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Berkshire Hathaway, the $300+ billion conglomerate that Warren Buffett built, is among the world's largest and most famous corporations. Yet for all its power and celebrity, few people understand Berkshire, and many assume it cannot survive without Buffett. This book challenges that assumption. In a comprehensive portrait of the corporate culture that unites Berkshire's subsidiaries, Lawrence Cunningham unearths the traits that assure the conglomerate's perpetual prosperity.

On Purpose is a modern-day business book for those who want to steer their work - and lives - back on course. When your head and heart connect in both, our humanity becomes the hero in the story. Shed the mediocrity that comes from halfhearted decision making, and rediscover your PLOT - Purpose, Leadership, Operations, and Technology - as you learn to live and lead with purpose. This insightful guide provides a framework for reevaluating your direction, then stepping back and re-aiming the ship.

What does it take to succeed today both personally and professionally? In looking for answers, one obvious place to start would be to talk to self-made men and women who themselves are successful. That's exactly what Michael W. Sonnenfeldt - an accomplished entrepreneur - has done here in this groundbreaking book.

You may have an Oscar-winning screenplay and a star-studded cast, but no scene is shot without “action.” successful people who turn their dreams into reality do so with extraordinary hard work. Drawing from his years of experience as a serial entrepreneur who built and nurtured a number of start-ups into multi-million-dollar enterprises, bestselling author Om Swami opens up in this book like never before.

Few people have ever understood salesmanship as well as Napoleon Hill. He became legend in business circles for creating effective sales courses that turned around failing companies. Hill’s philosophy of success for salesmen was simple - you, the salesman, are the most valuable asset and you need to sell yourself first. Selling You brings together the best of Napoleon Hill's writings from his sales courses with a special introduction by Jeffrey Gitomer.

Tanto quanto o planeta, o nosso cérebro também possui recursos limitados. Estamos constantemente esgotando nossa mente ao ruminar perdas e mágoas, ao sofrer pelo futuro e ao preocupar-nos com a opinião alheia. Temos a necessidade neurótica de mudar os outros, e cobramos demais a nós mesmos e a quem está ao nosso redor. Ao agir assim, nos tornamos carrascos de nossos pensamentos, comprometendo nossa qualidade de vida.

Switch Off shows you how to take a sorely-needed time-out. We all know about the benefits of slowing down and disconnecting: reduced stress, higher satisfaction, better performance, higher productivity, tighter focus, reduced depression, and innumerable other positive health effects. The big question is, "How?" When we're all stuck in a cycle of demands and pressure, it feels hard to prioritize slowing down. How do we step back and find the time to take care of ourselves?

Music journalists Dean Budnick and Josh Baron chronicle the behind-the-scenes history of the modern concert industry. Filled with entertaining rock-and-roll anecdotes about The Rolling Stones, The Grateful Dead, Pearl Jam, and more - and charting the emergence of players like Ticketmaster, StubHub, Live Nation, and Outbox - Ticket Masters will transfix every concertgoer who wonders just where the price of admission really goes. This edition has an updated epilogue that covers recent industry developments.

While factories across the Midwest shutter their doors, Cleveland-based manufacturer Lincoln Electric has thrived for more than a century. In addition to being profitable and technologically innovative, through good times and bad, the company has fulfilled its unique promise of "guaranteed continuous employment." Workers are viewed as assets—not liabilities.

Talk is powerful. And it isn't just `difficult' conversations that matter--the everyday dialogue we have with one another is critical to both personal and organizational success. Packed with sample dialogues and dozens of personal stories, and backed by solid research and the authors' firsthand observations, The Four Conversations describes how to get maximum results from conversations that every one of us must use to get things done.

Inside one of the world's most dangerous jobs with the star of History's top-rated reality show, Ice Road Truckers. The highest-rated reality show ever to hit the History channel, Ice Road Truckers follows the heart-pounding adventures of the tough-as-nails truckers who risk peril every day to deliver goods and supplies in Alaska and across Canada's frozen north. Alex Debogorski here shares tales of his adventures - and misadventures.

If you often struggle to communicate effectively and end up losing your confidence, this is the book for you! From acquiring the basic skills for effective speaking to the art of communicating and delivering a talk, this book will guide you through developing confidence, earning the right to talk, choosing your subject and arranging your ideas and conversing with your audience.

A smart, sexy business book for the readers who made Trading Up a best seller: the tale of a London society girl who built one of the most talked-about shoe brands in the world. The Towering World of Jimmy Choo examines the worlds seemingly insatiable appetite for luxury goods by telling the behind-the-scenes tale of one of the most talked-about brands of our age.

Drawing on two decades of leadership and coaching research, Vallée and Bloom reveal the proven strategies behind the University of Windsor women’s basketball team’s transformation from last place to five-time national champions. Dare to Win bridges the gap between theory and practice, blending leadership insights, real-world examples, and Vallée’s experiences as both an academic researcher and a championship-winning coach. This invaluable resource is perfect for anyone seeking to build successful teams and elevate leadership, management, and coaching skills in sports and beyond.

Almost every aspect of business - and indeed human life - involves negotiating skills, whether you are striking a deal, organising a team working on a project, seeking a pay rise or a pay-off, or simply settling such important matters as who is going to do the shopping or the household chores.

This witty and intelligent guide looks at the theory and practice of negotiating and provides a wealth of illuminating insights into the skills and psychology of negotiation that can make all the difference to how successful you are.

Die Kraft der selbstbewussten Worte "Warum werde ich so oft unterbrochen? Warum fällt es mir schwer, mir Gehör zu verschaffen?" Viele Menschen, insbesondere Frauen, haben das Gefühl, ihre Möglichkeiten nicht auszuschöpfen, weil es ihnen im Job oft nicht gelingt, sich hörbar zu machen. Sei es aus Unsicherheit, Harmoniebedürftigkeit oder schlicht Bequemlichkeit. Stimmexpertin Monika Hein zeigt, wie Zurückhaltende konsequent für sich einstehen und Vorsichtige endlich gehört werden. Mithilfe von praktischen Übungen und Tipps werden innere Blockaden überwunden und die eigene Überzeugungskraft und Präsenz erarbeitet.

दीर्घायु, तंदुरुस्त और आनंदित जीवन का जापानी रहस्य जापानी लोग मानते है कि हरइन्सान का इकिगाई होता ही है।

元大工の政治犯として処刑されたイエス・キリスト。仕事もできず、引っ込み思案だったマハトマ・ガンディー。転職は10回以上! 3度も破産したカーネル・サンダース

In addition to his work as an entrepreneur, corporate executive, and consultant, for the last 16 years August Turak worked alongside the Trappist monks of Mepkin Abbey, watching firsthand as they undertook new enterprises and sustained an incredibly successful business practice. Service and selflessness are at the heart of this 1,500-year-old monastic tradition’s remarkable business success, an ancient though immensely relevant economic model that preserves what is positive and productive about capitalism while transcending its ethical limitations and internal contradictions.

How "Aha!" really happens....When do you get your best ideas? You probably answer "At night" or "In the shower" or "Stuck in traffic". You get a flash of insight. Things come together in your mind. You connect the dots. You say to yourself, "Aha! I see what to do." Brain science now reveals how these flashes of insight happen. It's a special form of intuition. We call it strategic intuition, because it gives you an idea for action - a strategy. This new book by William Duggan is the first full treatment of strategic intuition.