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Find Your Extraordinary: Dream Bigger, Live Happier, and Achieve Success on Your Own Terms

Jessica DiLullo Herrin · Crown Business
Pages: 272
Format: Print book

What if you could, with a little effort, live an extraordinary life? A life in which you felt deep passion for everything you did, and always had time for what matters most? A life in which you had the power, the daring, and the will to make your boldest dreams come true, all while you happily...
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The Rise and Fall of Nations: Forces of Change in the Post-Crisis World

Ruchir Sharma · W W Norton
Pages: 480
Format: Print book

This pioneering work demystifies the drivers behind political, economic, and social change. Shaped by his twenty-five years traveling the world, and enlivened by encounters with villagers from Rio to Beijing, tycoons, and presidents, Ruchir Sharma's The Rise and Fall of Nations rethinks...
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JumpStart Your Priorities: A 90-Day Improvement Plan

John C Maxwell · Center Street
Pages: 192
Format: Print book

In this 90-day growth guide, #1 "New York Times" bestselling author John C. Maxwell helps you prioritize your life to make each day count toward fulfilling your goals. Based on his "Businessweek" bestseller "Today Matters, "John Maxwell offers his roadmap for success...
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The Employee Performance Handbook: Smart Strategies for Coaching Employees

Margaret Mader Clark · NOLO; Second edition
Format: Paperback

In todays litigious world, managers and supervisors must make sure that they discipline their employees in a fair and consistent manner. Doing so will not only help employers avoid expensive lawsuits, but also improve the performance of well-meaning employees who have gotten off track....
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Management Diseases and Disorders: How to Identify and Treat Dysfunctional Managerial Behavior

Steven A. Danley · Lulu Publishing Services
Pages: 250
Format: Paperback

Organizational "insiders" Steven A. Danley and Dr. Peter Hughes explore the most common dysfunctions preventing managers from promoting healthy, vibrant, and sustainable workplaces in this field manual written in the form of a medical encyclopedia. They identify toxic behaviors...
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The Craft Beer Revolution: How a Band of Microbrewers Is Transforming the World's Favorite Drink

Steve Hindy · St. Martin's Press
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover

Over the past 40 years craft-brewed beer has exploded in growth. In 1980, a handful of "microbrewery" pioneers launched a revolution that would challenge the dominance of the national brands, Budweiser, Coors, and Miller, and change the way Americans think about, and drink, beer....
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All about Them: Grow Your Business by Focusing on Others

Bruce Turkel · Da Capo
Pages: 312
Format: Print book

The best companies and most successful salespeople live by a three-word mantra - "all about them" - because when they relentlessly focus their brand on their customers instead of themselves, their businesses flourish. All about Them shows readers how to use this simple but extremely...
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Political Risk: How Businesses and Organizations Can Anticipate Global Insecurity

Condoleezza Rice · Twelve
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover

Political risk -- the chance that political action could impact a company's business -- is changing fast. Here are the essential lessons, corrective measures, and counterintuitive insights for executives, entrepreneurs and investors to navigate an uncertain, volatile world.From New York...
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The Social Organism A Radical Understanding of Social Media to Transform Your Business and Life

Oliver Luckett · Hachette Books
Pages: 256
Format: Print book

From visionary tech entrepreneur Oliver Luckett and MIT Media Lab's Michael J. Casey, a groundbreaking, must-read theory of social media -- how it works, how it's changing human life, and how we can master it for good and for profit. In barely a decade, social media has positioned itself...
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Reminiscences of a Stock Operator

Edwin Lefevre · Albatross Publishers
Pages: 250
Format: Paperback

Facsimile of 1923 Edition. First published in 1923, Reminiscences is a fictionalized account of the life of the securities trader Jesse Livermore. Despite the book's age, it continues to offer insights into the art of trading and speculation. In Jack Schwager's Market Wizards,...
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The Small Big: Small Changes That Spark Big Influence

Noah J. Goldstein · Profile Books Ltd
Format: Hardcover

At some point today you will have to influence or persuade someone - your boss, a co-worker, a customer, client, spouse, your kids, or even your friends. What is the smallest change you can make to your request, proposal or situation that will lead to the biggest difference in the outcome?In...
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Class Clowns: How the Smartest Investors Lost Billions in Education

Jonathan A Knee · Columbia Univ Press
Pages: 288
Format: Print book

The past thirty years have seen dozens of otherwise successful investors try to improve education through the application of market principles. They have funneled billions of dollars into alternative schools, online education, and textbook publishing. They have, with surprising regularity,...
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Millennial Money Makeover: Escape Debt, Save for Your Future, and Live the Rich Life Now

Conor Richardson · Career Press
Pages: 240
Format: Paperback

What are you waiting for? Begin your money makeover today!Over half of Millennials are freaked out by their finances. Luckily, with Millennial Money Makeover readers now have a guide to help them navigate the financial issues of their time. Certified Public Accountant Conor Richardson offers...
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It Doesn't Have to Be Crazy at Work

Jason Fried · HarperBusiness
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover

In this timely manifesto, the authors of the New York Times bestseller Rework broadly reject the prevailing notion that long hours, aggressive hustle, and "whatever it takes" are required to run a successful business today.In Rework, Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson introduced...
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The Little Book of Common Sense Investing: The Only Way to Guarantee Your Fair Share of Stock Market Returns

John C Bogle · Wiley
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover

The best-selling index investing "bible" offers new information and is updated to reflect the latest market data The Little Book of Common Sense Investing is the classic guide to getting smart about the market. Legendary mutual fund veteran John C. Bogle reveals his key to getting...
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