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BSS: Effective Decision Making

BSS: Effective Decision Making

By: Jeremy Kourdi

Publisher: Marshall Cavendish International (Asia)

Publication Date: 01-JUN-2011

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Decisions and problems can often leave people with a dilemma: knowing that a decision is required, but uncertain how to ensure that it is the best one and that it will be successfully executed. The paradox is that the very pressure for a decision often breeds indecisiveness. Think on Your Feet addresses this fundamental problem, enabling you to find the best solutions and options, avoid pitfalls, manage risk, work with people to ensure that decisions succeed, and understand how you can improve the way you typically operate when making decisions. ...

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100 Great Business Ideas

100 Great Business Ideas

By: Jeremy Kourdi

Publisher: Marshall Cavendish International (Asia)

Publication Date: 01-OCT-2009

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Are you looking for a great idea or some inspiration to start a new venture or to help you grow your existing business? This book contains 100 great business ideas, extracted from the world's best companies.Ideas provide the fuel for individuals and companies to create value and success. Indeed the power of ideas can even exceed the power of money. One simple idea can be the catalyst to move markets, inspire colleagues and employees, and capture the hearts and imaginations of customers. This book can be that very catalyst. Each idea is succinctly described and is followed by advice on how...

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Amazing Things Will Happen: A Real-World Guide on Achieving Success and Happiness

Amazing Things Will Happen: A Real-World Guide on Achieving Success and Happiness

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Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Publication Date: 28-NOV-2012

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Work hard, be kind, and amazing things will happen Amazing Things Will Happen offers straightforward advice that can be put into action to improve your life. Through personal anecdotes from the author's life, and interviews of successful individuals across several industries, this book demonstrates how to achieve success, in all aspects of life, through hard work and acts of kindness. Split into five sections, this book details how to begin the self-improvement journey. Explains how to cope with the situation you are currently in, and how to make the most of it until you can break...

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Intense Focus: Where Successful People Get Their Direction

Intense Focus: Where Successful People Get Their Direction

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Publisher: The Productivity Pro

Publication Date: 01-MAR-2013

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What you do with your day demonstrates the value you place on certain tasks and reflects the importance you give to your activities. Successful people have an intense sense of direction, which guides the choices that cause them to succeed in their goals. In this audio program, Laura Stack, The Productivity Pro, will teach you how successful people are driven by an intense focus on their priorities. ...

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50 Success Classics: Winning Wisdom for Work & Life from 50 Landmark Books

50 Success Classics: Winning Wisdom for Work & Life from 50 Landmark Books

By: Tom Butler-bowdon

Publisher: Nicholas Brealey Publishing

Publication Date: 10-SEP-2007

Insert Date: 07-MAR-2013

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From amusing and enlightening parables to the inspirational rags-to-riches stories of industrialists, philanthropists and entrepreneurs, 50 Success Classics summarizes each industry’s key ideas and clarifies how these insights and techniques promote self-growth. Learn the secrets on how to be successful by reviewing works from authors including: Horatio Alger; Warren Buffett; Andrew Carnegie; Stephen R. Covey; Spencer Johnson; Michael Dell; Henry Ford; Benjamin Franklin; John Paul Getty; Napoleon Hill & W. Clement Stone; Abraham Lincoln; Nelson Mandela; Eleanor Roosevelt; Ernest...

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Achieving Your Highest Vision of Yourself: Designing Your Ideal Life

Achieving Your Highest Vision of Yourself: Designing Your Ideal Life

By: Laura Stack

Publisher: The Productivity Pro

Publication Date: 15-FEB-2013

Insert Date: 06-MAR-2013

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What would make you happy? Creating a life in alignment with your values? Living up to your highest vision of yourself? So make your imaginings come true! In this eBook, Laura Stack, The Productivity Pro®, will help you turn the dreams floating around in your head into actionable goals. You'll learn how to divide your time among the various priorities and goals in your life and achieve equilibrium. You'll feel like you're spending your time in ways that are in alignment with your values. You'll hear techniques to help you through the mindset shifts and behavioral changes you'll need to...

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Achieve your goals

Achieve your goals

By:  Infinite Ideas

Publisher: Infinite Ideas

Publication Date: 08-MAR-2012

Insert Date: 11-JAN-2013

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If you have ever set yourself a goal and then watched helplessly as it slipped away this is the book for you. Whatever you want to do in life you need to take charge of your dreams, put a plan in place and follow it. It's a common problem and has been for hundreds of years. The first of the books we've sought advice from was published in the mid-eighteenth century, while the most recent one was published nearly two hundred years later. The ideas in both these and the other five books we've turned to are still amazingly relevant. The ideas in Achieve your goals are drawn from best-selling...

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The Finch Effect: The Five Strategies to Adapt and Thrive in Your Working Life

The Finch Effect: The Five Strategies to Adapt and Thrive in Your Working Life

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Publisher: Jossey-Bass

Publication Date: 22-MAY-2012

Insert Date: 01-NOV-2012

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Evolve your work strategy and thrive in today's high-pressure economy As Darwin famously observed, the beaks of each generation of Galapagos Island finches change to accommodate shifting food resources, allowing the birds to survive by adapting their capabilities to the new environment. Today's business people should take note: In the post-crisis economy, traditional career strategies spell professional extinction, but the fluid new "gig economy" offers tremendous potential for anyone willing to adapt. Based on her popular blog and drawing on her leadership development experience, Nacie...

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No Excuses!: The Power of Self-Discipline

No Excuses!: The Power of Self-Discipline

By: Brian Tracy

Publisher: Vanguard Press

Publication Date: 04-MAY-2010

Insert Date: 28-AUG-2012

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Most people think success comes from good luck or enormous talent, but many successful people achieve their accomplishments in a simpler way: through self-discipline. No Excuses! shows you how you can achieve success in all three major areas of your life, including your personal goals, business and money goals, and overall happiness. Each of the 21 chapters in this book shows you how to be more disciplined in one aspect of your life, with end-of-chapter exercises to help you apply the "no excuses" approach to your own life. With these guidelines, you can learn how to be more successful...

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Strategic Acceleration: Succeed at the Speed of Life

Strategic Acceleration: Succeed at the Speed of Life

By: Tony Jeary

Publisher: Vanguard Press

Publication Date: 10-FEB-2009

Insert Date: 28-AUG-2012

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In today’s ultra-competitive, breakneck world, getting superior results at the fastest rate possible is critical to success. But the hectic speed of life can make it easy to become sidetracked by things that cloud our sense of priority, making us less effective. Strategic Acceleration: Succeed at the Speed of Life presents a methodology that will help you get clear, stay focused, and efficiently execute relevant, high-value activities that bring you the results and success you want—faster. Tony Jeary’s Strategic Acceleration method resulted from his obsession with studying distinctions...

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Executive Toughness

Executive Toughness

By: Jason Selk

Publisher: McGraw-Hill

Publication Date: 03-NOV-2011

Insert Date: 24-JUL-2012

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Take your professional game to the next level—in 100 seconds o r less! People with inborn talent may be good at what they do—but only the mentally tough reach the highest plateaus in their field. And here’s the best news of all: mental toughness is something anyone can learn. Director of mental training for the St. Louis Cardinals and a top-tier executive coach, Dr. Jason Selk knows everything there is to know about developing the mental toughness required for achieving any goal you set for yourself. In fact, the techniques he outlines in this book are the same ones he used to help the...

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The Alpha Masters: Unlocking the Genius of the World's Top Hedge Funds

The Alpha Masters: Unlocking the Genius of the World's Top Hedge Funds

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Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Publication Date: 29-MAY-2012

Insert Date: 07-JUL-2012

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The ultimate behind-the-curtain look at the hedge fund industry, unlocking the most valuable stories, secrets, and lessons directly from those who have played the game best. Written by Maneet Ahuja, the hedge fund industry insider, The Alpha Masters brings the secretive world of hedge funds into the light of day for the first time. As the authority that the biggest names in the business, including John Paulson, David Tepper, and Bill Ackman, go to before breaking major news, Ahuja has access to the innermost workings of the hedge fund industry. For the first time, in Alpha Masters, Ahuja...

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Yes, I Can!: Using Visualization To Achieve Your Goals

Yes, I Can!: Using Visualization To Achieve Your Goals

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Publisher: Capstone

Publication Date: 03-JUL-2012

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Why you need to read this book Yes I Can! is for anyone who ever said, "I wish I could be like that person." Deep down we know that we all have the potential to be "that person", but achieving it seems impossible in practice. Well it's not impossible because you have the power to dramatically change your life. You can become more confident and motivated and find greater focus and direction in your life. You can become a better leader or manager and fill yourself with positive energy. You can lead the fulfilling life you have always dreamed of, and much more. And it can all start today...

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The Art of Being Unreasonable: Lessons in Unconventional Thinking

The Art of Being Unreasonable: Lessons in Unconventional Thinking

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Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Publication Date: 08-MAY-2012

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Unorthodox success principles from a billionaire entrepreneur and philanthropist Eli Broad's embrace of "unreasonable thinking" has helped him build two Fortune 500 companies, amass personal billions, and use his wealth to create a new approach to philanthropy. He has helped to fund scientific research institutes, K-12 education reform, and some of the world's greatest contemporary art museums. By contrast, "reasonable" people come up with all the reasons something new and different can't be done, because, after all, no one else has done it that way. This book shares the "unreasonable"...

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Think Your Way to Success: How to Develop a Winning Mindset and Achieve Amazing Results

Think Your Way to Success: How to Develop a Winning Mindset and Achieve Amazing Results

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Publisher: Capstone

Publication Date: 29-MAY-2012

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You can achieve anything when you know how to put your mind to it We all know that a positive mental attitude can work wonders. . . but there's so much more to it than that. With the right coaching you can move from positive attitude to determined success magnet! Mark Rhodes trains people every day on just how to achieve that level of concentrated resolve. In this book he'll show you how to build the mindset you need to achieve your goals and dreams and start to notice more opportunities and have the confidence to act on them. Whilst NLP based, no prior knowledge of NLP is needed! Mark...

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Impact, 2nd Edition

Impact, 2nd Edition

By: Amanda Vickers; Steve Bavister; Jackie Smith

Publisher: Pearson Life

Publication Date: 16-NOV-2011

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Learn how to harness the power of personal impact so you can earn more, live more and be more.   Impact is everything. It gives us huge competitive advantages as we impress others and are remembered when it matters the most. It gives us the confidence to succeed and achieve our personal and professional goals and enables us persuade and influence others so we can get what we want, when we want.   This book will show anybody how to use the power of impact to make a great first impression; raise their profile; secure that promotion; land their dream job; be the person everyone...

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John Adair's 100 Greatest Ideas for Smart Decision Making

John Adair's 100 Greatest Ideas for Smart Decision Making

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Publisher: Capstone

Publication Date: 15-JUN-2011

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John Adair's 100 Greatest Ideas for Smart Decision Making is a one-stop of practical advice and tips on problem solving and productive thinking from one of the world's best-known and most sought after authorities on leadership and management. Inside you will find: 11 Greatest Ideas for Practical Wisdom 8 Greatest Ideas for Problem Solving Strategies 13 Greatest Ideas for How Your Mind Works 8 Greatest Ideas for Clear Thinking 13 Greatest Ideas for Productive Thinking ...and 47 other fantastic ideas, tips and tricks that will give you the confidence, answers, and...

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Clients, Clients, and More Clients

Clients, Clients, and More Clients

By: Larina Kase

Publisher: McGraw-Hill

Publication Date: 20-SEP-2011

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TURN EVERY BUSINESS CONNECTION INTO A PAYING CLIENTWith a Foreword by Michael Port, bestselling author of Book Yourself SolidClients, Clients, and More Clients arms you with powerful tools from the field of psychology for building every business connection into the kind of relationship that leads to referrals, joint ventures, and sustainable business growth.“In this book—chock full of ideas at the intersection of marketing and psychology—Larina Kase shows you how to master the art of building relationships that drive new clients.”—David Meerman Scott, bestselling author of Real-Time Marketing...

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The Zigzag Principle

The Zigzag Principle

By: Rich Christiansen

Publisher: McGraw-Hill

Publication Date: 13-SEP-2011

Insert Date: 29-FEB-2012

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Zigzag Your Way to Success!Have you ever set your sights on the top of a mountain and then started your ascent by heading straight through the trees and up the sheer cliffs? Or driven in your car to the other side of town—as the crow flies? Of course not! Because you instinctively know that, just as a river has to wend its way around obstacles, the best route is never actually a straight line!In The Zigzag Principle, Rich Christiansen applies a foundational law of nature to business management, entrepreneurship, goal-setting, and life in general as he explores why zigzagging toward our...

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Tracking Your Development

An Ideas Into Action Guidebook: Tracking Your Development

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Publisher: Center for Creative Leadership

Publication Date: 20-APR-2009

Insert Date: 10-FEB-2012

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This book provides you with the means to set development goals and to track your progress on achieving them. It can help you efficiently gather and make sense of information about your progress and avoid common pitfalls that can block your development. Tracking your development can be captures in a few steps: articulating your goal, creating an action plan, gathering information about your behavior, indentifying barriers and support, and revising your action plan. Taking these steps will greatly increase the likelihood of achieving your goals....