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The Misfit Economy: Lessons in Creativity from Pirates, Hackers, Gangsters and Other Informal Entrepreneurs

Alexa Clay · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover

A book that argues that lessons in creativity, innovation, salesmanship, and entrepreneurship can come from surprising places: pirates, bootleggers, counterfeiters, hustlers, and others living and working on the margins of business and society.Who are the greatest innovators in the world?...
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Power Cues: The Subtle Science of Leading Groups, Persuading Others, and Maximizing Your Personal Impact

Nick Morgan · Harvard Business Review Press,
Pages: 272
Format: Print book

Take control of your communications - before someone else doesWhat if someone told you that your behavior was controlled by a powerful, invisible force? Most of us would be skeptical of such a claim - but it's largely true. Our brains are constantly transmitting and receiving signals...
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The ABCs of Success: The Essential Principles from America's Greatest Prosperity Teacher

Bob Proctor · Tarcher

An accessible guide to the principles of success by one of the most respected and sought-after motivational speakers of our time. In the tradition of Og Mandino and Zig Ziglar, this inspirational guide uses a wide variety of subjects, from "Achievement" to "Worry," to bring...
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High-Hanging Fruit: Build Something Great by Going Where No One Else Will

Mark Rampolla · Portfolio
Pages: 240
Format: Print book

ZICO founder Mark Rampolla is building a social good movement: how to make money starting a company that is good for you, your colleagues, customers, and the worldWhen Mark Rampolla filled a notebook with potential startup ideas, his wife asked him some tough questions. What about this...
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Finerman's Rules: Secrets I'd Only Tell My Daughters About Business and Life

Karen Finerman · Business Plus
Format: Hardcover

Karen Finerman likes to tell people she was raised Calvinist. Or as her mother used to say, I buy my girls Calvin Klein clothes... Then when they graduate from college, they have to figure out how to pay for them themselves. In order to keep herself in Calvin, Karen went to work on Wall...
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How to Change Minds: The Art of Influence without Manipulation

Rob Jolles · Berrett-Koehler Publishers
Pages: 216
Format: Paperback

Persuade, Don’t Push!Surely you know plenty of people who need to make a change, but despite your most well-intentioned efforts, they resist because people fundamentally fear change. As a salesman, father, friend, and consultant, Rob Jolles knows this scenario all too well. Drawing...
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Louder than Words: Harness the Power of Your Authentic Voice

Todd Henry · Portfolio
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover

"...one of the best guides to living a meaningful life I have ever read."
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A Truck Full of Money

Tracy Kidder · Random House
Pages: 288
Format: Print book

Fortune, mania, genius, philanthropy - the bestselling author of Mountains Beyond Mountains gives us the inspiring story of Kayak.com founder Paul English, an American maverick and a man who had a mind for the age that was coming. Tracy Kidder, the "master of the nonfiction narrative"...
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Emotional Agility: Get Unstuck, Embrace Change, and Thrive in Work and Life

Susan A David · Avery
Pages: 288
Format: Print book

The counterintuitive approach to achieving your true potential, heralded by the Harvard Business Review as a groundbreaking idea of the year. The path to fulfillment, whether at work or at home, is almost never a straight line. Ask anyone who has achieved their biggest goals or who thrives...
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The Machine: A Radical Approach to the Design of the Sales Function

Justin Roff-Marsh · Greenleaf Book Group Press
Pages: 251
Format: Print book

A silent revolution in salesIn The Machine, Justin Roff-Marsh shows readers how to follow the intrepid executives on three continents who have implemented his ideas over the last 15 years, building ridiculously efficient sales functions--and market-dominating enterprises--as a consequence.
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