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| Title: |
Flight Plan :The Real Secret of Success |
| Author: |
Brian Tracy |
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3 CDs/3 Hours |
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$19.98 (US) |
| ISBN: |
159659-203-6 |
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Sept 2008 |
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Unlock Your Full Potential For Success. You have the ability, right now, to accomplish more than you ever have before. In this powerful, practical program, Brian Tracy shows you how to plot your course to greater success and achievement. Life, Tracy says, is a journey. And as with any other journey, you have to do more than just think happy thoughts about where you want to go. You need clear goals, plans, and schedules to get from wherever you are today to wherever you want to be in the future. Like any good pilot, you need a flight plan that you file before you begin and that you use to guide you on your way.
There are universal principles and timeless truths that have been discovered and rediscovered through the ages and that all successful people learn and practice. In twelve fast-moving chapters, you'll learn how to:
- Determine exactly who you are and what you want in every area
- Select a clear, measurable goal or destination to focus on
- Create detailed plans of action that guarantee your success
- Develop the unshakable self-confidence you need to take off
- Detail exactly what you must do to achieve your goals
- Stay on course-persisting through the inevitable setbacks, detours, and turbulence-until you arrive at your destination
When you follow Brian Tracy's Flight Plan, the sky is the limit!
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| Title: |
Transparency: How Leaders Create a Culture of Candor |
| Author: |
Warren Bennis, Daniel Goleman & James O'Toole |
| Format: |
3 CDs/3 Hours |
| Price: |
$19.98 (US) |
| ISBN: |
159659-202-8 |
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Sept 2008 |
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Powerhouse leadership experts expose the biggest challenge on leadership today!
In this brief and timely audio book, best-selling authors and experts in their field look at what conspires against "a culture of candor" in organizations for disastrous results and suggest ways that leaders can achieve healthy honesty and openness.
In three separate essays the authors explore the lightening rod concept of "transparency" which has fast become the buzzword not only in business and corporate settings but in government and the social sector.
The audio book starts with a preface by Warren Bennis, followed by three essays:
-- The New Transparency
-- Speaking Truth to Power
-- Creating a Culture of Candor
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| Title: |
Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets |
| Author: |
Nassim Nicholas Taleb |
| Format: |
9 CDs/10 Hours |
| Price: |
$39.98 (US) |
| ISBN: |
159659-201-X |
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Sept 2008 |
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Selected by Amazon.com and The Financial times as one of the best business books of the year!
This audio book is about luck - or more precisely how we perceive and deal with luck in life and business. It is already a landmark work and its title has entered our vocabulary. In its second edition, Fooled by Randomness is now a cornerstone for anyone interested in random outcomes.
Set against the backdrop of the most conspicuous forum in which luck is mistaken for skill - the world of trading - this audio book is a captivating insight into one of the least understood factors of all our lives. In an entertaining narrative style, the author succeeds in tackling three major intellectual issues: the problem of induction, the survivorship biases, and our genetic unfitness to the modern word. Taleb uses stories and anecdotes to illustrate our overestimation of causality and the heuristics that make us view the world as far more explainable than it actually is.
The audio book is populated with an array of characters, some of whom have grasped, in their own way, the significance of chance: Yogi Berra, the baseball legend; Karl Popper, the philosopher of knowledge; Solon, the Ancient World's wisest man; the modern financier George Soros; and the Greek voyager Ulysses. We also meet the fictional Nero, who seems to understand the role of randomness in his professional life, but who also falls victim to his own superstitious foolishness.
But the most recognizable character remains unnamed-the lucky fool in the right place at the right time. The embodiment of the "Survival of the Least Fit". Such individuals attract devoted followers who believe in their guru's insights and methods. But no one can replicate what is obtained through chance.
Are we capable of distinguishing the fortunate charlatan from the genuine visionary?
Must we always try to uncover non-existent messages in random events?
It may be impossible to guard against the vagaries of the Goddess Fortuna, but after listening to Fooled by Randomness we can be a little better prepared.
"Taleb is Wall Street's principal dissident. . . . Fooled By Randomness is to conventional Wall Street wisdom approximately what Martin Luther's ninety-nine theses were to the Catholic Church."
- Malcolm Gladwell, author of The Tipping Point from his profile of Taleb in The New Yorker
"Fascinating . . . Taleb will grab you."
- Peter L. Bernstein, author of Against the Gods: The Remarkable Story of Risk
"If asked to name the five best books written about markets, Fooled by Randomness would be on my list-and I am only certain about one of the other five."
- Jack Schwager. Author of Market Wizards
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| Title: |
The Go-Giver |
| Author: |
Bob Burg & John David Mann |
| Format: |
2 CDs/2 Hours |
| Price: |
$19.98 (US) |
| ISBN: |
159659-200-1 |
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Sept 2008 |
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"Most people just laugh when they hear that the secret to success is giving...Then again, most people are nowhere near as successful as they wish they were."
The Go-Giver tells the story of an ambitious young man named Joe who yearns for success. Joe is a true go-getter, though sometimes he feels as if the harder and faster he works, the further away his goals seem to be. And so one day, desperate to land a key sale at the end of a bad quarter, he seeks advice from the enigmatic Pindar, a legendary consultant referred to by his many devotees simply as the Chairman.
Over the next week, Pindar introduces Joe to a series of "go-givers": a restaurateur, a CEO, a financial adviser, a real estate broker, and the "Connector", who brought them all together. Pindar's friends share with Joe the Five Laws of Stratospheric Success and teach him how to open himself up to the power of giving.
Joe learns that changing his focus from getting to giving-putting others' interests first and continually adding value to their lives-ultimately leads to unexpected returns.
Imparted with wit and grace, The Go-Giver is a heartwarming and inspiring tale that brings new relevance to the old proverb "Give and you shall receive."
"Not since Who Moved My Cheese? have I enjoyed a parable as much as this. You owe it to yourself to listen to The Go-Giver and share its message with those who matter most to you. It is a beautiful audio book that will touch your soul and inspire your heart."
- David Bach, #1 New York Times bestselling author, The Automatic Millionaire
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| Title: |
The Science of Success |
| Author: |
Charles G. Koch & Erik Synnestvedt |
| Format: |
3 CDs/3 Hours |
| Price: |
$19.98 (US) |
| ISBN: |
1-59659-146-3 |
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June 2008 |
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Learn how to apply the same management philosophy that has served Koch Industries so effectively. MBM will benefit you, your company, your customers and your employees.
Charles Koch may very well be the most successful businessman people have never heard of. Under his leadership, Koch Industries has become a dynamic and diverse enterprise that Forbes called "the world's largest private company."
This groundbreaking audiobook includes the same material used by leaders and employees of Koch companies to apply Marker-Based Management (MBM) to get results. In it, Charles Koch outlines the unique management methodology developed and implemented by Koch Industries. Koch credits MBM for its 2,000-fold growth since 1967, with today having 80,000 employees in 60 countries and with $90 billion in revenues in 2006. MBM is a scientific approach to management that integrates theory and practice, and provides a framework for dealing with the ongoing challenges of growth and change. There really is a science behind success, and it can be applied to any organization.
MBM is rooted in the Science of Human Action, and is defined by five dimensions:
- Vision-Determining where and how the organization can create the greatest long-term value
- Virtue and Talents-Helping ensure that people with the right values, skills and capabilities are hired, retained and developed
- Knowledge Processes-Creating, acquiring, sharing and applying relevant knowledge, and measuring and tracking profitability
- Decision Rights-Ensuring the right people are in the right roles with the right authority to make decisions and holding them accountable
- Incentives-Rewarding people according to the value they create for the organization
When these dimensions are applied in an integrated mutually reinforcing manner, they create continuous transformation and positive growth. Any organization-corporation, small business, nonprofit, government agency can apply these proven principles.
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| Title: |
Five Minds for the Future |
| Author: |
Howard Gardner |
| Format: |
6 CDs/6 Hours |
| Price: |
$29.98 (US) |
| ISBN: |
1-59659-152-8 |
| Available: |
June 2008 |
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The world of the future will demand capacities that, until now, have been mere options. Have you begun developing those capacities-in yourself and others?
WE LIVE IN A TIME OF VAST changes that include accelerating globalization, mounting quantities of information, the growing hegemony of science and technology, and the clash of civilizations. Those changes call for new ways of learning and thinking in school, business, and the professions. Listen as psychologist Howard Gardner defines the cognitive abilities that will command a premium in the years ahead:
- The disciplinary mind - master of major schools of thought
- The synthesizing mind - ability to integrate ideas
- The creating mind - capacity to uncover and clarity problems, questions and phenomena
- The respectful mind - awareness of and appreciation for differences among human beings
- The ethical mind - fulfillment of one's responsibilities
Armed with these well-honed capacities, a person will be equipped to deal with what is expected in the future-as well as what cannot be anticipated. Without these "minds," individuals will be at the mercy of forces they can't understand-overwhelmed by information, unable to succeed in the workplace, and incapable of making judicious decisions about personal and professional matters.
Renowned worldwide for his theory of multiple intelligences, Gardner takes that thinking to the next level. Concise and engaging, this audio book will inspire lifelong learning and provide valuable insights for those charged with training and developing organizational leaders-today and tomorrow.
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| Title: |
The Starfish and The Spider: The Unstoppable Power of Leaderless Organizations |
| Author: |
Ori Brafman & Rod Beckstrom |
| Format: |
4 CDs/4 Hours |
| Price: |
$29.98 (US) |
| ISBN: |
1-59659-151-X |
| Available: |
June 2008 |
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Understanding the amazing force that links some of today's most successful companies
If you cut off a spider's leg, it's crippled; if you cut off its head, it dies. But if you cut off a starfish's leg it grows a new one, and the old leg can grow into an entirely new starfish.
What's the hidden power behind the success of Wikipedia, craigslist, and Skype? What do eBay and General Electric have in common with the abolitionist and women's rights movements? What fundamental choice put General Motors and Toyota on vastly different paths? How could winning a Supreme Court case be the biggest mistake MGM could have made?
After five years of ground-breaking research, Ori Brafman and Rod Beckstrom share some unexpected answers, gripping stories, and a tapestry of unlikely connections. The Starfish and the Spider argues that organizations fall into two categories: traditional "spiders", which have a rigid hierarchy and top-down leadership, and revolutionary "starfish", which rely on the power of peer relationships.
The Starfish and the Spider explores what happens when starfish take on spiders (such as the music industry vs. Napster, Kazaa, and the P2P services that followed). It reveals how established companies and institutions, from IBM to Intuit to the US government, are also learning how to incorporate starfish principles to achieve success. The book explores:
How the Apaches fended off the powerful Spanish army for 200 years
The power of a simple circle
The importance of catalysts who have an uncanny ability to bring people together
How the Internet has become a breeding ground for leaderless organizations
How Alcoholics Anonymous has reached untold millions with only a shared ideology and without a leader
The Starfish and the Spider is the rare book that will change how you understand the world around you.
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| Title: |
The Only Three Questions That Count |
| Author: |
Kenneth L. Fisher, Jennifer Chou, Lara Hoffmans |
| Format: |
14 CDs/15 Hours |
| Price: |
$49.98 (US) |
| ISBN: |
1-59659-167-6 |
| Available: |
June 2008 |
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Ken Fisher questions authority. He challenges the conventional wisdom of investing, overturns glib theories with hard facts, and blows up complacent beliefs about money and markets. But the authority he challenges most of all is his own-because challenging yourself, Fisher says, is the key to successful investing.
In today's competitive market environment, the best way to achieve investment success is by knowing something that others don't. But many of us, amateurs and professionals alike, believe we don't or can't know what others don't-so we continue to make market bets based on "conventional wisdom."
Here Fisher debunks the conventional market myths that many of our investment decisions are based upon, and reveals a precise methodology that will allow you to know what others don't. The methodology-which has helped Fisher achieve success throughout his long financial career-is as easy as asking three simple questions. The first will help listeners see things the way they really are. The second will help them see things that other investors often miss. And the third will help them understand their relationship with today's markets. While the questions aren't what one might expect-as they have nothing to do with the market's P/E ratio or interest rate forecasts-they will help the listener make better investment decisions by identifying what he can know-unique to him-that others do not. Most importantly, he'll learn how to use the questions to improve his investment performance.
Filled with in-depth insights, expert advice, and engaging anecdotes, The Only Three Questions That Count provides listeners with a dynamic strategy and set of tools that will give them a distinct edge over other investors.
"I believe that reading this book may be the single best thing you could do this year to make yourself a better investor."
- From the Foreword by James J. Cramer
"A provocative book for aggressive investors -from one of the investment world's most original thinkers."
- Charles R. Schwab, founder, Chairman, and CEO The Charles Schwab Corporation
"Investors will find this brilliant book an eye-opening, capital-gains producing experience."
- Steve Forbes, CEO of Forbes, Inc. and Editor in Chief of Forbes
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| Title: |
Future of Management |
| Author: |
Gary Hamel and Bill Breen |
| Format: |
7 CDs/7 Hours |
| Price: |
$29.98 (US) |
| ISBN: |
1-59659-161-7 |
| Available: |
May 2008 |
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What really fuels long-term business success?
Not operational excellence or new business models, but management innovation-new ways of mobilizing talent, allocating resources, and building strategies. Over the past century, breakthroughs in the "technology of management" have enabled a few companies-including General Electric, Procter & Gamble, Toyota, and Visa-to cross new performance thresholds and build long-term advantages. Yet most companies lack a disciplined process for radical management innovation.
World renowned business sage Gary Hamel argues that organizations need bold management innovation now more than ever. The current management model-centered on control and efficiency-no longer suffices in a world where adaptability and creativity drive business success. In his most provocative book to date, Hamel takes aim at the legacy beliefs preventing twenty-first-century companies from surmounting new challenges. With incise analysis and vivid illustrations, he explains how to turn your company into a serial management innovator and reveals:
- The make-or-break challenges that will determine competitive success in an age of head-snapping change
- The toxic effects of our legacy management beliefs
- The unconventional management practices generating breakthrough results in a handful of pioneering organizations
- The new principles every company must weave into its management DNA
- The Web's potential to obliterate smokestack management practices
- The actions your company can take now to build its own management advantage
Get ready to throw off the shackles of yesterday's management dogma. Tomorrow's winners will be those companies that start inventing the future of management today.
"With great style and flair, this audio book will open your eyes, rewire your thinking, and reset your aspirations for what you and your organization can achieve. Business's most provocative thinker has written his most thought-provoking book yet."
-Eric Beinhocker, author of The Origin of Wealth
"His book is critical for knowing how to stay ahead of the process of organizational adaptation and change."
-Francis Fukuyama, Director, International Development Program, Johns Hopkins University
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| Title: |
Becoming a Resonant Leader |
| Author: |
Annie McKee , Richard E. Boyatzis & Fran Johnston |
| Format: |
5 CDs/5 Hours |
| Price: |
$29.98 (US) |
| ISBN: |
1-59659-165-X |
| Available: |
May 2008 |
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A powerful case has been made for emotional intelligence and its role in leadership. As Annie McKee and Richard Boyatzis showed in their bestselling books, Primal Leadership and Resonant Leadership, the best leaders use their emotional intelligence to create resonance with others.
Resonant leaders are attuned to the needs and dreams of the people they lead. They create conditions in which people can excel. They listen to life's wake-up calls and enhance their capacity for excellence.
In Becoming a Resonant Leader the authors provide a clear process and a wealth of exercises to help you develop your emotional intelligence and sustain resonance in your relationships. Reflecting twenty years of research and work with executives, the exercises in this practical audio resource help you:
- Develop your emotional intelligence
- Create a vision of your ideal self and desired future
- Articulate your strengths and values
- Craft a plan for intentional change
- Build resonance with your team, organization and community
Relevant and inspiring, Becoming a Resonant Leader will help you chart a journey to better leadership.
"I'm often asked how a person can enhance the emotional intelligence-based competencies that distinguish star performers and leaders. Now there's an answer: Becoming a Resonant Leader lays out the practical, tested steps so anyone can benefit."
-Daniel Goleman, author of Emotional Intelligence
"Becoming a Resonant Leader resonates with the basic leadership truth that when we have the courage to reach for our personal dreams, we also inspire those we lead with a vision of optimism and hope. There is nothing more powerful than leaders who let their passion shine through."
-Andrea Jung, Chairman and CEO, Avon Products, Inc.
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| Title: |
Think and Grow Rich |
| Author: |
Napoleon Hill |
| Format: |
4 CDs/4 Hours |
| Price: |
$29.98 (US) |
| ISBN: |
1-59659-158-7 |
| Available: |
May 2008 |
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Think and Grow Rich is the number one Inspirational and motivational classic for individuals who are interested in furthering their lives and reaching their goals by learning from important figures in history. The text read in this audio book is the original 1937 edition written by Napoleon Hill and inspired by Andrew Carnegie and while it has often been reproduced, no updated version has ever been able to compete with the original. It has been used as a roadmap to achievement by countless individuals.
The 13 Steps to Riches described in this audio book offer the shortest dependable philosophy of individual achievement ever presented for the benefit of the man or woman who is searching for a definite goal in life. It comes directly from the experiences of hundreds of America's most successful men.
The 13 Principles of Success
- Desire
- Faith
- Auto-suggestion
- Specialized Knowledge
- Imagination
- Organized Planning
- Decision
- Persistence
- The Master Mind
- The Mystery of Sex Transmutation
- The Subconscious Mind
- The Brain
- The Sixth Sense
... and outwit your Fears
Hill interviewed 504 people, including Ford, Wrigley, Wanamaker, Eastman, Rockefeller, Edison, Woolworth, Darrow, Burbank, Morgan, Firestone, and three United States Presidents. The process of conducting these interviews required an investment of twenty years of Napoleon Hill's life
This audio book will guide many to success, and has sold millions of printed copies for nearly three quarters of a century. Yes, one can gather from the title, that the starting place for wealth is in a person's thoughts and this title is the source for most of today's motivational speakers.. So why not go back to the original source?
"Whatever the mind can conceive and believe, it can achieve."
"A quitter never wins and a winner never quits."
"Success requires no explanations. Failure permits no alibis"
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| Title: |
Zero Limits |
| Author: |
Joe Vitale & Ihaleakala Hew Len |
| Format: |
4 CDs/4 Hours |
| Price: |
$29.98 (US) |
| ISBN: |
159659-166-8 |
| Available: |
May 2008 |
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Are you overworked and overstressed? Are you doing your best but finding professional success and personal fulfillment frustratingly difficult to attain?
If it seems like you work hard but never get anywhere, maybe the problem is something within you. Maybe the limitations holding you back come from inside you, not from the outside world. Zero Limits presents a proven way to break through those self-imposed limitations to achieve more in life than you ever dreamed.
Take it from Joe Vitale. He was once homeless. Now, he's the millionaire author of numerous bestselling books, an Internet celebrity, and an in-demand online marketing guru. What happened to create all of that success? How did he make it happen? Was it hard work, divine providence, or both? The answer may surprise you. It wasn't until he discovered the ancient Hawaiian Ho'oponopono system that he finally found truly unlimited success.
Updated for modern times, Ho'oponopono is a self-help methodology that removes the mental obstacles that block your path, freeing your mind to find new and unexpected ways to get what you want out of life. It not only works, but it works wonders--both professionally and personally. It works so well in fact, that Vitale had to share it with the world, so that others could experience the fulfillment and happiness he feels every day.
Teaming up with Dr. Ihaleakala Hew Len, master teacher of modern Ho'oponopono, Vitale shows you how to attain wealth, health, peace, and happiness. Vitale and Len walk you through the system, helping you clear your mind of subconscious blocks so that destiny and desire can take over and help you get what you truly want from life. It clears out unconsciously accepted beliefs, thoughts, and memories that you don't even know are holding you back.
Imagine wiping your mind's slate clean and starting over without preconceived notions, so you can live in a world of daily wonder. Imagine if anything and everything were possible. In fact, everything is possible when you look at the world free of mental constraints. This book is a key that opens your life to a new universe of possibility and accomplishment--a universe with Zero Limits.
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| Title: |
The Point of the Deal: How to Negotiate When Yes Is Not Enough |
| Author: |
Danny Ertel and Mark Gordon |
| Format: |
7 CDs/7 Hours |
| Price: |
$29.98 (US) |
| ISBN: |
1-59659-168-4 |
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April 2008 |
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Why do so many deals that look good on paper end up in tatters? Deal makers often treat the handshake or signed contract-getting to "yes"-as the final destination in their bargaining journey rather than the start of a cooperative venture.
Even worse, most companies reward negotiators on the basis of the number and size of the deals they're signing, giving them no incentive to negotiate deals that actually work.
In The Point of the Deal, Danny Ertel and Mark Gordon explain how to transition from a deal-maker mentality (focusing on making the agreement) to an implementation mind-set (ensuring the deal generates value for your company after the ink on the contract has dried. The authors show you to:
- Treat the deal as a means, not an end, by asking what you need from your counterpart over and above a "yes".
- Consult stakeholders, determining whom you'll need to get to "yes" and beyond
- Set precedents that will help guide joint behavior after you've signed the deal
- Air your concerns-in ways that still get you to "yes" and beyond
- Help your counterparts avoid overcommitting-maximizing the likelihood they'll be able to deliver on their part of the bargain
- Run past the finish line-by articulating how you'll get from "yes" to your final destination
With a wealth of examples from multiple industries, countries, and functions, the authors illustrate how their approach to instilling an implementation mind-set works in all kinds of familiar contexts for business deals-including mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, alliances, outsourcing arrangements, and customer and supplier relationships.
The Point of the Deal not only offers crucial advice for individual negotiators and teams, it also enables managers to treat negotiation as a critical business process that drives real value for their organizations.
"Ertel and Gordon are right: it's not only the deal that matters, but what happens afterward. The Point of the Deal provides practical advice on how to negotiate when implementation matters."
-Douglas L. Braunstein, Head of Americas Investment Banking, J.P. Morgan Securities, Inc.
"In this important and refreshing audio book, Ertel and Gordon remind us all: in every negotiation, know your purpose and don't forget it."
-Roger Fisher, Coauthor of Getting to Yes
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| Title: |
Big Think Strategy: How to leverage Bold Ideas and leave Small Thinking Behind |
| Author: |
Bernd H. Schmitt |
| Format: |
4 CDs/4 Hours |
| Price: |
$29.98 (US) |
| ISBN: |
1-59659-162-5 |
| Available: |
April 2008 |
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How did Apple rebound from a decade-long slump? By creating a product-the iPod-that transformed not just the company, but the entire music industry. How did Whole Foods turn itself into a supermarket empire? By challenging the sacred cows of the food business. And how did Dove differentiate its line of beauty products? By creating the concept of "real beauty."
In Big Think Strategy, Bernd Schmitt shows you how to "think big" by sourcing and implementing bold ideas that change markets.
We all know that businesses need creative and innovative strategies to compete. But as Schmitt points out, conventional corporate wisdom-which eschews risk taking and rewards small thinking-discourages the kind of bold thinking that is needed to change markets. Big Think Strategy is the antidote to such corporate inertia. Through business case studies and commentaries on cultural phenomena Schmitt uncovers the essence of bold leadership and the sources of revolutionary change.
Schmitt carefully breaks down his approach to create simple tools that can be adapted and applied within any company. He gives step-by-step instructions for sourcing innovative ideas, evaluating them, turning them into strategy, and executing them, as well as how to establish organizational structures that will sustain long-term "big thinking" within your company.
Schmitt's irreverent narrative style makes for lively, entertaining listening, as he draws on his diverse personal passions-steak, classical music, and good haircuts-to make his points. In Big Think Strategy, you will learn how to look outside the box for the bold, new ideas that will drive your firm's success.
"This audio book opens up minds-and tantalizing opportunities."
Sir Martin Sorrell, Chief Executive Officer , WPP Group PLC
"There is not a bolder, more creative thinker in marketing than Schmitt: and so it is no surprise that Big Think Strategy is inspiring, informative, and immensely rewarding from start to finish."
Kevin Lane Keller, E.B. Osborn Professor of Marketing, Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth
"Schmitt shows what it takes to drive creativity and innovation at the core of an enterprise."
Daniel Libeskind
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| Title: |
Ready, Fire, Aim: Zero to $100 Million in No Time Flat |
| Author: |
Michael Masterson |
| Format: |
10 CDs/10 Hours |
| Price: |
$29.98 (US) |
| ISBN: |
1-59659-163-3 |
| Available: |
March 2008 |
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A remarkable guide for entrepreneurs…a blueprint for business and financial success.
If you had the opportunity to work where, when, and with whom you wanted-all while getting paid very well-would you take it? Self-made multimillionaire and bestselling author Michael Masterson did, and with Ready, Fire, Aim he'll show you how to do the same.
Whether you're thinking about starting a new business or growing an existing one, Ready, Fire, Aim has what you need to succeed in your entrepreneurial endeavors. In it, Masterson shares the knowledge he has gained from creating and expanding numerous businesses and outlines a focused strategy for guiding a small business through the four stages of entrepreneurial growth. Along the way you'll learn the skills needed to succeed in this dynamic environment. Discover how to:
- Start a business from scratch and make it profitable quickly
- Keep a growing business growing
- Get other people to do almost all the hard work for you, so you are free to do the fun stuff
- Position yourself as an indispensable business builder so you can enjoy a big share of the profits even if you are only working part time
- Duplicate your winning strategy in several businesses so you never have to worry about "needing" any one of them.
Over the course of his remarkably successful career, Masterson has developed dozens of businesses, including one still growing at $300 million. Now he shows you how to outsell your competitors; implementing innovative operational procedures to reduce costs and use the power of the Internet to reduce customer complaints and increase profits.
"This is an extraordinary audio book-full of practiced, proven strategies and techniques to help you make more sales and greater profits than you ever imagined possible."
-Brian Tracy, author of The Way to Wealth
"Wow! A powerhouse audio book packed with tried and tested street-smart wisdom. I'm impressed!"
-Dr. Joe Vitale, author of The Attractor Factor
"…hits the mark-dead center."
-Bill Bonner, founder and President of Agora Inc.
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| Title: |
Man's Search for Ultimate Meaning |
| Author: |
Viktor E. Frankl |
| Format: |
4 CDs/4 Hours |
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1-59659-138-2 |
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March 2008 |
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Viktor Frankl is known to millions of listeners as a psychotherapist who has transcended his field in his search for answers to the ultimate questions of life, death, and suffering. Man's Search for Ultimate Meaning explores the sometimes unconscious basic human desire for inspiration or revelation and illustrates how life can offer profound meaning at every turn.
"A truly important book." - Rabbi Harold Kushner
"A powerful psychological exploration of the religious quest. Man's Search for Ultimate Meaning is to be treasured by psychologists and theologians and by men and women who wrestle with ultimate questions and encounter God as often in the question as in the answer." -Michael Berenbaum
"Brilliant! In this audio book, we are privileged to share the richness of Frankl's experience and depth of his wisdom." - Elizabeth Kubler-Ross M.D.
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| Title: |
The Top 10 Distinctions Between Millionaires and the Middle Class |
| Author: |
Keith Cameron Smith |
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2 CDs/2 Hours |
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$19.98 (US) |
| ISBN: |
1-59659-164-1 |
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March 2008 |
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If you're ready to take the journey to wealth and personal fulfillment, here's your ticket. In this life-changing audio book, entrepreneur and inspirational speaker Keith Cameron Smith tells you how to think like a millionaire and reap the benefits of a millionaire mindset.
The key to moving beyond the middle class and up the economic ladder is mastering ten vital principles, including:
- Millionaires think long-term. The middle class thinks short-term. Create a clear vision of the life you desire, and focus on it.
- Millionaires talk about ideas. The middle class talks about things and other people. Ask some positive "what if" questions every day, and bounce ideas off successful people who will be honest with you.
- Millionaires work for profits. The middle class works for wages. Take calculated risks and learn to take advantage of good opportunities.
We all want to improve our financial position. In this inspirational and practical guide filled with savvy and sensible advice, Smith upgrades you from coach to first class. So if you follow these principles, you can transform your life, and realize your dreams
"Everyone can be a millionaire. You just need to know the 10 Distinctions. Learn, use, and study these great distinctions and become a millionaire."
- Mark Victor Hansen, co-author of The One Minute Millionaire and Chicken Soup for the Soul
"Filled with wisdom and knowledge that leads to freedom and abundance."
- Nido R. Qubein, author of Stairway to Success
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| Title: |
The Great Little Book of Afformations |
| Author: |
Dr Noah St John |
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2 CDs/2 Hours |
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$19.98 (US) |
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1-59659-134-X |
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March 2008 |
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"A refreshing and practical new approach to the idea of positive thinking." -(Writer's Digest Book Awards)
"One of the most significant breakthroughs in the study of success in decades." -(Jack Canfield)
Tired of hearing yourself say things like:
- "Why is my life such a struggle?"
- "Why can't I find someone to love?"
- "Why don't I have enough time (or money)?"
Change the questions. Change your life! In this new, updated audio edition
of the original award-winning book, you will learn how to transform your
life using a simple questioning technique called afformations: empowering
questions (not statements) that change what you focus on. And you'll soon
find that what you focus on, grows!
The author walks you through every area of life, including:
- Health
- Wealth
- Body Image
- Love and Relationships
- Work and Career
You'll discover new questions that will empower you to have:
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- More control
- More freedom
- More abundance
...in every aspect of your life. What are you waiting for?
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| Title: |
The Secret of The Seven Seeds |
| Author: |
David Fischman |
| Format: |
5 CDs/5 Hours |
| Price: |
$29.98 (US) |
| ISBN: |
1-59659-137-4 |
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March 2008 |
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"David Fischman provides us with a timely and insightful alternative in The
Secrets of the Seven Seeds. His engaging approach is in the spirit of the
sage Lao Tzu." -(Michael Shinagal, Dean of Continuing Education and
University Extension, Harvard University)
Is your life at work is spinning out of control?
Business people from New York to New Delhi are desperately trying to keep up
with the speed of life. In today's global economy, jobs demand we respond to
information immediately, outsmart and outsell the competition, manage the
markets, and generally transform ourselves into business superstars while
balancing quality time with family and friends. With hectic schedules and
demands, there is no space left for peace and reflection, which are as
essential as they are scarce today.
The Secret of the Seven Seeds tells of the successful entrepreneur and
writer David Fischman's struggle with his out-of-control life. In this
fascinating and instructive audiobook, he reveals his personal story through
the fictional character Ignacio Rodriguez.
Ignacio is a 40-something stressed-out entrepreneur who is utterly
overwhelmed. He is at risk for a heart attack, is losing money at his
business (where employee morale is at an all-time low), and has no time or
energy for his family. As his life spins out of control, his doctor
recommends meditation to regain balance. A spiritual guide helps Ignacio
heal by finding his path in the secret of the seven seeds...the path to
success and balance in life: Self-knowledge, Meditation, Egolessness,
Service to others, Goodness, Balance, and Freedom.
As Ignacio applies these seven seeds to his work life, he is transformed and
becomes happier, more balanced, and ultimately more effective at work.
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| Title: |
Mindfulness |
| Author: |
Ellen J. Langer |
| Format: |
5 CDs/5 Hours |
| Price: |
$29.98 (US) |
| ISBN: |
1-59659-136-6 |
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March 2008 |
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"A landmark work of social psychology." - (Booklist)
"Langer....has shown us the power of mindfulness." - Psychology Today)
"A truly pioneering study of the dangers and damage of mindlessness and loss
of control over one's life; for women and men in age, in corporations and/or
in the professions." - (Betty Friedan)
Ellen J. Langer, Harvard professor of psychology, determines that the
mindless following of routine and other automatic behaviors lead to much
error, pain, and a predetermined course of life.
In this thought-provoking audiobook, her research has been "translated" for
the lay listener. With anecdotes and metaphors, Langer explains how the
mindless (as opposed to the mindful) develop mindsets of categories,
associations, and habits of thought born of repetition in childhood and
throughout schooling. To be mindful, she notes, stressing process over
outcome, allows free rein to intuition and creativity, and opens us to new
information and perspectives.
Langer discusses the negative impact of mindsets on business and social
relations, showing special concern for the elderly, who often suffer from
learned helplessness and lack of options.
Encouraging the application of mindfulness to health, the author affirms
that placebos and alternative, mind-based therapies can help patients and
addicts move from unhealthy to healthy contexts.
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| Title: |
Love, Magic and Mudpies |
| Author: |
Bernie Siegel |
| Format: |
4 CDs/4 Hours |
| Price: |
$29.98 (US) |
| ISBN: |
1-59659-116-1 |
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January 2008 |
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During his many years working with thousands of patients and their families, Dr. Bernie Siegel became an expert on how to turn sometimes trying situations into opportunities for personal growth. In his new recording, this husband of more than 50 years, father of five children, and grandparent of eight, shares the gems garnered from his practice and his own family life to show listeners what he has learned about raising kids with love, wisdom, and humor.
How much time with you do your kids need?
How do you teach your children values?
When kids misbehave, how do you mix appropriate anger and discipline with love?
What are some ways to help children adjust to separation or divorce?
Should you get a family pet?
With a wealth of quotes, anecdotes, parenting tips, and his comforting, caring, down-to-earth tone, Dr. Siegel addresses the myriad questions that parents face as they strive to guide their kids to happy, healthy adulthood. Delivered with just the right dose of compassion, inspiration, and gentle humor, Love, Magic and Mudpies is an insightful and supportive guide on every aspect of parenting.
"Love, Magic and Mudpies is an extraordinary book. …. Dr. Siegel's very practical advice on how to raise conscious children and you will be participating in creating a better world." -- Deepak Chopra, MD, author of The Seven Spiritual Laws for Parents
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| Title: |
The Passion Test |
| Author: |
Janet Bray Attwood |
| Format: |
4 CDs/4 hours |
| Price: |
$29.98 (US) |
| ISBN: |
159659-132-3 |
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January 2008 |
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A Simple, Powerful Tool to Start Living Your Dreams NOW!
You create the life you choose to live. There are no victims. Take the Passion Test and start moving your life in the direction of your dreams. Learn what will make you happy and what will make your life fulfilled, as you look forward to what comes next.
Chris and Janet Attwood wrap fascinating stories of the ups, downs, twists and turns of living passionately around fun and practical exercises which will have you living your own passionate life by the time you finish this audio program.
The Passion Test will help you discover those hidden parts of yourself you don't look at very often. It provides the simplest, clearest way to get started on knowing what you want - by getting clear on who you are.
The lessons are clear, the direction is laid out, all you have to do is put it in practice.
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| Title: |
Leaders at All Levels: Deepening Your Talent Pool to Solve the Succession Crisis |
| Author: |
Ram Charan |
| Format: |
5 CDs/6 hours |
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$29.98 (US) |
| ISBN: |
1-59659-125-0 |
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January 2008 |
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Corporate America's leading consultant explains how top companies solve the problem of leadership succession
A serious crisis looms in American management today. More and more CEOs are failing; there remains an acute shortage of capable replacements. The true dilemma in leadership is the stagnant state of corporate leadership development. Because companies fail to hone their unit managers' leadership abilities, they are never able to fill their succession pipelines. With unit managers stagnating, companies have difficulty executing at every level, compounding the crisis. Now, bestselling author Ram Charan shows how top companies approach leadership development as a core competency, recognizing that an adaptable leadership pool is a competitive advantage, and focusing their attention on bringing out the best in the leaders they have.
Charan reveals exactly what's wrong with corporate leadership development and tells how to make it right. He explains the concept of a leadership "gene pool" and shows how companies can discover just what "DNA" they need to succeed. He also details how to uncover the hidden leaders in a company, when and where to bring in fresh talent, how to coach, measure, and reward leadership, and much more.
For CEOs, directors, and anyone involved in leadership development, Leaders at All Levels will be an eye-opening guide on how to get succession right.
"Meet a wise man: Ram Charan's frenetic pace, fierce intelligence, and deep access have made him an unrivalled source of real world insights into what business does right -and all too often wrong."
- Fortune magazine
"Ram Charan's depth of experience and leadership in the area of business management is unrivaled."
- Ron Meyer, President and COO, Vivendi Universal Entertainment
"He has this rare ability to distill meaningful from meaningless and transfer it to others in a quiet way without destroying confidences."
- Jack Welch, former Chairman and CEO General Electric
"What he does is hard to describe. But the most powerful CEOs love it enough to keep him on the road 24/7 and make him the most influential consultant alive."
- David Whitford, Editor at Large, FORTUNE Small Business
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| Title: |
Me Inc : How To Master the Business of Being YOU. |
| Author: |
Scott W. Ventrella |
| Format: |
4 CDs/4 hours |
| Price: |
$29.98 (US) |
| ISBN: |
1-59659-130-7 |
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January 2008 |
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This proactive, practical guide is unlike any self-help book you've ever listened to. It's not about simple motivation or inspiration; that stuff only matters if you have a plan. Me, Inc. is designed to help you develop that plan and then execute it to perfection. It's not a generic, one-size-fits-all program, but a personalized system for improving your life and filling it with purpose, meaning, and contentment. Business consultant and executive coach Scott Ventrella shows you how to achieve unlimited success by incorporating the basic principles of good business into everyday living. Sharing the ten time-tested principles that guide most successful and enduring companies, he shows you how to apply them to your life and design your own custom "exceptional living plan"-much like a business plan-that will guide you on the road to an exceptional life.
What if you were the CEO of a mediocre company? Would you just sit back and let the business plod along on a road to nowhere? Of course not. Any competent CEO would get proactive and start developing and implementing a plan for success. Now think about your life. Isn't it just as important as any business? Over the course of twelve "milestones" and accompanying exercises, you'll learn what you want and why, create your custom exceptional living plan based on your ultimate goals, use that plan as an everyday guide to living, and learn how to maintain your momentum and stay on track. You'll take stock of your most important "clients", gather feedback on your actions, set goals and priorities, and implement plans for change and constant improvement. Rather than float through life, you'll take control, be your own boss, and steer You, Inc. into the black.
You only lead one life, so why lead an average one? Stop living by accident and start living on purpose. Embrace your role as CEO of your own life and live with enthusiasm, determination, purpose, and confidence. If you want to achieve your goals and dreams, now is the time to take charge and be the boss.
"Ventrella takes the best practices of Fortune 500 companies and shows how you can apply them to another important venture-you! Your life deserves at least as much attention as your job does, so read this book and turn your time on Earth into a satisfying, meaningful enterprise."
- Ken Blanchard, coauthor of The One Minute Manager® and Leading at a Higher Level
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| Title: |
Book Yourself Solid : The Fastest , Easiest, and Most Reliable System for Getting More Clients |
| Author: |
Michael Port |
| Format: |
7 CDs/7 hours |
| Price: |
$29.98 (US) |
| ISBN: |
1-59659-135-8 |
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December 2007 |
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A one-of-a-kind, step-by-step guide to building a successful service business from the ground up.
According to the Small Business Administration, ninety percent of service businesses will fail within the first five years. They fail not because they don't offer great services and products, but because the owners are uncomfortable with traditional marketing and sales. The result is a frustrated, isolated, and overwhelmed business owner who does not know there is an entirely different, highly successful approach to marketing and sales available.
Now Michael Port shares his original proven system for getting more clients. Ninety-three percent of business owners who have used his seven core self-promotion strategies have experienced a thirty-four percent increase in their total number of clients and a forty-two percent increase in sales in the first year alone.
This practical, wildly inspirational guide will lift you up and give you the confidence you need to comfortably and authentically market yourself and your services, tap into an endless supply of quality referrals, and watch your business grow
"…Lead generation and conversion is the heart of any marketing enterprise, and Michael Port's ingenious and practical system is among the best I've seen."
- Michael E. Gerber, founder and Chairman, E-Myth Worldwide, author of The E-Myth Revisited
"…This is not a conceptual, theoretical look at how to succeed as a service professional. Instead, it's just what you need if you're stuck and you'd rather invest in your future (by doing the right kind of work) than complain about it later."
- Seth Godin, author of All Marketers Are Liars and Permission Marketing
"…Michael Port is the guy to call if you're tired of thinking small."
- Daniel H. Pink, author of A Whole New Mind and Free Agent Nation
"…. An excellent, inspiring, practical guide to outrageous success!"
- Joe Vitale, author of There's a Customer Born Every Minute
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