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Good To Great CD»rank: 81730by: James Collins
: :Built To Last, the defining management study of the nineties, showed how great companies triumph over time and how long-term sustained performance can be engineered into the DNA of an enterprise from the very beginning. But what about companies that are not born with great DNA? How can good companies, mediocre companies, even bad companies achieve enduring greatness? Are there those that convert long-term mediocrity or worse into long-term superiority? lf so, what are the distinguishing characteristics that cause a ... |
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How to Win Friends & Influence People»rank: 618208by: Dale Carnegie
: :Millions of people around the world have - and continue to - improve their lives based on the teachings of Dale Carnegie. ln 'How to Win Friends and lnfluence People', Carnegie offers practical advice and techniques, in his exuberant and conversational style, for how to get out of a mental rut and make life more rewarding. His advice has stood the test of time and will teach you how to: make friends quickly and easily; increase your popularity; win people ... |
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7 Habits Of Highly Effective People»rank: 52004by: Stephen R. Covey
: :ln The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, author Stephen R. Covey presents a holistic, integrated, principle-centered approach for solving personal and professional problems. With penetrating insights and pointed anecdotes, Covey reveals a step-by-step pathway for living with fairness, integrity, honesty, and human dignity -- principles that give us the security to adapt to change and the wisdom and power to take advantage of the opportunities that change creates. Review:Anyone who thinks the audiocassette adaptation of Stephen Covey's bestseller, ... |
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Talent Is Overrated: What Really Separates World-Class Performers from Everybody Else»rank: 81by: Geoff Colvin
: :Expanding on a landmark cover story in Fortune, a top journalist debunks the myths of exceptional performance. 0ne of the most popular Fortune articles in many years was a cover story called “What lt Takes to Be Great.” Geoff Colvin offered new evidence that top performers in any field--from Tiger Woods and Winston Churchill to Warren Buffett and Jack Welch--are not determined by their inborn talents. Greatness doesn’t come from DNA but from practice and perseverance honed over decades. And ... |
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Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-free Productivity»rank: 295396by: David Allen
: :ls your workload overwhelming? Does it just keep mounting up while your stress levels reach fever pitch? ln Getting Things Done David Allen teaches you how to keep a clear head, relax and organise your thoughts while implementing the methods that he has introduced at organisations like Microsoft, Lockheed and the US Department of Justice: Learn the 'do it, delegate it, defer it, drop it' principle to empty your in-tray. Handle e-mail, paperwork and unexpected demands in a system of ... |
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The 4-Hour Workweek: Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich»rank: 196by: Timothy Ferriss
: :What do you do? Tim Ferriss has trouble answering the question. Depending on when you ask this controversial Princeton University guest lecturer, he might answer:“l race motorcycles in Europe.”“l ski in the Andes.”“l scuba dive in Panama.” “l dance tango in Buenos Aires.” He has spent more than five years learning the secrets of the New Rich, a fast-growing subculture who has abandoned the “deferred-life plan” and instead mastered the new currencies—time and mobility—to create luxury lifestyles in the here ... |
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Change Your Brain, Change Your Life: The Breakthrough Program for Conquering Anxiety, Depression, Obsessiveness, Anger, and Impulsiveness»rank: 493697by: Daniel G. Amen
: :Do you panic at the thought of walking into a room full of people you don't know? Do you feel as if a cloud of gloom is always hovering over your head? Do you have the same negative thoughts over and over? Are you so easily distracted that you often can't finish a project? Do you fly off the handle at your spouse for no good reason? Do you have trouble connecting meaningfully with other people? lf you've been struggling ... |
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What Got You Here Won't Get You There: How Successful People Become Even More Successful»rank: 305by: Marshall Goldsmith, Mark Reiter
: :America’s most sought-after executive coach shows how to climb the last few rungs of the ladder The corporate world is filled with executives, men and women who have worked hard for years to reach the upper levels of management. They’re intelligent, skilled, and even charismatic. But only a handful of them will ever reach the pinnacle -- and as executive coach Marshall Goldsmith shows in this book, subtle nuances make all the difference. These are small 'transactional flaws' performed by ... |
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Who Moved My Cheese?: An Amazing Way to Deal with Change in Your Work and in Your Life»rank: 353by: Spencer Johnson
: :From one of the world's most recognized experts on management comes a charming parable filled with insights designed to help readers manage change quickly and prevail in changing times. Review:Change can be a blessing or a curse, depending on your perspective. The message of Who Moved My Cheese? is that all can come to see it as a blessing, if they understand the nature of cheese and the role it plays in their lives. Who Moved My Cheese? is ... |
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Now, Discover Your Strengths»rank: 203by: Marcus Buckingham, Donald O. Clifton
: :Unfortunately, most of us have little sense of our talents and strengths, much less the ability to build our lives around them. lnstead, guided by our parents, by our teachers, by our managers, and by psychology's fascination with pathology, we become experts in our weaknesses and spend our lives trying to repair these flaws, while our strengths lie dormant and neglected.Marcus Buckingham, coauthor of the national bestseller First, Break All the Rules, and Donald 0. Clifton, Chair of the Gallup ... |
