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The Compound Effect (10th Anniversary Edition) - Darren Hardy Cover Art

The Compound Effect (10th Anniversary Edition)

The Compound Effect (10th Anniversary Edition) Jumpstart Your Income, Your Life, Your Success by Darren Hardy

Achieve success beyond your wildest dreams with this New York Times bestselling guide by the central curator of the success media industry.   Do you want success? More success than you have now? And even more success than you ever imagined possible? That is what this book is about. Achieving it.   No gimmicks. No hyperbole. Finally, just the truth on what it takes to earn success   Darren Hardy has heard it all, seen it all, and tried most of it. This book reveals the core principles that drive success. The Compound Effect contains the essence of what every superachiever needs to know, practice, and master to obtain extraordinary success. Inside you will find strategies on:   ·The #1 strategy to achieve any goal and triumph over any competitor, even if they're smarter, more talented or more experienced. ·Eradicating your bad habits (some you might be unaware of!) that are derailing your progress. ·Painlessly installing the few key disciplines required for major breakthroughs. ·The real, lasting keys to motivation—how to get yourself to stop procrastinating. ·Capturing the elusive, awesome force of momentum. Catch this, and you'll be unstoppable. ·The acceleration secrets of superachievers. Do they have an unfair advantage? Yes, they do, and now you can too!   If you're serious about living an extraordinary life, use the power of The Compound Effect to create the success you desire. Begin your journey today!    

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Buy Then Build

Buy Then Build How Acquisition Entrepreneurs Outsmart the Startup Game by Walker Deibel

Entrepreneurs have a problem: startups. Almost all startups either fail or never truly reach a sustainable size. Despite the popularity of entrepreneurship, we haven't engineered a better way to start. ...Until now. What if you could skip the startup phase and generate profitable revenue on day one? In Buy Then Build, acquisition entrepreneur Walker Deibel shows you how to begin with a sustainable, profitable company and grow from there. You'll learn how to: ●      Buy an existing company rather than starting from scratch ●      Use ownership as a path to financial independence ●      Spend a fraction of the time raising capital ●      Find great brokers, generate your own "deal flow," and see new listings early ●      Uncover the best opportunities and biggest risks of any company ●      Navigate the acquisition process ●      Become a successful acquisition entrepreneur ●      And more Buy Then Build is your guide to outsmart the startup game, live the entrepreneurial lifestyle, and reap the financial rewards of ownership now.

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The Visual Mba

The Visual Mba Two Years of Business School Packed into One Priceless Book of Pure Awesomeness by Jason Barron

Jason Barron spent 516 hours in class, completed mountains of homework and shelled out tens of thousands of dollars to complete his MBA at the BYU Marriott School of Business. Along the way, rather than taking boring notes that he would never read (nor use) again, Jason created sketch notes for each class—visually capturing the essential points of his business education—and providing an engaging and invaluable resource. Once finished with his MBA, Jason launched a widely successful Kickstarter campaign distilling these same notes into a self-published book to help aspiring business leaders of all backgrounds and income levels understand the critical business leadership concepts one learns in business school. Whether you are thinking about applying to business school, are currently in college studying business, or have always wondered what is taught in an MBA program, this highly entertaining and visual guide to business is for you. This innovative book breaks down essential MBA principles into easy-to-understand visual notes on key topics: Management and Leadership: Learn the frameworks for motivating teams and building an effective organization, turning theory into practice. Marketing Essentials: Understand how to define a target customer and create a powerful marketing mix, all captured in memorable sketch notes. Entrepreneurship Basics: From validating your business idea to raising capital, discover the key steps of the startup journey. Corporate Finance Explained: Grasp the core concepts of finance without the dense textbooks, from financial statements to company valuation.

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Barbarians at the Gate

Barbarians at the Gate The Fall of RJR Nabisco by Bryan Burrough & John Helyar

#1 New York Times bestseller and arguably the best business narrative ever written, Barbarians at the Gate is the classic account of the fall of RJR Nabisco at the hands of a massive leveraged buyout from investment firm KKR. A book that stormed both the bestseller list and the public imagination, a book that created a genre of its own, and a book that gets at the heart of 1980s Wall Street and the culture it helped define, Barbarians at the Gate is a modern classic—a masterpiece of investigative journalism and a rollicking true story of corporate derring-do and financial swordsmanship. The fight to control RJR Nabisco during October and November of 1988 was more than just the largest corporate takeover in Wall Street history. Marked by brazen displays of ego not seen in American business for decades, it became the high point of a new gilded age and its repercussions are still being felt. The tale remains the ultimate story of greed and glory—a real-life corporate drama and a cast of characters that determined the course of global business and redefined how deals would be done and fortunes made in the decades to come. Barbarians at the Gate is the gripping account of these two frenzied months, of powerful deal makers and publicity flaks, of an old-line industrial powerhouse (home of such familiar products as Oreos and Camels) that became the victim of the ruthless and rapacious style of high-stakes finance in the 1980s. As reporters for The Wall Street Journal , Burrough and Helyar had extensive access to all the characters in this M&A drama. They take the reader behind the scenes at strategy meetings and society dinners, into boardrooms and bedrooms, providing an unprecedentedly detailed look at how financial operations at the highest levels are conducted but also a richly textured social history of wealth at the twilight of the Reagan era. At the center of the huge power struggle is RJR Nabisco's president, the high-living Ross Johnson. It's his secret plan to buy out the company that sets the frenzy in motion, attracting the country's leading takeover players: Henry Kravis, the legendary leveraged-buyout king of investment firm KKR, whose entry into the fray sets off an acquisitive commotion; Peter Cohen, CEO of Shearson Lehman Hutton and Johnson's partner, who needs a victory to propel his company to an unchallenged leadership in the lucrative mergers and acquisitions field; the fiercely independent Ted Forstmann, motivated as much by honor as by his rage at the corruption he sees taking over the business he cherishes; Jim Maher and his ragtag team, struggling to regain credibility for the decimated ranks at First Boston; and an army of desperate bankers, lawyers, and accountants, all drawn inexorably to the greatest prize of their careers—and one of the greatest prizes in the history of corporate finance. Written with the bravado of a novel and researched with the diligence of a sweeping cultural history, Barbarians at the Gate is present at the front line of every battle of the campaign. Here is the unforgettable story of that corporate takeover in all its brutality. In a new afterword specially commissioned for the story's 20th anniversary, Burrough and Helyar return to visit the heroes and villains of this epic business saga, tracing the fallout of the deal, charting the subsequent success and failure of those involved, and addressing the incredible impact this story—and the book itself—made on the world.

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The Motivation Myth

The Motivation Myth How High Achievers Really Set Themselves Up to Win by Jeff Haden

From Inc.com's most popular columnist, a counterintuitive--but highly practical--guide to finding and maintaining the motivation to achieve great things.   It's comforting to imagine that superstars in their fields were just born better equipped than the rest of us. When a co-worker loses 20 pounds, or a friend runs a marathon while completing a huge project at work, we assume they have more grit, more willpower, more innate talent, and above all, more motivation to see their goals through.   But that's not at actually true, as popular Inc.com columnist Jeff Haden proves. "Motivation" as we know it is a myth. Motivation isn't the special sauce that we require at the beginning of any major change. In fact, motivation is a result of process, not a cause. Understanding this will change the way you approach any obstacle or big goal.   Haden shows us how to reframe our thinking about the relationship of motivation to success. He meets us at our level--at the beginning of any big goal we have for our lives, a little anxious and unsure about our way forward, a little burned by self help books and strategies that have failed us in the past—and offers practical advice that anyone can use to stop stalling and start working on those dreams.   Haden takes the mystery out of accomplishment, proving that success isn't about spiritual awakening or a lightning bolt of inspiration --as Tony Robbins and adherents of The Secret believe--but instead, about clear and repeatable processes. Using his own advice, Haden has consistently drawn 2 million readers a month to his posts, completed a 107-mile long mountain bike race, and lost 10 pounds in a month.   Success isn't for the uniquely-qualified; it's possible for any person who understands the true nature of motivation. Jeff Haden can help you transcend average and make lasting positive change in your life.

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Win the Inside Game

Win the Inside Game How to Move from Surviving to Thriving, and Free Yourself Up to Perform by Steve Magness

In this highly anticipated book, the bestselling author of Do Hard Things Steve Magness—“one of the giants of modern thinking about high performance” (Alex Hutchinson)—flips the script on the pursuit of excellence, shifting our thinking from high-stress survival mode to fulfillment-oriented thriving mode to creates sustainable success at the highest level, in what Amy Morin, author of 13 Things Mentally Strong People Don’t Do calls “an essential read for anyone interested in self-discovery and meaningful success.” Striving is in our nature. We all want to perform at our best when it matters most. But in today's world, many of us feel lost, isolated, and overwhelmed. We're paralyzed by fear of failure and crippled by insecurities. We know we’re capable of more, yet no matter how hard we try, we feel stuck. We’ve been sold the wrong path to success and personal fulfillment. Renowned performance scientist and bestselling author Steve Magness reveals a new path to sustainable success. In Win the Inside Game, Magness argues that excellence and fulfillment are not mutually exclusive; we can and should seek both. When we measure our worth by our achievements, cement our identities to our careers, and sacrifice our well-being in the pursuit of external validation, it backfires. We default to survival mode, protecting and defending ourselves instead of being free to fulfill our potential. In this, his most personal book yet, Magness draws on his vast wealth of experience as an Olympic coach and whistleblower, highly popular consultant, and premier expert on performance, as well as scientific findings, interviews, and case studies, to provide a three-part framework to help us learn to focus on what really matters and achieve success. Be—Clarity on Who You AreDo—Clarity in Your PursuitsBelong—Clarity on Where and How You Fit In Redefining the trend carved by bestsellers such as Be Useful, Range, and Hidden Potential, Win the Inside Game seeks not only excellence but inner and personal growth. In realigning our focus from something externally motivated and fear-based to internally motivated and driven by personal conviction, Magness provides the tools for us to free ourselves up to perform and ultimately achieve a fuller sense of self and purpose.

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Stretch

Stretch Unlock the Power of Less -and Achieve More Than You Ever Imagined by Scott Sonenshein

Wall Street Journal Bestseller A groundbreaking approach to succeeding in business and life, using the science of resourcefulness. We often think the key to success and satisfaction is to get more: more money, time, and possessions; bigger budgets, job titles, and teams; and additional resources for our professional and personal goals. It turns out we’re wrong. Using captivating stories to illustrate research in psychology and management, Rice University professor Scott Sonenshein examines why some people and organizations succeed with so little, while others fail with so much. People and organizations approach resources in two different ways: “chasing” and “stretching.” When chasing, we exhaust ourselves in the pursuit of more. When stretching, we embrace the resources we already have. This frees us to find creative and productive ways to solve problems, innovate, and engage our work and lives more fully. Stretch shows why everyone—from executives to entrepreneurs, professionals to parents, athletes to artists—performs better with constraints; why seeking too many resources undermines our work and well-being; and why even those with a lot benefit from making the most out of a little. Drawing from examples in business, education, sports, medicine, and history, Scott Sonenshein advocates a powerful framework of resourcefulness that allows anybody to work and live better. This essential guide to doing more with less delivers field-tested strategies for: Succeeding with Constraints: Learn why limitations are a secret weapon for creativity and how to perform better with the resources you already possess, not the ones you wish you had. The Chasing vs. Stretching Mindset: Break free from the exhausting pursuit of ‘more’ and adopt a resourceful approach that embraces what's already in hand to solve problems and innovate. Psychological Ownership: Discover why acting like an owner—even when you're not—unleashes new possibilities and transforms how you approach your work and life. Real-World Case Studies: Draw inspiration from captivating stories of success and failure in business, sports, and history that prove the power of a resourceful framework.

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5 Good Habits that Will Change Your Life

5 Good Habits that Will Change Your Life by Leah Russell

Every person at some point in their life needs to improve their life for good. This e-book will give 5 simple habits that any successful person have. If you are looking for to improve  your life, this is the right book to start with. Be better and take action.

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Burnout Immunity

Burnout Immunity How Emotional Intelligence Can Help You Build Resilience and Heal Your Relationship with Work by Kandi Wiens

AN INSTANT USA Today Bestseller & Financial Times Best Business Book of the Month April 2024 “A marvelously readable and extremely practical guide to handling stress.” —Daniel Goleman An essential guide to protect yourself from burnout by learning to develop and master key emotional intelligence skills Why do some people in the world’s most stressful careers avoid burnout while countless others are overwhelmed by the demands of ordinary jobs? What can we learn from these resilient role models who seem to be naturally resistant to the psychological hazards of work? After extreme stress caused a life-threatening health cri­sis in her own life, Dr. Kandi Wiens dedicated herself to understand why work was leaving millions of us sick, exhausted, unmoti­vated, and feeling stuck and ineffective. In her research, she discovered something remarkable: Despite dangerous levels of work-related stress, some people seemed to be naturally “immune” to burnout. So what did these people have that Dr. Wiens and mil­lions of others did not? Regardless of their role, industry, or experience, all these professionals exhibited a high degree of emotional intelligence (EI). EI is the ability to clearly perceive, understand, and productively manage emo­tions, thoughts, and behaviors in service of one’s overall well-being and performance. The people with burnout immunity were relying on specific EI skills to successfully cope with stressful work environments and experiences. The result is that they were more productive; had happier careers and lives; and were free from the physical and men­tal ravages of exhaustion, negativity, and inefficacy that characterize burnout. The good news is that everyone can build and boost emotional intelligence and use EI-based skills to manage workplace stress before it leads to breaking down or burn­ing out. Burnout Immunity shows readers how to: Build self-awareness to identify what makes you vulnerable to burnoutManage your stress triggers and response, and tap into moments of good stressRegulate your thoughts and emotions to remain effective in the midst of stressDevelop healing connections to keep burnout at bayRecover from moments of burnout, reconnect to things that bring you joy, and reimagine a new way forward Bolstered with research, exercises, self-assessments, and real-life stories from people with natural burnout immu­nity and those who’ve cultivated it, Burnout Immunity teaches workers how to positively cope with stress and to enjoy healthier and happier relationships with work.

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Banishing Burnout

Banishing Burnout Six Strategies for Improving Your Relationship with Work by Michael P. Leiter & Christina Maslach

In this book Michael P. Leiter and Christina Maslach, the leading experts on job burnout prevention and authors of the landmark book The Truth About Burnout , outline their revolutionary new program for helping everyone in the workplace overcome everyday stress and pressures and achieve their career goals. Banishing Burnout includes the authors’ unique and highly effective Work Life self-assessment test and a customized plan for action that will help transform the individual’s relationship with work and overcome job burnout. The authors outline their proven action plan, which shows how to establish core values, set a personal direction, engage other people, initiate a realistic plan of action, make an impact, and achieve career goals. The book is filled with illustrative case examples from a wide variety of organizations, including corporations, health care institutions, universities, and nonprofit organizations. Each case demonstrates how the use of the Work Life self-survey and the individualized action plan can result in dramatic changes in the daily workplace experience and advance career development.  

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Guía para Ser un Mejor Jefe, Director, Supervisor, Gerente o Líder - Alex Fischer & Shaun Aguilar Cover Art

Guía para Ser un Mejor Jefe, Director, Supervisor, Gerente o Líder

Guía para Ser un Mejor Jefe, Director, Supervisor, Gerente o Líder Todo lo que Necesitas para Mejorar tus Habilidades de Líderazgo. 2 Libros en 1 - El Arte De Ser El Mejor Jefe, Cómo Dominar el Arte de la Negociación by Alex Fischer & Shaun Aguilar

¿Te gustaría ser un jefe exitoso para las personas que te rodean, especialmente en el ambiente de trabajo? ¿Estás a punto de ejercer el rol de líder?  ¿Has comenzado a sentir miedo e incertidumbre por esta nueva etapa en tu vida y no sabes por dónde empezar? Entonces sigue leyendo… “Si tus acciones inspiran a otros a soñar más, aprender más, hacer más y a ser mejores; entonces eres un líder” – Jack Welch  "Mucho en la vida es una negociación. Incluso si no estás en los negocios, tienes oportunidades de practicar todo el tiempo". - Kevin O´Leary Tomar el liderazgo de una empresa es todo un reto, es complejo y lleno de incertidumbre. Parece que hay más formas que arruinar la oportunidad que oportunidades para hacer las cosas bien.  Probablemente, como muchos otros, piensas que el error es el enemigo del éxito, pero es justo lo contrario. Ahí es donde vas a encontrar el verdadero secreto del éxito. El lugar de trabajo es un entorno que siempre está cambiando, y asumir el papel de líder es una experiencia retadora y satisfactoria al mismo tiempo. Vas a tener que supervisar a los empleados que tienen diferentes niveles de experiencia y motivación. Cuando comienzas en un nuevo papel en tu ámbito laboral y no tienes tanta experiencia, uno mismo va a crear sus propios obstáculos, es algo inevitable, pero, cuando lo hagas, ¿es posible encontrarse con algunas soluciones y estrategias para resolver esos nuevos conflictos? ¡Claro que puedes! Te aseguro que tus preocupaciones sobre qué pasos debes seguir en este nuevo trabajo se desvanecerán. Recuerda que lo más importante es ser creativo y seguir aprendiendo de tus errores. Con este libro, descubrirás:  Herramientas efectivas que te ayudarán con la supervisión diaria de tus empleados.  Errores más comunes que debes evitar para ser un buen líder y cómo desarrollar tus habilidades de liderazgo.  Métodos infalibles para sentirte siempre en confianza y destruir por completo la incertidumbre antes de empezar una negociación.  Rasgos esenciales en un líder y algunas ideas erróneas que existen alrededor.  Descubre la importancia de la comunicación verbal y corporal en tu liderazgo.  Consejos más efectivos para conseguir y mantener el control de tu día.  Técnicas de toma de decisiones que las personas usan en su vida diaria.  Y más… Para aquellas personas que están dispuestas a aceptar la responsabilidad, el liderazgo puede ser una de las actividades más satisfactorias que tendrás en tu vida. Lo que te llevarás al final de tu vida será la satisfacción que obtienes de ayudar a otras personas a aprovechar todo su potencial, y la satisfacción de saber que tú has logrado aprovechar todo tu potencial.  La vida es un proceso continuo de aprendizaje, en especial para los jefes exitosos. Este libro te puede proporcionar una perspectiva inicial de lo que se trata la gerencia y el liderazgo. Si quieres dar el siguiente paso hacia tu camino a ser un jefe exitoso ¡este libro es para ti! ¡Desplázate hacia arriba y añade esta guía al carrito ahora!

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Overcoming Job Burnout

Overcoming Job Burnout How to Renew Enthusiasm for Work by Beverly A. Potter Ph.D.

Job burnout is something that doesn't simply go away — especially in a chaotic economy. It is a kind of job depression caused by feelings of powerlessness, the loss of control over one's work. The effect can be devastating. The victim dreads going to work. Productivity falls and life becomes increasingly difficult. Burnout is stressful, but it is not caused by stress. Going on a vacation provides relief until the vacation is over and one must return to the job. Overcoming Job Burnout describes how burnout can take hold and how to turn it around. Dr. Potter offers eight proven strategies for increasing personal power and renewing enthusiasm for working. A combination of inspiration and instruction, this updated, revised edition is filled with practical advice, based on the author's years of experience in this field, that readers can implement immediately to renew that sense of engagement and excitement that makes working worthwhile.

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What Color Is Your Parachute?

What Color Is Your Parachute? Your Guide to a Lifetime of Meaningful Work and Career Success by Richard N. Bolles

The groundbreaking, indispensable guide to rewarding work and a fulfilling life—more than ten million copies sold! For more than fifty years, What Color Is Your Parachute? has transformed the way people think about job hunting. Whether searching for that first position, recovering from a layoff, or dreaming of a career change, What Color Is Your Parachute? has shown millions of readers how to network effectively, compose impressive resumes and cover letters, interview with confidence, and negotiate the best possible salary—while discovering how to make their livelihood part of authentic living.   More than a job-hunting book, Richard N. Bolles’s timeless wisdom and famed self-assessment exercise clarifies seven key dimensions, so you can uncover your greatest passions, most valued traits, and transferable skills to design a life that enables you to flourish.   With the job market in constant flux, people everywhere have found that understanding who they are—what they care about, where and how they do their best work, and the most effective way to express their abilities—is the best compass to navigating an ever-changing and challenging professional landscape. It is also how their work can become part of a life filled with passion and purpose.   Using the trailblazing advice and enduring guidance of What Color Is Your Parachute? , job-hunters and career changers will have the tools to discover—and land—the work, and life, most meaningful to them.

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The Truth About Employee Engagement

The Truth About Employee Engagement A Fable About Addressing the Three Root Causes of Job Misery by Patrick M. Lencioni

The Truth About Employee Engagement was originally published as The Three Signs of a Miserable Job. A bestselling author and business guru tells how to improve job satisfaction and performance. In his sixth fable, bestselling author Patrick Lencioni takes on a topic that almost everyone can relate to: job misery. Millions of workers, even those who have carefully chosen careers based on true passions and interests, dread going to work, suffering each day as they trudge to jobs that make them cynical, weary, and frustrated. It is a simple fact of business life that any job, from investment banker to dishwasher, can become miserable. Through the story of a CEO turned pizzeria manager, Lencioni reveals the three elements that make work miserable -- irrelevance, immeasurability, and anonymity -- and gives managers and their employees the keys to make any job more engaging. As with all of Lencioni’s books, this one is filled with actionable advice you can put into effect immediately. In addition to the fable, the book includes a detailed model examining the three root causes of job misery and how they can be remedied. It covers the benefits of managing for job engagement within organizations -- increased productivity, greater retention, and competitive advantage -- and offers examples of how managers can use the applications in the book to deal with specific jobs and situations. Patrick Lencioni is President of The Table Group, a management consulting firm specializing in executive team development and organizational health. As a consultant and keynote speaker, he has worked with thousands of senior executives and executive teams in organizations ranging from Fortune 500 companies to high-tech startups to universities and nonprofits. His clients include. AT&T, Direct TV, JCPenney, Microsoft, Nestle, Northwestern Mutual, Southwest Airlines and St. Jude Chilren’s Research Hospital.  Lencioni is the author of ten bestselling books, including The Five Dysfunctions of a Team and The Advantage . He previously worked for Oracle, Sybase, and the management consulting firm Bain & Company.

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The ONE Thing

The ONE Thing The Surprisingly Simple Truth About Extraordinary Results by Gary Keller & Jay Papasan

What's your ONE thing? People are using this simple, powerful concept to focus on what matters most in their personal and work lives. Companies are helping their employees be more productive with study groups, training, and coaching. Sales teams are boosting sales. Churches are conducting classes and recommending for their members. By focusing their energy on one thing at a time people are living more rewarding lives by building their careers, strengthening their finances, losing weight and getting in shape, deepening their faith, and nurturing stronger marriages and personal relationships. YOU WANT LESS. You want fewer distractions and less on your plate. The daily barrage of e-mails, texts, tweets, messages, and meetings distract you and stress you out. The simultaneous demands of work and family are taking a toll. And what's the cost? Second-rate work, missed deadlines, smaller paychecks, fewer promotions--and lots of stress. AND YOU WANT MORE. You want more productivity from your work. More income for a better lifestyle. You want more satisfaction from life, and more time for yourself, your family, and your friends. NOW YOU CAN HAVE BOTH ― LESS AND MORE. In The ONE Thing, you'll learn to: cut through the clutter achieve better results in less time build momentum toward your goal dial down the stress overcome that overwhelmed feeling revive your energy stay on track master what matters to you The book has: Made on more than 575 appearances on national bestseller lists Been #1 Wall Street Journal bestseller, New York Times bestseller, and USA Today bestseller Been translated into 40 languages Won 12 book awards Voted Top 100 Business Book of All Time on Goodreads The ONE Thing delivers extraordinary results in every area of your life--work, personal, family, and spiritual. WHAT'S YOUR ONE THING?

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Stand Out Networking

Stand Out Networking A Simple and Authentic Way to Meet People on Your Own Terms (A Penguin Special from Portfolio) by Dorie Clark

Few professional activities are as nerve-wracking as networking. There’s the paralyzing prospect of entering a room full of strangers. The awkward introductions and stilted small talk. The concern that “networking” means you have to exploit others for personal gain – or might appear that way. It’s no wonder so many talented professionals eschew networking altogether. Unfortunately, that means they’re limiting their chances of making the kind of great personal and professional connections that can expand their worldview, enrich their lives, and – yes – even lead to new business opportunities.   That’s why it’s time to reclaim networking. It doesn’t have to be the province of users and takers; instead, as Forbes and Harvard Business Review contributor Dorie Clark makes clear in this short and actionable guide, networking done right is nothing like the stereotype. It’s not about making shallow, insincere connections and filling your wallet with business cards. Instead, the real goal is to turn brief encounters into mutually-beneficial and lasting friendships—in both your personal and professional life.   Drawing on wisdom from her own experience and from experts like psychologist Robert Cialdini, marketer Michael Katz, and authors Judy Robinett and Keith Ferrazzi, Clark provides valuable insight on how to be a good networker, including concrete tips on how to:   -          Turn initial small talk into meaningful exchanges -          Unlock the power of social media as a networking tool -          Transform casual online contacts into real-world connections -          Make the most of conferences -          Set a schedule for keeping in regular touch with your network -          Repair and strengthen troubled relationships -          Create your own events and become a connector   Whether you’re an introvert or extrovert, and whether you currently relish or loathe making new connections, Clark will teach you the strategies you need to make networking fun, joyful, and enriching.

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Show Up to Win

Show Up to Win How to Land the Leadership Role You Want by Kelly O. Kay & Jeff Sanders

To win top leadership roles, be as skilled at your job search as you are at your job. Today, executive careers are more fluid than ever, and so is the executive job market. As an ambitious leader, you have no problem closing a deal or hitting your numbers, but knowing how to take the next step, the big step, will prove more difficult. To land a top job, you need to be clear about the distinct value you bring to the role you want. Yet the higher you rise, the harder it becomes to get honest opinions about your strengths and weaknesses. In Show Up to Win , Kelly O. Kay and Jeff Sanders, partners at executive search and consulting firm Heidrick & Struggles, lay out a road map to help you win that top-level role and move into it effectively. Backed by a wealth of insights from real-life case studies and interviews, this straight-talking book shows what the job search looks like for today's senior-level candidates, what companies are looking for in candidates for their top jobs, and how you can identify and best position yourself to win the role they've defined. Drawing on more than three decades of experience and two hundred conversations per week with Fortune 1000 companies about executive roles, the authors highlight unexpected perspectives and counterintuitive advice on what differentiates the candidates who land the best jobs from those who are overlooked because they fail to distinguish themselves at the highest levels. The result is a deeply practical and timeless exploration of how you should think about and navigate a high-stakes executive job search.

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How to Get a Return on Failure

How to Get a Return on Failure Fail Smarter—Return Stronger by John C. Maxwell

Get Ahead – Even When You Lose! What if you could learn to profit from nearly every loss or misstep in your life, and get a return on it—like an investment? The most successful people get ahead because they deal with failure positively. Since they know they can’t avoid failure, they make the best of it and gain from it. People who adopt this approach learn to build more substantial and significant success in their lives. In his new book How to Get a Return on Failure , John Maxwell teaches readers how to turn misses into wins and losses into gains. He creates a positive roadmap anyone can follow during these difficult times and shows how changing your perspective on failure can transform your ability to grow, improve, and move forward. Failure will always be a part of our lives. We cannot avoid it. But we can leverage it to create a better future for ourselves and others. When we do that, it separates us from the people who let failure stop or defeat them. Follow Maxwell’s advice and you’ll never look at failure the same way again.

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Shut Up and Listen!

Shut Up and Listen! Hard Business Truths that Will Help You Succeed by Tilman Fertitta

Shut Up and Listen! is a true leadership roadmap to the summit of career success and satisfaction, featuring concise principles for entrepreneurs and business leaders at any level. Tilman Fertitta, also known as the Billion Dollar Buyer, started his hospitality empire thirty years ago with just one restaurant. Over the years, he’s stayed true to the principles that helped him build the largest single-shareholder company in America, with over $4 billion in revenue, including hundreds of restaurants (Landry’s Seafood, Bubba Gump Shrimp Company, Morton’s Steakhouse, Mastro’s, Rainforest Café, and over forty more restaurant concepts) and five Golden Nugget Casinos. He’s also sole owner of the NBA’s Houston Rockets. This book shares the key insights that made it all possible. In Shut Up and Listen!, Fertitta shares straight-talk “Tilmanisms” around six key action items that any entrepreneur can adopt today: Be the BullNo Spare CustomersChange, Change, ChangeKnow Your NumbersFollow the 95/5 RuleTake No Out of Your Vocabulary For aspiring entrepreneurs or people in business, this guide will help you take your company to the next level. When you put this book down, you’ll know what you’re doing right and what you’re doing wrong to operate your business, and if you’re just getting started, it will help set you up for success. A groundbreaking, no-holds-barred book, Shut Up and Listen! offers practical, hard-earned wisdom from one of the most successful business owners in the world.

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Case in Point 11

Case in Point 11 Complete Case Interview Preparation by Marc P. Cosentino

The Wall Street Journal calls Case in Point the MBA Bible! The world’s foremost authority on case interviewing and bestselling author Marc Cosentino demystifies the case interview process, which is not only used for recruiting in consulting but also in private equity, strategic planning, marketing, logistic, operations, and human capital. He takes you inside a typical interview by exploring the various types of case questions, and he shares with you the acclaimed Ivy Case System. It will give you the confidence to answer even the most sophisticated cases. Now in its eleventh edition, Case in Point is the most current and up-to-date book on the subject, and reflects all the latest changes in the case interview process —with plenty of graphs and lessons built in. The book includes dozens of strategy cases, with case starts exercises, 21 ways to cut costs and much more. Case in Point11 helps you build your case cred from start to finish.

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Expect to Win

Expect to Win 10 Proven Strategies for Thriving in the Workplace by Carla A Harris

Updated in 2017 with a new author’s note and chapter on building effective business relationships! “Penned by an exceptionally bright woman whose ideas will enlighten you, brighten and brilliantly ignite vision in all who read it. Out of the matrix of her wisdom emerges a book that will revolutionize your life and may very well alter your thinking as we go into a new era of time. A must-read!”—Bishop T.D. Jakes,  New York Times  bestselling author of  Reposition Yourself: Living Life Without Limits Carla Harris, one of the most successful and respected women in business, shares advice, tips, and strategies for surviving in any workplace environment. While climbing the corporate ladder, Harris had her own missteps and celebrated numerous victories. She vowed that when she reached senior management, and people came to her for advice, she would provide them with the tools and strategies honed by her experience.   “Carla’s Pearls” have become the centerpiece for her many speeches and television appearances. Now, Carla shares these valuable lessons, including: · Authenticity: The Power is You · The Ninety-Day Rule · Perception is the Copilot to Reality · The Mentor, the Sponsor, the Adviser: Having Them All · Leverage Your Voice · Balance is a Necessity: Use Your Passions to Achieve It · Expect to Win: Show Up with Your Best Self Every Day   Expect to Win  is an inspirational must-read for anyone seeking battle-tested tools for fulfilling their true potential.

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Managing Up

Managing Up How to Get What You Need from the People in Charge by Melody Wilding

An indispensable guide to navigating power dynamics, building effective relationships with higher-ups, and earning more authority, freedom, and confidence at work—from one of today’s “most innovative career coaches” ( Insider ). “Outstanding. Wilding's scripts and strategies show us a better way to get ahead at work.”—Greg McKeown , New York Times bestselling author of Essentialism and Effortless WINNER: Society for Advancing Business Editing and Writing (SABEW) Best in Business Book Award, Career and Financial Development Do you feel vulnerable to the whims of your boss, peers, or internal politics, pushing through each day with a nagging undercurrent of anxiety? Maybe you’re micromanaged, interrupted in meetings, saddled with busy work, or overlooked for career opportunities. But what if you could subtly teach those above you to value your ideas and treat you with respect—without ever changing your job title? Human behavior professor and award-winning executive career coach Melody Wilding has helped thousands of clients advocate for their needs at work while navigating the minefield of office politics. In this clear, tactical guide, Wilding shows you how to operate from a position of power—even if you lack formal authority—to build the emotional intelligence, relational capital, and negotiation savvy to succeed in a world of competing stakeholders and remote work. Drawing on real-life client stories and the latest research on trust and persuasion, Managing Up distills a vital skillset into ten key conversations, including: • The Alignment Conversation: How can I get in my boss’s head to understand their needs, motivations, and goals? • The Styles Conversation: Will I earn more respect from my manager if I get to the point quickly, or should I try swapping stories and building rapport? • The Boundaries Conversation: How do I say no and push back with tact when my manager saddles me with yet another task? Packed with time-tested strategies, detailed scripts, and transformative insights, this book is a must-read for professionals of all levels ready to reclaim control of their careers.

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The Job Closer

The Job Closer Time-Saving Techniques for Acing Resumes, Interviews, Negotiations, and More by Steve Dalton

The author of  The 2-Hour Job Search  shows you how to land your dream job, from writing the perfect resume and cover letter to nailing any interview and negotiating your offer   Steve Dalton’s 2-Hour Job Search simplified the process of finding work by utilizing technology, and now The Job Closer helps you seal the deal by applying his time-saving techniques to the surrounding steps. As a career consultant, Dalton has found that job seekers routinely overinvest in trivial aspects of the employment hunt while underestimating the important ones.   In this guide, you’ll learn how to avoid wasted effort and excel in all areas by using tools such as: • The FIT Model, which helps job seekers nail the answer to “Tell me about yourself” using principles from the world of screenwriting • The RAC Model, perfect for writing efficient cover letters and answering “Why this company or job?” in an interview • The CAR Matrix, designed to help you craft compelling interview stories and deploy them in the most powerful way • The Prenegotiation Call, which takes the awkwardness out of asking for more and turns your negotiator from an adversary into a partner • And many more . . .   The Job Closer will leave you with more time for networking, making meaningful connections, and showcasing your unique talents, so your odds of success in landing the perfect job improve exponentially

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Exit Without Selling

Exit Without Selling Build a Team-Led Company, Protect Your Income, and Reclaim Your Life as a Business Owner by WILLIAM B. NEAL

This independent title was modeled after and inspired by Richard Shaull and Luke Mardigian’s Exit Without Selling: Build A Dream Team, Keep Your Business, and Get Your Life Back. It is an unofficial companion and complementary business resource with no affiliation, sponsorship, approval, or endorsement from the original authors or publisher. This book adds a deeper implementation structure: scorecards, decision-rights tools, delegation scripts, operating rhythms, compensation safeguards, and a 90-day step-back plan. You built the business for freedom, but now every decision, customer issue, team question, and revenue problem still lands on you. Selling may feel too final, but staying trapped as the daily operator is not a real plan either. Exit Without Selling shows you how to keep ownership while building a team-led company that can operate without your constant involvement. You will learn how to transfer authority, protect profit, install accountability, and step back without watching the business fall apart. WHAT YOU GET • Diagnose owner-dependence with a clear map that shows exactly where the business still relies on you. • Build an owner-optional scorecard to measure time, decisions, cash, quality, and customer stability before you step back. • Redesign your role so you stop acting as Chief Everything Officer and start operating as a strategic owner. • Create decision-rights rules that tell the team who can decide, when to escalate, and how to move without waiting for you. • Design the Dream Team architecture your business needs across leadership, sales, operations, finance, and delivery. • Hire ownership-minded people using role scorecards and interview questions that test judgment, accountability, and initiative. • Install a second-in-command layer with a practical 30-60-90 handoff path and authority announcement script. • Build visible systems for sales, delivery, finance, customer recovery, dashboards, and problem logs. • Align compensation behavior with profit protection so incentives reward ownership instead of entitlement. • Follow a 90-day step-back plan that removes routine decisions, transfers leadership ownership, and stress-tests the business without you. This book is for founders, small business owners, agency owners, contractors, consultants, and operators who want freedom without selling the company they built. It is especially useful if your business is profitable but still too dependent on your daily presence. Start building the business you can keep, the team you can trust, and the life your company was supposed to support.

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The First 90 Days, Updated and Expanded

The First 90 Days, Updated and Expanded Proven Strategies for Getting Up to Speed Faster and Smarter by Michael D. Watkins

Named one of 100 Leadership & Success Books to Read in a Lifetime by Amazon Editors The world’s most trusted guide for leaders in transition Transitions are a critical time for leaders. In fact, most agree that moving into a new role is the biggest challenge a manager will face. While transitions offer a chance to start fresh and make needed changes in an organization, they also place leaders in a position of acute vulnerability. Missteps made during the crucial first three months in a new role can jeopardize or even derail your success. In this updated and expanded version of the international bestseller The First 90 Days , Michael D. Watkins offers proven strategies for conquering the challenges of transitions—no matter where you are in your career. Watkins, a noted expert on leadership transitions and adviser to senior leaders in all types of organizations, also addresses today’s increasingly demanding professional landscape, where managers face not only more frequent transitions but also steeper expectations once they step into their new jobs. By walking you through every aspect of the transition scenario, Watkins identifies the most common pitfalls new leaders encounter and provides the tools and strategies you need to avoid them. You’ll learn how to secure critical early wins, an important first step in establishing yourself in your new role. Each chapter also includes checklists, practical tools, and self-assessments to help you assimilate key lessons and apply them to your own situation. Whether you’re starting a new job, being promoted from within, embarking on an overseas assignment, or being tapped as CEO, how you manage your transition will determine whether you succeed or fail. Use this book as your trusted guide.

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Trillion Dollar Coach

Trillion Dollar Coach The Leadership Playbook of Silicon Valley's Bill Campbell by Eric Schmidt, Jonathan Rosenberg & Alan Eagle

#1 Wall Street Journal Bestseller New York Times Bestseller USA Today Bestseller The team behind How Google Works returns with management lessons from legendary coach and business executive, Bill Campbell, whose mentoring of some of our most successful modern entrepreneurs has helped create well over a trillion dollars in market value. Bill Campbell played an instrumental role in the growth of several prominent companies, such as Google, Apple, and Intuit, fostering deep relationships with Silicon Valley visionaries, including Steve Jobs, Larry Page, and Eric Schmidt. In addition, this business genius mentored dozens of other important leaders on both coasts, from entrepreneurs to venture capitalists to educators to football players, leaving behind a legacy of growing companies, successful people, respect, friendship, and love after his death in 2016. Leaders at Google for over a decade, Eric Schmidt, Jonathan Rosenberg, and Alan Eagle experienced firsthand how the man fondly known as Coach Bill built trusting relationships, fostered personal growth—even in those at the pinnacle of their careers—inspired courage, and identified and resolved simmering tensions that inevitably arise in fast-moving environments. To honor their mentor and inspire and teach future generations, they have codified his wisdom in this essential guide. Based on interviews with over eighty people who knew and loved Bill Campbell, Trillion Dollar Coach explains the Coach’s principles and illustrates them with stories from the many great people and companies with which he worked. The result is a blueprint for forward-thinking business leaders and managers that will help them create higher performing and faster moving cultures, teams, and companies. This essential guide reveals his principles for business success: Building Trust: Learn how Coach Bill created an “envelope of trust” to foster the psychological safety required for high-performing teams at companies like Google and Apple. Team First Culture: Discover why the team is paramount, and how to identify and nurture the “doers” who put the company’s success above personal gain. Actionable Management Principles: Get actionable advice on everything from running effective one-on-ones and making hard decisions to managing the difficult but valuable “aberrant genius.” The Power of Love: Understand why bringing love, community, and respect into the workplace isn’t just good for morale—it’s a critical component of operational excellence and success.

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Positive Intelligence

Positive Intelligence Why Only 20% of Teams and Individuals Achieve Their True Potential and How You Can Achieve Yours by Shirzad Chamine

In his popular Stanford University lectures, New York Times bestselling author Shirzad Chamine reveals how to achieve one’s true potential for both professional success and personal fulfillment.  His groundbreaking research exposes ten well-disguised mental Saboteurs.  Nearly 95 percent of the executives in his Stanford lectures conclude that these Saboteurs cause “significant harm” to achieving their full potential.  With Positive Intelligence, you can learn the secret to defeating these internal foes. Positive Intelligence (PQ) measures the percentage of time your mind is serving you as opposed to sabotaging you.  While your IQ and EQ (emotional intelligence) contribute to your maximum potential, it is your PQ that determines how much of that potential you actually achieve.   The great news is that you can improve your PQ significantly in as little as 21 days.  With higher PQ, teams and professionals ranging from leaders to salespeople perform 30-35 percent better on average.  Importantly, they also report being far happier and less stressed.     The breakthrough tools and techniques in this book have been refined over years of coaching hundreds of CEOs and their executive teams.  Shirzad tells many of their remarkable stories, showing you how you too can take concrete steps to unleash the vast, untapped powers of your mind. DISCOVER HOW TO: • Identify and conquer your top mental Saboteurs. Common Saboteurs include the Judge, Controller, Victim, Avoider, and Pleaser.   • Measure the Positive Intelligence score (PQ) for yourself or your team--see how close you come to the critical tipping point required for peak performance. • Increase PQ dramatically in as little as 21 days. • Develop new brain “muscles,” and access 5 untapped powers with energizing mental “power games.” • Apply PQ tools and techniques to increase both performance and fulfillment.  Applications include team building, mastering workload, working with “difficult” people, improving work/life balance, reducing stress, and selling and persuading.   About the Author: Shirzad Chamine is the author of the New York Times bestseller Positive Intelligence.  He is Chairman of CTI, the largest coach training organization in the world.  CTI has trained coaches and managers in most of the Fortune 500 companies, as well as faculty at Stanford and Yale business schools.  A preeminent C-suite advisor, Shirzad has coached hundreds of CEOs and their executive teams.  Prior to running CTI, he was the CEO of an enterprise software company.  His background includes PhD studies in neuroscience in addition to a BA in psychology, an MS in electrical engineering, and an MBA from Stanford, where he lectures.  

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So Good They Can't Ignore You

So Good They Can't Ignore You Why Skills Trump Passion in the Quest for Work You Love by Cal Newport

In this book with unique perspective, professor Cal Newport debunks the long-held belief that "follow your passion" is good advice, and sets out to discover the reality of how people end up loving their careers. A focus on passion over skill can be dangerous, leading to anxiety and chronic job hopping. Spending time with professionals who admit to deriving great satisfaction from their work, Newport uncovers the strategies they use and the pitfalls they avoid in developing their compelling careers. Cal reveals 4 Rules f or falling in love with your job: #1: Don't follow your passion #2: Be so good they can't ignore you #3: Turn down a promotion #4: Think small, act big Cal Newport's manifesto is mandatory reading for anyone fretting about what to do with their life, or frustrated by their current job situation. So Good They Can't Ignore You provides an evidence-based blueprint for creating work you love, and will change the way you think about careers, happiness, and the crafting of a remarkable life.

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Thanks for the Feedback

Thanks for the Feedback The Science and Art of Receiving Feedback Well by Douglas Stone & Sheila Heen

The bestselling authors of the classic Difficult Conversations teach us how to turn evaluations, advice, criticisms, and coaching into productive listening and learning We swim in an ocean of feedback. Bosses, colleagues, customers—but also family, friends, and in-laws—they all have “suggestions” for our performance, parenting, or appearance. We know that feedback is essential for healthy relationships and professional development—but we dread it and often dismiss it. That’s because receiving feedback sits at the junction of two conflicting human desires. We do want to learn and grow. And we also want to be accepted just as we are right now. Thanks for the Feedback is the first book to address this tension head on. It explains why getting feedback is so crucial yet so challenging, and offers a powerful framework to help us take on life’s blizzard of off-hand comments, annual evaluations, and unsolicited advice with curiosity and grace. The business world spends billions of dollars and millions of hours each year teaching people how to give feedback more effectively. Stone and Heen argue that we’ve got it backwards and show us why the smart money is on educating r e ceivers— in the workplace and in personal relationships as well. Coauthors of the international bestseller Difficult Conversations , Stone and Heen have spent the last ten years working with businesses, nonprofits, governments, and families to determine what helps us learn and what gets in our way. With humor and clarity, they blend the latest insights from neuroscience and psychology with practical, hard-headed advice. The book is destined to become a classic in the world of leadership, organizational behavior, and education.

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What Got You Here Won't Get You There

What Got You Here Won't Get You There How Successful People Become Even More Successful by Marshall Goldsmith & Mark Reiter

Whether you are near the top of the ladder or still have a ways to climb, this book serves as an essential guide to help you eliminate your dysfunctions and move to where you want to go. Marshall Goldsmith is an expert at helping global leaders overcome their sometimes unconscious annoying habits and attain a higher level of success. His one-on-one coaching comes with a six-figure price tag. But, in this book, you get Marshall's great advice without the hefty fee! "Marshall Goldsmith is one of the most credible thought leaders in the new era of business." -- The Economist "For over a decade I have worked with Marshall in corporations and seen him teach. In my opinion, he is the best at what he does, bar none. He has that rare combination that makes a great teacher-thought leadership, classroom management, and presence." -- Vijay Govindarajan, professor and director, Center for Global Leadership, Tuck School, Dartmouth University "America's preeminent executive coach." -- Fast Company

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Runnin' Down a Dream

Runnin' Down a Dream How to Thrive in a Career You Actually Love by Bill Gurley

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Perfect for graduation or anyone who needs inspiration to step off the career conveyer belt, this book will teach you how to find your unique dream job and avoid a career you’ll regret. After all, life is a use-it-or-lose-it proposition. Shouldn’t you spend it doing something you love? “I love the book. It’s such a practical guide, and I’m sure it will be a very popular gift for college grads.”—Sara Eisen, CNBC “Fantastic. A variety of useful insights and examples that converge into one story that underlies remarkable success in nearly any field: The relentless hunger to learn about the thing you love.”—James Clear, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Atomic Habits After college Bill Gurley landed a job at a famous tech company. It should have been a dream come true—but he was surprisingly bored. So, Gurley leapt into the unknown, eventually finding his place in the world of venture capital, the beginning of a remarkable investing career. It turns out, Gurley’s happy ending is rare. Nearly six in ten people would do things differently if they could start over. This is the trap of “career regret.” So how can we avoid it? What can we learn from people at the top of their fields who love what they do? The culmination of Gurley’s decade-long project to unpack the components of success, Runnin’ Down a Dream identifies six principles to flourish in your chosen career: the antidotes to career regret. From developing “obsessive” curiosity to the art of building strong peer groups, these timeless principles add up to a playbook not just for success, but a purpose-filled life. Written in Gurley’s straight-talk voice and revealing the captivating stories of industry titans like talent agent Lorrie Bartlett, restaurateur Danny Meyer, and sports executive Sam Hinkie, Runnin’ Down a Dream will inspire a new generation to find their place in the world, while offering a much-needed rebuttal to the idea that hustle and happiness are incompatible.

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Clock In

Clock In No-BS Advice for Getting Ahead in Your Career (Without Losing Your Mind) by Emily Durham

Career advice that actually works from a straight-shooter recruiter Did you know the average job search takes more than five months? That’s because today’s job market is more challenging—and more confusing—than ever. How are we supposed to get hired, get paid, and get ahead in our careers? Why is everything so complicated and gatekept?  That’s where Emily the Recruiter comes in. Using her years of experience as a recruiter and career coach, she pulls back the curtain on everything employment-related and tells you all you need to know about job hunting, networking, and not letting your boss drive you crazy. A much-needed antidote to the “gaslight, gatekeep, girlboss” ethos, this guidebook gives you the real talk you need to lock in when you clock in. You’ll learn how to: Optimize your résumé and LinkedIn profileNetwork like a proStrike a healthy work-life balanceCrush job interviews and salary negotiationsDefeat impostor syndrome and communicate with confidenceSucceed in your career without making it your whole identity If you’re ready to work smarter, not harder, Clock In is the no-filter, no-fluff resource you need to thrive in your nine-to-five—and beyond.

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What Color Is Your Parachute? 2022

What Color Is Your Parachute? 2022 Your Guide to a Lifetime of Meaningful Work and Career Success by Richard N. Bolles & Katharine Brooks, Ed.D.

With timeless advice, up-to-the-minute insights, and more than ten million copies sold over fifty years, the world’s most popular and best-selling career guide is fully revised and expanded for 2022.   “One of the first job-hunting books on the market. It is still arguably the best. And it is indisputably the most popular.”— Fast Company What Color Is Your Parachute? is the world’s most popular job-hunting guide. This completely updated edition features the latest resources, strategies, and perspectives on today’s job market, revealing surprising advice on what works—and what doesn’t—so you can focus your efforts on tactics that yield results.   At its core is Richard N. Bolles’s famed Flower Exercise, a unique self-inventory that helps you design your career—and your life—around your key passions, transferable skills, traits, and more.   This practical manual also provides essential tips for writing impressive resumes and cover letters, networking effectively, interviewing with confidence, and negotiating the best salary possible.   Whether you’re searching for your first job, were recently laid off, or are dreaming of a career change, What Color Is Your Parachute? will guide you toward a fulfilling and prosperous life’s work.

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Springboard

Springboard Launching Your Personal Search for Success by G. Richard Shell

Everyone knows that you are supposed to “follow your dream.”  But where is the road map to help you discover what that dream is?   You have just found it. In Springboard , award-winning author and teacher G. Richard Shell helps you find your future. His advice: Take an honest look inside and then answer two questions:   What, for me, is success?   How will I achieve it?   You will begin by assessing your current beliefs about success, including the hidden influences of family, media, and culture. These are where the pressures to live “someone else’s life” come from. Once you gain perspective on these outside forces, you will be ready to look inside at your unique combination of passions and capabilities. The goal: to focus more on what gives meaning and excitement to your life and less on what you are “supposed” to want.   Drawing on his decades of research, Shell offers personalized assessments to help you probe your past, imagine your future, and measure your strengths. He then combines these with the latest scientific insights on everything from self-confidence and happiness to relationships and careers. Throughout, he shares inspiring examples of people who found what they were meant to do by embracing their own true measure of success. Eric Adler: one of Shell’s former students who walked away from a conventional business career to help launch a revolutionary new concept in public education that has placed hundreds of inner-city high school students in top colleges.Kurt Timken: a Harvard-educated son of a Fortune 500 CEO who found his true calling as a hard-charging police officer fighting drug lords in southern California.Cynthia Stafford: an office worker who became one of her community’s leading promoters of theater and the arts.Get ready for the journey of a lifetime—one that will help you reevaluate your future and envision success on your own terms. Students and executives say that Richard Shell’s courses have changed their lives. Let this book change yours.

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Joe Girard's 13 Essential Rules of Selling: How to Be a Top Achiever and Lead a Great Life

Joe Girard's 13 Essential Rules of Selling: How to Be a Top Achiever and Lead a Great Life by Joe Girard

The World's Greatest Salesman Reveals the Techniques of His Astounding Success This newest book from sales phenomenon JOE GIRARD-- The 13 Essential Rules of Selling --provides all the ammunition you need to succeed in an economy where budgets are being slashed and decision makers are scared to spend. Named the offi cial world's greatest salesman by Guinness World Records, Girard covers everything from maintaining a positive attitude and staying organized to dressing appropriately, telling the truth, and making clients' needs and wishes priority one. WHY JOE GIRARD IS #1 . . . JUST A FEW RAVES: "Fantastic! The auditorium was jam-packed. They were sitting in the aisle! . . . Inspirational!" -- Harvard Business School "It takes guts to be an entrepreneur. In that quest, Joe Girard's riveting book will empower you to become tomorrow's entrepreneurial legend." -- Warren E. Avis, founder, Avis Rent-A-Car "[Girard is] the consummate salesman!" -- Forbes "Girard captures the essence of rising to the top in any endeavor: Set ambitious goals and visualize success, work hard, persevere, and stick to your principles." -- Mary Kay Ash, founder and Chairman Emeritus, Mary Kay Cosmetics, Inc.

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La Biblia del vendedor

La Biblia del vendedor Técnicas efectivas para el vendedor competitivo by José Alejandro Torresdey Jiménez

En su libro La Biblia del Vendedor: Técnicas Efectivas para el Vendedor Competitivo, publicado por primera vez en 1997, Alex Dey relata las mejores técnicas, consejos y anécdotas para mejorar las estrategias de venta, cierres y negociación. A través de su amplia experiencia, Alex Dey resalta el importante papel que un vendedor tiene en la línea de trabajo de cualquier empresa, producto o servicio. Colocando al vendedor como un agente que nunca será obsoleto y siempre será necesario. Este libro está considerado por el propio autor como uno de los mejores manuales de venta que puede acompañar y aconsejar a cualquier vendedor que esté buscando maneras de aprender y enriquecer su trabajo y sus ganancias.

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Never Eat Alone, Expanded and Updated

Never Eat Alone, Expanded and Updated And Other Secrets to Success, One Relationship at a Time by Keith Ferrazzi & Tahl Raz

The bestselling business classic on the power of relationships, updated with in-depth  advice for making connections in the digital world.   Do you want to get ahead in life? Climb the ladder to personal success?   The secret, master networker Keith Ferrazzi claims, is in reaching out to other people. As Ferrazzi discovered in early life, what distinguishes highly successful people from everyone else is the way they use the power of relationships—so that everyone wins. In Never Eat Alone , Ferrazzi lays out the specific steps—and inner mindset—he uses to reach out to connect with the thousands of colleagues, friends, and associates on his contacts list, people he has helped and who have helped him. And in the time since Never Eat Alone was published in 2005, the rise of social media and new, collaborative management styles have only made Ferrazzi’s advice more essential for anyone hoping to get ahead in business.   The son of a small-town steelworker and a cleaning lady, Ferrazzi first used his remarkable ability to connect with others to pave the way to Yale, a Harvard M.B.A., and several top executive posts. Not yet out of his thirties, he developed a network of relationships that stretched from Washington’s corridors of power to Hollywood’s A-list, leading to him being named one of Crain’s 40 Under 40 and selected as a Global Leader for Tomorrow by the Davos World Economic Forum.   Ferrazzi’s form of connecting to the world around him is based on generosity, helping friends connect with other friends. Ferrazzi distinguishes genuine relationship-building from the crude, desperate glad-handing usually associated with “networking.” He then distills his system of reaching out to people into practical, proven principles. Among them:   Don’t keep score: It’s never simply about getting what you want. It’s about getting what you want and making sure that the people who are important to you get what they want, too. “Ping” constantly: The ins and outs of reaching out to those in your circle of contacts all the time—not just when you need something. Never Eat Alone: The dynamics of status are the same whether you’re working at a corporation or attending a social event—“invisibility” is a fate worse than failure. Become the “King of Content”: How to use social media sites like LinkedIn, Twitter, and Facebook to make meaningful connections, spark engagement, and curate a network of people who can help you with your interests and goals.   In the course of this book, Ferrazzi outlines the timeless strategies shared by the world’s most connected individuals, from Winston Churchill to Bill Clinton, Vernon Jordan to the Dalai Lama.   Chock-full of specific advice on handling rejection, getting past gatekeepers, becoming a “conference commando,” and more, this new edition of Never Eat Alone will remain a classic alongside alongside How to Win Friends and Influence People for years to come.

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The First 90 Days, Newly Revised and Updated

The First 90 Days, Newly Revised and Updated Proven Strategies for Getting Up to Speed Faster and Smarter by Michael D. Watkins

Named one of 100 Leadership & Success Books to Read in a Lifetime by Amazon Editors, here is the world's most trusted guide for anyone taking on a new professional role. Transitions are critical times in your career. In fact, moving into a new role can be the biggest challenge a leader or manager will face. And while a transition offers a chance to start fresh and create positive impact in an organization, it also places you in a position of acute vulnerability. Missteps made during the crucial first three months in a new role can jeopardize or even derail your success. In this newly revised and updated edition of the international bestseller The First 90 Days , Michael Watkins offers proven strategies for conquering the challenges of transitions—no matter where you are in your career. Watkins, the world's preeminent expert on leadership transitions and adviser to business leaders around the world, also addresses today's increasingly demanding professional landscape, where managers face not only more-frequent transitions but also steeper expectations once they step into their new jobs. Watkins identifies the most-common pitfalls new leaders encounter and provides the tools and strategies needed to avoid them. You'll learn how to secure critical early wins, an important first step in establishing yourself in a new role. Each chapter also includes checklists, practical tools, and self-assessments to help you assimilate key lessons and apply them to your own situation. Whether you're starting a new job, being promoted from within, embarking on an overseas assignment, or being tapped as CEO, how you manage your transition will determine whether you succeed or fail. Use this book as your trusted guide.

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Working Identity, Updated Edition, With a New Preface - Herminia Ibarra Cover Art

Working Identity, Updated Edition, With a New Preface

Working Identity, Updated Edition, With a New Preface Unconventional Strategies for Reinventing Your Career by Herminia Ibarra

Strategies that successful career changers use—and how to make them work for you. Nearly all of us have entertained the notion of changing careers. Feeling burned out at work, unfulfilled, or just plain unhappy with whatever we're doing, we long to reinvent ourselves on a new and different career path. But how do we make this transition successfully? In this update of the groundbreaking classic, bestselling author Herminia Ibarra presents a model for career reinvention that flies in the face of everything we've learned from "career experts"—and is tailor-made for changing careers in today's uncertain world. Career transition is not a linear path toward some predetermined identity, according to Ibarra, but a crooked journey along which we try on a host of "possible selves" we might become. Successful reinvention comes not from deciphering and analyzing our past, but from inventing and testing our possible futures. Using new examples of people in different stages of a career transition, Ibarra identifies the three critical strategies—experiment with new professional activities and identities, interact in new networks of people, and make sense of what is happening to us in light of emerging possibilities—that all successful career changers use. She shows how you can use these strategies to: Explore your possible selvesCraft and execute "identity experiments"Create "small wins" that keep momentum goingConnect with role models and mentors who can ease the transitionArrange new learnings into a coherent story Now with action-oriented exercises to help you work successfully through your own career transition, this updated edition gives you the tools to discover a new path and find success in your new career.

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Drop Out And Get Schooled

Drop Out And Get Schooled by Patrick Bet-David & Thomas Ellsworth

Education is broken and most graduates are broke. The purpose of this book is to start an important dialogue about college education. I will make the case for why I believe 70% of college students should drop out. The concept of giving our trust to the educational system without accountability has not worked. I believe it’s time to ask serious questions: - Why do we go to college in the first place? - Who should go to college and who shouldn’t? - Can I succeed and do great things without college? - Why do tuition and textbooks cost as much as they do? - Have colleges simply become a big business (with tax-free status)? - Are the subjects taught in college sufficient for life or do we need an upgrade? Let me clarify something, this is NOT a book that declares that higher education is a terrible thing. Many professions require it, but I believe education can and does take place in many forms. As a college dropout and an autodidact, I’ve read over 1,200 books in the last 15 years and believe there are many paths we can take to get educated and do great things. Fair Warning: You may have passionate feelings about the points in this book. Regardless of how strong you feel one way or another, my desired outcome is to start a broad dialogue so we can process the issues – together. Ready? Written by Patrick Bet-David with Thomas Ellsworth

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The A*****e Survival Guide

The A*****e Survival Guide How to Deal with People Who Treat You Like Dirt by Robert I. Sutton

“This book is a contemporary classic—a shrewd and spirited guide to protecting ourselves from the jerks, bullies, tyrants, and trolls who seek to demean. We desperately need this antidote to the a-holes in our midst.”—Daniel H. Pink, best-selling author of To Sell Is Human and Drive How to avoid, outwit, and disarm assholes, from the author of the classic The No A*****e Rule   As entertaining as it is useful, The A*****e Survival Guide delivers a cogent and methodical conflict resolution game plan for anybody who feels plagued by assholes. Sutton starts with diagnosis—what kind of a*****e problem, exactly, are you dealing with? From there, he provides field-tested, evidence-based, and often surprising strategies for dealing with assholes—avoiding them, outwitting them, disarming them, sending them packing, and developing protective psychological armor. Sutton even teaches readers how to look inward to stifle their own inner jackass.             Ultimately, this essential guide to improving workplace culture is about developing an outlook and personal plan that will help you preserve the sanity in your work life, and rescue all those perfectly good days from being ruined by some jerk.   “Thought-provoking and often hilarious . . . An indispensable resource.”—Gretchen Rubin, best-selling author of The Happiness Project and Better Than Before   “At last . . . clear steps for rejecting, deflecting, and deflating the jerks who blight our lives . . . Useful, evidence-based, and fun to read.”—Robert Cialdini, best-selling author of Influence and Pre-Suasion   Based on a decade of research, this book provides field-tested tools for reclaiming your work life: Dealing with Difficult People: First, diagnose the kind of a*****e problem you’re dealing with—from the petty tyrant to the backstabbing colleague—so you can choose the most effective strategy. Abusive Supervision: Learn evidence-based techniques for avoiding, outwitting, disarming, and even fighting back against a toxic boss or coworker. Professional Development: Build protective psychological armor to preserve your sanity and rescue your days from being ruined by others' incivility. Self-Help for Work: Discover how to look inward, recognize your own blind spots, and stifle the inner jackass in yourself before it causes harm.

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Éxito en ventas

Éxito en ventas by Brian Tracy

En esta compacta y conveniente guía, el extraordinario instructor de ventas Brian Tracy revela como cualquier persona puede tener la ventaja ganadora. Llena de estrategias comprobadas y conocimientos invaluables, este práctico libro te ayudará a llevar tus ventas a nuevas alturas. Ochenta por ciento de todas las ventas se realizan solamente por el veinte por ciento de los vendedores. Es sorprendente descubrir que esos vendedores se desempeñan solo un poco mejor que sus colegas en determinadas áreas críticas. Al brillar en estas competencias, puedes ganar dinero más rápido, tener más éxito, y obtener una mayor satisfacción profesional de la que imaginaste posible. En esta compacta y conveniente guía, el extraordinario instructor de ventas Brian Tracy revela como cualquier persona puede tener la ventaja ganadora. Llena de estrategias comprobadas y conocimientos invaluables, este práctico libro te ayudará a llevar tus ventas a nuevas alturas. El lector aprenderá 21 técnicas comprobadas para: • Establecer metas claras—y alcanzarlas • Desarrollar un sentido de urgencia y hacer que cada minuto valga la pena • Estar motivado • Conocer los productos como la palma de la mano • Analizar a la competencia • Identificar las ventajas competitivas • Desarrollar las estrategias de venta • Encontrar y calificar las perspectivas rápidamente • Crear buenas relaciones temprano y ganar confianza • Entender las tres claves de la persuasión • Dominar los elementos de una presentación efectiva • Usar el poder de la sugestión • Establecer una «megacredibilidad» • Vencer las seis objeciones principales • Pedir acción • Aventajarse en su carrera al dar seguimiento

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A Social Strategy

A Social Strategy How We Profit from Social Media by Mikolaj Jan Piskorski

What people get out of social media—and how businesses can get more out of it Almost no one had heard of social media a decade ago, but today websites such as Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn have more than 1 billion users and account for almost 25 percent of Internet use. Practically overnight, social media seems indispensable to our lives—from friendship and dating to news and business. What makes social media so different from traditional media? Answering that question is the key to making social media work for any business, argues Miko?aj Piskorski, one of the world's leading experts on the business of social media. In A Social Strategy , he provides the most convincing answer yet, one backed by original research, data, and case studies from companies such as Nike and American Express. Drawing on his analysis of proprietary data from social media sites, Piskorski argues that the secret of successful ones is that they allow people to fulfill social needs that either can’t be met offline or can be met only at much greater cost. This insight provides the key to how companies can leverage social platforms to create a sustainable competitive advantage. Companies need to help people interact with each other before they will promote products to their friends or help companies in other ways. Done right, a company’s social media should benefit customers and the firm. Piskorski calls this "a social strategy," and he describes how companies such as Yelp and Zynga have done it. Groundbreaking and important, A Social Strategy provides not only a story- and data-driven explanation for the explosion of social media but also an invaluable, concrete road map for any company that wants to tap the marketing potential of this remarkable phenomenon.

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HBR's 10 Must Reads on Managing Yourself, Updated and Expanded (featuring "How Will You Measure Your Life?" by Clayton M. Christensen) - Harvard Business Review, Peter F. Drucker, Amy Gallo, Amy Jen Su & Clayton M. Christensen Cover Art

HBR's 10 Must Reads on Managing Yourself, Updated and Expanded (featuring "How Will You Measure Your Life?" by Clayton M. Christensen)

HBR's 10 Must Reads on Managing Yourself, Updated and Expanded (featuring "How Will You Measure Your Life?" by Clayton M. Christensen) by Harvard Business Review, Peter F. Drucker, Amy Gallo, Amy Jen Su & Clayton M. Christensen

Take charge of your own success. If you read nothing else on managing yourself, read this book. We've chosen a new selection of current and classic Harvard Business Review articles that will help you understand your strengths, clarify your personal goals and direction, and build a career you’re proud of. This book will inspire you to: Manage your time, energy, and stress effectivelyUse a growth mindset to expand your networkDefine, develop, and communicate your personal brandBuild your skills and keep learningNavigate conflict with confidenceAlign your professional goals with your personal values This collection of articles includes: "Managing Oneself," by Peter F. Drucker; "You Don't Find Purpose—You Build It," by John Coleman; "How to Define, Develop, and Communicate Your Personal Brand," by Rachel Montanez; "Building an Ethical Career," by Maryam Kouchaki and Isaac H. Smith; "Learning to Learn," by Erika Andersen; "You Need Many Leadership Voices—Not Just One," by Amy Jen Su; "Manage Your Energy, Not Your Time," by Tony Schwartz and Catherine McCarthy; "Outsmart Your Own Biases," by Jack B. Soll, Katherine L. Milkman, and John W. Payne; "Happiness Traps," by Annie McKee; "The Hidden Toll of Microstress," by Rob Cross and Karen Dillon; "How to Build a Broader Network Within Your Company," Ko Kuwabara, Jiyin Cao, Soomin Sophie Cho, and Paul Ingram; "How to Navigate Conflict with a Coworker," by Amy Gallo; "You're Not Powerless in the Face of Impostor Syndrome," by Keith D. Dorsey; "Feeling Stuck or Stymied?" by Dorie Clark; and "How Will You Measure Your Life?" by Clayton M. Christensen. HBR's 10 Must Reads are definitive collections of classic ideas, practical advice, and essential thinking from the pages of Harvard Business Review . Exploring topics like disruptive innovation, emotional intelligence, and new technology in our ever-evolving world, these books empower any leader to make bold decisions and inspire others. This Updated and Expanded edition features new, breakthrough articles, additional short-form pieces, and a detailed discussion guide to give you and your team the tools you need for sustained success.

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Options Are Power: Career Strategies for High Performers Who Want a Life - Donna Peters Cover Art

Options Are Power: Career Strategies for High Performers Who Want a Life

Options Are Power: Career Strategies for High Performers Who Want a Life by Donna Peters

You're a high performer who wants a career on your own terms. Maybe you're exploring the next best step. Maybe you feel stuck. Maybe you want more. No matter where you are right now,  you need options . When you have options, you're in control. You make decisions from a position of strength.  You run  to  something, not  from  something. Options Are Powe r provides strategies for surrounding yourself with options. You'll learn to lead with a Me-Suite mindset, cultivating the role you want work to play in your life. You'll create a life in which: Your personal core values drive decisions.Your priorities are clear.You're staying fresh and relevant for the future you want to have. With options, you'll always have the right, not the obligation, to make a change. My life mission is to help career-driven, life-minded individuals surround themselves with options. Options are power. Let's get in there. Editorial Reviews In this era of unprecedented need for self-reflection, Donna Peters shares invaluable and empowering approaches for creating a fulfilling life, and balancing career and personal passions. ~Ana Dutra, Board Director, CEO, speaker, author   Donna Peters elegantly outlines a clear roadmap and practical examples to help high performers get the most out of your career and life. A must-read at any stage of your career. ~Walt Shill, Managing Partner, Managing Director, CEO

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¡Tráguese ese sapo! Ed. Revisada - Brian Tracy Cover Art

¡Tráguese ese sapo! Ed. Revisada

¡Tráguese ese sapo! Ed. Revisada 21 estrategias para tomar decisiones rápidas y mejorar la eficacia profesional by Brian Tracy

Más de dos millones de ejemplares vendidos y traducido a 40 idiomas, ¡Tráguese ese sapo! Es uno de los clásicos de la gestión del tiempo y la productividad. En esta nueva edición revisada y adaptada a las nuevas tecnologías, Brian Tracy nos vuelve a sorprender con sus consejos sencillos, fáciles de aplicar y útiles desde el primer momento.  Sencillamente no hay tiempo suficiente para hacer todo lo que figura en nuestra lista de cosas pendientes. La gente que tiene éxito sabe que es imposible hacerlo todo. Pero lo que es determinante, es saber cómo priorizar las tareas, a fin de completar cada día las más importantes. Según un viejo dicho, si la primera cosa que tiene que hacer cada mañana es tragarse un sapo, entonces le queda la satisfacción de saber que eso probablemente sea lo peor que hará en todo el día.   Brian Tracy ataca directamente los factores que determinan una eficaz administración personal del tiempo: decisión, disciplina y resolución. Detalla veintiún pasos lógicos, acompañados de ejercicios específicos, que le ayudarán a terminar con la postergación de las tareas importantes hoy mismo y a definir sus objetivos y metas globales. 

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Think Like a Freak

Think Like a Freak The Authors of Freakonomics Offer to Retrain Your Brain by Steven D. Levitt & Stephen J. Dubner

The New York Times bestselling Freakonomics changed the way we see the world, exposing the hidden side of just about everything. Then came SuperFreakonomics, a documentary film, an award-winning podcast, and more. Now, with Think Like a Freak, Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner have written their most revolutionary book yet. With their trademark blend of captivating storytelling and unconventional analysis, they take us inside their thought process and teach us all to think a bit more productively, more creatively, more rationally—to think, that is, like a Freak. Levitt and Dubner offer a blueprint for an entirely new way to solve problems, whether your interest lies in minor lifehacks or major global reforms. As always, no topic is off-limits. They range from business to philanthropy to sports to politics, all with the goal of retraining your brain. Along the way, you’ll learn the secrets of a Japanese hot-dog-eating champion, the reason an Australian doctor swallowed a batch of dangerous bacteria, and why Nigerian e-mail scammers make a point of saying they’re from Nigeria. Some of the steps toward thinking like a Freak: First, put away your moral compass—because it’s hard to see a problem clearly if you’ve already decided what to do about it. Learn to say “I don’t know”—for until you can admit what you don’t yet know, it’s virtually impossible to learn what you need to. Think like a child—because you’ll come up with better ideas and ask better questions. Take a master class in incentives—because for better or worse, incentives rule our world. Learn to persuade people who don’t want to be persuaded—because being right is rarely enough to carry the day. Learn to appreciate the upside of quitting—because you can’t solve tomorrow’s problem if you aren’t willing to abandon today’s dud. Levitt and Dubner plainly see the world like no one else. Now you can too. Never before have such iconoclastic thinkers been so revealing—and so much fun to read.

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How Will You Measure Your Life?

How Will You Measure Your Life? by Clayton M. Christensen, James Allworth & Karen Dillon

From the world’s leading thinker on innovation and New York Times bestselling author of The Innovator’s Dilemma , Clayton M. Christensen, comes an unconventional book of inspiration and wisdom, offering a powerful business philosophy for life. Christensen’s The Innovator’s Dilemma , notably the only business book that Apple’s Steve Jobs said "deeply influenced" him, is widely recognized as one of the most significant business books ever published. Now, in the tradition of Randy Pausch’s The Last Lecture and Anna Quindlen’s A Short Guide to a Happy Life , Christensen’s How Will You Measure Your Life is a book of lucid observations and penetrating insights for personal development, designed to help any reader—student or teacher, mid-career professional or retiree, parent or child—forge their own paths to fulfillment. Applying the same world-renowned theories he used to predict disruption in business, Christensen provides powerful decision-making strategies to help you answer life’s most important questions: Finding Happiness in Your Career: Go beyond the myth that incentives are the same as motivation to discover what truly makes you tick and find a job you will love. A Strategy for Your Life: Learn when to stick to a deliberate plan and when to embrace unexpected opportunities to create a life strategy that actually works. Deepening Personal Relationships: Understand why investing in your relationships with your spouse, children, and friends is the most important long-term investment you will ever make. Living with Integrity: See how the trap of marginal thinking can lead to compromising your values, and why it’s easier to hold to your principles 100% of the time than 98% of the time.

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Linchpin

Linchpin Are You Indispensable? by Seth Godin

This life-changing manifesto shows how you have the potential to make a huge difference wherever you are.   Few authors have had the kind of lasting impact and global reach that Seth Godin has had. In a series of now-classic books that have been translated into 36 languages and reached millions of readers around the world, he has taught generations of readers how to make remarkable products and spread powerful ideas. In Linchpin , he turns his attention to the individual, and explains how anyone can make a significant impact within their organization.   There used to be two teams in every workplace: management and labor. Now there's a third team, the linchpins. These people figure out what to do when there's no rule book. They delight and challenge their customers and peers. They love their work, pour their best selves into it, and turn each day into a kind of art.   Have you ever found a shortcut that others missed? Seen a new way to resolve a conflict? Made a connection with someone others couldn't reach? Even once? Then you have what it takes to become indispensable, by overcoming the resistance that holds people back. Linchpin will show you how to join the likes of...   · Keith Johnson, who scours flea markets across the country to fill Anthropologie stores with unique pieces. · Jason Zimdars, a graphic designer who got his dream job at 37signals without a résumé. · David, who works at Dean and Deluca coffee shop in New York. He sees every customer interaction as a chance to give a gift and is cherished in return.   As Godin writes, "Every day I meet people who have so much to give but have been bullied enough or frightened enough to hold it back. It's time to stop complying with the system and draw your own map. You have brilliance in you, your contribution is essential, and the art you create is precious. Only you can do it, and you must."

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On Writing Well, 30th Anniversary Edition

On Writing Well, 30th Anniversary Edition An Informal Guide to Writing Nonfiction by William Zinsser

"On Writing Well is a bible for a generation of writers looking for clues to clean, compelling prose." —New York Times A beloved classic and the definitive volume on the art of writing nonfiction On Writing Well, which grew out of a course that William Zinsser taught at Yale, has been praised for its sound advice, its clarity, and for the warmth of its style. It is a book for anybody who wants to learn how to write or who needs to do some writing to get through the day, as almost everybody does. 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 both fundamental principles as well as the insights of a distinguished practitioner. With over a million copies in print, this volume has stood the test of time and remains a valued resource for writers and would-be writers.

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