Keep Swinging: An Entrepreneur's Story of Overcoming Adversity & Achieving Small Business Success - Paperback (Nov. 1, 2007) by Jay Myers and Darren Dahl

• Paperback: 157 pages
• Publisher: Morgan James Publishing (November 1, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1600372570
• ISBN-13: 978-1600372575
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.1 x 0.4 inches

Product Description

Starting a business is easy. Growing a successful business: not so much. The statistics are grim: less than 20% of the businesses started each year survive their 5th anniversary. Jay Myers, founder of Interactive Solutions, Inc. in Memphis, Tennessee is one such survivor. Jay has built a company that, by tapping into the demand for high-tech video conferencing and communication equipment, continues to grow even beyond the 10 year anniversary. Finding the way, however, wasn't easy. Facing cash flow problems, a partnership divorce and even an embezzling employee, there were many days that Jay thought he was going to end up just another statistic. Actually, he did: Interactive Solutions, Inc. is part of an elite club that has made the INC 500- INC magazine's list of America's fastest growing private companies-twice Jay shares his lessons on how he did it in "Keep Swinging" a story of overcoming adversity and achieving small business success.

StrengthsFinder 2.0 by Tom Rath

StrengthsFinder 2.0 by Tom Rath  (Hardcover - Feb 1, 2007)

Core concepts:

• Focusing on our natural strengths, instead of improving our weaknesses, results in far more growth potential
• Employees who feel their job plays right into their strength zone, are more emotionally engaged in their work
• Knowledge, skill and practice are most helpful when they amplify your innate talents, in this case talents serve as a multiplier
• 7/10 surveyed by Gallup did not have the opportunity to focus on what they do best on a daily basis
• Employees who do not use their strengths at work become detrimental to themselves and the organization that employes them
• There is minimal gain to improving your weaknesses
• 34 themes of talent were extracted from over 100,000 talent-based interviews conducted by Gallup and classified across four general categories - Striving, Thinking, Relating, and Influencing

Assessment:

Strengths Finder 2.0 provides an online assessment of talents.  Once completed, you will receive a "Discovery and Action-Planning Guide" that includes a report of your talents and ideas for how to capitalize on them.

Related links:

• Strengths Finder Center

Driving Change: The UPS Approach to Business by Mike Brewster & Frederick Dalzell

Driving Change: The UPS Approach to Business by Mike Brewster & Frederick Dalzell

• Hardcover: 304 pages
• Publisher: Hyperion (June 12, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1401302882
• ISBN-13: 978-1401302887

From Publishers Weekly

Near the outset of this meticulous survey of UPS's history, business journalist Brewster sums up the message he wants businesspeople to take away: that UPS may be seen as at once humdrum and wonderful to behold. But he goes heavy on the humdrum in a book whose clear-cut lessons are too rudimentary for the corporate audience he's courting. It's only when the author focuses on little-known trivia and insider information—gleaned from what the jacket copy touts as his unprecedented access to the delivery giant—that his account approaches the wonderful. In recounting the evolution of the American behemoth from the Gold Rush days when 15-year-old Jim Casey transported everything from bail money to morphine, Brewster turns up some shiny nuggets: the trucks are brown so dirt won't show; in Zambia, UPS uses canoes to make deliveries; in New York City, the company would prefer to offer the city government an annual payment instead of tracking thousands of parking tickets. Like UPS lifer Greg Niemann, whose Big Brown: The Untold Story of UPS(Jossey-Bass, Feb.), Brewster heaps praise on UPS, leaving skeptical readers to wonder what remains untold. But Brewster's emphasis on UPS business strategies won't be of much help to the management audience. It's better suited to UPS's beloved everyman Joe. (June)
Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

From Booklist

Ask anyone to name some Washington State business start-ups and you will most likely hear the names Microsoft and Starbucks, but few realize that United Parcel Service began as a small bike messenger service in Seattle around 1905. Unlike companies such as Kodak, Microsoft, and Xerox, which were built around a break-through product or idea, founder Jim Casey took a basic existing service and reengineered it through modernized equipment and impeccable service. The buttoned-down Boy Scout look of the UPS driver remains a direct reflection of the owner's vision of presenting a clean-cut image that would take the package-delivery service out of the alley and make it respectable. Brewster traces the roots of UPS from messenger service to regional West Coast truck-based delivery service to what it is today, the largest private multinational air parcel carrier with a massive airline fleet and one of the largest and most sophisticated sorting facilities in the world. With unprecedented access to the company's facilities, historical records, and employees, Brewster provides the most in-depth look at this highly regarded company to date. Siegfried, David
Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved

Product Description

For the first time ever, one of the "World's Most Admired" companies opens its doors for a fascinating, lively, and most of all instructive look at how it does businessWe see them everywhere -- those brown trucks with the golden logo, the drivers delivering their share of 14 million parcels handled daily. To most of us, UPS is a reliable fact of life. But to well-informed businesspeople, Big Brown is a company to emulate. Quietly and steadfastly, UPS has earned a reputation as one of the leading companies in America, known as much for its innovative practices as its skill in creating satisfied customers and employees.
Just in time for the company's hundredth anniversary, UPS has allowed authors Mike Brewster and Fred Dalzell unprecedented access to their facilities, their workers, and their history -- including their mistakes. What emerges are clear-cut lessons from which any business can benefit. Driving Change is an enlightening, absorbing, and dynamic account of a company at the very fulcrum of global commerce.

About the Author

Mike Brewster is a business journalist and the author of the books Unaccountable and King Capital. He lives in New York City. Frederick Dalzell is a historian and consultant whose recent books include Rising Tide: Lessons from 165 Years of Brand Building at Procter & Gamble. He is a partner in The Winthrop Group, a firm specializing in historical research and archival services, and lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

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The Rules of Life by Richard Templar

The Rules of Life by Richard Templar

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Table of Contents:-
Introduction
Rules for You
1     Keep it under your hat
2     You’ll get older but not necessarily wiser
3     Accept what is done is done
4     Accept yourself
5     Know what counts and what doesn’t
6     Dedicate your life to something
7     Be flexible in your thinking
8     Take an interest in the outside world
9     Be on the side of the angels, not the beasts
10   Only dead fish swim with the stream
11   Be the last to raise your voice
12   Be your own adviser
13   No fear, no surprise, no hesitation, no doubt
14   I wish I’d done that – and I will
15   Count to ten – or recite ‘Baa baa black sheep’
16   Change what you can change, let go of the rest
17   Aim to be the very best at everything you do – not second best
18   Don’t be afraid to dream
19   Don’t dwell on the past
20   Don’t live in the future
21   Get on with life – it’s whooshing past
22   Dress like today is important
23   Have a belief system
24   Have a little space for yourself each day
25   Have a plan
26   Have a sense of humour
27   Choose how you make your bed
28   Life can be a bit like advertising
29   Get used to stepping outside your comfort zone
30   Learn to ask questions
31   Have dignity
32   It’s OK to feel big emotions
33   Keep the faith
34   You’ll never understand everything
35   Know where true happiness comes from
36   Know when to let go – when to walk away
37   Look after yourself
38   Maintain good manners in all things
39   Prune your stuff frequently
40   Remember to touch base
41   Draw the lines around yourself
42   Shop for quality, not price
43   It’s OK to worry, or to know how not to
44   Stay young
45   Throwing money at a problem doesn’t always work
46   Think for yourself
47   You are not  in charge
48   Have something in your life that takes you out of yourself
49   Only the good feel guilty
50   If you can’t say anything nice, don’t say anything at all
Partnership Rules
51    Accept the differences, embrace what you have in common
52   Allow your partner the space to be themselves
53   Be nice
54   You want to do what?
55   Be the first to say sorry
56   Go that extra step in trying to please them
57  Always have someone – or something – that is pleased to see you
58   Know when to listen and when to act
59   Have a passion for your life together
60   Make sure your love making is making love
61   Keep talking
62   Respect privacy
63   Check you both have the same shared goals
64   Treat your partner better than your best friend
65   Contentment is a high aim
66   You don’t both have to have the same rules
Family and Friends Rules
67   If you are going to be a friend, be a good friend
68   Never be too busy for loved ones
69   Let your kids mess up for themselves – they don’t need any help from you
70   Have a little respect and forgiveness for your parents
71   Give your kids a break
72   Never lend money unless you are prepared to write it off
73   There are no bad children
74   Be up around people you love
75   Give your kids responsibilities
76   Your children need to fall out with you to leave home
77   Your kid will have friends you don’t like
78   Your role as a child
79   Your role as a parent
Social Rules
80   We’re all closer than you think
81   It doesn’t hurt to forgive
82   It doesn’t hurt to be helpful
83   Take pride in what we do collectively
84   What’s in it for them?
85   Hang out with positive people
86   Be generous with your time and information
87   Get involved
88   Keep the moral high ground
89   Have a plan for your career
90   Learn to see your community as part of a bigger picture
91   Look at the long-term ramifications of what you do for a living
92   Be good at your job
World Rules
93   Be aware of the damage you are doing
94   Be for the glory, not the degradation
95   Be part of the solution, not the problem
96   Check what history would say about you
97   Keep your eyes open at all times
98   Not everything can be green
99   Put something back
100 Find a new Rule every day – or occasionally at least

Product Description

Some people seem naturally good at it. Life that is. They seem to sail through, being successful and happy and everything always seems to fall into place.

We all know a few of them - those rare people who are happy and positive and make things happen; they have a loving family, great relationships, a supportive network and work they enjoy; they generate goodwill wherever they go and always seem to know the right thing to do – and then do it. They balance their lives without us ever seeing them frantically juggling, much less let it all drop in a mess on the floor. They are happy and successful, with diverse interests and a zest for life. 

How on earth do they do it?

For most of us, some of the time life can be a bit of a struggle. People are difficult, things don’t go our way, there’s too much to deal with and we don’t know how to make it all alright again. 

What is it that they know, that we don’t? 

They know the Rules of Life.

A simple set of principles that if followed, will hugely increase your chances of more things going your way, and that will guide you smoothly out of the tricky times when they happen. Rules of Work worked. Live the Rules of Life.

About the Author


Richard Templar is author of three Prentice Hall international best-sellers: The Rules of Work: A Definitive Guide to Personal Success; The Rules of Management: The Definitive Guide to Managerial Success; and I Don't Want Any More Cheese: I Just Want Out of the Trap. 

The Mind Map Book by Tony Buzan & Barry Buzan

The Mind Map Book by Tony Buzan & Barry Buzan

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The Contents of the book are:-

Acknowledgments
Appreciation
About the Authors
Foreword
Introduction – The Mind Map Book and How to Use It
Division One: Natural Architecture
Chapter 1: The Amazing Brain
Chapter 2: The Great Brains
Chapter 3: Brains in Quandary
Chapter 4: Radiant Thinking
Chapter 5: The Way Ahead
Division Two: Foundations
Chapter 6: Brainstorming Words
Chapter 7: Brainstorming Images
Chapter 8: From Brainstorming to Mind Mapping
Chapter 9: Mind Mapping
Division Three: Structure
Chapter 10: The Guiding Principles
Chapter 11: Developing a Personal Style
Division Four: Synthesis
Chapter 12: Making Choices
Chapter 13: Organising Your Own Ideas
Chapter 14: Organising Other People’s Ideas
Chapter 15: Memory
Chapter 16: Creative Thinking
Chapter 17: The Group Mind Map
Division Five: Uses
Personal:
Chapter 18: Self Analysis
Chapter19: Problem-Solving
Chapter 20: The Mind Map Diary
Family:
Chapter 21: Family Study and Story-Telling
Educational:
Chapter 22: Thinking
Chapter 23: Teaching
Chapter 24: Creating the Master Mind Map
Business and Professional:
Chapter 25: Meetings
Chapter 26: Presentations
Chapter 27: Management
Chapter 28: Computer Mind Mapping
The Future:
Chapter 29: Towards a Radiant Thinking and Mentally Literate World
Division Six: Addenda
Notes by the Great Brains Quiz
Answers to Great Brains Quiz
Also By Tony Buzan
Bibliography
Index

--Start--

Acknowledgments

Appreciation

About the Authors

Foreword

Introduction – The Mind Map Book and How to Use It

Preview

Purposes of The Mind Map Book

5 main purposes:-

1. To introduce Radiant Thinking

2. To introduce The Mind Map

3. Give profound intellectual freedom (control the nature and development of the thinking processes and ability to think creatively is theoretically infinite)

4. Give practical experience of Radiant Thinking

5. To explore this new universe

Organisation of Divisions

1. Natural Architecture

2. Foundations

3. Structure

4. Synthesis

5. Uses

i) Personal

ii) Family

iii) Educational

iv) Business and Professional

v) The Future

6. Addenda

6.1 Notes by the Great Brains Quiz

6.2 Brain Foundation Information

6.3 Bibliography

Organisation of Chapters

1. Chapter Design

2. Boxed Text

3 Research

Doing the Exercises

Levels of Mind Map Knowledge

1. Beginners

2. Intermediate Students

3. Advanced Students

Feedback

1. Stories

2. Research

3. Additions

4. Great Brains’ Notes

5. Exercises/Games

6. Mind Maps

7. Bibliography

The Mind Map Book and You

Division One: Natural Architecture

1. What are the component parts of our brains?

2. How do we process information?

3. What are the brain’s main functions?

4. How are the skill centres distributed through the brain?

5. How do we learn and what do we recall most easily?

6. Is the human brain fundamentally a pattern-making and pattern-seeking device?

7. What are the techniques used by those extraordinary yet normal people who have been able to remember so much more than their peers?

8. Why are so many people in despair over the capacity and functions of their brains?

9. What is the natural and appropriate way to think?

10. What is the natural and appropriate expression of human thought?

Chapter 1: The Amazing Brain

1.1. Modern Brain Research

i. The Brain Cell

ii. The Brain’s Cerebral Hemispheres

Language

Number

Logic

Rhythm

Colour

Imagery

Spatial Awareness

1.2. The psychology of Learning – Remembering

1.3. Gestalt – Wholeness

1.4. The Brain as a Radiant Thinking Association Machine

1.5. The Development of the History of Human Intelligence

Chapter 2: The Great Brains

2.1. The Great Brains

2.2. Using the Full Range of Mental Skills

Chapter 3: Brains in Quandary

3.1. Standard Linear Notes

3.2. The Major Styles of Standard Note Making/Taking

3.3. The Tools Used for Standard Note-Making/Taking

3.4. The Disadvantages of Standard Notes

3.5. The Consequences for Our Brains

3.6. The results of Research on Note-Making/Taking

Chapter 4: Radiant Thinking

4.1. Information – Your Brain’s Processing System

Chapter 5: The Way Ahead

5.1. The Mind Map – a Definition

Division Two: Foundations

Chapters 6 to 9 investigate the twin worlds of words and images, showing how you can unleash extraordinary mental energy through the use of powerful brainstorming and association techniques.  These chapters take you from the basic Radiant Thinking brainstorming, through Mini-Mind Map Brainstorming, to the Mind Map Itself.

Chapter 6: Brainstorming Words

6.1. Mini-Mind Map Word Exercise

6.2. Implications

6.3. Applications

Chapter 7: Brainstorming Images

7.1. The Power of Images

7.2. Mini-Mind Map Image Exercise

Chapter 8: From Brainstorming to Mind Mapping

8.1. Expanding Your Powers of Association

8.2. Exercise

Chapter 9: Mind Mapping

9.1. Harnessing the Full Range of Your Cortical Skills

9.2. Introduction to Hierarchies and Categories

9.3. Journey through the Mind of a Mind Mapper, Part 1

9.4. Implications

9.5. Journey through the Mind of a Mind Mapper, Part 2

9.6. More about Hierarchies and Categories

9.7. Advantages of Hierarchy, Categorisation and BOIs

9.8. Advantages of Mind Mapping over Linear Note-Making/Taking

Division Three: Structure

Division 3 introduces all the Mind Map laws and recommendations.  These guidelines will lead you towards being able to increase massively your mental precision, creativity, power and freedom.  Once you have understood and absorbed the basic Mind Map laws, you will be able to develop more rapidly your personal Mind Mapping Style.

Chapter 10: The Guiding Principles

10.1. A Martina View of Human Intelligence

10.2. The Three “A”s of Mind Mapping

10.3. The Mind Map Laws and Recommendations 

10.4. Summary of the Mind Map Laws

10.5. Rationale of the Mind Map Laws

10.6. Summary of the Mind Map Recommendations

10.7. Rationale of the Mind Map Recommendations

10.8. Four Danger Areas

Chapter 11: Developing a Personal Style

11.1. The Art of Mind Mapping

11.2. Examples of Mind Map Art

11.3. Benefits of Creating Artistic Mind Maps

Division Four: Synthesis

Chapter 12 to 17 explore the many distinct tasks which can be successfully accomplished using Mind Maps.  These tasks include the following main areas of intellectual activity: Making choices; Organizing you r own and other people’s ideas; creative thinking and brainstorming; and creating a group mind or Meta-mind.

Chapter 12: Making Choices

12.1. General Decision-Making

12.2. Simple Decision-Making

12.3. Journey through the Mind of a Mind Mapper, Part 3

12.4. Making the Choice

12.5. Dealing with Indecision

12.6. Decision-Making Exercises

12.7. Benefits of Dyadic Mind Maps

Chapter 13: Organising Your Own Ideas

13.1. Note Making

13.2. Complex Mind Mapping

13.3. Journey through the Mind of a Mind Mapper, Part 4

13.4. Thought-Building Exercises

13.5. Benefits of Polycategoric Mind Maps

Chapter 14: Organising Other People’s Ideas

14.1. Note-Taking

14.2. The Four Main Functions of Notes

14.3. Establishing a Productive “Mental Set” for Note-Taking

14.4. A Practical Example of Polycategoric Mind Mapping

14.5. Benefits of Polycategoric Mind Maps for Note-Taking

Chapter 15: Memory
15.1. A Greek Myth
15.2. The Mind Map as a Multi-Dimensional Memory Device
15.3. The Mnemonic Mind Map as a Mirror of Creativity
15.4. Applications of Mnemonic Mind Maps
15.5. Benefits of Mnemonic Mind Maps


Chapter 16: Creative Thinking
16.1. Aims of Creative Mind Mapping
16.2. The Mind Map as a Creative Thinking Mechanism
16.3. The Stages of the Creative Thinking Process
16.4. Mind Mapping to Gain New Paradigms
16.5. Benefits of Creative Thinking Mind Maps


Chapter 17: The Group Mind Map
17.1. Functions of Group Mind Mapping
17.2. Creating a Group Mind
17.3. Group Mind Mapping Applications
17.4. Examples of Group Mind Maps in Action
17.5. The Dyadic Group Mind
17.6. Benefits of Group Mind Mapping


Division Five: Uses
Personal:
Chapter 18: Self Analysis
18.1. Self-Analysis Using Mind Maps
18.2. Reviewing the Past and Projecting Future Goals
18.3. Helping Others to Analyse Themselves
18.4. Examples of Self-Analysis Mind Maps
18.5. Benefits of Self-Analysis Mind Maps


Chapter19: Problem-Solving
19.1. Personal Problem-Solving Using Mind Maps
19.2. Interpersonal Problem-Solving Using Mind Maps
19.3. The Stages of Interpersonal Problem-Solving
19.4. Benefits of Interpersonal Problem-Solving Mind Maps


Chapter 20: The Mind Map Diary
20.1. The Principles of the Mind Map Diary
20.2. The Yearly Plan
20.3. The Monthly Plan
20.4. The Daily Plan
20.5. The Life-Planning Divisions
20.6. Benefits of the Mind Map Diary


Family:
Chapter 21: Family Study and Story-Telling
21.1. Mind Map Story-Telling
21.2. Group Mind Map Family Study
21.3. The Family Mind Mapping Study Day
21.4. Benefits of Family Mind Mapping
21.5. Family Mind Mapping in Practice


Educational:
Chapter 22: Thinking
22.1. Mind Mapping for Essays
22.2. Mind Mapping for Examinations
22.3. Mind Mapping for Projects and Reports
22.4. Examples of Mind Map Projects
22.5. Benefits of Mind Maps for Presentation and Writing Tasks


Chapter 23: Teaching
23.1. The Developing brain
23.2. Applications of Mind Maps in Teaching
23.3. Special Education
23.4. Benefits of Teaching with Mind Maps


Chapter 24: Creating the Master Mind Map
24.1. Mind Mapping a Book
24.2. Mind Mapping from Lectures/Videos/Computers/Films
24.3. Reviewing Your Mind Map Notes
24.4. Creating a Master Mind Map
24.5. Benefits of Mind Map Notes and the Master Mind Map


Business and Professional:
Chapter 25: Meetings
25.1. Mind Mapping as Individuals
25.2. Mind Mapping as a Group
25.3. Chairing a Meeting with a Mind Map
25.4. Benefits of Mind Maps for Meetings


Chapter 26: Presentations
26.1. Using Mind Maps to Prepare a Presentation
26.2. Mind Mapping Versus Linear Preparation
26.3. Giving a Mind Mapped Presentation
26.4. Example of a Mind Mapped Presentations
26.5. Benefits of Mind Maps for Presentations


Chapter 27: Management
27.1. Using Mind Maps for Management
27.2. Examples of Management Mind Maps
27.3. Benefits of Mind Maps for Management


Chapter 28: Computer Mind Mapping
28.1. Foreword
28.2. Creating and editing a Computer Mind Map
28.3. Managing Complexity
28.4. Sharing
28.5. Adding Intelligence
28.6. Transferring Knowledge
28.7. Transformations – Looking at things differently
28.8. Team Working
28.9. Delivering Results
28.10. The Future of Computer Mind Maps
28.11. Onword


The Future:
Chapter 29: Towards a Radiant Thinking and Mentally Literate World
29.1. The Intelligence Revolution
29.2. Mental Literacy
29.3. Radiant Thinking – Radiant Future


Division Six: Addenda
Notes by the Great Brains Quiz
Answers to Great Brains Quiz
Also By Tony Buzan
Bibliography
Index

--End-- 

1 & 2 Thessalonians (Life Lessons) by Max Lucado (Paperback - May 1, 2007)

1  & 2 Thessalonians (Life Lessons) by Max Lucado (Paperback - May 1, 2007)

• Paperback: 128 pages
• Publisher: Thomas Nelson (May 1, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1418509744
• ISBN-13: 978-1418509743

Product Description

The Lucado Life Lessons series continues to be one of the best-selling study guide series on the market today. These brand-new releases will join the ranks of the previously released and repackaged study guides, offering readers a complete selection of New Testament Bible studies by best-selling inspirational author Max Lucado. For small group or individual use, intriguing questions, inspirational stories, and poignant reflections take the participant deeper into God's Word.

TKO Hiring! Ten Knockout Strategies for Recruiting, Interviewing, and Hiring Great People by Dave Anderson

TKO Hiring! Ten Knockout Strategies for Recruiting, Interviewing, and Hiring Great People by Dave Anderson

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Table of Contents:-
Acknowledgements
About the Author
Introduction
Round One: Understand the Cost of Hiring Recklessly
Round Two: Become a Proactive Recruiter
Round Three: Create a Potent Interview Structure
Round Four: Ask Tough Interview Questions
Round Five: Effectively Check References
Round Six: How to Use Predictive Testing Hiring Profiles
Round Seven: How to Get New Hires Off to a Great Start
Round Eight: How to Retain Eagles Once You Find Them
Round Nine: Differentiate Your Employees for Development and Retention
Round Ten: Knockout Summary for Follow Through
Bibliography
Index

The Purpose Driven® Life: What on Earth Am I Here For? by Rick Warren (Paperback - Mar 13, 2007)

• Paperback: 336 pages
• Publisher: Zondervan; 1 edition (March 13, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0310276993
• ISBN-13: 978-0310276999

Amazon.com Review

The spiritual premise in The Purpose-Driven Life is that there are no accidents---God planned everything and everyone. Therefore, every human has a divine purpose, according to God's master plan. Like a twist on John F. Kennedy's famous inaugural address, this book could be summed up like this: "So my fellow Christians, ask not what God can do for your life plan, ask what your life can do for God's plan." Those who are looking for advice on finding one's calling through career choice, creative expression, or any form of self-discovery should go elsewhere. This is not about self-exploration; it is about purposeful devotion to a Christian God. The book is set up to be a 40-day immersion plan, recognizing that the Bible favors the number 40 as a "spiritually significant time," according to author Rick Warren, the founding pastor of Saddleback Church in Lake Forest, California, touted as one of the nation largest congregations. Warren's hope is that readers will "interact" with the 40 chapters, reading them one day at a time, with extensive underlining and writing in the margins. As an inspirational manifesto for creating a more worshipful, church-driven life, this book delivers. Every page is laden with references to scripture or dogma. But it does not do much to address the challenges of modern Christian living, with its competing material, professional, and financial distractions. Nonetheless, this is probably an excellent resource for devout Christians who crave a jumpstart back to worshipfulness. --Gail Hudson --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

From Publishers Weekly

Pastor of Saddleback Church, a Southern Baptist mega-church in southern California with weekly attendance of more than 15,000, Warren now applies his highly successful "purpose-driven" framework, developed in the best-seller The Purpose-Driven Church, to individual experience. The same principles Warren has taught to thousands of pastors to help churches be healthy and effective can also drive lives, he says. The book argues that discerning and living five God-ordained purposes-worship, community, discipleship, ministry and evangelism-is key to effective living. His 40 short chapters are intended to be read over 40 days' time, giving readers small pieces of his purpose-discovering program to chew on. Warren certainly knows his Bible. Of 800-plus footnotes, only 18 don't refer to Christian Scripture. He deliberately works with 15 different Bible translations, leaning heavily on contemporary translations and paraphrases, as an interesting way of plumbing biblical text. The almost exclusively biblical frame of reference stakes out the audience niche for this manual for Christian living. It's practical yet paradoxically abstract, lacking the kind of real-life examples and stories that life-application books usually provide in abundance. The book has flaws editing might have fixed. People are quoted without being identified, and subheads simply repeat lines of text, which tends to make the prose sound too simple. This book is not for all, but for those needing a certain kind of scriptural rock, it is solid.
Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

Review

Make sure you re not missing the point of your life - read this book! The Purpose Driven Life will guide you to greatness - through living the Great Commandment and the Great Commission. --Billy Graham and Franklin Graham --This text refers to the Preloaded Digital Audio Player edition.

Review

'Timeless...Profound...Compelling...Transforming...' -- Bruce Wilkinson, Author, The Prayer of Jabez --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

Product Description

A #1 New York Times bestseller, The Purpose Driven Life will help you understand why you are alive and reveal God's amazing plan for you---both here and now, and for eternity. Rick Warren will guide you through a personal forty-day spiritual journey that will transform your answer to life's most important question: What on earth am I here for? Knowing God's purpose for creating you will reduce your stress, focus your energy, simplify your decisions, give meaning to your life, and most important, prepare you for eternity. 'Movie stars and political leaders aren't the only ones turning to Rick Warren for spiritual guidance. Millions of people---from NBA and LPGA players to corporate executives to high school students to prison inmates---meet regularly to discuss The Purpose Driven Life.'---Time

From the Back Cover

Another Landmark Book by Rick WarrenYou are not an accident. Even before the universe was created, God had you in mind, and he planned you for his purposes. These purposes will extend far beyond the few years you will spend on earth. You were made to last forever!
Self-help books often suggest that you try to discover the meaning and purpose of your life by looking within yourself, but Rick Warren says that is the wrong place to start. You must begin with God, your Creator, and his reasons for creating you. You were made by God and for God, and until you understand that, life will never make sense.
This book will help you understand why you are alive and God’s amazing plan for you—both here and now, and for eternity. Rick Warren will guide you through a personal 40-day spiritual journey that will transform your answer to life’s most important question: What on earth am I here for? Knowing God’s purpose for creating you will reduce your stress, focus your energy, simplify your decisions, give meaning to your life, and, most importantly, prepare you for eternity.
The Purpose-Driven™ Life is a blueprint for Christian living in the 21st century—a lifestyle based on God’s eternal purposes, not cultural values. Using over 1,200 scriptural quotes and references, it challenges the conventional definitions of worship, fellowship, discipleship, ministry, and evangelism. In the tradition of Oswald Chambers, Rick Warren offers distilled wisdom on the essence of what life is all about.
This is a book of hope and challenge that you will read and re-read, and it will be a classic treasured by generations to come. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

About the Author

Rick Warren is often called 'America's most influential spiritual leader.' He and his wife, Kay, founded Saddleback Church in Orange County, California, which is now one of the largest and best-known churches in the world. He also wrote the #1 all-time bestselling hardcover book, The Purpose Driven Life.

The Ten Laws of Wealth & Abundance by Ron Willingham and Gladys Pinkerton (Hardcover - Sep 4, 2007)

Handbook for Businessmen Doing Business in Singapore - Paperback (2007) by Goh Tianwah

Handbook for Businessmen Doing Business in Singapore - Paperback (2007) by Goh Tianwah

How to Be Brilliant: Change Your Ways in 90 Days by Michael Heppell

About the Book:-
Paperback: 176 pages
Publisher: Prentice Hall; 2nd edition (November 30, 2007)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0273714511
ISBN-13: 978-0273714514


Firnando Chau Review


About the Book


Some areas of your work and life might need a bit of help - others you might think are pretty good. But even the good bits could almost certainly be better, and now is the time to make the next step up and really shine. The second edition of bestselling How To Be Brilliant provides a complete practical guide to gaining new levels of energy, enthusiasm and inspiration in your life. How To Be Brilliant is based on author Michael Heppell's 2 dat extensive training programmes. Thousands of people from prisoners to managing directors, from young to old have taken part in Heppell's training course to find brilliance. This valuable course has now been distilled into this one book. It includes a 90 day plan to help you achieve your short term goals and gives you over 50 tools which can be used to help you move up to the next level. It also uses many clear examples and stories to show you how to overcome barriers that hold you back. You'll learn how to develop a clear vision for your brilliant future.


From the Back Cover
What sounds better to you – being good or being brilliant?


Would you rather be a good friend or a brilliant friend? A good parent or a brilliant parent? Have a good career or a brilliant career?


For many of us, being ‘good’ isn’t really good enough. We want to make the very best we can out of our lives – to achieve all we can achieve and be the best we can be.


Some areas of your work and life might need a bit of help – others you might think are pretty good. But even the good bits could almost certainly be better. It’s time to make the next step up and really shine. Are you ready to be brilliant?


"I enjoyed Michael Heppell's 'How To Be Brilliant' so much I asked him to be my Coach"


Simon Woodroffe OBE, Founder of YO! Sushi and YOtel

Leaders at All Levels: Deepening Your Talent Pool to Solve the Succession Crisis (J-B US non-Franchise Leadership) by Ram Charan (Hardcover - Dec 21, 2007)

• Hardcover: 192 pages
• Publisher: Jossey-Bass (December 21, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0787985597
• ISBN-13: 978-0787985592

Review

"…cool-headed guide on how to identify and retain leaders and to get succession right". (Securities & Investment Review, April 2008)

Product Description

Learn how top companies solve the problem of leadership succession from corporate America's leading consultant.A serious crisis looms in American management today. More and more CEOs are failing; there remains an acute shortage of capable replacements. The true dilemma in leadership is the stagnant state of corporate leadership development. Because companies fail to hone their unit managers' leadership abilities, they are never able to fill their succession pipelines. With unit managers stagnating, companies have difficulty executing at every level, compounding the crisis. In I>Leaders at All Levels, bestselling author Ram Charan shows how top companies approach leadership development as a core competency, recognizing that an adaptable leadership pool is a competitive advantage, and focusing their attention on bringing out the best in the leaders they have.
Charan reveals exactly what's wrong with corporate leadership development and tells how to make it right. He explains the concept of a leadership "gene pool" and shows how companies can discover just what "DNA" they need to succeed. He also details how to uncover the hidden leaders in a company, when and where to bring in fresh talent, how to coach, measure, and reward leadership, and much more. For CEOs, directors, and anyone involved in leadership development, Leaders at All Levels is an eye-opening guide on how to get succession right.

From the Inside Flap

Leaders at All Levels
"Crisis may be an overused word, but it's a fair description of the state of leadership in today's corporations. CEOs are failing sooner, and falling harder, leaving companies in turmoil. At all levels, companies are short on the quantity and quality of leaders they need."—From the Introduction
In Leaders at All Levels, Ram Charan addresses a pressing problem—a shortfall of leaders prepared to face today's complex business challenges. When so many companies struggle to find successors for their top jobs, and when so many leaders rise to the top only to fail shortly after getting there, you know there's something wrong with our leadership development practices.
In this book, Ram Charan presents a radical and controversial remedy for the crisis in leadership: the Apprenticeship Model. This new approach to succession and to leadership development makes it a hands-on activity for leaders and their bosses. People with the talent for leadership get stiff challenges hand-picked for them. Their bosses play a crucial role in accelerating their development. HR gets a new job, as trustee of the Apprenticeship system. Leaders at all levels develop faster and better, and boards have better choices when it comes time to choose the next CEO.
New but not untested, this approach works because it is based on Charan's keen insights into how great business leaders actually develop. Having worked closely with many successful leaders over several decades, Charan concluded that:

• Leaders are different from other people
• Leaders develop their talent through practice and self-correction

Filled with down-to-earth advice and real-world examples, Leaders at All Levels gives you the tools you need to create an enduring legacy of leadership excellence. It also gives individual leaders a road map for taking charge of their own growth.

From the Back Cover

Praise for Leaders at All Levels
"Ram Charan's wisdom and experience come through in the profound insights that underlie this simple approach to building a better leadership pool. Any company concerned about its bench strength should follow this original and practical approach to developing leaders."
—Chad Holliday, chairman and CEO, DuPont
"Trusted by the cream of corporate leadership worldwide, Ram Charan uniquely blends the human reality of ultimately having to choose less-than-perfect leaders (a challenge all boards face) with a practical approach, for identifying and nurturing exceptional leaders."—Bob Lane, chairman and CEO, Deere & Company
"Leaders at All Levels is a practical and no-nonsense approach to building the talent pool which will differentiate your organization, now and in the future. Ram has distilled his decades of work with top CEOs and organizations, so the reader doesn't need to reinvent the wheel. It's all about the people."
—John Koster, M.D., president and CEO, Providence Health
"Ram Charan has mentored more leaders than anyone in the last two decades. Leaders at All Levels allows each of us to be his apprentice and to learn from him how to lead and to build leadership. The book is a marvelous mix of insight, experience, and wisdom. It will shape leadership succession for years to come." —Dave Ulrich, professor, University of Michigan Business School and coauthor of Why the Bottom Line ISN'T
"The one single thing that will make or break a company's growth and success today, tomorrow, and the day after that is the quality of leaders it can produce and keep. Ram Charan is without a doubt the go-to person on this subject. This is a must-read."—Bill Conaty, former senior vice president of human resources, General Electric

About the Author

The Author
Ram Charan is a world-renowned advisor to business leaders and corporate boards, a bestselling author, and an award-winning teacher. He is the author or coauthor of fourteen books including Know-How, What the CEO Wants You to Know, Boards that Deliver, and the New York Times best-seller Execution.