Economics and Business

In her #1 NYT bestsellers, Brene Brown taught us what it means to dare greatly, rise strong and brave the wilderness. Now, based on new research conducted with leaders, change makers and culture shifters, she's showing us how to put those ideas into practice so we can step up and lead. Leadership is not about titles, status and power over people. Leaders are people who hold themselves accountable

Humanity’s hunt for calculating devices probably started with the use of small pebbles to keep track of numbers. The counting inventions progressed through the abacus, early mechanical calculators, and other ingenious devices culminating in today’s computers. In this new book, Thomas Russo chronicles 600 years of caculating devices, providing valuable information for historians and collectors alik

Master the science of funnel building to grow your company online with sales funnels in this updated edition from the $100M entrepreneur and co-founder of the software company ClickFunnels. DotCom Secrets is not just another "how-to" book on internet marketing. This book is not about getting more traffic to your website--yet the secrets you'll learn will help you to get exponentially more traf

Expanding upon one of his high-level foundational teachings: Strategic Coach co-founder Dan Sullivan explains why achieving 10X growth is easier than going for 2X growth. Dan Sullivan, the world's leading coach for highly successful entrepreneurs, wants you to know that achieving 10X growth is exponentially easier than striving for 2X growth. Most find this idea confusing at first because simpl

“Keyu Jin is a brilliant thinker.” —Tony Blair, former prime minster of the United Kingdom A myth-dispelling, comprehensive guide to the Chinese economy and its path to ascendancy. China's economy has been booming for decades now. A formidable and emerging power on the world stage, the China that most Americans picture is only a rough sketch, based on American news coverage, policy, and wa

The first-ever science-backed planner for developing the habits that foster long-term success—from “the world´s leading high-performance coach” and the New York Times–bestselling author of High Performance Habits (Forbes). This 2-in-1 planner and journal features writing prompts, self-assessments, and a variety of calendars to help you stay focused, achieve your goals—and be

Dan Sullivan shares his simple yet profound teaching that, until now, has only been known to his Strategic Coach clients: unsuccessful people focus on 'The Gap', but successful people focus on 'The Gain'. Most people, especially highly ambitious people, are unhappy because of how they measure their progress. We all have an 'ideal', a moving target that is always out of reach. When we measure ou

The greatest investment advisor of the twentieth century, Benjamin Graham taught and inspired people worldwide.

This is the ultimate business how-to book, by the icon of American business and one of the world's most revered and respected leaders, Jack Welch, former CEO of General Electric. "Winning" explores the changes of recent times and the new economic realities, and more than that, it identifies the central, immutable principals of doing business right and doing it well. ""Winning" is a book for the pe

From the economist who predicted the 2008 crash, Megathreats outlines the new risks in our uncharted future and how we deal with them.

Barely one in a hundred business people knows these facts about creating powerful advertising. Do You?FACT! Sixty percent of people read only headlines. Your headline must stop them or your advertising will likely fail. FACT! Captions under photos get 200 percent greater readership than non-headline copy. FACT! Ads with sale prices draw 20 percent more attention. FACT! Half-page ads pull about 70

THE LEADER PHRASE BOOK was born out of Twitter and has quickly amassed a large following. With THE LEADER PHRASE BOOK you will be in command of your words and always stay ahead of the game. With this passport to success, you will begin a new game in which you are among the charismatic, the untouchable...the elite.This easy-to-use reference book will give you a new image you can take pride in helpi

Managing people is the biggest challenge any organization faces. It's a challenge that has grown even more difficult over the past decade. Since THE BIG BOOK OF HR was first published, we've seen dramatic changes in the workplace and the workforce. This 10th anniversary edition incorporates discussions and reflections on these changes and examines new and emerging trends useful for any business ow

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS is a perfect introduction to financial accounting for non-financial managers, investors, business students, lawyers, lenders, entrepreneurs, and more. Financial Statements deftly shows that all this accounting and financial-reporting stuff is not rocket science and that anyone can understand it!Ittelson empowers non-financial managers by clearly and simply demonstrating how th

Business writing has been transformed in our era from long, leisurely letters to fast faxes, instant e-mails, crisp memos and concise letters. Your reader doesn't have time to waste. And neither do you. That's where THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF BUSINESS LETTERS, FAXES, AND E-MAIL can help.Here you'll find the most complete and up-to-date collection of model business correspondence for every conceivable occ

A playbook for growing your business no matter the circumstances. “Weeds scale faster than any business. It´s in their DNA.”—Kathy Ireland, CEO, Kathy Ireland Worldwide Hall-of-Fame-nominated marketer, bestselling author, and Wall Street Journal cartoonist Stu Heinecke shares his fascination with weeds and how anyone can grow their business into something resilient and unstoppable. How to

“Steve Chandler's coaching has had a tremendous impact in my life. He was vital to my personal transformation from a man of ideas and dreams to a person of action and reality.”—Radames Soto, former managing director, The Wall Street JournalThe world of leadership has changed dramatically since 100 WAYS TO MOTIVATE OTHERS was written and now Chandler and Richardson have revised and refreshed their

THE MANAGER'S PHRASE BOOK is a collection of thousands of ready-to-use phrases that will enable you to move into the ranks of today's most competent managers. You will have control of any situation at a moment's notice, regardless of your position in the corporate world. You will have all the weapons you need to succeed where vibrant, meaningful, appropriate and, perhaps above all, precise languag

No one wants to go into a tenuous situation blind and fumbling for words. Rather than shy away from a difficult situation or conversation, THE CONFLICT RESOLUTION PHRASE BOOK is the ideal resource to help anyone prepare for and prevail in these situations.Some situations are unpredictable and you can't plan for every conversation - but having the right words on hand empowers you to stand up to con

In our increasingly interconnected world, communication is key. Whether you're speaking in public, writing an email, or going through an important negotiation, how you present yourself through language is all-important in today's global business world. In HOW TO COMMUNICATE EFFECTIVELY WITH ANYONE, ANYWHERE, two New York University professors reveal a new approach to global communication across ke