ISBN: 978-1-84614-499-8 A revelatory history of Goldman Sachs, the most dominant, feared, and controversial investment bank in the world. For much of its storied 142-year history, Goldman Sachs has projected an image of being better than its competitors - smarter, more collegial, more ethical, and far more profitable. The firm - buttressed by the most aggressive and sophisticated PR machine in the financial industry - often boasts of "The Goldman Way," a business...

ISBN: 978-0-452-27054-1 The phenomenal bestseller Think and Grow Rich established Napoleon Hill as an authority on motivation and success. These revised and updated motivational and inspirational passages-keys to wealth, power, happiness, and good health-were originally published in Hill\'s magazine, Success Unlimited.

Overview Negotiation is not just a process, it’s an attitude—one that we all can learn. Patrick Collins, an internationally recognized expert on the subject, offers an original, comprehensive guide to maximizing negotiation skills, whether in a one-on-one encounter or a larger, more formal negotiating session. Collins explains what negotiation is and isn’t (“negotiation is not confrontation”) and discusses ways to overcome the fear...

ISBN: 978-0-349-12300-4 * An eye-opening analysis of why big business has failed to sell to the mainstream, in the tradition of Chris Anderson\'s THE LONG TAILAs high street and main street businesses continue to suffer, there\'s a new rule in business: forget about the general audience and instead stake out an identifiable niche. Woolworths suffered from a lack of identity and found that low quality and low price wasn\'t enough; General Motors crashed as motorists failed...

ISBN: 978-1-59184-403-7 The incredible story of a gang member who became a multimillionaire CEO. Ryan Blair\'s middle-class upbringing came to an abrupt end when his father succumbed to drug addiction and abandoned his family. Blair and his mother moved to a dangerous neighborhood, and soon he was in and out of juvenile detention, joining a gang just to survive. Then his mother fell in love with a successful entrepreneur who took Ryan under his wing. With his mentor\'s help,...

Malcolm Gladwell goes on an intellectual journey through the world of "Outliers"--the best and the brightest, the most famous and the most successful. He asks the question: what makes high-achievers different? His answer is that we pay too much attention to what successful people are like, and too little attention to where they are from: that is, their culture, their family, their generation, and the idiosyncratic experiences of their upbringing. He explains...

ISBN: 978-0-07-179979-9 The New York Times and Los Angeles Times Bestseller Be your own boss, do what you love, and live the entrepreneurial dream by putting your business on autopilot! Filled with expert advice and practical tools, Outsource Smart reveals a proven system for developing and sharpening the productivity and problem-solving skills most essential to success. Learn how to hire, train, and manage a virtual assistant and successfully outsource all the critical...

ISBN: 978-1401324094   "Stop feeding me bullshit. Tell me the truth." --Lady Gaga, 2009 "I hate the truth. I hate the truth so much I prefer a giant dose of bullshit any day over the truth." --Lady Gaga, 2010 In little over a year, Stefani Germanotta, a struggling performer in New York's Lower East Side burlesque scene, has become the global demographic-smashing pop icon known as Lady Gaga. She is a once-in-a-decade artist, a gifted singer, composer,...

ISBN: 978-0-06-173461-8 As the business world becomes increasingly competitive, global, and adoptive of new technologies, companies worldwide are constantly searching for answers about how to best evolve to meet their customers’ needs and to stay abreast of their competitors. Taylor (Mavericks at Work) asserts that change is the name of the game; he takes us on an inside look at 25 companies that have grown ever more adaptive to not merely survive but thrive in today’s...

Presentation designer and internationally acclaimed communication expert Garr Reynolds, creator of PresentationZen.com – shares his experiences in a provocative mix of illumination, inspiration, education, and guidance that will change the way you think about making presentations with Power Point or Keynote. Presentation Zen challenges the controversial wisdom of making “slide presentations” in today’s world and encourages you to think...

ISBN: 978-1-4391-7103-5 STRAIGHT FROM HOLLYWOOD comes a dynamic business model for building a thriving career without compromising your faith. DeVon Franklin, vice president of production for Columbia Pictures, shares how being bold about his Christian faith while being driven and ambitious has actually helped him to excel in a high-profile, fast-paced, competitive industry. You are the movie. Produced by Faith parallels each step of the Hollywood filmmaking process...

ISBN: 978-1-4002-8066-7 Do you dream big? Now you can put your dream to the test and bring it to life! What\'s the difference between a dreamer and someone who achieves a dream? According to best-selling author Dr. John Maxwell, the answer lies in answering ten powerful, yet straightforward, questions. Whether you\'ve lost sight of an old dream or you are searching for a new one within you, Put Your Dream to the Test provides a step-by-step action plan that you can start using today...

ISBN: 978-1-4347-0575-4 A church in deep debt with attendance down by the thousands. A college that had lapsed into a coma, its buildings in shambles, its faculty demoralized, its enrollment at rock bottom. A university facing lawsuits, scandal, and near-bankruptcy. Each situation involved different financial needs, different lost dreams, different personal wounds. But they each had one thing in common: each needed a leader who could restore hope, vision, and viability...

ISBN: 0-446-69409-6 Chapter One Credit and Debt Donny Donny protected his country. As a firefighter trained to fight large forest fires he was sent around the country to protect people and property from the forces of nature. Americans could go about their daily business, could sleep safe at night with their families because of Donny and his firefighting unit, experts at fighting wildfires, preserving forests, and protecting family homes. He felt satisfaction in knowing what...

Product Details ISBN-13: 9780446538329 Publisher: HBG Publication date: 5/28/2008 Pages: 176 Overview If you're interested in real estate investing, you may have noticed notice the lack of coverage it gets in mainstream financial media, while stocks, bonds, and mutual funds are consistently touted as the safest and most profitable ways to invest. According to real estate guru Ken McElroy, that's because financial publications, tv and radio programs make the bulk of their...

Product Details Paperback: 96 pages Publisher: BPLUS Language: English ISBN: 0446697524 Book Description Publication Date: January 10, 2012 Why cutting up your credit cards won't make you rich A popular TV personality often says, "Take out your credit cards and cut them into pieces." While that is sound advice for people who are not financially responsible, it is inadequate advice for anyone who wants to become rich or financially free. In other words, just cutting...

Product Details ISBN: 9780446508940 Publisher: HBG Publication date: 4/3/2012 Pages: 416 Overview The rich get richer. The poor get poorer. Robert Kiyosaki reveals the secrets of how the wealthiest Americans become even wealthier, and how ALL Americans can learn how to benefit from some simple investing secrets -- merely by knowing where and how to invest their money. We've all heard that plaint many times before. But finally, that long standing monetary tradition has been...

Overview This handbook for parents explains how to teach children the fundamental principles of finance, introducing problem-solving skills that help youngsters understand the importance of a good education and financial planning in their lives. Product Details ISBN: 9780446677486 Publisher: TWBUS Publication date: 1/28/2001 Edition description: Reprint Pages: 288 Product dimensions: 6.12 (w) x 9.00 (h) x 0.75 (d)  ...

Product Details • ISBN-13: 9780446559805 • Publisher: BPLUS • Publication date: 9/21/2009 • Pages: 272 • Sales rank: 53,189 • Product dimensions: 6.08 (w) x 9.00 (h) x 0.73 (d)   Overview In late January, 2009, Robert Kiyosaki launched CONSPIRACY OF THE RICH - a free online book which was written in serial basis to help people understand how the current recession came about, and what they need to learn on how to survive through the...

Overview Trusted and beloved by readers everywhere for his prosperity classic The Secret of the Ages, Robert Collier takes the next step in Riches Within Your Reach! and explains how to harness mental visualization to achieve financial and professional success. "A definite purpose, held on to in the face of every discouragement and failure, in spite of all obstacles and opposition, will win no matter what the odds," wrote Robert Collier. And with faith in your own...