books about: leadership (entrepreneurship entreleadership observations)

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How I Raised Myself From Failure
Frank Bettger

Touchstone, 1992

A business classic, How I Raised Myself from Failure to Success in Selling is for anyone whose job it is to sell. Whether you are selling houses or mutual funds, advertisements or ideas -- or anything else -- this book is for you. When Frank Bettger was twenty-nine he was a failed insurance salesman. By the time he was forty he owned a country estate and could have retired. What are the selling secrets that turned Bettger's life around from ...

The Old Rules of Marketing are Dead: 6 New Rules to Reinvent Your Brand and Reignite Your Business
Timothy R. Pearson

McGraw-Hill, 2011

The New York Times and USA Today Bestseller! Reinvent your marketing to keep up with an ever-changing marketplace “A must-read for any business leader or marketer. It explains how brands must be true to their essence and be reinvented to remain relevant in this radically changed, information-rich, and Internet-oriented world.” —Robert Hanson, President, Global Levi’s® Brand, Levis Strauss & Co. “Pearson makes the ...

Just Listen: Discover the Secret to Getting Through to Absolutely Anyone
Mark Goulston M.D.

AMACOM, 2009

The first make-or-break step in persuading anyone to do any thing is getting them to hear you out. Whether the person is a harried colleague, a stressed-out client, or an insecure spouse, things will go from bad to worse if you can't break through emotional barricades. Drawing on his experience as a psychiatrist, business consultant, and coach, and backed by the latest scientific research, author Mark Goulston shares simple but power ful ...

ENDURANCE
ALFRED LANSING

TED SMART, 1999

Fighter Pilot: The Memoirs of Legendary Ace Robin Olds
Robin Olds, Christina Olds, ...

St. Martin's Press, 2010

The widely anticipated memoir of legendary ace American fighter pilot, Robin Olds Robin Olds was a larger-than-life hero with a towering personality. A graduate of West Point and an inductee in the National College Football Hall of Fame for his All-American performance for Army, Olds was one of the toughest college football players at the time. In WWII, Olds quickly became a top fighter pilot and squadron commander by the age of 22—and ...

EntreLeadership

Howard Books, 2011

From New York Times bestselling author and nationally syndicated talk radio host Dave Ramsey comes the secret to how he grew a multimillion dollar company from a card table in his living room. If you’re at all responsible for your company’s success, you can’t just be a hard-charging entrepreneur or a motivating, encouraging leader. You have to be both! Dave Ramsey, America’s trusted voice on money and business, reveals the keys that ...

Truman
David McCullough

Simon & Schuster, 1992

The life of Harry S. Truman is one of the greatest of American stories, filled with vivid characters -- Roosevelt, Churchill, Stalin, Eleanor Roosevelt, Bess Wallace Truman, George Marshall, Joe McCarthy, and Dean Acheson -- and dramatic events. In this riveting biography, acclaimed historian David McCullough not only captures the man -- a more complex, informed, and determined man than ever before imagined -- but also the turbulent times in ...

Wooden: A Lifetime of Observations and Reflections on and Off the Court
John Wooden

McGraw-Hill, 1997

NATIONAL BESTSELLER "I am just a common man who is true to his beliefs."--John Wooden Evoking days gone by when coaches were respected as much for their off-court performances as for their success on the court, Wooden presents the timeless wisdom of legendary basketball coach John Wooden. In honest and telling passages about virtually every aspect of life, Coach shares his personal philosophy on family, achievement, ...

Quiet Strength: The Principles, Practices, & Priorities of a Winning Life
Tony Dungy, Nathan Whitaker

Tyndale, 2007

Tony Dungy's words and example have intrigued millions of people, particularly following his victory in Super Bowl XLI, the first for an African American coach. How is it possible for a coach--especially a football coach--to win the respect of his players and lead them to the Super Bowl without the screaming histrionics, the profanities, the demand that the sport come before anything else? How is it possible for anyone to be successful without ...

Today We Are Rich

Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., 2011

The long awaited prequel to global best seller Love Is the Killer App: How to Win Business and Influence Friends. Are you just hanging in there? Have life’s curveballs thrown you off balance? Do you feel as if your life is going sideways? Best-selling author, leadership coach, and former Yahoo! executive Tim Sanders knows how you feel. His father’s unexpected death put him in a downward spiral for fifteen years—what he calls his ...

Get It On!: What It Means to Lead the Way

B&H Books, 2011

"Three words. That’s all it took. I was writing a letter home to my mom when the call rang out across the American compound: 'Get it on! ' And just like that, the course of my life changed forever." Decorated U.S. military veteran-turned-country musician Keni Thomas gives a personal account of his heart-wrenching experiences in the chaotic 1993 Battle of Mogadishu to express a unique set of leadership lessons and inspired view of our ...

A Deliberate Pause: Entrepreneurship and its Moment in Human Progress

Daymark Press, 2011

A deliberate pause is a conscious moment in which we open our minds and ask “why are things the way they are?” and wonder “how could life be better?” Pausing to ask such questions is a natural and uniquely human inclination. It’s also the critical factor that sparks fresh ideas and is seized by entrepreneurs to catalyze seismic changes—ones that allow humanity to progress. A Deliberate Pause (the book) reveals the power of a ...

Horses Never Lie: The Heart of Passive Leadership
Mark Rashid

Spring Creek Press, 2000

In "Horses Never Lie," acclaimed horse trainer Mark Rashid breaks new ground by challenging the longstanding belief that a person must become the "alpa leader" in order to work with horses. Instead, "Horses Never Lie" teaches you how to become a "passive leader"—a reflection of the kind of horse other members of a herd choose to be around and to follow. It’s a must read for all horse owners who care about their horses and the kind of ...

The Effective Executive

HarperCollins e-books, 2009

The measure of the executive, Peter Drucker reminds us, is the ability to "get the right things done." This usually involves doing what other people have overlooked as well as avoiding what is unproductive. Intelligence, imagination, and knowledge may all be wasted in an executive job without the acquired habits of mind that mold them into results. Drucker identifies five practices essential to business effectiveness that can, and must, be ...

Mad Church Disease: Overcoming the Burnout Epidemic
Anne Jackson

Zondervan, 2009

Growing up the daughter of a pastor, Anne Jackson experienced firsthand the conflict, stress, and struggle church leaders often face. She vowed her life in ministry would be different. Yet, years later, as a church leader, she was hospitalized because stress began wreaking havoc on her body. After being released from the hospital, an associate pastor asked her, 'Does working at this church interfere with your communion with Christ?' The ...

The Effective Executive
Peter F. Drucker

Harperbusiness, 1993

The measure of the executive, Peter Drucker reminds us, is the ability to "get the right things done." This usually involves doing what other people have overlooked as well as avoiding what is unproductive. Intelligence, imagination, and knowledge may all be wasted in an executive job without the acquired habits of mind that mold them into results. Drucker identifies five practices essential to business effectiveness that can, and must , be ...

Produced by Faith

Howard Books, 2011

STRAIGHT FROM HOLLYWOOD comes a dynamic business model for building a thriving career without compromising your faith. DeVon Franklin, vice president of production for Columbia Pictures, shares how being bold about his Christian faith while being driven and ambitious has actually helped him to excel in a high-profile, fast-paced, competitive industry. You are the movie. Produced by Faith parallels each step of the Hollywood filmmaking process ...

Heavy Rain: How You Can Transform the World Around You
Kris Vallotton

ReadHowYouWant, 2012

We owe the world an encounter with God. In the midst of the darkest epoch season in human history, Jesus Christ had the audacity to teach us a prayer so powerful that it defies human reason. It would be forever remembered as The Lords Prayer. Jesus turned to his tattered brigade of spiritual warriors and said, Pray that My Father's kingdom would come and His will be done on Earth, as it is in Heaven. Was this prayer a sort of wish upon a star, ...

Follow My Leader
James B. Garfield

Puffin, 1994

After Jimmy is blinded in an accident with a firecracker, he has to relearn all the things he used to know. With the help of a determined therapist, he learns to read Braille and to use a cane. Then he's given the chance to have a guide dog. Learning to work with Leader is not easy, but Jimmy tries harder than he ever has before.

The 2,000 Percent Solution, ...

iUniverse, 2003

BOOKNEWS "Argues that ingrained habits in organizations, often masquerading as efficient procedures, actually stall growth, and shows how to recognize typical stalls and overcome them. Uses unorthodox examples, ranging from the Titanic to da Vinci's bicycles, to examine common stalls, and gives direction for dealing with these causes of organizational inertia and inefficiency." -- BookNews COMPUTERWORLD, February 1, 1999 "The authors tackle ...

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