Great Business

In Mr. Wattles' book, The Science of Being Great, you will get methods, plans, carefully outlined instruction, for the highest self-development and training for efficient living.

His humble beginnings are found in Alloa and 18th-century Scotland, where a highwayman would be better off robbing himself. Bonnie Prince Charlie's Jacobite rebellion is just around the corner, and so too is the Industrial Revolution. Volcanos, gin wars, and large-scale bankruptcies also play their part in the fortunes of a canny man. But John Jameson's marriage to Peggie Haig, an Alloa tobacconist's daughter, holds the key to his success.

John E. Fetzer and the Quest for the New Age follows the spiritual sojourn of John E. Fetzer, a Michigan business tycoon. Fetzer parlayed his first radio station into extensive holdings in broadcasting and other enterprises.... By the time he died in 1991, Fetzer had been listed in Forbes magazine as one of the 400 wealthiest people in America. And yet, business success was never enough for Fetzer - his deep spiritual yearnings led him from the Christianity of his youth to a restless exploration of metaphysical religions and movements.

Some eulogies stick in the minds of generations and remain for future generations. I can still recall the eulogy of Ted Kennedy in 1968 of his slain brother Bobby Kennedy: "My brother need not be idealized, or enlarged in death beyond what he was in life; to be remembered simply as a good and decent man, who saw wrong and tried to right it, saw suffering and tried to heal it, saw war and tried to stop it. Those of us who loved him and who take him to his rest today, pray that what he was to us and what he wished for others will some day come to pass for all the world."

In My Forty Years with Ford, Charles Sorensen-sometimes known as "Henry Ford's man," sometimes as "Cast-iron Charlie"-tells his own story, and it is as challenging as it is historic. He emerges as a man who was not only one of the great production geniuses of the world but also a man who called the plays as he saw them. He was the only man who was able to stay with Ford for almost the full history of his empire, yet he never hesitated to go against Ford when he felt the interests of the company demanded...

The Great Depression was a time that saw the emergence of a great figure, Will Rogers. His thought was forceful and single minded about what needed to be done to fix the nation in the aftermath of predatory behavior by international financiers. An analysis of the Tea Party and Ron Paul is made based upon this tradition of Great Depression thinking. This audiobook reveals the real desires of the TBTF banks and the IMF and the US central bank, the Federal Reserve.

Hello! Allow me to introduce myself... I'm Brian Brain. Welcome to volume one of my Great British Quiz! As with all Brian's quizzes, The Great British Quiz contains his Unique Formula: The questions always come in pairs: one for the Budding Brains (youngsters) and one for the Boffs (adults). It's this stroke of genius that allows the whole family to join in the fun! How well do you know the British Isles? With my family friendly interactive quizzes, you can now find out!

Private foundations have been the dynamo of social change since their invention at the beginning of the last century. Yet just over 10 percent of the public knows they even exist; and for those who are aware of them, as well as even those who seek grants from them, their internal workings remain a complete mystery

This book takes its title from the 1980 comedy film The Gods Must Be Crazy, in which an empty Coca-Cola bottle is dropped from a plane onto a community of African bushmen. The bottle is thought to be a gift from the Gods, but after it incites bitter fighting amongst the villagers, the tribal leader decides to return it to the Gods, embarking upon a journey to the end of the world. Through my own metaphorical coke bottle, I visualize the dawn of a daunting new Empire.

Worldwide, in companies of every size, there is an urgent need to align product management success approaches with modern product enterprise trends. As a result, there are changes that are driving the need to reconsider product success management paradigms. This audiobook covers these changes and much more from a 360-degree perspective.

How to Have a Great Life starts with you - your strengths and amazing potential and how to develop those. It helps you understand how to tap into your ability to grow, while equipping you with insights, inspiration, and practical tools to deal with whatever life throws your way in order to achieve success and live a happy and fulfilled life. You already have many of the tools you need to succeed - you just need to know which ones to use and how best to use them.

The secret to getting a competitive edge in business is not what you think it is. We've all been there. At one point or another, we've all been in some establishment where the service left a whole lot to be desired. Remember how you felt during that moment. Now put yourself firmly in the shoes of your customer. What makes someone choose one business over another? More importantly, what will make your customers choose you? The answer is insanely great customer service.

Here are tools, tips, and proven techniques to lift your service higher. Lift your service up, increase service value, and add more to your customers and your bottom line (Chapter two unlocks the value). Explore spectacular service and discover what's beyond the extra mile (Chapter four reveals the secrets). Build your service culture and attract great customers and staff (Study chapter six to keep them). Find loyalty, passion, and profits (Every chapter has the clues).

An organization is nothing without its people. An excellent organization is nothing without excellent people. Finding and recruiting talent is an art form. Hiring talent and retaining it should be an obsession. Being flexible to the changing needs of talent is critical in a fast-paced world.

Are you tough enough to be great? Have you discovered what you want in life? Have you discovered why you were born? Do you know the direction you are going with your life? How can you have more control over your decisions and actions? Learn more about how you can use the growth mindset to strive to excel in everything you do, in spite of distractions and challenges. Get a copy of this audiobook to find out how you can live the best and happiest version of your life every day!

Want to feel better? Of course, who doesn't?! But how many of us actually take the time to feel better? This audio program will provide you with a "toolbox of shortcuts" to save you valuable time finding ways to deal with all of life's dilemmas. Everything we do, every moment we have, is an opportunity to find out what makes us happy and therefore empower us to lead an exceptional life. Inside this one-of-a-kind program you'll learn how the body, mind, and spirit work together to create what we perceive as "reality".

In this book, Douglas Kruger takes us on a tour of different worlds and industries, unpacking the answer to a single question: What makes some people leaders in their fields? Most importantly, is it possible for us to emulate their success? The answer is a resounding Yes! In What Makes Them Great?, Kruger's 50 practical, easy-to-follow suggestions spell out exactly what it would take for you to become so formidable within your own industry that your competitors struggle to keep up.

As a business grows, the greatest source of frustration for business owners around the world can be finding and keeping great staff. Putting their blood sweat and tears into their enterprise with the lifelong dream of freedom and choice too often turns into a nightmare for a large majority of small business owners around the world. What if there was a tried and tested series of simple steps that don't require you to spend a bunch of money on adverts or recruitment consultants and gives you a waiting list of your ideal employees, queuing up and wanting to work for you?

In an age when every business needs to achieve more with fewer resources, Jason Jennings offers a groundbreaking look at how to boost productivity and your bottom line—and no, that doesn't include layoffs. Jennings's research team investigated thousands of companies and identified the world's most productive ones. In Less Is More, Jennings shares tested and successful programs from the leading giants in industry, presents successful programs for enhancing productivity, and explains how businesses of all sizes can emulate these programs to improve their own profitability.

This is a summary of Gary Vaynerchuk's book, Crushing It!, drawn from the experiences of dozens of influencers, and entrepreneurs who rejected the predictable corporate path, in favor of pursuing their dreams. In Crushing It!, Gary dissects every major social media platform, so that anyone, from a plumber to a professional ice skater, will know exactly how to amplify his or her personal brand on each. A state-of-the-art guide to building your own path to professional and financial success, this listening summary acts as an introduction, or companion to the original book.