FORTUNE magazine calls Harvey Mackay"Mr.-Make-Things-Happen." No matter where you are in your career,he can help you ride the expressway to success. This collection ofon-target how-to's, insights, and self-tests translates intoimmediate take-to-the-office results on EVERY page. Discover thesecrets on servicing sales that are worth millions, add the missingingredient--courage--to your career, learn how to love your job,take a manager's quiz that will revolutionize your style, and much,much more! From the autor of SWIM WITH THE SHARKS WIHOUT BEING EATENALIVE. "Can Mackay do it again? The answer is a resounding yes. He joinsBob Townsend (UP THE ORGANIZATION) as master of brief, biting, andbrilliant business wit and wisdom." Tom Peters A Selection of the Book-of-the-Month, Fortune and Macmillan BookClubs From the Paperback edition.

Wouldn’t it be great if you could be audaciously ambitious andhappy at the same time? You can, and you will. We women aren’t advancing in our careers the way we should. We’renot making the money we deserve or getting the fulfillment wedesire. And this time it’s not men who are holding us back. Thistime we’re doing it to ourselves, because ambition—for us—is stilla dirty word. Debra Condren has coached thousands of women at every level—fromthose just starting out to the most powerful female executives inthe United States—and each one possesses the same fear: if she goesafter her dream, she’ll be seen as selfish, bitchy, a bad wife, orbad mother. But it’s exactly this fear of ambition that has forcedwomen to leave the best part of themselves—their dreams, theirgreat talents—by the roadside, rendering them less able to be thewhole people they should be in every area of their lives. Condren has a new message and mission: to remind women

Nick Friedman and Omar Soliman started themultimillion-dollar franchise College Hunks Hauling Junk when theywere just twenty two, and they’ve been having the time of theirlives ever since. What’s their secret? That's just it--there isn't one. There's no fancy software orcomplicated business schemes. No outside investors or quirky marketniche. They just followed 10 common-sense commandments to buildinga straightforward, fun, and successful business that does a simplejob well. Anyone can understand it, and anyone can doit.

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For all of the millions of Americans who are out of work, soonto be out of work, or wishing to be freed from unrewardingwork—here is the must-have book that will show you how you can makea living by working when, where, and how you want. Newly revised and updated, Barbara J. Winter’s guide tosuccessful self-employment is now more relevant than ever before.Drawing on the techniques and ideas of her popular seminars as wellas her own thirty years of business expertise and that of othersuccessful entrepreneurs, Winter offers the practical, proven wayto launch your own profitable venture. Her indispensable adviceranges from why creativity is more important than capital to how toavoid the most common pitfalls of self-employment and how todevelop multiple profit centers. And for this new edition, she has added timely advice on topicsincluding: ?how to find opportunity in a chaotic economy ?why smart, small and spunky is the 21st Century businessmodel ?using the Internet to o

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

If you're dissatisfied in your current position, fantasizeabout doing something else with your life, or have justunceremoniously been given a pink slip, take heart. It's never toolate to start fresh and forge ahead on a fulfilling new careerpath. Alexandra Levit, career columnist for The Wall StreetJournal, has interviewed dozens of individuals who havesuccessfully switched careers—many of them more than once—andprovides practical, empowering, and action-oriented steps forfiguring out your next move with clarity and confidence. Organizedby the seven major motivations that lead people to seek careerchanges—family, independence, learning, money, passion, setback,and talent—New Job, New You shows you how to ? research careers that best reflect your new direction ? stand out in this competitive job market ? market yourself to a particular (most ideal) position ? create a financial plan to maintain income during yourtransition ? use the power of networking to put you ex

So you're standing naked in front of a classroom. Or you'rebeing chased by a one-legged man. Or maybe you're standing naked infront of a classroom and kissing a one-legged man. Dreams can be mysterious, exhilarating, and terrifying but theydon't have to be confusing. With Field Guide to Dreams, you'llunravel the hidden meanings behind these mysterious subconsciousmessages. Organized by dominant symbol (animal, falling, flying,mother, and so on), each section provides helpful interpretationsfrom Freud, Jung, and other psychologists and dream experts. You'llalso learn when you're most likely to have these specific dreams,and whether you should interpret them positively or negatively.With Field Guide to Dreams at your bedside, you'll never wonder ifthat cigar was just a cigar!

“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

Need help to generate traffic for your website or blog? This new guide is easy enough to get you started, but comprehensive enough to give you a deeper understanding of Search Engine Optimisation. It covers creative, marketing and technical considerations to help you improve rankings, drive traffic, and increase visibility in search engines. There are a great many elements to SEO, from the words on your page, the meta-data that sits behind it, and the way other sites link to each other on the web. This new book will help you structure your site in a way that both search engines, and your online readers will understand, quickly and easily.

This little book could make a big change in the way you viewyour team. There’s little more energizing and fulfilling in life than thesatisfaction of working well with others to accomplish a commongoal. And this powerful little book can help you experience moreteam satisfaction than ever before Making use of his exceptional,humor-laced storytelling style, Bill Butterworth makes the basicsof teamwork easy to grasp and easy to put to work. He sketches amemorable overview of teamwork that includes: ?the three great needs of team members ?the four great barriers to teamwork, and ?the five great traits of effective teams. It all adds up to a succinct understanding of how to work well asa team that will satisfy leaders, managers, coaches–anyone whowants to know how to make a group perform at high levels whileenjoying the camaraderie and satisfaction of being “us.” Also look for the On-the-Fly-Guide to Balancing Work andLife!

In The Heart of Business Liz Mohn describes her experiences asa woman and an entrepreneur at Bertelsmann, Europe’s largest mediacorporation, in a powerful call to action for organizations ofevery size and purpose to adapt to the evolving criteria of successin the twenty-first century. With the new millennium being shapedby the forces of internationalization and globalization, Mohn asksan important question: Will humane values take their rightful andnecessary place as a vital factor in the equations that measureachievement and prosperity in the world we will hand over to ourchildren and grandchildren? Making a plea for a new paradigm of business and personalachievement that combines material rewards with those of friendshipand social consciousness, Mohn writes passionately and eloquentlyabout her beliefs as a woman, a philanthropist, and a corporateleader. At their heart is a deep concern about frightening trendsin our society: the loss of direction, the increase in bothselfishness and lonelines

Get Rich, Don't Bitch Today, more than ever before, wealth is something every woman hasthe power to create. Yet Jean Chatzky constantly hears all theexcuses why women can’t and don’t master their money. Now, shereveals the secrets and the strategies she created to take controlof her own money–strategies through which she gained her “moneyconfidence.” It’s time for you to find yours! In Make Money, Not Excuses Jean shares these valuablelessons: ? Where to start ? How to get over your “I’m not smart enough to deal with money”feelings ? Why being a “good-enough investor” will make more money for youin the long-term (while trying to be a “great investor” will driveyou crazy) ? How (and where) to save your money ? Why women make better investors––and higher returns––thanmen ? How to track where you’re overspending ? How to pay off your debt Jean is unsurpassed in her ability to explain money and investingin

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.

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In How’d You Score That Gig? , career expert AlexandraLevit profiles more than sixty of the coolest careers on theplanet–all rated in a national survey by twenty- andthirtysomethings for twenty- and thirtysomethings. To find the jobsthat are calling your name, take Levit’s short quiz and discoveryour “passion profile.” You may be: ? an Adventurer: You’re spontaneous, free-spirited, and youalways ready for change = foreign services officer, oceanographer,news correspondent ? a Creator: You’re always looking for a way to express yourself= video game designer, book author, landscape architect ? a Data Head: You have an uncanny knack for gathering andorganizing information = computational linguist, meteorologist,urban planner ? an Entrepreneur: You have business savvy and don’t want to bechained to a desk = blogger, boutique owner, inventor ? an Investigator: You excel in science, logic, and learning =futurist, classic-car restorer, field archaeologist ?

We live in an exciting and rapidly changing time—every day itseems new inventions and innovations that change our way of lifearrive on the scene. But while our day-to-day lives have becomeeasier, the larger picture is now more complicated. Businesses arealso faced with this quandary. Change is occurring in the economicsphere as quickly and often as it is in our individual lives, andthe new global economy is presenting even more challenges tocompanies that must operate in an often unfamiliar worldwide arena.As a result, the modern business world is in dire need of acomplete overhaul if companies are to adapt to an environment thatis far different from the one in which they initially achievedsuccess. 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

In today’s volatile business world, success requires an edge—afactor that sets you apart from the crowd. Who needs the WowFactor? Executives seeking to reinvent themselves, recent graduatesfacing fierce competition, entrepreneurs looking for funding in aworld where funding is seemingly nonexistent, or anyone who hasbeen downsized, outsourced, or simply blindsided by harsh economicrealities. In this paperback edition, corporate coach Frances ColeJones has added new ways to wow. She shares vital things you must(and must not) do to survive in the current sink-or-swimenvironment, including how to · identify and transform the habits that dull your edge · restore your confidence in these days of “look hungry, gohungry” · target your dream job, outprepare your interviewer, and getyour résumé to the top of the pile · fine-tune the “soft skills” that will amplify yournetwork · perfect your written communications—text, email, snailmail · get the ten worst

For centuries, it has been assumed that there are vast limitsto human capacity. Now, although a host of scientific discoveriesprove this wrong, a mindset of limits persists, blocking us fromour greatest possibilities and leaving us feeling bombarded bystress, change, and uncertainty. No matter how hard we work, nomatter how much we give, we're still not getting what we hoped for.There is another way. Dr. Robert Cooper, a neuroscience pioneer and leadership advisor,urges us to take a radically different view of human capacity. Weare mostly unused potential, he says, employing less than 10percent of our brilliance or hidden talents. In easy-to-followsteps, he explains how to develop and apply the art and science ofyour hidden capacity. The art is the motivation and inspiration coming from thewonderful stories that are the heart of The Other 90%. Dr. Cooperdraws on his wide-ranging insights and experiences to show how it'spossible to make a difference in yourself and others. However, ins

He didn’t work for money. He was willing to walk away. Heinvested his emotions wisely. He did sweat the small stuff. Beyond work, beyond entrepreneurism, there is“spiritreneurism”—work that allows you to do well by doing right.In Jesus, Entrepreneur, Laurie Beth Jones, bestselling author ofJesus, CEO, shows you how to find soul satisfaction in yourwork. Jones shows that there is no contradiction between earning acomfortable living even as you use your job to promote your deepestspiritual and personal beliefs. How exactly is this possible? Bysharing timeless wisdom from the Bible and anecdotes from her ownlife and consulting career, as well as tales from the best andworst work situations in today’s rapidly changing businessenvironment, she reveals how you can inspire yourself and yourcoworkers to use your highest gifts to benefit the bottomline. A genius at making the powerful familiar, Jones offers acommandingly fresh and compelling case for Jesus as a role modelfor modern t

The Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum draws morevisitors than any other museum in the world—90,000 a day in thesummertime—and the exhibit of air travel posters featured in thisunique companion volume combines arresting, colorful art, rarearchival material, and a unique approach to aeronautical history.The posters—most of them never before published—featurebarnstormers, gliders, and flying boats, the earliest passengerflights, the first luxury-liners, mail carriers, jets, and muchmore. Spanning a century and a half, they combine the popular artand the commerce of their eras, with both explored in theentertaining, informative text by a longstanding National Air andSpace Museum curator. From 19th-century circus impresarios offeringrides in gaudy hot-air balloons to the sleek 21st-centuryairliners, the posters provide a fascinating illustrated history offlight as it evolved from an exotic realm inhabited only byvisionaries and daredevils into our modern world of speedy jets andfrequent flye