Yoga can help you climb the ladder of success faster and enjoy your job more. During his twenty years in Fortune 500 companies, the author realized that he and his colleagues needed a way to meet the daily challenges of their high-pressure work. He turned to yoga with such triumph that he soon began his own yoga consulting business. Yoga Secrets For Business Success contains the simple exercises and meditations-many of which can be done right in the office-that he has been teaching to corporate clients for the past decade. Learn to be a leader, relax in three minutes, energize immediately, relieve headaches, conquer fear and depression, manage anger, improve decision-making, sharpen concentration, become more intuitive and discover your charisma. (5 1/4 x 8 1/2, 224 pages, color photos)

Darshan Singh Khalsa, an internationally certified Kundalini Yoga teacher, founded Transition Stress Management, Inc., providing business innovation consulting and stress management services. His clients include Citibank, Hewlett Packard, IBM, and Southwestern Bell. He is a member of the International Kundalini Yoga Teachers Association, the International Yoga Association, and the Yoga Alliance. Khalsa is also a master storyboarder and recipient of the Storyboarder of the Year Award in 2001.

Author: Darshan Singh Khalsa
Paperback: 224 pages Illustrated
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In today's business climate, firms need to be wary of practices that may provoke criticism and scandals. Investigative reporters, eager lawyers, and zealous governmental agencies are lurking in the wings. These lessons of the past give you an inside look at some of the biggest mistakes of recent history. You can ponder not only how they might have been avoided, but also how their resolution might have been better handled. Robert Hartley, author of the popular Marketing and Management Mistakes and Successes books, brings you face-to-face with major players and the temptations, crises, and torments they experienced. Thought-provoking discussion questions, role-playing exercises, and debates present you with key ethical concerns that may help you avoid similar situations in your own career.

Author: Robert F. Hartley
Paperback: 368 pages
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For more than 30 years, author, consultant, speaker, and entrepreneur Dan Kennedy has dished out no-nonsense advice, bases on his own experience, to achieve business and sales success. He regularly get "millionaire-maker" results for satisfied clients in hundreds of professions and industries. His bestselling books include How to Make Millions with Your Ideas.

Dan Kennedy offers readers frank advice for building a business and getting highly compensated in the process. Entrepreneurs can increase opportunities to succeed by using his four positioning strategies, 25 eternal business truths, and five keys to multiply cash flow, plus advice on people, sales, productivity, getting out of trouble, and achieving financial independence.

Author: Dan Kennedy
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Why are some people more successful in business? Why do some businesses flourish where others fail? Renowned business speaker and author, Brian Tracy has discovered the answers to these puzzling questions. In The 100 Absolutely Unbreakable Laws of Business Success Tracy draws on his thirty years’ experience to present a set of universal laws that lie behind the success of business people everywhere, in every kind of enterprise, large and small. Tracy breaks the 100 laws down into nine categories: Life, Success, Business, Leadership, Money, Economics, Selling, Negotiating, and Time Management. Drawing on a lifetime of observation, investigation, and experience, Tracy identifies and defines each law—such as the Law of Cause and Effect and the Law of Increasing Returns—and reveals its source, illustrates how it functions through real-life examples, and shows how to apply it through specific exercises that everyone can use to begin the journey toward greater business success. Easy to read, easy to understand, and easy to apply, The 100 Absolutely Unbreakable Laws of Business Success offers a straightforward, eye-opening, life-affirming approach to how the world of business really works.

Author: Brian Tracy
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"The authors offer a timely, important, and practical personal guidance system that anyone in the business world would do well to adopt. The world of business would be vastly improved if Moral Intelligence became required reading.”

–Daniel Goleman, Author of Emotional Intelligence

 

“Lennick and Kiel are consulting masters who guide us the way they live–with moral intelligence. They prove that you don’t have to sacrifice your soul to lead productively.”

–Richard J. Leider, Founder, The Inventure Group and bestselling Author of Repacking Your Bags and The Power of Purpose

 

“We live in an increasingly competitive and global world. Increasingly, ‘the end justifies the means.’ This often results in the loss of our moral compass. Lennick and Kiel show usthat the truly great business leaders never sacrifice moral integrity for financial goals and that maintaining the highest ethical standards is not only the ‘right’ thing to do, it produces the best companies and the best results.”

–Paul Fribourg, CEO of Conti-Group Companies and Chairman, Lauder

 Institute,Wharton Business School

 

“Moral Intelligence demonstrates compellingly that doing what is right morally and doing what is right for your business are inseparable. Lennick and Kiel cite numerous business cases where the moral decision was also the smartest strategic decision. Importantly, they provide practical advice and exercises to help readers assess and strengthen their own moral competence and effectiveness as leaders. For CEOs and other decision makers, Moral Intelligence makes good business sense.”

–Dick Harrington, CEO of The Thomson Corporation

 

“It should be obvious by now–our private enterprise system needs to revisit its role in our society. The questions are:What changes are in order and how can they be achieved? Moral Intelligence addresses these questions and provides tools to implement the answers.”

–Irvine O. Hockaday, Jr., President/CEO–Hallmark Cards, Inc. (Ret.)

 

“Moral Intelligence is the foundation of moral authority, which alone enables formal authority to work–sustainable over time. This conscience-challenging book drills deep into both the science and the practical how-tos in building universal principle-centered values into our lives and cultures. A motivating and inspiring read!”

–Dr. Stephen R. Covey, Author, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People and The 8th Habit: From Effectiveness to Greatness

 

“Moral Intelligence is excellent reading for new entrants to the business world as well as experienced managers. I found numerous examples that were right on point with actual events that I have experienced in over 40 years of managing. It was also helpful to have the topics presented in the context of current events that hold the readers’ interest. This book should be on the reading list of every student regardless of their career choice.”

–Larry Pinnt, Chairman, Cascade Natural Gas

 

“At a time when capitalism faces questions of legitimacy brought on by poor leadership behaviors, this book provides a healthy way of thinking of the internal compass that can avoid corporate atrocities.”

–Mike McGavick, CEO & Chairman of Safeco Corporation

 

“This book identifies the traits which identify value-oriented corporate leaders and provides a practical primer to a business person to identify and emulate these critical traits. It is essential reading for anyone who believes that this is the way the world is going.”

–Mike Phillips, Chairman, Russell Investment Group

 

“In their new book, Doug Lennick and Fred Kiel bring to the business world a much needed moral guidance system. Given the worldwide erosion of trust in American business, the authors’ user-friendly tools and concepts arrive not a moment too soon.”

–Keith Reinhard, Chairman, DDB Worldwide and President, Business for

Diplomatic Action

 

Visit: www.moralcompass.com

 

This new, paperback version contains a new Epilogue with updated information on many of the companies and case studies discussed in the original hardback version.

 

There is a powerful correlation between strong moral principles and business success. In this book, two globally respected leadership experts illuminate that connection, define the specific competencies that comprise “moral intelligence,” and show exactly how to promote it throughout your organization.

 

Drawing on extensive original research, Doug Lennick and Fred Kiel demonstrate how the best performing companies have leaders with a strong moral compass and the ability to follow it–even in a world that may reward bad behavior in the short run.

 

Lennick and Kiel identify and help you build the moral skills leaders need most, including integrity, responsibility, compassion, and forgiveness. They offer realistic guidance on being a moral leader in both large organizations and entrepreneurial ventures: guidance reflecting decades of experience coaching executives at the very highest levels.

 

Moral Intelligence also introduces the breakthrough Moral Competency Inventory (MCI): an indispensable metric to assess where you and your organization stand right now.

 

In recent years, companies have discovered the value of Emotional Intelligence (EI). But EI isn’t enough: only leaders with strong moral intelligence can build the trust and commitment that are the foundation of truly great businesses. Be one of those leaders, lead one of those companies, with Moral Intelligence.

 

Foreword xxi

Introduction xxix

 

PART ONE: MORAL INTELLIGENCE

Chapter 1: Good Business 3

Chapter 2: Born to Be Moral 19

Chapter 3: Your Moral Compass 37

Chapter 4: Staying True to Your Moral Compass 63

 

PART TWO: DEVELOPING MORAL SKILLS

Chapter 5: Integrity 79

Chapter 6: Responsibility 93

Chapter 7: Compassion and Forgiveness 105

Chapter 8: Emotions 115

 

PART THREE: MORAL LEADERSHIP

Chapter 9: The Moral Leader 141

Chapter 10: Leading Large Organizations 157

Chapter 11: Moral Intelligence for the Entrepreneur 185

 

Epilogue: Becoming a Global Moral Leader 207

Epilogue: Update on Moral Intelligence’s Cast of Characters 215

 

Appendix A: Strengthening Your Moral Skills 239

Appendix B: Moral Competency Inventory (MCI) 251

Appendix C: Scoring the MCI 259

Appendix D: Interpreting Your MCI Scores 265

 

Index 273

Author: Doug Lennick, Fred Kiel
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In today's increasingly diverse and ever-changing work environments, the old rules of conduct often don't seem to apply anymore. Customs vary, and language and cultural differences, not to mention evolving office hierarchies, are among the many factors making interaction an increasingly complex challenge.

The Etiquette Edge offers a clear, commonsense approach to making courtesy, etiquette, and respect for others a competitive advantage in the workplace. Rather than dwelling on dry, nitpicky "rules," the book emphasizes appropriate, effective communication and behavior as a means to get ahead. Simply written and containing quizzes, checklists, and sidebar examples, the book shows readers how to:

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Author: Beverly Langford
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Twenty-five years ago, Herb Kelleher reinvented air travel when he founded Southwest Airlines, where the planes are painted like killer whales, a typical company maxim is "Hire people with a sense of humor," and in-flight meals are never served--just sixty million bags of peanuts a year. By sidestepping "reengineering," "total quality management," and other management philosophies and employing its own brand of business success, Kelleher's airline has turned a profit for twenty-four consecutive years and seen its stock soar 300 percent since 1990.

Today, Southwest is the safest airline in the world and ranks number one in the industry for service, on-time performance, and lowest employee turnover rate; and Fortune magazine has twice ranked Southwest one of the ten best companies to work for in America. How do they do it?

With unlimited access to the people and inside documents of Southwest Airlines, authors Kevin and Jackie Freiberg share the secrets behind the greatest success story in commercial aviation. Read it and discover how to transfer the Southwest inspiration to your own business and personal life.

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“I am hard pressed to think of another book that can match the combination of practical insights and reading enjoyment.”—Steven Levitt Game theory means rigorous strategic thinking. It’s the art of anticipating your opponent’s next moves, knowing full well that your rival is trying to do the same thing to you. Though parts of game theory involve simple common sense, much is counterintuitive, and it can only be mastered by developing a new way of seeing the world. Using a diverse array of rich case studies—from pop culture, TV, movies, sports, politics, and history—the authors show how nearly every business and personal interaction has a game-theory component to it. Mastering game theory will make you more successful in business and life, and this lively book is the key to that mastery.

Author: Avinash K. Dixit, Barry J. Nalebuff
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Business Communication: A Framework for Success presents a truly strategic approach to business communication. This text builds on a solid foundation of rhetorical and communication theories by including a range of real-company examples that make the theories come alive. These innovative methods not only help readers identify the many challenges encountered by today's business communicators, but they also foster a mastery of communication skills that will carry them well into their own careers.

Author: Dan O'Hair, James S. O'Rourke, Mary John O'Hair
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As today's workplace becomes increasingly more competitive, knowing how to behave can make the difference between getting ahead and getting left behind. In The Etiquette Advantage in Business, 2nd Edition, etiquette authorities Peggy Post and Peter Post provide you with the all-important tools for building solid, productive relationships with your business associates -- relationships that will help propel you and your company straight to the top.

In this completely revised and updated edition, which includes three new chapters on ethics, table manners, and electronic communication, the Posts show you how to handle both everyday and unusual situations that are essential to professional and personal success -- from resolving business conflicts with ease and grace to getting along with your boss and coworkers; from making long-lasting contacts to winning clients and closing deals. They also offer up-to-date guidance on pressing issues such as harassment in the workplace, worker privacy, e-mail dos and don'ts, and knowing how and when to shoulder blame.

Written for business workers of all types and backgrounds, The Etiquette Advantage in Business remains the definitive resource for timeless advice on business entertaining, written communication, dressing appropriately for any business occasion, conventions and trade shows, job searches and interviews, gift-giving, and overseas travel.

No matter the situation in which you find yourself, the Posts will give you the confidence to meet the challenges of the work world with confidence and poise -- because today, more than ever, good manners mean good business.

Author: Peggy Post, Peter Post
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The perfect resource for starting and maintaining a small business, this audiobook arms entrepreneurs with all the information they need to win big. Emphasizing the three keys to success--good ideas, capital, and stamina--the authors discuss such critical issues as understanding which personal assets you can "afford" to use, why you don't need a great idea, and the real reasons why businesses fail.

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Based on the success story of a small Seattle coffee shop, this little book is a tasty brew of sound principles and instructive anecdotes. As the coffee shop owner looks for ways to retain his customer base, a consultant helps him focus on what really matters. Authors Yerkes and Decker, renowned for their consulting and business savvy, have done their homework and turned Beans into a business fable taken from real life. 2 Hours 12 Minutes

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Heraldedas"Nostradamus" of marketing by Fortune magazine,Faith Popcorn is the premier trend guru; her national bestsellerThe Popcorn Report identified the business and personal trends thatdefined a decade, from Cocooning to the phenomenon of Cashing Out. Nobodyhas been more accurate in demonstrating how to profit from tracking thetrends, and in Clicking, Popcorn tells readers how to CLICK intomore recently identified trends to future fit themselves professionallyand personally.The woman who made Cocoon a verb, who predicted the retreat from the corporaterat race to home-based businesses, now shows readers how they can activelyuse trends to click into the future and into new careers and lifestylesthat are more rewarding and fulfilling. From Pleasure Revenge to FemaleThinkto Icon Toppling, Clicking explores the trends that will shape ourfuture.Popcorn and her co-author, Lys Marigold, chart the sixteen major trendsthat Popcorn's company, BrainReserve, has identified to make the right choices-- in business and in life. To illustrate the process, Popcorn and Marigoldtalk about people they've interviewed and give examples of new products,new ideas, and new companies, as well as individuals who have successfullyclicked.Clicking is an invaluable road map that will teach listeners how tocapitalize on the newest trends and click into success. It is about possibilities,taking chances, and taking charge of the future -- now.

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In this compact disc edition of the totally revised underground bestseller -- The E-Myth, Michael Gerber dispels the myths surrounding starting your own business and shows how commonplace assumptions can get in the way of running a business. He walks you through the steps in the life of a business -- from entrepreneurial infancy, through adolescent growing pains, to the mature entrepreneurial perspective, the guiding light of all businesses that succeed -- and shows how to apply the lessons of franchising to any business, whether or not it is a franchise. Finally, Gerber draws the vital, often overlooked distinction between working on your business and working in your business. After you have listened to The E-Myth Revisited, you will truly be able to grow your business in a predictable and productive way.

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The Business Coach arms hardworking independent business owners with all the tools for success. It tackles an array of business topics using strategies developed by Sugars and the crack business coaches at Action International, a global network that has helped nearly half a million business owners, worldwide, realize their dreams of success.

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The best-selling author and CEO of Hohn Hancock offers concrete advice on building a reputation that commands respect, coping with office politics, and surviving the less-than-sane aspects of any organization.

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More and more business leaders are catching on to an often-overlooked fact: consciousness is our basic faculty for survival and success. Without it, we forget what's important to us and lose sight of the steps we might take to reach those goals. ?Conscious business, ? explains Fred Kofman, means shining this awareness on every area of your work: in recognizing the needs of others and expressing your own?in seeing the hidden emotional obstacles that may be holding your team back?in making good decisions under pressure?and even in delving into such ?spiritual? questions as ?Who am I?? and ?What is my real purpose here?? In Conscious Business, this visionary teacher and consultant to Google, Microsoft, Yahoo! and other leading companies presents the complete training manual in the breakthrough techniques he has shared with over 20,000 executives on four continents.

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For more than four decades, Arthur Joseph has studied the physical, emotional, and psychological aspects of the voice. His Vocal Awareness(tm) system has helped thousands of broadcast professionals, corporate leaders, politicians, and stars discover the power and magic of their voices. Now he offers his proven practices to business people of all levels. On Voice of a Leader, listeners will explore ways to create a team voice, how "not to sell" (authentic connection always works better) the speaking voice as a source for inspiring and leading others in the workplace, and more.

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An audio guide to business success, featuring the 100 unbreakable laws to attracting and keeping better employees and customers, producing and selling better products and services, controlling costs, and increasing profits. A straightforward guide to business.

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Building a successful career in a red-hot field.

Financial planning is one of the fastest growing careers in America today. Written by a veteran certified financial planning expert, this invaluable book tells aspiring and new CFPs everything you need to know about the certification process, setting up private practice, self-marketing techniques, client management and expansion, and much more.
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Same sex, different dollars.

How can being gay generate financial advantages? How can it sabotage your dreams? If you're like most gay men and lesbians, you might have some vague idea that the laws and tax codes place you at a financial disadvantage compared to your straight contemporaries. But it is less likely that you know how to benefit from unseen advantages that are yours for the seizing--once you know that they are there.

Practical, authoritative, and uniquely empowering, Gay Money explains how and why our financial opportunities and problems are different from the married-with-children majority. Drawing on a personal-finance practice devoted exclusively to gay men and lesbians, Per Larson offers you the tools you need to understand and maximize each decade of a financial gay life, while addressing such vital topics as:

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Your guide to turning financial reality into your personal dreams, Gay Money is a long-awaited asset for your own gay balance sheet.


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In this volume, authors Walfish and Barnett provide a comprehensive toolkit for practitioners to develop their business acumen and fully complement their extensive clinical training. Without question, top-notch clinical expertise in addition to sound business practices are the winning combination for long-term success.

Financial Success in Mental Health Practice shows readers how to market their practice, ensure its profitability, provide quality client service delivery, manage office overhead, implement effective accounting practices, handle commercial taxes and business expenses, navigate insurance claims and reimbursements, and plan for retirement. Written in an accessible and engaging style, this volume is packed with sample forms, letters, and question lists and also includes fee schedules, key principles of private practice, and interviews with highly successful entrepreneurs and executive managers.

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Author DON REDINIUS has a vision: He wants to help millions of people achieve the level of personal and financial success they desire and are inherently capable of achieving. He will show you how to expand your area of the possible, improve your career, improve your standard of living, quality of life and significantly reduce the stress and worry associated with money and its management. This book brings new methods and approaches toward success by providing an easy to use methodology called REACH. It is based on proven business methods and self-improvement techniques. No other book or author has brought together such a powerful combination of tools, thinking and methods. Follow Gary and Gloria, a young couple seeking personal and financial success, as they work their way to the top. The New Era of Financial Success has arrived! "Finally a book that is literally packed front to back with information needed for truly achieving financial and life success!" Don Linsenmann, VP - DuPont "Jam packed with many valuable tips and guidelines that are essential to life's success along with a logical approach that is fundamental to any improvement eff ort; extremely valuable for military families." Tom Wishart - (CDR, USN, Retired) "Powerful - the use of a repeatable improvement methodology coupled with extraordinary wisdom!" Bill Moore, Director - Honeywell Look inside at the first pages to see what other successful people are saying about The New Era of Financial Success!

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In the past few years, the financial industry has undergone dynamic structural changes that have deeply affected the sales process. Bruised by market volatility, today’s consumer is skeptical and demands more for less. You need fresh approaches to sell in today’s tough marketplace.

Here are the 22 Keys that can help any financial professional make more money, work less, and maximize their potential. Industry leaders James Benson and Paul Karasik combine their personal experience with the shared wisdom of the masters. Each key contains proven, actionable sales guidelines, including:

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With so many options for investing, retirement planning, and home financing available, consumers need a thorough understanding of the concepts and terms underlying financial decisions.

All the Math You Need to Get Rich will leave even the math phobic with a solid foundation in the mathematics behind mortgage and insurance payments, compound interest, stocks and mutual funds, cash flow, gambling, and risk-taking.

Writing in a light-hearted and humorous style, Robert Hershey takes readers step by step through several real-life sample problems in each area. Organized for easy reference, this book provides the necessary tools to make informed decisions about financial investments.

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Understand the financial fundamentals of running a business.

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"The financial decisions we make in our lives are sometimes not the easiest to discuss but have long-lasting effects. [Opdyke’s advice] has opened the door in my relationship to conversations that were a long time coming."
–Josh, regular reader of Opdyke’s "Love & Money" column, Florida

Real answers to real questions about money and relationships: I have too much debt and my credit isn’t very good. How can I fix my financial problems? And how do I break the news to my boyfriend? How do I teach my kids the value of money, when my parents shower them with expensive gifts? My wife makes more money than I do, does that give her a greater voice in our financial decisions? Are we still equal? How much should I give my child in allowance? And will it really help him learn the value of a dollar? We want to have our first baby, but we don’t know if we can afford it yet. How much money do we really need to have in the bank?

If you’re like most people, you’re struggling with questions like these. Whether we like it or not, money makes a big difference in the choices we make and the lives we lead. Unresolved questions about money can put unwanted stress on even the healthiest relationships–between spouses, between parents and children, and even between friends. In Love & Money, columnist Jeff Opdyke offers practical personal finance advice, as well as strategies for dealing with touchy financial topics–so that money doesn’t end up costing you something even more valuable.

Author: Jeff D. Opdyke
Hardcover: 255 pages
Company: Wiley (2003-12-18)
ISBN: 0471476587
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Finally, some good news about your finances with life changing principles to help you shape a brighter future for yourself and for your family.

Author: Gary Moore
Paperback: 208 pages
Company: Zondervan (1997-11-01)
ISBN: 0310219337
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Now more than ever--given today's uncertain economic climate--a transformed relationship with money is the key to a healthy and happy life. Vicki Robin offers Your Money or Your Life, an original audio adaptation of the New York Times bestselling book that has helped more than 600,000 people worldwide gain greater financial freedom. Join this acclaimed author for hands-on tools and insights that will help you reach new levels of comfort, competence, and consciousness around your personal finances. Building on the recent updates and revisions to the book Your Money or Your Life (Penguin, 2008), this two-CD program reflects the major social, technological, and environmental changes since its first publication in 1992--plus wisdom from 15 years of readers' lived experiences--including * How to develop your financial intelligence, integrity, and independence--the three keys to lasting fulfillment * A million-and-one sure ways to save money--how controlling your spending starts with controlling your thoughts * How to manage your money so that you have a life you love with the money you have Whether you're trying to plan for your future, recover from poor choices in the past, or manage your finances better, Your Money or Your Life provides proven tools and powerful teachings to help you get there--no matter what financial storm blows your way.

Author: -Vicki Robin-
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Outlines a strategy for attaining wealth by looking for business opportunities and investing wisely, rather than seeking security through employment.

Author: -Robert T. Kiyosaki-
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Simon Johnson and James Kwak examine not only how Wall Street's ideology, wealth, and political power among policy makers in Washington led to the financial debacle of 2008 but also what the lessons learned portend for the future.

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Learn the 25 keys to unlocking the powerful and useful information buried in corporate financial statements, including understanding balance sheets and income statements, defining accrual accounting, and valuing costs of goods sold, inventory and cash flow. Analyzing Financial Statements is part of The New York Times Pocket MBA Series, a reference series easily accessible to all businesspersons, from first-level managers to the executive suite.

Author: Ph.D., CPA Eric Press
Audio Cassette: Audiobook, Unabridged
Company: Listen & Live Audio (2000-03-01)
ISBN: 1885408382
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Bernie Madoff was a king of the financial world and a beloved philanthropist. But very few people knew that he was quietly running the largest hedge fund in the world, a fund that eventually spread to over forty nations and handled tens of billions of dollars. Harry Markopolos was a little-known number cruncher at a Boston equity derivatives firm analyzing investment products. A marketer for that firm, Frank Casey, handed Harry a prospectus outlining Madoffs strategy and asked him to create a similar product. Harry sat down and looked at the numbers. The numbers didnt add up. For the next ten years, the investigative team Markopolos recruited warned the government, the industry, and the financial press that the largest and most successful hedge fund in the industry was a total fraud and that the respected and admired Bernie Madoff was a crook. But no one would listen. This is the thrilling, complete story of the pursuit of the greatest financial criminal in history. The incredible investigation takes listeners inside the financial industry, revealing the never-before-told stories behind the headlines. No One Would Listen is the frighteningly true story of massive fraud, governmental incompetence, and criminal collusion that has changed thousands of lives foreveras well as the worlds financial system.

Author: -Harry Markopolos-
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Author: Joel Greenblatt
Hardcover: 224 pages
Company: Crown Business (2011-04-12) (2011-04-12)
ISBN: 0385525079
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In this book the author of How I Made $2,000,000 In The Stock Market present an analysis of the road to success that does away with the myths that have surrounded this subject for so long.Like most good ideas, Darvas's is simple, and is key lies in the Power of Positive Selfishness.

The Anatomy of Success grew out of the author's own experiences and observations, and his own life was changed when he applied his theories to himself. His exciting and inspiring book is certain to change lifes of many others.

Author: Nicolas Darvas
Paperback: 168 pages
Company: www.bnpublishing.com (2008-04-18)
ISBN: 9659124120
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The bestselling author of Pioneering Portfolio Management, the definitive template for institutional fund management, returns with a book that shows individual investors how to manage their financial assets.

In Unconventional Success, investment legend David F. Swensen offers incontrovertible evidence that the for-profit mutual-fund industry consistently fails the average investor. From excessive management fees to the frequent "churning" of portfolios, the relentless pursuit of profits by mutual-fund management companies harms individual clients. Perhaps most destructive of all are the hidden schemes that limit investor choice and reduce returns, including "pay-to-play" product-placement fees, stale-price trading scams, soft-dollar kickbacks, and 12b-1 distribution charges.

Even if investors manage to emerge unscathed from an encounter with the profit-seeking mutual-fund industry, individuals face the likelihood of self-inflicted pain. The common practice of selling losers and buying winners (and doing both too often) damages portfolio returns and increases tax liabilities, delivering a one-two punch to investor aspirations.

In short: Nearly insurmountable hurdles confront ordinary investors.

Swensen's solution? A contrarian investment alternative that promotes well-diversified, equity-oriented, "market-mimicking" portfolios that reward investors who exhibit the courage to stay the course. Swensen suggests implementing his nonconformist proposal with investor-friendly, not-for-profit investment companies such as Vanguard and TIAA-CREF. By avoiding actively managed funds and employing client-oriented mutual-fund managers, investors create the preconditions for investment success.

Bottom line? Unconventional Success provides the guidance and financial know-how for improving the personal investor's financial future.

Author: David F. Swensen
Hardcover: 403 pages ISBN13: 9780743228381, Condition: New, Notes: BUY WITH CONFIDENCE, Over one million books sold! 98% Positive feedback. Compare our books, prices and service to the competition. 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed
Company: Free Press (2005-08-02)
ISBN: 0743228383
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The father of pension fund management shares essential lessons to building a business

As the world's leading pension fund consultant, George Russell's advice has been sought by many of America's largest corporations. A pioneer in this business since the late 1960s, Russell has seen a lot. Now, he shares his experiences in this field with you, and provides valuable insights into what it takes to succeed in business today.

Broken down into ten chapters, Success by Ten describes significant moments in the origins and development of pension fund consulting and the institutional investment industry. This history is intertwined with Russell's own personal story and the innovations that his company introduced to the industry. Author George Russell is well known to many throughout the investment industry as the first pension fund consultant Each chapter represents a business lesson that Russell has learned during his career Outlines a people-centric approach to building a successful corporate culture

Taken together, the innovations outlined throughout these pages spurred the professionalization of pension fund management, with the potential benefit of improving financial security for everyone who is investing for retirement. In Success By Ten, Russell discusses the development of these innovations and reveals how you can apply them to build a better business.

Author: George F. Russell Jr., Michael Sheldon
Hardcover: 208 pages ISBN13: 9780470537275, Condition: New, Notes: BUY WITH CONFIDENCE, Over one million books sold! 98% Positive feedback. Compare our books, prices and service to the competition. 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed
Company: Wiley (2009-11-23)
ISBN: 0470537272
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This engaging book presents a comprehensive approach to career planning and the job search process. Taking a unique lifelong learning approach, it focuses specifically on self-understanding, self-acceptance, career information, and decision-making skills. Career Success is designed to increase awareness, understanding, and acceptance of personal interests, abilities, personality characteristics, values, and lifestyles. Comprehensive coverage takes the user through an overview of the changing labor force, an understanding of the rapidly changing job market, self-analysis and personal decision making; finding the right career; resumes and interviewing; and ongoing career and personal success.

Author: Jerry Ryan, Roberta Ryan
Paperback: 320 pages ISBN13: 9780538691413, Condition: New, Notes: BUY WITH CONFIDENCE, Over one million books sold! 98% Positive feedback. Compare our books, prices and service to the competition. 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed
Company: South-Western Educational Pub (2000-09-29)
ISBN: 0538691417
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In Follow the Fed to Investment Success, Doug Roberts skillfully outlines a proven approach to investing that is based on the idea that there is direct correlation between stock market performance and the actions of the Federal Reserve Bank. For those who want to build true wealth in today’s markets, Follow the Fed to Investment Success offers an easy-to-understand approach to investing that anyone can implement—with little effort and even less time.

Author: Douglas S. Roberts
Hardcover: 200 pages
Company: Wiley (2008-05-02)
ISBN: 0470226498
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Fundamentals of Investments was written to: 1. Focus on students as investment managers, giving them information they can act on instead of concentrating on theories and research without the proper context. 2. Offer strong, consistent pedagogy, including a balanced, unified treatment of the main types of financial investments as mirrored in the investment world. 3. Organize topics in a way that makes them easy to apply--whether to a portfolio simulation or to real life--and support these topics with hands-on activities. The approach of this text reflects two central ideas. First, there is a consistent focus on the student as an individual investor or investments manager. Second, a consistent, unified treatment of the four basic types of financial instruments--stocks, bonds, options, and futures--focusing on their characteristics and features, their risks and returns, and the markets in which they trade.

Author: Charles J. Corrado, Bradford D Jordan
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Company: McGraw-Hill/Irwin (2004-01-10)
ISBN: 0072976357
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What’s the difference between the S&P 500 and Wilshire 5000 Indexes?

How can you invest in these and other indexes?

If you’re like most investors, you’ve probably heard of index funds, but don’t know too much about them–except that they buy the stocks that make up a particular index such as the S&P 500. Academic research convinced institutional investors and pension plans to adopt passive investing initially, and now many individual investors are also beginning to use index funds in their own portfolios. The fact is that the subtle investment philosophy underlying index funds, and its related products, can help you grow your wealth in a steady, powerful, and efficient manner–so you can achieve financial security and peace of mind at the lowest possible cost.

In Index Funds: Strategies for Investment Success, author and cofounder of IndexFunds.com, Will McClatchy, first discusses the main issues concerning index funds and passive investing, and then provides a path of action by comparing indexes, describing various index funds, and reviewing model portfolios.

Topics discussed include: Understanding the philosophy, motivation, and discipline of a successful indexer Creating a financial plan with indexing Choosing markets with the right risk/return profile and finding sensible asset classes Filtering out noise created by financial markets and the media Maintaining an indexed portfolio with quarterly or yearly tune-ups Selecting the most cost-effective and efficient index funds And much more

Filled with in-depth insights, valuable advice, and informative charts, Index Funds: Strategies for Investment Success will get you up-to-speed on the indexing revolution. Whether you want to retire comfortably, save enough for a child’s education, or just set aside funds for a rainy day, take this opportunity to learn more about index funds and find out how to unlock their potential.

Author: Will McClatchy, IndexFunds.com
Hardcover: 288 pages
Company: Wiley (2002-11-14)
ISBN: 0471221392
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Your Guide to a Safe Ride Down the Road of Investment Success

"This compact book really does provide The Only Proven Road to Investment Success. And ‘the road’ is a wonderful metaphor: Don’t drive a gas-guzzler (keep costs low). Avoid toll roads (reduce Uncle Sam’s take). Beware of potholes (active management, market timing, acting on impulse, joining the herd). It drives home the central message that will make you a long-term winner: the secret of investing is simplicity."
–John C. Bogle, Founder, The Vanguard Group

"Personal investment has become both an opportunity and a hazard for all but experts. As stocks have soared and then collapsed in recent years, there is a crying need for first-rate, disinterested advice on how to invest. Sengupta’s book gives us precisely that. Written with authority and accessibility, it is a marvelous guide that no investor can do without. Read, implement, and prosper."
–Jagdish Bhagwati, University Professor, Columbia University
External Advisor to the Director General, WTO

The Only Proven Road to Investment Success provides the tools, knowledge, and insights that allow investors at any level–regardless of age, income, or financial wisdom–to successfully manage their own money and leave behind the expensive world of brokers and fund managers.

Whatever your investment goals are, The Only Proven Road to Investment Success and its companion CD-ROM can help you reach them. Stop listening to the "investment professionals" on TV and in magazines and start listening to yourself. With The Only Proven Road to Investment Success, you can manage your own investments with peace of mind and watch as your portfolio safely grows beyond expectation.

Author: Chandan Sengupta
Hardcover: 256 pages
Company: Wiley (2001-11-02)
ISBN: 0471443077
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Provides proven, easy-to-apply techniques for building a profitable portfolio. Cuts through the static of conventional wisdom with a refreshing array of common-sense strategies that help you accurately gauge the market, buy and sell at the right moment, and successfully manage your portfolio. Softcover.

Author: William J. O'Neil
Paperback: 176 pages
Company: McGraw-Hill (1999-12-13)
ISBN: 0071357548
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For Making Sense of Investing Today...the Fully Revised and Expanded Edition of the Bestselling The Motley Fool Investment Guide

Today, with the Internet, anyone can be an informed investor. Once you learn to tune out the hype and focus on meaningful factors, you can beat the Street.

The Motley Fool Investment Guide, completely revised and updated with clear and witty explanations, deciphers all the new information -- from evaluating individual stocks to creating a diverse investment portfolio.

David and Tom Gardner have investing ideas for you -- no matter how much time or money you have. This new edition of The Motley Fool Investment Guide is built for today's investor, sophisticate and novice alike, with updated information on:

Finding high-growth stocks that will beat the market over the long term Identifying volatile young companies that traditional valuation measures may miss Using Fool.com and the Internet to locate great sources of useful information

Author: David Gardner, Tom Gardner
Audio CD: Audiobook
Company: Sound Ideas (2001-04-01)
ISBN: 0743504283
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Author: John Templeton, Gary D. Moore
Audio CD: 1 pages Abridged, Audiobook
Company: Templeton Foundation Press (2005-02-28)
ISBN: 1932031804
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The sequel to the New York Times bestseller The Warren Buffett Way reveals how to profitably manage stocks once you select them

Staking its claim on the New York Times Bestseller list for 22 weeks, The Warren Buffett Way provided readers with their first look into the strategies that the master uses to pick stocks. The follow-up to that book, The Warren Buffett Way Portfolio is the next logical step. It will help readers through the process of building a superior portfolio and managing the stocks going forward.

Building and balancing a portfolio is arguably more important than selecting any single stock. In The Warren Buffett Portfolio, Robert Hagstrom introduces the next wave of investment strategy, called focus investing. A comprehensive investment strategy used with spectacular results by Buffett, focus investing directs investors to select a concentrated group of businesses by examining their management and financial positions as compared to their stock prices. Focus investing is based on the principle that a shareholder's return from owning a stock is ultimately determined by the economics of the underlying business.

Using this technique, Hagstrom shows how to identify lucrative companies and manage investments synergistically for the best possible results. The Warren Buffett Portfolio draws on the collective wisdom of Warren Buffett and other mavens of focus investing, including economist John Maynard Keynes and investors Philip Fisher, Bill Ruane of the Sequoia Fund, and Charlie Munger, Vice-Chairman of Berkshire Hathaway. It clearly outlines the strategies and philosophies of focus investing and illustrates how to implement them effectively.

Author: Robert G. Hagstrom
Audio Cassette: Unabridged
Company: Audio Literature (1999-04)
ISBN: 0787119474
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Audiocassette seminar. The 4 financial benefits of investing in real estate and how to calculate them; Calculating rates of return, with appreciation and without; How a property can have positive cash flow while having negative taxable income; Five things every investor must know before they buy a property; What today's tax laws do to value; Depreciation - what it is and how to maximize its benefit; Using real estate losses to shelter "active" income. Two cassettes, Study Guide, Worksheets, Case Studies and Answer sheets, in clamshell casing.

Author: Tom Lundstedt
Audio Cassette: Audiobook
Company: Winding Brook Publishing Company (1996)
ISBN: 1881049027
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This book will change the way you invest. . .and it's about time!

If your main concern is getting the most out of your money without sacrificing financial security, Dan Solin tells you how to take control of your finances and end up in the top 5% of all professionally managed money.

Solin provides a clear, simple, easy-to-follow road map that will show you exactly how your assets should be invested, using trusted, brand-name funds. He explains how to assess risk and how to allocate assets so that your portfolio is tailored precisely for you.

Most important, Solin's four-step plan will give you a portfolio that consistently outperforms the professionals (without the fees and without the worry.)

You can avoid the biggest mistakes most investors make:

Falling for "dumb money" solutions that give your hard-earned cash over to hyperactive brokers and investment advisors.

Buying into the hype that stock picking and market timing are anything but a fool's errand.

Giving too much credence to the media and self-styled gurus who peddle "financial pornography."

Best of all, the vast majority of investors can implement Solin's plan in ninety minutes or less per year, without any broker or adviser.

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Author: Dan Solin
Audio CD: Audiobook, Unabridged
Company: HarperAudio (2006-11-07) (2006-11-07)
ISBN: 0061240753
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With nerves of steel and a cool head, mutual-fund manager Mark Mobius travels the globe in search of good, undiscovered companies in risky, emerging markets. In Passport to Profits, he takes you on a enlightening international tour, from Estonia to Russia to Nigeria. He shows you how he's established a winning long-term record at Franklin Templeton funds, up an average 20 percent a year between 1987 and 1997. "I'd toured rubber plantations in Thailand and road-tested bikes over the pothole-ridden roads of rural China. I'd choked on roasted camel's meat, sheep's eyeball, guinea pig and dined (surprisingly well) on scorpions on toast," Mobius writes, "all to find undervalued companies before other investors do. I think you could safely say that I'm driven."Like his mentor, the famed Sir John Templeton, Mobius believes in buying stock at the peak of pessimism and believes that the economic turmoil overseas in the late 1990s may signal an opportunity. The author lays out more than 80 rules for investing in developing nations and provides plenty of examples of how he picked winners like Shanghai Dazhong Taxi Co., Ltd. and was burned by Cukurova, a Turkish utility, and other losers. Passport to Profits is a valuable and easy-to-read tour for investors interested in the world's up-and-coming economies.--Dan Ring

Author: Mark Mobius, Stephen Fenichell
Audio Cassette: Abridged, Audiobook
Company: Hachette Audio (1999-09-01)
ISBN: 1570426635
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Smart Ways to develop confidence in investing—ideal for anyone feeling uneasy or nervous about putting hard-earned money at risk

Smart Advice on buying and selling, using a broker, and developing and tracking a portfolio

Smart Tips on how to make college savings, tax-free investments, and retirement plans work for you Smart Ways to develop a sensible investment plan NOW to maximize savings and to minimize the financial demands of later years Smart Advice on setting your financial goals, understanding the different investment choices and their risks, diversifying a portfolio, and maintaining a patient, long-term outlook Smart Strategies to avoid the eight common investment mistakes, such as spending too quickly, investing too conservatively, and over-reacting to market fluctuations Smart Tips on financing a college education, consulting financial professionals, tracking investments via the Internet, and planning for a comfortable retirement Quick reading and easy referencing with a comprehensive index and loads of sidebars and tables

Author: Gordon K. Williamson
Audio Cassette: Abridged, Audiobook
Company: Highbridge Audio (1999-12-27)
ISBN: 1565113543
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SELECTED AS A 2008 BEST BUSINESS BOOK OF THE YEAR BY THE ECONOMIST

"ONE OF THE SMARTEST INVESTORS ON THE PLANET."--MONEY MAGAZINE

“This book is an essential read for those who wish to understand the modern world of investing.”
—Alan Greenspan

Winner of the 2008 Financial Times and Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year Award

When Markets Collide is a timely alert to the fundamental changes taking place in today's global economic and financial systems--and a call to action for investors who may fall victim to misinterpreting important signals. While some have tended to view asset class mispricings as mere “noise,” this compelling book shows why they are important signals of opportunities and risks that will shape the market for years to come. One of today's most respected names in finance, Mohamed El-Erian puts recent events in their proper context, giving you the tools that can help you interpret the markets, benefit from global economic change, and navigate the risks.

The world economy is in the midst of a series of hand-offs. Global growth is now being heavily influenced by nations that previously had little or no systemic influence. Former debtor nations are building unforeseen wealth and, thus, enjoying unprecedented influence and facing unusual challenges. And new derivative products have changed the behavior of many market segments and players. Yet, despite all these changes, the system's infrastructure is yet to be upgraded to reflect the realities of today's and tomorrow's world. El-Erian investigates the underlying drivers of global change to shed light on how you should:

Think about the new opportunities and risks Construct an appropriately diversified and internationalized portfolio Protect your portfolio against new sources of systemic risk Best think about the impact of central banks and financial policies around the world

Offering up predictions of future developments, El-Erian directs his focus to help you capitalize on the new financial landscape, while limiting exposure to new risk configurations.

When Markets Collide is a unique collection of books for investors and policy makers around the world. In addition to providing a thorough analysis and clear perspective of recent events, it lays down a detailed map for navigating your way through an otherwise perplexing new economic landscape.

Author: Mohamed El-Erian
Audio CD:
Company: BBC Audiobooks America (2008-11-11)
ISBN: 1602835462
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The experts agree: REITs (Real Estate Investment Trusts) should be a part of every serious investor's diversified portfolio. All the essentials are there—low volatility, consistent and steady profits, impressive dividends, convenient liquidity, low correlation with other asset classes and, most importantly, professional management—yet to take advantage of this investment vehicle, understanding the unusual features and performance characteristics of REITs is key. Investing in REITs—Revised & Updated Edition is an enlightening, practical look at what REITs are, how they work, what properties they own, and why they deserve an important place in any diversified investment portfolio. Ralph Block's classic is newly updated to reflect all the latest changes in the industry. Block provides cogent analysis of what is unique about REITs and cuts to the chase on how to make money with them while avoiding common pitfalls. Succinct, informative, and user-friendly in its layout and presentation, this guide makes the world of REITs accessible to all investors.

This essential guide offers: • The ABCs of successful REIT investment • How to spot blue-chip REITs • A concise history of REITs and how they compare to other investments • How to build a diversified REIT portfolio • REIT mutual fund opportunities and performance • Important new developments and strategies in the REIT industry, including specific sectors of real estate, asset recycling, and joint venture strategies • And much more

Author: Ralph L. Block
Audio Cassette: Abridged
Company: DH Audio (1998-09)
ISBN: 0886464749
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Author: Joel Greenblatt
Audio CD: Abridged, Audiobook, Unabridged
Company: Simon & Schuster Audio (2011-04-05)
ISBN: 0743562585
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