Self Finance

Are we living the good life - and what defines good, anyway? Americans today are constructing a completely different framework for success than their parents' generation, using new metrics that TEDWomen speaker and columnist Courtney Martin has termed collectively the "New Better Off".

Imagine a system that allowed you to make money almost effortlessly, so that you could spend your time with friends and family, follow your dreams, or pursue other goals without worrying about where your next paycheck is coming from. Now imagine if all you needed to make that happen were a computer and an Internet connection. If you can imagine it, you can achieve it - with Your Portable Empire.

What everyone ought to know about this stocks and shares investing business.... Investing for a comfortable future can seem like a daunting task. Where do you turn to for help and advice? Professional money managers who are vying for your hard earned money? Let this audiobook tell you how you can take control of these decisions for yourself and achieve returns that will most likely beat the professionals.

Real life stories about consumers who demand that companies make a diffence in the world with their products.

Love It, Don't Leave It encourages employees to assume responsibility for the way their work lives work. This is not difficult, say authors Beverly Kaye and Sharon Jordan-Evans, who take a witty and practical approach to finding job satisfaction. Presented in an appealing, accessible A-to-Z format, the book includes strategies for communication, career growth, balancing work with family, and more. The same breezy, results-minded style that made the author's Love 'Em or Lose 'Em a best seller makes this follow-up a fun and inspiring listen.

Clear, reassuring, generation-spanning wisdom to investors from one of America's best known brokers. Now, at the age of 81, Julius Westheimer boils down his lifetime of experience into his first book and shares with us his wisest and most sought-after investment advice for generating wealth safely and soundly.

It doesn't matter where you are in regards to your finances. You can make the 10 investments and apply the one master principle outlined in this book to raise your financial IQ and get on track toward building a blueprint for true wealth - one that'll leave a legacy for future generations. And, best of all, it's not as hard or as complicated as everyone else out there would like you to believe!

Do you feel trapped? This audiobook will add more freedom and happiness to your life. We are all born free. We are all freer than we think we are. But sometimes, when you get up for work in the morning, freedom seems like a privilege reserved for the rich and famous. It isn't. This book explains the mind-set shift you need to enjoy a life of freedom and happiness.

Does your heart race when your credit card bill arrives? Are you one flat tire or one emergency room visit away from financial ruin? If you think a secure financial future is out of reach, you’re wrong. Let Marianna Olszewski teach you how to love your money instead of running scared from it.

Travel back in time as George S. Clason takes you back to Babylon in his enlightening, insightful book on financial investment and financial success. The original version now restored and revised, this series of delightful short stories teaches economic tips and tools for financial success that have withstood the test of time and are applicable still today. Enjoy reading, and start saving today!

Which is more important to New York City's economy, the gleaming corporate office--or the grungy rock club that launches the best new bands? If you said "office," think again. In The Warhol Economy, Elizabeth Currid argues that creative industries like fashion, art, and music drive the economy of New York as much as--if not more than--finance, real estate, and law.

Eric Tippetts spent three and a half years writing this book to inspire fellow entrepreneurs. In this book, you will learn how to awaken your power to attract wealth and happiness through a simple shift in mindset and action. The book will also help you reinforce the power of owning and running your own small business, and help you understand "why" being an entrepreneur was one of the smartest financial decisions you will ever make. Eric will share and explain the three M's, which are how to make "more" money, simplify "managing" money, and how to "maximize" your money.

"How Rich Do You Want to Be?" You're about to learn the money manifesting secrets most people will never know. It has nothing to do with the stock market, real estate, or investing. Getting rich is easy! In fact, it's so simple, anybody can do it! Let me show you the process rich people have known for hundreds of years...You'll learn how to attain massive wealth with just three easy-to-follow steps.

You know them at first sight: teammates or colleagues, direct reports or bosses who radiate enthusiasm, positive energy, and inspiration. Even in difficult circumstances they glow with an attitude that inspires others, fosters a great working experience for everyone, and creates empowering relationships. And Lynda Gratton can make sure you're one of them.

There is a need for new ideas on ethical leadership in business today. Success is more about making money than providing the highest value to the client served. Greed is king, lies are rampant, and a "whatever it takes" attitude is pervasive when money is involved. Many corporations have become dependent on people losing: losing their life savings, losing their dignity, and losing their way towards opportunity.

To succeed in business today, you must be strong, smart, competitive, resilient, tenacious, and fearless. If you want to be heard at work, you must speak up. If you want to drive change, you need an action plan. If you want to keep your job in an increasingly competitive world, you must show on a daily basis how you add value to your company. In short, if you want to succeed, you need good, old-fashioned backbone.

Wayne Rogers has, over the past four decades, become an enormously successful entrepreneur and businessman - and in Make Your Own Rules he shows you how to retain your own identity and reap tremendous rewards in your career and business while doing so. Using fascinating examples from his wide array of experiences - all of which involved leaping into situations where he lacked the traditional background in a particular field - Rogers presents a clarion call to the creative-minded person who isn’t quite sure how to apply that creativity to the world of business.

Do you have a million-dollar idea but aren't sure how to make it a reality? Young entrepreneur Pete Williams can show you where to start! Pete Williams has been referred to as Australia's Richard Branson. At just 21 years of age, Pete embarked on a highly publicised and successful entrepreneurial venture, to sell the Melbourne Cricket Ground, in pieces! In How to Turn Your Million-Dollar Idea into a Reality, Pete passes on the techniques he used to sell the 'G.

>In Motivate to Win Richard Denny shows how you can transform your dreams of success into reality by becoming more motivated. Motivation is essential for business survival as well as a rewarding personal life, so learning the skills and techniques to improve it is never time wasted. This stimulating book covers every aspect of this important life-skill including how to become highly motivated and achieve goals, understanding what motivates others and inspiring them, and avoiding the pitfalls of de-motivation.

Is Social Security really going bust, and what does that mean to me? If I hire an immigrant, am I hurting a native-born worker? How much can presidents really affect economic outcomes? Why does the stock market go up when employment declines? What's a "living wage?" Why do I feel so squeezed? If you'd like to know the answers to these questions, premier economist Jared Bernstein is here to help.