成为出色的销售人员，实现百万年薪的梦想，是每一个从事房地产销售人员的梦想。阅读完《房地产销售:百万年薪不是梦》后，将使你的梦想成为可能。全书共九章，章房地产知识全掌握让你从一名销售的门外汉，成为销售人员，第二章塑造自我、第三章认识产品和第四章认识客户让你从一名销售人员成为合格销售人员，第五章销售人员十大必杀技、第六章编制一套十全十美“销讲词”和第七章做好售后服务让你从一名合格的销售人员成为销售人员，第八章刁难问题如何对答如流以及第九章舒缓压力让你完成从到的过程。《房地产销售:百万年薪不是梦》立足房地产销售市场，以理论知识为基础，以技能训练为重点，结合职业标准实施，给广大房地产销售人员提供一条提高销售技巧，实现梦想的捷径。书中的销讲词和刁难问题的对答是你们在房地产销售中每天都会
We find ourselves engaged in various kinds of negotiationsevery day, from trying to land a new account or win a promotion atwork, to buying a house or a car, or bargaining down a cell phonebill, or settling a dispute with a friend or spouse. In thisgroundbreaking book, negotiation expert Ed Brodow shows us how tosettle conflicts amicably to reach a win-win solution everytime. Using the no-nonsense, results-oriented boot camp approach,Brodow drills readers on the basic skills needed to master the artof negotiation. After completing Brodow’s basic training program,you will have learned how to: · Conquer your fear of confrontation and overcome the negativebehaviors that hold you back · Identify and develop your personal negotiation style · Assess the other side’s strengths and weaknesses · Get the other side to make concessions without giving up any ofyour goals · Master the art of listening to understand the other side’sposition and strengthen your own
To succeed in today’s ever-accelerating world, speed is the nameof the game. Forget “slow and steady wins the race.” The key togetting ahead is not fighting or hiding from speed, but embracingspeed and using its power to your advantage. As Vince Poscentedemonstrates in this rewarding and, yes, fast-paced book, speed hasa unique ability to enrich your life. He empowers you to takecontrol of your time, your tasks, your priorities, and yourtalents, and start making life everything you want it to be. Twentynew tips–exclusive to this paperback edition–show you how to:?recognize the difference between repetitive chores and passionatepursuits, and assign the appropriate amount of time and energy toeach? mentally shatter the outdated idea that work, home, andleisure should be completely separate, and create a new,purpose-driven model of organizing your time? discover how tocontrol interruptions, including how and when to accept them–bylearning when to multitask and when to focusSpeed provides amazingbene
Over the course of a forty-year career in the worlds oflaw, sports, business, and politics, Ron Shapiro has worked withand advised an incredible variety of people. What he’s found isthat the secret ingredient for getting into the winner’s circle issimply the discipline of methodical preparation: that old-school,step-by-step way of having all your ducks in a row, whether you arean executive getting ready to do a deal or make a speech; a pitcherstudying the traits of opposing hitters and keeping a meticulousnotebook of their strengths and weaknesses; an international tradenegotiator who knows all about the issues and the people on theother side before sitting down at the table; or a surgeon whorehearses like a classical musician. Deep down, you know you should do it. But how often do you wingit and fly by the seat of your pants because “Gosh, I don’t havetime . . . I’ve done this before . . . I know what I’m doing”? Itis obvious that you have to get ready for whatever game you’replaying
At age seven, Cameron Johnson sold tomatoes door-to-door fromhis family’s farm. Pete Amico quit his job on his first day becausehe didn’t feel like taking orders from his boss.Greg Herro built asuccessful business selling diamonds made from the carbon extractedfrom ashes. If any of these people remind you of yourself, you justmight have the kind of personality to take the small business worldby storm. In 8 Patterns of Highly Effective Entrepreneurs, BrentBowers reveals the eight patterns that highly successfulentrepreneurs share—and what we can learn from them. In coveringsmall business for decades at the Wall Street Journal and the NewYork Times, Bowers has chronicled the rise and fall of hundreds ofstart-ups. In this book, he draws on extensive interviews andresearch, as well as on the experiences and expertise of businessconsultants, venture capitalists, academia, and the entrepreneursthemselves, to describe the key characteristics shared by dozens ofsuccessful small-business owners and their
“Applicants looking for the competitive edge in gettingaccepted at the business school of their choice may want to perusethis book.” –Security Traders Handbook Every year, thousands apply for a finite number of places inbusiness schools. With similar grades, backgrounds, and goals,sometimes the only thing that can make an applicant stand out isthe application essay. It’s the best chance you have to shine andtip the balance in your favor. Essays That Worked for Business Schools shows that the bestessays are brief, sincere, and personal. Some are off the wall,some are bold, all are unique to their creator. One applicantwrites about starting his own airline. Another tells about thecorruption in his job as a defense contractor. And a third reflectson his license plate. From the thousands submitted each year, theforty essays in this book were considered some of the best byadmissions officers at the nation’s top business schools. As thiscollection demonstrates, with creativity and effor
Ex?cel?lence (n.) 1. The clearly false and destructive theorythat a company ought to be great at everything it does. 2. Amistaken goal in which the predictable outcome is that the companyends up world-class at nothing—not well-differentiated andtherefore not thought of by consumers at the moment of need. Based on exhaustive research, The Myth of Excellence providesconclusive evidence of the futility of trying to be excellent inall aspects of a commercial transaction—price, product, access,experience, and service. Instead, the strategy for your productsand services should be to dominate on one element, differentiate ona second, and be at industry par (i.e., average) on the rest. Yes,it is okay to be average as long as your customers knowspecifically where and how you are superior and world-class.
Technological advances and the global marketplace are changingthe way we live and work. Doing the work you love is the critical factor to personal fulfillment and economic success. Noone understands this more than Laurence G. Boldt, whose Zen andthe Art of Making a Living helped many carve out new andrewarding career paths. But how do you find the courage to startthe search for a new career? And how do you tap into your own bestresources to discover what you want to do and what you’re good at?This remarkable guide offers simple yet profound strategies to helpyou answer those questions by focusing on four key elements to besought in any life’s work: Integrity, Service, Enjoyment, andExcellence. Boldt has reduced the quest for meaningful work to itsessence and will lead you to an understanding of what you could andshould be doing with your life.
The business environment has become increasingly precarious, thus raising the stakes for nearly every managerial move. This cutting edge collection includes articles on how to lead in a downturn economy, overcome a growth crisis, stay resilient through difficult periods, and more.
The Market Guys, A. J. Monte and Rick Swope, give you all thetools you’ll need to start applying their key principles for takingcharge of your finances. Monte and Swope have taught hundreds ofthousands of investors and savers around the world the dos anddon’ts of the financial markets and how to gain control of theirmoney. Now they share their strategies with you in this practical,easy-to-use workbook. The Take Charge of Your Money Now!Workbook includes ? an action plan for applying the authors’ key strategies to yourinvestments ? step-by-step guidance for creating a family budget ? advice for selecting a financial advisor ? tips for organizing and simplifying your finances ? forms, checklists, and worksheets to keep you on track ? helpful exercises to help you meet your goals ? the 10 common mistakes made in retirementaccounts The Take Charge of Your Money Now! Workbook is a must-haveguide to protecting your money in these turbulent times.
AcommemorativeeditionofthelandmarkbookfromPatrickLencioniWhenitwaspublishedtenyearsago,TheFiveTemptationsofaCEOwaslikenootherbusinessbookthatcamebefore.Highlysought–aftermanagementconsultantPatrickLencionideftlytoldthetaleofayoungCEOwho,facinghisfirstannualboardreview,knowsheisfailing,butdoesn′tknowwhy.Refreshinglyoriginalandutterlycompelling,thisrazor–sharpnoveletteplusself–assessment(writtentobereadinonesitting)servesasatimelessandpotentreminderthatsuccessasaleadercancomedowntopracticingafewsimplebehaviors–behaviorsthatarepainfullydifficultforeachofustomaster.Anyexecutivecanlearnhowtorecognizethemistakesthatleaderscanmakeandhowtoavoidthem.ThelessonsofTheFiveTemptationsofaCEO,areasrelevanttodayasever,andthisspecialanniversaryeditioncelebratestenyearsofinspirationandenlightenmentwithabrandnewintroductionandreflectionsfromLencionionthenewchallengesinbusinessandleadershipthathaveoccurredinthepasttenyears.
成为出色的销售人员，实现百万年薪的梦想，是每一个从事房地产销售人员的梦想。阅读完《房地产销售:百万年薪不是梦》后，将使你的梦想成为可能。全书共九章，章房地产知识全掌握让你从一名销售的门外汉，成为销售人员，第二章塑造自我、第三章认识产品和第四章认识客户让你从一名销售人员成为合格销售人员，第五章销售人员十大必杀技、第六章编制一套十全十美“销讲词”和第七章做好售后服务让你从一名合格的销售人员成为销售人员，第八章刁难问题如何对答如流以及第九章舒缓压力让你完成从到的过程。《房地产销售:百万年薪不是梦》立足房地产销售市场，以理论知识为基础，以技能训练为重点，结合职业标准实施，给广大房地产销售人员提供一条提高销售技巧，实现梦想的捷径。书中的销讲词和刁难问题的对答是你们在房地产销售中每天都会
A hands-on, interactive guide to managing your monday andbuilding your financial future Many of the worksheets in this book are available online and can besaved, printed, and recalculated at any time. Go to:WSJ.com/BookTools Understanding your money, and getting it to work for you, is moreimportant today than it ever was, because you alone are responsiblefor every aspect of your financial life, from managing yourday-to-day living expenses to planning a college savings fund and,ultimately, retirement. The sooner you start taking control of yourfinancial life the better, and there’s no greater authority onfinancial matters than The Wall Street Journal . Thisworkbook takes the mystery out of personal finance and addressesevery topic you’ll need to master, from building a solid financialbase to growing your financial assets. Worksheets, charts, andstep-by-step instructions throughout help you do the math and workthrough the basics, making it quick and easy to organize your cashand eventually build wealth.
We live in an excitingand rapidly changing time—every day it seems new inventions andinnovations that change our way of life arrive on the scene. Butwhile our day-to-day lives have become easier, the larger pictureis now more complicated. Businesses are also faced with thisquandary. Change is occurring in the economic sphere as quickly andoften as it is in our individual lives, and the new global economyis presenting even more challenges to companies that must operatein an often unfamiliar worldwide arena. As a result, the modernbusiness world is in dire need of a complete overhaul if companiesare to adapt to an environment that is far different from the onein which they initially achieved success. Enter Reinhard Mohn, the innovative entrepreneur who builtBertelsmann into a global powerhouse. Drawing on his more thanfifty years of experience in the private sector, Mohn explains howentrepreneurial leaders have a unique ability to lead businessesinto the future by adapting to new socioeconomic realities. He
From the profit-minded managers who make up the brain trust atThe Atlanta Consulting Group comes a simple new method hailed as arevolutionary management practice: learning to care.
Amateur hour has arrived, and the audience is running the show In a hard-hitting and provocative polemic, Silicon Valley insider and pundit Andrew Keen exposes the grave consequences of today s new participatory Web 2.0 and reveals how it threatens our values, economy, and ultimately the very innovation and creativity that forms the fabric of American achievement. Our most valued cultural institutions, Keen warns our professional newspapers, magazines, music, and movies are being overtaken by an avalanche of amateur, user-generated free content. Advertising revenue is being siphoned off by free classified ads on sites like Craigslist; television networks are under attack from free user-generated programming on YouTube and the like; file-sharing and digital piracy have devastated the multibillion-dollar music business and threaten to undermine our movie industry. Worse, Keen claims, our cut-and-paste online culture in which intellectual property is freely swapped, downloaded, remashed, and aggrega
“The invaluable advice in How to Wow guarantees your successin any meeting situation, from the boardroom to the breakfasttable.” –Keith Ferrazzi, author of Never Eat Alone In today’s fast-paced world, where an elevator ride with your CEOcan turn into an impromptu meeting, your lunch date can become ajob interview, and your conversation at a cocktail party may be apreamble to a potential business merger, knowing how to marketyourself in any situation is vital. Corporate coach Frances ColeJones has helped numerous CEOs, celebrities, and publicpersonalities present their best selves on camera and onstage, inboardrooms and in person; now in her new book, How to Wow, sheshares her strategies for making your mark in business and inlife. Every encounter, Jones believes, provides you with an opportunityto positively influence colleagues, employers, neighbors–evencompetitors. Not only your words, but your tone of voice and yourbody language speak volumes. The question, however, is: A
