This is a book for people like us, and we all know who weare. We make our own hours, keep our own profits, chart our own way.We have things like gigs, contracts, clients, andassignments. All of us are working toward our dreams: doingour own work, on our own time, on our own terms. We have no realboss, no corporate nameplate, no cubicle of our very own.Unfortunately, we also have no 401(k)s and no one matching them, nobenefits package, and no one collecting our taxes until April15th. It’s time to take stock of where you are and where you want tobe. Ask yourself: Who is planning for your retirement? Who coversyour expenses when clients flake out and checks are late? Who issetting money aside for your taxes? Who is responsible for yourhealth insurance? Take a good look in the mirror: You are. The Money Book for Freelancers, Part-Timers, and theSelf-Employed describes a completely new, comprehensive system forearning, spending, saving, and surviving as an independent worker.From

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.

“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

Is Your Job Making You “Stupid”? Adam Smith, author of The Wealth of Nations , once wrote that aperson who spends his life performing the same repetitive tasks“generally becomes as stupid and ignorant as it is possible for ahuman creature to become.” Wow! Now that’s not a pretty picture.Unfortunately, much of our work today consists of those boring,repetitive tasks. But maybe you’re one of the many who have gotten caught up inthinking work is just something you do to support your weekends.Work is that necessary evil, a means to an end, or just a cursefrom God. You probably take your role of providing for yourself andthose depending on you seriously. But you don’t expect to enjoyyour work—you just do what has to be done. Only now you’re seeing that even loyalty and dependability bringno guarantees. Lately you’ve seen coworkers who have been let goafter years of faithful service. Perhaps your entire industryhasbeen shaken by outsourcing or changing technology. Mayb

Book De*ion In this parable for a modern age, motivational speaker Sanbornrecounts the true story of Fred, the mail carrier who passionatelyloves his work and who genuinely cares about the people he serves.Sanborn illuminates the simple steps each person can to transformtheir lives from the ordinary to the extraordinary.

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

If you’re tired of living paycheck to paycheck and are lookingfor ways to create new wealth, then come on, girl—it’s time to makeyour money grow! In this timely follow-up to the bestselling Girl, Get Your Money Straight! , author and financial expertGlinda Bridgforth teams up with investment expert and stockbrokerGail Perry-Mason to deliver power-packed, sister-to-sister adviceon how to master the stock market, grow your income, and startinvesting in your biggest asset—you. Girl, Make Your MoneyGrow! presents their step-by-step plan to help you clear awaydebt, create new streams of income, buy prime real estate, map outa personalized plan for retirement, and build an investmentportfolio that’s right for you using bonds, mutual funds, andblue-chip stocks to lower your risk without sacrificing profits.Filled with Bridgforth and Perry-Mason’s warmhearted wisdom, andcomplete with exercises, affirmations, and inspiring stories ofAfrican American women who’ve successfully grown their financia

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 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 ?

Is “retail therapy” your favorite pastime—even though youreally can’t afford it? Do you ignore the balance on your creditcard statements, vowing to pay them off at some point down theline? Is your debt preventing you from living your dreams—likebuying a home or starting a family? If so, girl, it’s time to getyour credit straight!These days, with easy access to multiplecredit cards and glossy advertisements that entice us to spend atevery turn, it’s all too easy to start racking up debt—and evenlittle slip-ups can lead to real damage over time. In this highlypractical follow-up to her bestsellers Girl, Get Your MoneyStraight! and Girl, Make Your Money Grow!, financial expert GlindaBridgforth delivers a power-packed plan for paying down debt,repairing your credit score, and securing your financialfreedom—along with a future that makes your heart sing.Beginningwith simple, engaging exercises to help you assess your spendinghabits and get clear about what you owe, Girl, Get Your CreditStr

Whether you want to win that new account or inspire yourfamily and friends, bestselling author and acclaimed speaker MarkSanborn shows us how to make every performance count. Every day, we are called to perform— at work, at home, in ourcommunities. But is it possible to make every performanceoutstanding, the kind that leaves people applauding for anencore? Mark Sanborn, leadership expert and bestselling author of TheFred Factor, says that anyone can achieve remarkable performancetime after time—no matter what their personality, strengths, orweaknesses. In The Encore Effect Sanborn demonstrates, through hisown experiences as well as those of the people he’s worked with inhis career, how you can cultivate the traits shared by remarkableperformers and achieve extraordinary results in all aspects of yourlife. The secrets lie in five steps: Passion: The fuel for remarkable performance Prepare: How remarkable performance begins Practice: It won’t make you perfect, but it

This easy-to-use handbook features a battery of tests whichassesses logical, numerical, verbal, and abstract reasoning powers,as well as technological and clerical skills. Completely revised,updated, and expanded, the guide takes into account personality,motivation, and individual interests, and matches the resultsagainst an extensive index of over 400 careers.

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

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 tired of feeling powerless over your finances andare ready to start funding your dreams, then come on girl–it’s timeto get your money straight! Author and financial expert GlindaBridgforth knows that healthy money management is rarely just aboutdollars–it’s about getting to the root of why we spend what we doand recognizing the emotional and cultural issues that play out inour unhealthy financial habits. Girl, Get Your MoneyStraight! presents her seven-step program for holisticfinancial healing–an upbeat, empowering road map that you can useto identify your heart’s desires, break away from negative spendingpatterns, pay off outstanding debts, develop a spending plan,conquer the checkbook blues, and create new wealth. Filled withBridgforth’s warmhearted wisdom and advice, and complete withworksheets exercises, affirmations, and inspiring stories ofAfrican American women who have found financial peace of mind, Girl, Get Your Money Straight! is a fresh, fun, andeminently pract

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.

Bill Bradley was a three-time basketball all-American atPrinceton, Olympic gold medalist, Rhodes scholar, member of the NewYork Knicks from 1967 to 1977 and two-time NBA champion; he waselected to the Basketball Hall of Fame in 1982. He served as UnitedStates senator from New Jersey from 1979 to 1997. Since leaving theSenate, he has been affiliated with Stanford University, theUniversity of Maryland, and Notre Dame. Bradley is the author ofLife on the Run, The Fair Tax, and Time Present, Time Past. BillBradley, U.S. Senator from New Jersey from 1979 to 1997 and amember of two championship New York Knicks teams, returns to thescene of his first career, and his first great passion, basketball.Things have changed since his championship days — the shorts arelonger and the salaries higher — but what separates winners andlosers remains very much the same: No collection of players, nomatter how good, can win unless they form a team. And no team cansucceed unless it shares common values, among them courage

Your Map for a Brave New Real-Estate World The days of real-estate mania—when you really couldn’t go wrongwith buying a home, then selling it in a few years for a lot morethan you paid for it—are over. Inflated prices and the “subprime”mortgage crisis have finally burst the bubble. Now, more than ever,it’s important for current and prospective home buyers tounderstand just what they’re getting into when they take thatplunge—and to think smarter when it comes to making the most oftheir biggest asset. The Wall Street Journal. Complete Home Owner’s Guidebook showsreaders how to become savvy home buyers—and eventually owners—notonly in this new, uncertain era but in any market: ? Understand the benefits and pitfalls of owning versusrenting ? Make sense of the housing market—ask the important questions,factor in the unforeseen costs, and explode the big myths of homeownership ? Take advantage of current opportunities if you’re a first-timehome buyer

In this masterpiece of narrative history, acclaimed authorHoward Blum evokes the original "crime of the century" and anaftermath even more dramatic than the crime itself–a seminalepisode in America’s history that would spark national debate anddraw into its orbit master sleuth William J. Burns, crusadinglawyer Clarence Darrow, and industry-shaping filmmaker D. W.Griffith. "Hugely engaging . . . has tremendous verve . . . AmericanLightning throws valuable new light on an episode that seems, forus today, particularly pertinent. Terrorism happened here." –LosAngeles Times "A fast-moving, skillfully constructed account . . . Blum’s styleis cinematic." –Chicago Sun-Times "Compelling . . . a tense detective story." –Seattle Times "A thumping-good drumroll of narrative history . . . thecross-country manhunt reads like a great mystery novel . . . Blumblows the dust off a page of America’s own incendiary past andbrings it to pulsating life." –Dallas Morning News