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Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Formats
Description
This book uncovers the hidden rules that shape the balance between the weak and the mighty and the powerful and the dispossessed. In it the author challenges how we think about obstacles and disadvantages, offering a new interpretation of what it means to be discriminated against, or cope with a disability, or lose a parent, or attend a mediocre school, or suffer from any number of other apparent setbacks. He begins with the real story of what happened...
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins Leadership, an imprint of HarperCollins
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
For entrepreneurs ready to reach the next level of success, small business owner turned multibillionaire Tilman Fertitta shares the commonsense principles that have rocketed his worldwide hospitality empire to the top. For aspiring entrepreneurs or people in business, this book 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,...
Author
Publisher
HarperBusiness, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
The co-founder of the Stanford d.School introduces the power of design thinking to help you achieve goals you never thought possible.
Achievement can be learned. It's a muscle, and once you learn how to flex it, you'll be able to meet life's challenges and fulfill your goals, Bernard Roth, Academic Director at the Stanford d.school contends.
In The Achievement Habit, Roth applies the remarkable insights that stem from design thinking-previously...
Author
Publisher
Made for Success Publishing
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
As the last book written by the late Zig Ziglar , he will reveal your surest path to success and help your untapped greatness become visible. After writing more than thirty books, nine of which are best sellers, Zig again delivers life changing wisdom. For more than 50 years, in a style that is unquestionably his own, Zig Ziglar has used his quick wit, down-home charm, and abundance of energy to inspire excellence in people throughout the world. In...
Author
Language
English
Description
Most of us believe that the best way to motivate ourselves and others is with external rewards like money - the carrot-and-stick approach. That's a mistake. The secret to high performance and satisfaction - at work, at school, and at home - is the deeply human need to direct our own lives, to learn and create new things, and to do better by ourselves and our world.
Author
Publisher
Wiley
Pub. Date
c2010
Language
English
Description
A Kick in the Attitude subscribes to the thinking that 85% of all top achievers attribute their success to their attitude. Attitude, as readers will learn, is the critical component that pushes individuals to excel in personal and professional venues. This book reveals how to revive an attitude with energy, passion and purpose; how to make an attitude work for rather than against you; and how having the right attitude builds performance, productivity...
Author
Publisher
Ramsey Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Are you looking for more than a J-O-B? Do you want to find purpose instead of just a paycheck? There's a reason you can't shake the feeling you were meant for more. In his new book, national bestselling author and career expert Ken Coleman lays out the seven stages for discovering and doing the work you were born to do. You'll go from a day job to your dream job by learning how to: 1. Get Clear on the work you were uniquely made to do and why. 2....
Author
Publisher
McGraw-Hill Education
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"Dreamers dream. Doers execute. Jobless and broke in her early twenties, Kim Perell was a multimillionaire by the time she was 30. Like most entrepreneurs, Perell had good ideas and worked tirelessly to bring them to life. What set her apart? She mastered the "secret" for turning ideas into results and long-term success: Execution. Throughout [this book], Perell demonstrates her process for execution so that anyone, at any stage of their journey,...
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Redefining productivity as a discipline involving how one thinks, identifies goals, constructs teams, and makes decisions, explains how to transform thinking behaviors to increase self-motivation and shares illustrative examples.
Author
Publisher
Viva Editions
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
"If you're part of the [37% of people who don't make to-do lists] and feel like you're chasing your own tail I've got news for you: it doesn't have to be that way. You can still find time to relax, read a good book, and do the things you love. Listful Thinking is the book that will give you your life back. It will show you how to save time, be more organized, be more productive, save money, and reduce stress"--
Author
Publisher
Avid Reader Press, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Perfectionists and procrastinators alike agree—it’s natural to dread a deadline. Whether your goal is to complete a masterpiece or just check off an overwhelming to-do list, the ticking clock signals despair. Christopher Cox knows the panic of the looming deadline all too well—as a magazine editor, he has spent years overseeing writers and journalists who couldn’t meet a deadline to save their lives. After putting in a few too many late nights...
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Robert Greene's bestselling 48 Laws of Power (1988) distilled ancient wisdom and philosophy into essential texts for seekers of power, understanding, and mastery. Now he turns to understanding people's drives and motivations, even when they are unconscious of them themselves. We are social animals. Our very lives depend on our relationships with people. Knowing why people do what they do is the most important tool we can possess. Drawing from the...