people, large or small, who are connected to one another, a leader, and an idea. For millions of years, humans have been seeking out tribes, be they religious, ethnic, economic, political, or even musical (think of the Deadheads). It's our nature. Now the Internet has eliminated the barriers of geography, cost, and time. All those blogs and social networking sites are helping existing tribes get bigger. But more important, they're enabling countless new tribes t...1 point

10 Days to Faster Reading by Abby Marks-Beale, The Princeton Language Institute

Speed reading used to require months of training. more...0 points

Speed reading used to require months of training. Now you can rev up your reading in just a few minutes a day. With quizzes to determine your present reading level and exercises to quickly introduce new skills, this book is a must for anyone feeling pressed for time.0 points

StrengthsFinder 2.0: A New and Upgraded Edition of the Online Test from Gallup's Now, Discover Your Strengths by Tom Rath

DO YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO WHAT YOU DO BEST more...0 points

DO YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO WHAT YOU DO BEST EVERY DAY?Chances are, you don't. All too often, our natural talents go untapped. From the cradle to the cubicle, we devote more time to fixing our shortcomings than to developing our strengths.To help people uncover their talents, Gallup introduced the first version of its online assessment, StrengthsFinder, in the 2001 management book Now, Discover Your Strengths. The book spent more than five years on the bestseller lists and ignited a global...0 points

Lead the Field by Earl Nightingale

IF THE GRASS IS GREENER ON THE OTHER SIDE... It' more...0 points

IF THE GRASS IS GREENER ON THE OTHER SIDE... It's probably getting better care. Success is not a matter of luck or circumstance. It's not a matter of fate or the breaks you get or who you know. Success is a matter of sticking to a set of commonsense principles anyone can master. In Lead the Field Earl Nightingale explains these guidelines: the magic word in life is ATTITUDE. It determines your actions, as well as the actions of others. It tells the world what you expect from it. When you acce...0 points

The Effective Executive: The Definitive Guide to Getting the Right Things Done (Harperbusiness Essentials) by Peter F. Drucker

What makes an effective executive? The measure of more...0 points

What makes an effective executive? The measure of the executive, Peter F. Drucker reminds us, is the ability to "get the right things done." This usually involves doing what other people have overlooked as well as avoiding what is unproductive. Intelligence, imagination, and knowledge may all be wasted in an executive job without the acquired habits of mind that mold them into results. Drucker identifies five practices essential to business effectiveness that can, and must, be learned: Managi...0 points

Bit Literacy: Productivity in the Age of Information and E-mail Overload by Mark Hurst

Bit Literacy is essential reading for anyone who h more...0 points

Bit Literacy is essential reading for anyone who has experienced "digital overload": the daily flood of e-mail, multiple todo lists, a cluttered desktop, documents in various file formats, and the constant distraction of cell phones and other devices. More than a quick fix or another "how-to" guide, this book offers an entirely new way of attaining productivity that users at any level of expertise can put into action right away. This is "bit literacy," a method for working more productively in t...0 points

The Creative Habit: Learn It and Use It for Life by Twyla Tharp

All it takes to make creativity a part of your lif more...0 points

All it takes to make creativity a part of your life is the willingness to make it a habit. It is the product of preparation and effort, and is within reach of everyone. Whether you are a painter, musician, businessperson, or simply an individual yearning to put your creativity to use, The Creative Habit provides you with thirty-two practical exercises based on the lessons Twyla Tharp has learned in her remarkable thirty-five-year career.In "Where's Your Pencil?" Tharp reminds you to observe the....0 points

The Simplicity Survival Handbook: 32 Ways To Do Less And Accomplish More by Bill Jensen

In the Simplicity Survival Handbook: 32 Ways To Do more...0 points

In the Simplicity Survival Handbook: 32 Ways To Do Less and Accomplish More, Bill Jensen, author of the best-selling Simplicity, offers step-by-step techniques to running your business more successfully and getting more accomplished in a shorter amount of time. In today's extremely fast-paced world, Jensen's user-friendly-and often hilarious-survival guide is an indispensable guide to workplace survival. In a world of more-better-faster, the challenges and stresses in the workplace have never b...0 points

Cut to the Chase: and 99 Other Rules to Liberate Yourself and Gain Back the Gift of Time by Stuart R. Levine

DECIDE WHAT NOT TO DO# 46 TEACH PEOPLE HOW TO USE more...0 points

DECIDE WHAT NOT TO DO# 46 TEACH PEOPLE HOW TO USE YOUR TIME# 97 TAKE BACK THE WEEKENDIn Cut to the Chase, bestselling author Stuart R. Levine reveals 100 no-nonsense rules on how to be more effective at work and make the best use of your most precious resource: your time. Just before CEO and consultant Stuart Levine appeared on the Today show to discuss his book The Six Fundamentals of Success, co-host Matt Lauer said to him, "You know what really drives me nuts? When people come into my office....0 points

Making Things Happen: Mastering Project Management (Theory in Practice (O'Reilly)) by Scott Berkun

In the updated edition of this critically acclaime more...0 points

In the updated edition of this critically acclaimed and bestselling book, Microsoft project veteran Scott Berkun offers a collection of essays on field-tested philosophies and strategies for defining, leading, and managing projects. Each essay distills complex concepts and challenges into practical nuggets of useful advice, and the new edition now adds more value for leaders and managers of projects everywhere. Based on his nine years of experience as a program manager for Internet Explorer and....0 points

Results Without Authority: Controlling a Project When the Team Doesn't Report to You -- A Project Manager's Guide by Tom Kendrick

How to take control of teams and projects even whe more...0 points

How to take control of teams and projects even when you're not the boss.... Project leaders these days supervise few if any of the people that they rely upon for project success. Getting projects off to a good start and then maintaining control of them is an enormous challenge for a project leader who has little or no formal authority. But there are many proven, powerful techniques a strong project leader can employ to keep projects and teams on track. Results Without Authority explores a wide r...0 points

Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes are High by Kerry Patterson, Joseph Grenny, Ron McMillan, Al Switzler, Stephen R. Covey

Foreword by Stephen R. Covey, Author of The 7 Habi more...0 points

Foreword by Stephen R. Covey, Author of The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People A PAPERBACK ORIGINAL "Most books make promises. This one delivers. These skills have not only helped us to change the culture of our company, but have also generated new techniques for working together in ways that enabled us to win the largest contract in our industry's history."--Dain M. Hancock, President, Lockheed Martin Aeronautics A powerful, seven-step approach to handling difficult conversations with confiden...0 points

Sources of Power: How People Make Decisions by Gary Klein

"Most studies of decision-making treat humans more...0 points

"Most studies of decision-making treat humans like rats in a laboratory. But Dr. Klein, a cognitive psychologist, spent a decade watching fire commanders, fighter pilots, paramedics, and others making split-second decisions on the job, and this book is a clear and engaging account of his findings." -- Thomas Petzinger, Jr., Wall Street Journal Anyone who watches the television news has seen images of firefighters rescuing people from burning buildings and paramedics treating bombing victims. How...0 points

Secrets of Consulting: A Guide to Giving and Getting Advice Successfully by Gerald M. Weinberg

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Everyday Survival: Why Smart People Do Stupid Things by Laurence Gonzales

The author of the life-changing bestseller Deep Su more...0 points

The author of the life-changing bestseller Deep Survival once again brings us revelations about ourselves from the cutting edge of science.Laurence Gonzales shows how modern society has made us lazy and susceptible to previously unknown threats. "Curiosity, awareness, attention," he writes. "Those are the tools of our everyday survival...we all must be scientists at heart or be victims of forces that we don't understand."Gonzales turns his talent for gripping narrative, knowledge of the way our....0 points

Product Design and Development by Karl T. Ulrich, Steven D. Eppinger

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This book presents a set of product development techniques aimed at bringing together the marketing, design, and manufacturing functions of the enterprise. It treats issues such as identifying customer needs, design for manufacturing, prototyping, and industrial design.0 points

The Goal by Eliyahu M. Goldratt (BOOK)

The Goal Book. Softcover version. 2004 edition. Th more...0 points

The Goal Book. Softcover version. 2004 edition. The Goal. 2004 version. 3 rd edition. Softcover. Paperback.by Eliyahu M. Goldratt (Author), Jeff Cox (Author)Product DescriptionThe Goal. Softcover Paperback Back. by Eliyahu M. Goldratt and Jeff Cox (Paperback - Jul 2004). Published by North River Press. Here is some info on the book. All-time classic. From Publishers Weekly In this intriguing, readable business novel, which illustrates state-of-the-art economic theory, Alex Rogo is a UniCo pla...0 points

Lean Thinking : Banish Waste and Create Wealth in Your Corporation, Revised and Updated by James P. Womack, Daniel T. Jones, James Womack, Daniel Jones

Expanded, updated, and more relevant than ever, t more...0 points

Expanded, updated, and more relevant than ever, this bestselling business classic by two internationally renowned management analysts describes a business system for the twenty-first century that supersedes the mass production system of Ford, the financial control system of Sloan, and the strategic system of Welch and GE. It is based on the Toyota (lean) model, which combines operational excellence with value-based strategies to produce steady growth through a wide range of economic conditions....0 points

Indispensable: How To Become The Company That Your Customers Can't Live Without by Joe Calloway

A five-step strategy for turning a commodity into more...0 points

A five-step strategy for turning a commodity into a necessity When products and services become interchangeable, price becomes the ultimate determinant for consumers. Indispensable shows businesses how to break out of that cycle by using The Five Drivers-a strategy that takes companies to the next level of performance. Renowned business consultant Joe Calloway looks at how real companies have made their product or service "mission critical," and satisfied customers in the process. Indispensabl...0 points

The Sales Bible: The Ultimate Sales Resource, New Edition by Jeffrey Gitomer

Since its initial publication in 1994, Morrow's ha more...0 points

Since its initial publication in 1994, Morrow's hardcover edition of Jeffrey Gitomer's THE SALES BIBLE has sold over 117,000 copies, and another 100,000 in paperback (published by Wiley).But in the 13 years since then, Gitomer has made himself into a sales powerhouse with huge success around an inventively packaged series of books, with his classic THE LITTLE RED BOOK OF SELLING at its heart.Now at last, Gitomer has taken the title that began it all, and has completely revised it. The Sales Bibl...0 points

The Ultimate Sales Machine: Turbocharge Your Business with Relentless Focus on 12 Key Strategies by Chet Holmes

Chet Holmes has been called "one of the top 2 more...0 points

Chet Holmes has been called "one of the top 20 change experts in the country." He helps his clients blow away both the competition and their own expectations. And his advice starts with one simple concept: focus! Instead of trying to master four thousand strategies to improve your business, zero in on the few essential skill areas that make the big difference. Too many managers jump at every new trend, but don't stick with any of them. Instead, says Holmes, focus on twelve critic...0 points

SPIN Selling by Neil Rackham

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Bargaining for Advantage: Negotiation Strategies for Reasonable People 2nd Edition by G. Richard Shell

The award-winning guide to business negotiation us more...0 points

The award-winning guide to business negotiation used by top negotiators and training programs all over the world-completely updated and revised As director of the renowned Wharton Executive Negotiation Workshop, Professor G. Richard Shell has taught thousands of business leaders, administrators, and other professionals how to survive and thrive in the sometimes rough-and-tumble world of negotiation. His systematic, step- by-step approach comes to life in this book, which is available in ov...0 points

3-d Negotiation: Powerful Tools to Change the Game in Your Most Important Deals by David A. Lax, James K. Sebenius

Stuck in a "win-win versus win-lose" deb more...0 points

Stuck in a "win-win versus win-lose" debate, most negotiation books focus on face-to-face tactics. Yet table tactics are only the "first dimension" of Lax and Sebenius's pathbreaking 3-D Negotiation%u2122 approach, developed from their decades of doing deals and analyzing great dealmakers. Moves in their "second dimension"-deal design-systematically unlock economic and non-economic value by creatively structuring agreements. But what sets the 3-D approach apart is its "third dimen...0 points

The new business road test: What entrepreneurs and executives should do before writing a business plan (2nd Edition) (Financial Times Series) by John Mullins

'You may have capital and a talented management te more...0 points

'You may have capital and a talented management team, but if you are fundamentally in a lousy business, you won't get the kind of results you would in a good business. All businesses aren't created equal.' William P.Egan II, veteran US venture capitalist No matter how talented you are, no matter how much capital you have, no matter how good your business plan is, if you're pursuing a lousy business' i.e. a fundamentally flawed opportunity you're on the fast-track to failure. The New Business Roa...0 points

Bankable Business Plans: Second Edition by Edward G. Rogoff

The secrets behind creating compelling and success more...0 points

The secrets behind creating compelling and successful business plans sure to attract financial backers are revealed step-by-step in this invaluable guide. Containing detailed information on Risk Management Association (RMA) data and clear explanations of the guidelines that banks, venture capital firms, and the Small Business Administration (SBA) use to grant loans and other financial support to businesses, the resource equips potential business owners with a wealth of knowledge on lending proce...0 points

Ready, Fire, Aim: Zero to $100 Million in No Time Flat (Agora Series) by Michael Masterson

Whether you're thinking about starting a new busin more...0 points

Whether you're thinking about starting a new business or growing an existing one, Ready, Fire, Aim has what you need to succeed in your entrepreneurial endeavors. In it, self-made multimillionaire and bestselling author Masterson shares the knowledge he has gained from creating and expanding numerous businesses and outlines a focused strategy for guiding a small business through the four stages of entrepreneurial growth. Along the way, Masterson teaches you the different skills needed in or...0 points

Getting Started in Consulting, Second Edition by Alan Weiss

Declare your independence with the new, completely more...0 points

Declare your independence with the new, completely updated Second Edition of Getting Started in Consulting Consulting is big business these days. And with more companies outsourcing more functions and a growing population of professionals pursuing the dream of self-employment, it's a field that will only continue to grow. This book provides all the information you need to start your own consulting practice. This revised edition of Getting Started in Consulting offers focused, practical guid...0 points

12: The Elements of Great Managing by Rodd Wagner, James K. Harter

12: The Elements of Great Managing is the long-awa more...0 points

12: The Elements of Great Managing is the long-awaited sequel to the 1999 runaway bestseller First, Break All the Rules. Grounded in Gallup's 10 million employee and manager interviews spanning 114 countries, 12 follows great managers as they harness employee engagement to turn around a failing call center, save a struggling hotel, improve patient care in a hospital, maintain production through power outages, and successfully face a host of other challenges in settings around the world. Authors....0 points

Marshall Goldsmith Interviewed by Jan Schleicher on Inside Business Success: What Got You Here Won't Get You There by Marshall Goldsmith, Jan Schleicher

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 Discover a systematic approach to identifying and changing the habits that are preventing you from going to the next level in your career. Whether you are near the top of the ladder, or still have a ways to climb, you will identify specific actions that will help you change for the better and ensure that you won't fall back into your old habits. You will see the fundamental problems that often come with success -and ways to attack these problems. America's Most Famous Executive Coach0 points

Growing Great Employees: Turning Ordinary People into Extraordinary Performers by Erika Andersen

"If life were fair, employees would be perfec more...0 points

"If life were fair, employees would be perfect. They would do exactly what we asked them to do, exactly when we asked them to do it - except, of course, for the fantastic ideas they would cook up on their own%u2026Back to reality. Your employees are, like you and me, flawed and hopeful human beings whose success is at least partly dependent on your skill as a manager, human beings who will thrive with skillful and consistent attention and wither without it." In business today we're to...0 points

45 EFFECTIVE WAYS FOR HIRING SMART: How to Predict Winners and Losers in the Incredibly Expensive People-Reading Game by Pierre Mornell

People are the most valuable asset in today's fier more...0 points

People are the most valuable asset in today's fiercely competitive workplace. In HIRING SMART, now available in paperback for the first time, Dr. Mornell delineates 45 simple strategies for "people reading"-observing a candidate's behavior and predicting what they'll be like in the workplace-that virtually guarantee hiring the best possible candidate for any job.0 points

Judgment: How Winning Leaders Make Great Calls by Noel M. Tichy, Warren G. Bennis

"With good judgment, little else matters. Wit more...0 points

"With good judgment, little else matters. Without it, nothing else matters." Whether we're talking about United States presidents, CEOs, Major League coaches, or wartime generals, leaders are remembered for their best and worst judgment calls. In the face of ambiguity, uncertainty, and conflicting demands, the quality of a leader's judgment determines the fate of the entire organization. That's why judgment is the essence of leadership. Yet despite its importance, judg...0 points

The New Leader's 100-Day Action Plan: How to Take Charge, Build Your Team, and Get Immediate Results by George B. Bradt, Jayme A. Check, Jorge E. Pedraza

The New Leader's 100-Day Action Plan, and the incl more...0 points

The New Leader's 100-Day Action Plan, and the included downloadable forms, has proven itself to be a valuable resource for new leaders in any organization, with about 20,000 copies sold to date. This revision includes 40% new material and updates -- including new and updated downloadable forms -- with new chapters on: * A new chapter on POSITIONING yourself for a leadership role * A new chapter on what to do AFTER THE FIRST 100 DAYS * A new chapter on getting PROMOTED FROM WITHIN and what to do....0 points

The Halo Effect: ... and the Eight Other Business Delusions That Deceive Managers by Phil Rosenzweig

Much of our business thinking is shaped by delusio more...0 points

Much of our business thinking is shaped by delusions -- errors of logic and flawed judgments that distort our understanding of the real reasons for a company's performance. In a brilliant and unconventional book, Phil Rosenzweig unmasks the delusions that are commonly found in the corporate world. These delusions affect the business press and academic research, as well as many bestselling books that promise to reveal the secrets of success or the path to greatness. Such books claim to be based o...0 points

The Essential Drucker: The Best of Sixty Years of Peter Drucker's Essential Writings on Management (Collins Business Essentials) by Peter F. Drucker

Father of modern management, social commentator, more...0 points

Father of modern management, social commentator, and preeminent business philosopher, Peter F. Drucker analyzed economics and society for more than sixty years. Now for readers everywhere who are concerned with the ways that management practices and principles affect the performance of organizations, individuals, and society, there is The Essential Drucker-an invaluable compilation of essential materials from the works of a management legend. Containing twenty-six core selections, The Es...0 points

Ethics for the Real World: Creating a Personal Code to Guide Decisions in Work and Life by Ronald A. Howard, Clinton D. Korver

We often make small ethical compromises for " more...0 points

We often make small ethical compromises for "good" reasons: We lie to a customer because our boss asked us to. We exaggerate our accomplishments on our résumé to get an interview. Temptation blindsides us. And we make snap decisions we regret.Minor ethical lapses can seem harmless, but they instill in us a hard-to-break habit of distorted thinking. Rationalizations drown out our inner voice, and we make up the rules as we go. We lose control of our decisions, fall victim to the temptations and p...0 points

Purpose: The Starting Point of Great Companies by Nikos Mourkogiannis

In Purpose, world-renowned thought leader Nikos Mo more...0 points

In Purpose, world-renowned thought leader Nikos Mourkogiannis turns the entire idea of leadership on its head and shows that the choice between values and success is no choice at all. Mourkogiannis argues that companies must satisfy the need for purpose--a set of values that defines an organization and inspires and motivates its employees. Rather than organization and structure, ideas are what cause companies to go from good to great. Drawing on examples from across multiple industries, Mourkogi...0 points

Competitive Strategy: Techniques for Analyzing Industries and Competitors by Michael E. Porter

Now nearing its 60th printing in English and tran more...0 points

Now nearing its 60th printing in English and translated into nineteen languages, Michael E. Porter's Competitive Strategy has transformed the theory, practice, and teaching of business strategy throughout the world. Electrifying in its simplicity -- like all great breakthroughs -- Porter's analysis of industries captures the complexity of industry competition in five underlying forces. Porter introduces one of the most powerful competitive tools yet developed: his three generic strategies -- lo...0 points

Seeing What's Next: Using Theories of Innovation to Predict Industry Change by Clayton M. Christensen, Erik A. Roth, Scott D. Anthony

A Framework for Predicting Industry Winners and Lo more...0 points

A Framework for Predicting Industry Winners and Losers Every day, individuals take action based on how they believe innovation will change industries. Yet these beliefs are largely based on guesswork and incomplete data, and lead to costly errors in judgment. Now, internationally renowned innovation expert Clayton M. Christensen and his research partners Scott D. Anthony and Erik A. Roth present a groundbreaking framework for predicting outcomes in the evolution of any industry. Based on proven....0 points

Learning from the Future: Competitive Foresight Scenarios

"Scenarios are now a part of every successful more...0 points

"Scenarios are now a part of every successful manager's toolkit. This book is the first comprehensive guide to the latest developments in scenario thinking written by today's leading practitioners in the field." -Napier Collyns, a pioneer of scenario planning at Dutch/Shell now Managing Director, Gloal Business Network (GBN) "In twenty years of helping companies create and plan for their futures, I have never come across a book that dealt with the use of scenario-based planning as comprehensivel...0 points

Innovation and Entrepreneurship by Peter F. Drucker

Peter Drucker's classic book on innovation and en more...0 points

Peter Drucker's classic book on innovation and entrepreneurship This is the first book to present innovation and entrepreneurship as a purposeful and systematic discipline that explains and analyzes the challenges and opportunities of America's new entrepreneurial economy. Superbly practical, Innovation and Entrepreneurship explains what established businesses, public service institutions, and new ventures need to know and do to succeed in today's economy. 0 points

The Myths of Innovation by Scott Berkun

How do you know whether a hot technology will succ more...0 points

How do you know whether a hot technology will succeed or fail? Or where the next big idea will come from? The best answers come not from the popular myths we tell about innovation, but instead from time-tested truths that explain how we've made it this far. This book shows the way. In The Myths of Innovation, bestselling author Scott Berkun takes a careful look at innovation history, including the software and Internet Age, to reveal how ideas truly become successful innovations-truths that peop...0 points

Green to Gold: How Smart Companies Use Environmental Strategy to Innovate, Create Value, and Build Competitive Advantage by Daniel Esty, Andrew Winston

From the Publishers Weekly review: "Two exper more...0 points

From the Publishers Weekly review: "Two experts from Yale tackle the business wake-up-call du jour-environmental responsibility-from every angle in this thorough, earnest guidebook: pragmatically, passionately, financially and historically. Though "no company the authors know of is on a truly long-term sustainable course," Esty and Winston label the forward-thinking, green-friendly (or at least green-acquainted) companies WaveMakers and set out to assess honestly their path toward environmental....0 points

Essentials of Accounting (9th Edition) by Robert N. Anthony, Leslie K. Breitner

For courses in Introductory Accounting. This progr more...0 points

For courses in Introductory Accounting. This programmed text has a proven format that involves a unique reversal of pages in the later chapters. This design was conceived as a way to allow the answer column to always appear in th right margin. The book is completed front to back, then inverted and completed back to front0 points

The McGraw-Hill 36-Hour Course In Finance for Non-Financial Managers by Robert A. Cooke, Robert Cooke

A fully revised guidebook on the basics of account more...0 points

A fully revised guidebook on the basics of accounting-- updated to cover an increasingly complex financial arena In the wake of recent accounting scandals, most managers now realize they need to know more about the inner workings of finance. Many, however, don't know where they will find the time. The McGraw-Hill 36-Hour Course in Finance for Non-Financial Managers is designed to give readers a working mastery of all finance essentials in just 36 hours and has now been updated to help readers un...0 points

How to Read a Financial Report: Wringing Vital Signs Out of the Numbers by John A., CPA Tracy

Hidden somewhere among all the numbers in a financ more...0 points

Hidden somewhere among all the numbers in a financial report is vitally important information about where a company has been and where it is going. This is especially relevant in light of the recent corporate scandals. The sixth edition of the bestselling How to Read a Financial Reportis designed to help anyone who works with financial reports-but has neither the time nor the need for an in-depth knowledge of accounting-cut through the maze of accounting information to find out what th...0 points

Turning Numbers into Knowledge: Mastering the Art of Problem Solving by Jonathan G. Koomey

Full of tools, tricks, and tips for solving proble more...0 points

Full of tools, tricks, and tips for solving problems in the real world, this book serves as an ideal training manual for those who are new to or intimidated by quantitative analysis and acts as an excellent refresher for those who have more experience but want to improve the quality of their data, the clarity of their graphics, and the cogency of their arguments. In addition to containing numerous updates to the contents-references, URLs, and reading lists-this second edition includes....0 points

Show Me the Numbers: Designing Tables and Graphs to Enlighten by Stephen Few

Tables and graphs can more adequately communicate more...0 points

Tables and graphs can more adequately communicate important business information when they reflect the good design practices discussed in this practical guide to effective table and graph design. Information is provided on the fundamental concepts of table and graph design, the numbers and knowledge most suitable for display in a graphic form, the best tabular means to communicate certain ideas, and the component-level aspects of design. Analysts, technicians, and managers will appreciate the so...0 points

Marketing Metrics: 50+ Metrics Every Executive Should Master by Paul W. Farris, Neil T. Bendle, Phillip E. Pfeifer, David J. Reibstein

Few marketers recognize the extraordinary range of more...0 points

Few marketers recognize the extraordinary range of metrics now available for evaluating their strategies and tactics. In Marketing Metrics, four leading researchers and consultants systematically introduce today's most powerful marketing metrics. The authors show how to use a "dashboard" of metrics to view market dynamics from various perspectives, maximize accuracy, and "triangulate" to optimal solutions. Their comprehensive coverage includes measurements of promotional strategy, advertising, a...0 points

Web Analytics: An Hour a Day by Avinash Kaushik

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Written by an in-the-trenches practitioner, this step-by-step guide shows you how to implement a successful Web analytics strategy. Web analytics expert Avinash Kaushik, in his thought-provoking style, debunks leading myths and leads you on a path to gaining actionable insights from your analytics efforts. Discover how to move beyond clickstream analysis, why qualitative data should be your focus, and more insights and techniques that will help you develop a customer-centric mindset without sacr...0 points

The 80/20 Principle: The Secret to Success by Achieving More with Less by Richard Koch

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How anyone can be more effective with less effort by learning how to identify and leverage the 80/20 principle--the well-known, unpublicized secret that 80 percent of all our results in business and in life stem from a mere 20 percent of our efforts.The 80/20 principle is one of the great secrets of highly effective people and organizations.Did you know, for example, that 20 percent of customers account for 80 percent of revenues? That 20 percent of our time accounts for 80 percent of the work w...0 points

Your Money or Your Life: 9 Steps to Transforming Your Relationship with Money and Achieving Financial Independence: Revised and Updated for the 21st Century by Vicki Robin, Joe Dominguez, Monique Tilford

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Revised and Updated In an age of great economic uncertainty when everyone is concerned about money and how they spend what they have, this new edition of the bestselling Your Money or Your Life is an essential read. With updated resources, an easy-to-use index, and anecdotes and examples particularly relevant today-it tells you how to: %u2022 get out of debt and develop savings %u2022 reorder material priorities and live well for less %u2022 resolve inner conflicts between values and lifes...0 points

The Millionaire Next Door by Thomas J. Stanley, William D. Danko

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The incredible national bestseller that is changing people's lives -- and increasing their net worth! CAN YOU SPOT THE MILLIONAIRE NEXT DOOR? Who are the rich in this country? What do they do? Where do they shop? What do they drive? How do they invest? Where did their ancestors come from? How did they get rich? Can I ever become one of them? Get the answers in The Millionaire Next Door, the never-before-told story about wealth in America. You'll be surprised at what you find out.... 0 points

The Lazy Person's Guide to Investing: A Book for Procrastinators, the Financially Challenged, and Everyone Who Worries About Dealing with Their Money by Paul B. Farrell

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THE LAZY PERSON'S GUIDE TO INVESTING offers an unusually straightforward and easy-to-understand game plan of financial strategies. These strategies are time-tested, safe, and best of all, take very little time or energy to maintain. Farrell outlines a variety of programmes including the Couch Potato, The Coffee House Approach, The No-Brainer and many more easy-to-follow financial strategies that even the most inexperienced investors can use. In today's volatile market, this is just the tonic to....0 points

The Bogleheads' Guide to Investing by Taylor Larimore, Mel Lindauer, Michael LeBoeuf

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The Bogleheads' Guide to Investing is a slightly irreverent, straightforward guide to investing for everyone. The book offers sound, practical advice, no matter what your age or net worth. Bottomline, become a Boglehead and prosper! Originally just the chat-line ruminations of Boglehead founder Taylor Larimore, and Morningstar forum leading cohorts Mel Lindauer and Michael LeBoeuf, their trusted advice has been brewed and distilled into an easy-to-use, need-to-know, no frills guide to build...0 points

Work Less, Live More: The Way to Semi-Retirement by Bob Clyatt

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Ready to pursue the rest of your life? Get going with Work Less, Live More. Finalist for The Publishers Marketing Associations Benjamin Franklin Award Professionally, you're experiencing the success that years of hard work brings -- but the long hours are taking their toll and you're burning out fast. Fortunately, there is an alternative to the grind: Semi-retirement. Work fewer hours, realize your goals and dreams, spend time with your loved ones-- and do it all years, even decades, before t...0 points

It's Not About the Money: Unlock Your Money Type to Achieve Spiritual and Financial Abundance by Brent Kessel

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What do the latest financial thinking and ancient spiritual teachings reveal to us about financial freedom? Top financial advisor Brent Kessel insists financial success and security is "not about the money." Rather, it's about what's inside us-first understanding your emotional relationship to money, and only then taking action. It's Not About the Money expertly and compassionately guides you along the path to financial security and true peace of mind. Kessel, founder of two top wealth-m...0 points

Money and Power: The History of Business by Howard Means

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Where there's greed and ambition, you'll find . . . Money & Power "The project reveals a sharp eye for details and even sharper personalities. . . .The book tells stories with colorful messages." -Toronto Globe and Mail "Quite intriguing." -ecompany "Money and Power offers essential insight into the forces that drive the West's great economic engine." -Executive Edge, Continental magazine "Refreshingly simple . . . intriguing tales." -Business 2.0 "A gripping j...0 points

Brand New : How Entrepreneurs Earned Consumers' Trust from Wedgwood to Dell by Nancy F. Koehn

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Until Josiah Wedgwood, Britons ate from wood and pewter plates. Until Henry Heinz, women toiled over pickled foods. Until Michael Dell, few people owned a personal computer, let alone dreamed of buying one "built to order." According to business historian Nancy F. Koehn, these pathbreaking entrepreneurs shared a powerful gift: the ability to discern how economic and social change would affect consumer needs and wants. In Brand New, Koehn introduces us to six extraordinary leaders of brand creati...0 points

Founders at Work: Stories of Startups' Early Days (Recipes: a Problem-Solution Ap) by Jessica Livingston

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For would-be entrepreneurs, innovation managers or just anyone fascinated by the special chemistry and drive that created some of the best technology companies in the world, this book offers both wisdom and engaging insights-straight from the source.- Chris Anderson, editor-in-chief of Wired Magazine, and author of The Long Tail"All the best things that I did at Apple came from (a) not having money and (b) not having done it before, ever." -Steve Wozniak,....0 points

Business, Second Edition: The Ultimate Resource (Business : the Ultimate Resource) by Basic Books

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The "Business Bible" that captured the imaginations and fueled the ambitions of readers from the boardroom to the mailroom has now been completely revised and updated to reflect the state of the business world today. This one-ofa- kind reference guide offers readers a portable M.B.A. between two covers without the expense of tuition, the trouble of entrance exams, or the struggle of making it to classes on time. As business is arguably the most potent force in society today--CEOs wield more powe...0 points

Think and Grow Rich!: The Original Version, Restored and Revised by Napoleon Hill

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Think and Grow Rich!: The Original Version, Restored and Revised. Napoleon Hill's classic book -- the all-time bestseller in the personal success field -- offers a life-altering experience. It teaches thousands of people the practical steps to high achievement and financial independence every year. This new edition is the first to contain extensive footnotes, endnotes, appendices, and an index. Now more than a motivational work, it is also a reference book and a mini-history book providing valua...0 points

How to Stop Worrying and Start Living by Dale Carnegie

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This book can change your life! Through Dale Carnegie's six-million-copy bestseller recently revised, millions of people have been helped to overcome the worry hobbit. Dale Carnegie offers a set of practical formulas you can put to work today. In the fast-paced world of the 1990's -- formulas that will last a lifetime! Discover how to: Eliminate fifty percent of business worries immediately Reduce financial worries Avoid fatigue -- and keep looking you Add one hour a day to your waking li...0 points