In today's world, yesterday's methods just don't work. In Getting Things Done , veteran coach and management consultantDavid Allen shares the breakthrough methods for stress-freeperformance that he has introduced to tens of thousands of peopleacross the country. Allen's premise is simple: our productivity isdirectly proportional to our ability to relax. Only when our mindsare clear and our thoughts are organized can we achieve effectiveproductivity and unleash our creative potential. In GettingThings Done Allen shows how to:
In his bestselling first book, Getting Things Done ,veteran coach and management consultant David Allen presented hisbreakthrough methods to increase efficiency. Now "the personalproductivity guru" ( Fast Company ) shows readers how toincrease their ability to work better, not harder—every day. Basedon Allen’s highly popular e-newsletter, Ready for Anything offers readers 52 ways to immediately clear your head forcreativity, focus your attention, create structures that work, andtake action to get things moving. With wit, inspiration, and know-how, Allen shows readers how tomake things happen—with less effort and stress, and lots moreenergy, creativity, and effectiveness. Ready for Anything isthe perfect book for anyone wanting to work and live at his or hervery best.
"Oh, screw it, let's do it." That's the philosophy that has allowed Richard Branson, inslightly more than twenty-five years, to spawn so many successfulventures. From the airline business (Virgin Atlantic Airways), tomusic (Virgin Records and V2), to cola (Virgin Cola), to retail(Virgin Megastores), and nearly a hundred others, ranging fromfinancial services to bridal wear, Branson has a track recordsecond to none. Losing My Virginity is the unusual, frequently outrageousautobiography of one of the great business geniuses of our time.When Richard Branson started his first business, he and his friendsdecided that "since we're complete virgins at business, let's callit just that: Virgin." Since then, Branson has written his own"rules" for success, creating a group of companies with a globalpresence, but no central headquarters, no management hierarchy, andminimal bureaucracy. Many of Richard Branson's companies--airlines, retailing, andcola are good examples--were started in the face of
In THE FINANCIALCRISIS INQUIRY REPORT，the facts about thefinancial and economic crises that engulf the world will speak forthemselves. Formed in May 2009, the Financial Crisis InquiryComission (FCIC) is a panel of ten commissioners chosen by the U.S.Congress to explain what happened , why it happened, and what couldhave been done to prevent it. On December 15th, 2010, thecommission will release their official report to the President,Congress , and the World. 金融危机调查报告将合盘托出席卷全球的金融与经济危机的来龙去脉及真相，并让事实来说话。2009年5月由十名专家组成金融危机调查委员会授命于国会，专门负责调查金融危机成因，进而总结教训、提出改进建议。他们就20多项议题展开了重点调查。2010年12月15日美国金融危机调查委员会将向美国总统，美国国会和全世界公布其终的调查结果，并授权美国小布朗出版公司授权以图书的形式向全球发行其官方调查报告。
Combining fascinating research with revealing commentary fromhundreds of women, this groundbreaking book explores the personaland societal reasons women seldom ask for what they need, want, anddeserve at home and at work–and shows how they can develop thiscrucial skill. By neglecting to negotiate her starting salary for her first job,a woman may sacrifice over half a million dollars in earnings bythe end of her career. Yet, as research reveals, men are four timesmore likely to ask for higher pay than are women with the samequalifications. From career promotions to help with child care,studies show time and again that women don’t ask–and frequentlydon’t even realize that they can. Women Don’t Ask offers real-lifeexamples of the differences between the negotiating habits of menand women, and guides women in retooling their attitudes andapproaches. Discover how to: ? Take the first step–choosing to negotiate at all ? Develop a comfortable, effective negotiation st
The Accidental Millionaire is the memoir of Gary Fong, would-be slacker who revolutionized wedding photography, inventor of popular photography aids, entrepreneur, contrarian, bon vivant and a man who really, really didn't want to become a doctor. A first-generation Chinese-American, Gary was raised in one of Los Angeles' least-desirable neighborhoods and was forced to deal―in his own quirky and often very funny way―with the burdens of poverty, crime and his parents' relentless aspirations. These issues almost overwhelmed him until he had a dramatic epiphany. Spotting a bumper sticker that read "Since I gave up hope, I feel much better," Gary promptly did just that. He stopped trying and started succeeding. At turns hilarious, insightful and instructive, The Accidental Millionaire is Horatio Alger-meets-David Sedaris. Turning the traditional self-help principles upside down, The Accidental Millionaire disdains the goal-oriented approaches of traditional self-help philosophies. Sometimes not k
A black swan is a highly improbable event with threeprincipal characteristics: It is unpredictable; it carries amassive impact; and, after the fact, we concoct an explanation thatmakes it appear less random, and more predictable, than it was. Theastonishing success of Google was a black swan; so was 9/11. ForNassim Nicholas Taleb, black swans underlie almost everything aboutour world, from the rise of religions to events in our own personallives. Why do we not acknowledge the phenomenon of black swans untilafter they occur? Part of the answer, according to Taleb, is thathumans are hardwired to learn specifics when they should be focusedon generalities. We concentrate on things we already know and timeand time again fail to take into consideration what we don’t know.We are, therefore, unable to truly estimate opportunities, toovulnerable to the impulse to simplify, narrate, and categorize, andnot open enough to rewarding those who can imagine the“impossible.” For years, Taleb has studie
Book De*ion A new 21st century individualism is overtaking“corporation-as-king” capitalism, transforming the way we work andlive. Today, real power rests in the hands of creative individualslike Bill Gates, Warren Buffett, Oprah Winfrey, and StevenSpielberg, who are changing the world one great idea at a time. InTHE 80/20 INDIVIDUAL, Richard Koch reveals the secret of theirsuccess: they discovered what they do better than anyone else androde it for all its worth. In this inspiring sequel to his classic bestseller THE 80/20PRINCIPLE, Koch shows how to maximize success in your career andlife by using the proven principle that 80 percent of changes inthe world result from the most powerful 20 percent of actions andideas. He’ll show how to use your own powerful “20 percent spike” –your most creative ideas and unique skills – to measure the amountof value you bring to your employer, clients or customers. For mostpeople, there is a huge disparity between their intrinsic value andth
Strengths Based Selling explains talent and how toidentify and maximize it, and then covers the basic steps of theselling process, including prospecting/cold calling, assessingopportunity, identifying solutions, building advocacy, negotiating,closing, and servicing/retaining/growing. Thus, the reader can takethe web-based Clifton StrengthsFinder Assessment (access codeincluded), discover his or her own unique strengths, learn to applythem to sales, and formulate strategies to triangulate individualtalent and job role.
For more than fifteen years, Robin Sharma has been quietly sharing with Fortune 500 companies and many of the super-rich a success formula that has made him one of the most sought-after leadership advisers in the world. Now, for the first time, Sharma makes his proprietary process available to you, so that you can get to your absolute best while helping your organization break through to a dramatically new level of winning in these wildly uncertain times.
In Take on the Street , Arthur Levitt--Chairman of theSecurities and Exchange Commission for eight years under PresidentClinton--provides the best kind of insider information: the kindthat can help honest, small investors protect themselves from thedeliberately confusing ways of Wall Street. At a time when investor confidence in Wall Street and corporateAmerica is at an historic low, when many are seriously questioningwhether or not they should continue to invest, Levitt offers thebenefits of his own experience, both on Wall Street and as itschief regulator. His straight talk about the ways of stockbrokers(they are salesmen, plain and simple), corporate financialstatements (the truth is often hidden), mutual fund managers(remember who they really work for), and other aspects of thebusiness will help to arm everyone with the tools they need toprotect—and enhance—their financial future.
Moscow-born Sergey Brin and Midwest-born Larry Page droppedout of graduate school at Stanford University to, in their ownwords, "change the world" through a powerful search engine thatwould organize every bit of information on the Web for free. TheGoogle Story takes you deep inside the company's wild ride from anidea that struggled for funding in 1998 to a firm that rakes inbillions in profits, making Brin and Page the wealthiest young menin America. Based on scrupulous research and extraordinary accessto Google, this fast-moving narrative reveals how an unorthodoxmanagement style and culture of innovation enabled a search engineto shake up Madison Avenue and Wall Street, scoop up YouTube, andbattle Microsoft at every turn. Not afraid of controversy, Googleis expanding in Communist China and quietly working on a searchablegenetic database, initiatives that test the founders' guidingmantra: DON'T BE EVIL.
Book De*ion Fascinating notes from astreet-smart executive. McCormack shows how to read people, createthe right impression, take the leading edge, sell successfully, andmore. From AudioFile Before he died last year, the founder of the premier sportsmanagement firm in the world gave us many superb audios onmanaging, communication, and practical leadership. In his 1985breakthrough work, he summarized the principles that formalbusiness education overlooks or obliterates. This abridged editionis really a primer--an introduction to a caliber of thinking andteaching that has few equals in the audio repertoire. Thelimitations of a one-hour version of this outstanding work arepartially overcome by introductory questions read by an uncreditedspeaker. For the full lesson from a great man and authenticbusiness teacher, get the unabridged edition of the sequel--WHATTHEY STILL DON'T TEACH YOU AT HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL. T.W. Book Dimension : length: (cm)23.2 width:(cm)15.4
The universal laws of business success . . . no matter whetheryou are selling fruit from a stand or running a Fortune 500company. Have you ever noticed that the business savvy of theworld's best CEOs seems like a kind of street smarts? They sensewhere the opportunities are and how to take advantage of them. Andtheir companies make money consistently, year after year. Howdifferent is it to run a big company than to sell fruit from a cartor run a small shop in a village? In essence, not very, accordingto Ram Charan. From his childhood in India, where he worked in hisfamily's shoe shop, to his education at Harvard Business School andhis daily work advising many of the world's best CEOs, Ramunderstands business as few can. The best CEOs have a knack forbringing the most complex business down to the fundamentals—thesame fundamentals of the family shoe shop. They have businessacumen—the ability to focus on the basics and make money for thecompany. What the CEO Wants You to Know captures these insights an
Corporate candy giants Milton Hershey and Forrest Mars builtbusiness empires out of one of the world's most magical,sought-after substances: chocolate. In The Emperors of Chocolate,Jo?l Glenn Brenner--the first person to ever gain access to thehighly secretive companies of Hershey and Mars--spins a uniquestory that takes us inside a world as mysterious as Willy Wonka'sChocolate Factory. Packed with flavorful stories and outrageouscharacters that give the true scoop on this real-life candyland,The Emperors of Chocolate is a delectable read for business buffsand chocoholics alike. Start reading and you'll soon be hungry formore.
What’s the secret to becoming a millionaire? For years people have asked David Bach, the national bestsellingauthor of Smart Women Finish Rich, Smart Couples Finish Rich, andThe Finish Rich Workbook, what’s the real secret to getting rich?What’s the one thing I need to do? Now, in The Automatic Millionaire, David Bach is sharing thatsecret. The Automatic Millionaire starts with the powerful story of anaverage American couple--he’s a low-level manager, she’s a beautician--whose jointincome never exceeds $55,000 a year, yet who somehow manage to owntwo homes debt-free, put two kids through college, and retire at 55with more than $1 million in savings. Through their story you’lllearn the surprising fact that you cannot get rich with a budget!You have to have a plan to pay yourself first that is totallyautomatic, a plan that will automatically secure your future andpay for your present. What makes The Automatic Millionaire unique: You don’t need a budget
Cathie Black is the wise, funny mentor that every woman dreamsof having. She was a pioneer in advertising sales at a time whenwomen didn’t sell; served as president and publisher of thefledgling USA Today ; and, in her current position as thepresident of Hearst Magazines, persuaded Oprah to launch amagazine. In 2006 she was named one of Fortune’s “50 Most PowerfulWomen in American Business” for the seventh consecutive year. Now,in the exuberant, down-to-earth voice that is her trademark, Cathieexplains how she achieved “the 360° life”—a blend of professionalaccomplishment and personal contentment—and how any woman can seizeopportunity in the workplace. No matter where you are in your career, Basic Black offersinvaluable lessons that will help you land the job, promotion, orproject you’re vying for. At the core of the book are Cathie’scandid, personal stories. She walks us through her decision to riskdropping a huge ad agency that handled the USA Today campaign in favor of a small bo
"A major contribution." Washington Post The authoritative single-volume biography of Thomas Jefferson,perhaps the most significant figure in American history. He was acomplex and compelling man: a fervent advocate of democracy whoenjoyed the life of a southern aristocrat and owned slaves, arevolutionary who became president, a believer in states' rightswho did much to further the power of the federal government.Drawing on the recent explosion of Jeffersonian scholarship andfresh readings of original sources, IN PURSUIT OF REASON is amonument to Jefferson that will endure for generations.
“I’ve got the name for our publishing operation. We justsaid we were going to publish a few books on the side at random.Let’s call it Random House.” So recounts Bennett Cerf in thiswonderfully amusing memoir of the making of a great publishinghouse. An incomparable raconteur, possessed of an irrepressible witand an abiding love of books and authors, Cerf brilliantly evokesthe heady days of Random House’s first decades. Part of the vanguard of young New York publishers whorevolutionized the book business in the 1920s and ’30s, Cerf helpedusher in publishing’s golden age. Cerf was a true personality,whose other pursuits (columnist, anthologist, author, lecturer,radio host, collector of jokes and anecdotes, perennial judge ofthe Miss America pageant, and panelist on What’s My Line? )helped shape his reputation as a man of boundless energy andenthusiasm and brought unprecedented attention to his company andto his authors. At once a rare behind-the-scenes account of bookpublishing and
The only book that looks at the business of concert promotion.Concerts are part art, part party--and a big part business. "ThisBusiness of Concert Promotion and Touring" is the first to focus onthat all-important business aspect, from creating a show, toselling a show, to organizing the show, to staging the show.Working with venues, personnel, booking, promoting, marketing,publicity, public relations, financial management, and much moreare covered in this indispensable one-volume resource. And theideas and techniques explained here can be used for every type ofconcert promotion, including college shows, artist showcases, clubgigs, as well as major events handled by local promoters,nationwide promoters, and worldwide promoters. Concert promotersand tour managers at every level need to know "This Business ofConcert Promotion and Touring"
The Extermination of Michael Moore is his anti-memoir. Breakingthe autobiographical mode, he hilariously presents 20 far-ranging,irreverent vignettes from his own life.Moore is his ownmeta-Forrest Gump, as one moment he's an 11-year old boy stuck on aSenate elevator with Bobby Kennedy, and the next moment he's insidethe Bitburg cemetery with a dazed and confused Ronald Reagan.Changing planes in Vienna, he escapes death at the hands of theterrorist Abu Nidal (others weren't so lucky). He founded his firstunderground newspaper in fourth grade. He refused to be on the CBSEvening News with Walter Cronkite at 16 ('There's not enoughClearasil in the world for that to happen'). And he became theyoungest elected official in the country at age 18 by enlisting an'army of local stoners' who had no idea what they were doing as hiscampaign staff.Before Michael Moore became the Oscar-winningfilmmaker and all-round rabble rouser and thorn-in-the-side ofcorporate and right-wing America, there was the guy who had anuncanny k
From one of America's foremost economic and political thinkerscomes a vital analysis of our new hypercompetitive andturbo-charged global economy and the effect it is having onAmerican democracy. With his customary wit and insight, Reich showshow widening inequality of income and wealth, heightened jobinsecurity, and corporate corruption are merely the logical resultsof a system in which politicians are more beholden to the influenceof business lobbyists than to the voters who elected them. Powerful andthought-provoking, Supercapitalism argues that a clearseparation of politics and capitalism will foster an enviroment inwhich both business and government thrive, by putting capitalism inthe service of democracy, and not the other way around.
Does free information mean free people? At the start of thetwenty-first century we were promised that the internet wouldliberate the world. We could come together as never before, andfrom Iran's 'twitter revolution' to Facebook 'activism',technological innovation would spread democracy to oppressedpeoples everywhere. We couldn't have been more wrong. In "The NetDelusion" Evgeny Morozov destroys this myth, arguing that 'internetfreedom' is an illusion, and that technology has failed to helpprotect people's rights. Not only that - in many cases the internetis actually helping authoritarian regimes. From China to Russia toIran, oppressive governments are using cyberspace to stifledissent: planting clandestine propaganda, employing sophisticateddigital censorship and using online surveillance. We are all beingmanipulated in more subtle ways too - becoming pacified by the net,instead of truly engaging. This book is a wake-up call. It shows ushow our misplaced faith in cyber-utopia means the West risksmissin
