"Long before Shark Tank, there was Ron Popeil, the man who demonstrated products on the small screen with enthusiasm and a mega-watt smile. For five decades, the late-night, rapid-fire pitchman was a television staple, and virtually every corner of America knew who he was and bought in the millions the ' indispensable' products he hawked. Here is the rags-to-riches story of Popeil, the man who sliced, diced, and julienned his way into our hearts and wallets— packed with hands-on, nuts-and-bolts guidance on how anyone with a product idea can make big money."
"Don't Fire Them, Fire Them Up is a real-world story of winning in business by motivating employees in the most positive way possible—nurturing them, showing that you value their accomplishments, and giving them the skills and the responsibility to become winners.
Frank Pacetta, the hard-working man who engineered the drastic performance turnarounds of Xerox's Cleveland and Columbos sales staffs, gives the reader the same techniques he uses to build a winning business team:
* How to develop trust and create loyalty
* How to generate enthusiasm and excitement
* How to establish feedback and accountability
* How to rebuild an organization, and then lead and energize it
* How to put the organization on top and keep it there year after year
This book is check-full of practical, proven tips on leadership and management, everything from motivation to communication to all the nuts and bolts of selling successfully. And Pacetta has included his Top Ten Tips (and created Ten More Top Tips), which were featured in The Wall Street Journal and which have been copied and posted on office bulletin boards across the country."
"THE POWERFUL NEW AUDIO PROGRAM FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF WEALTH WITHOUT RISK
'Of all the strategies I could share with you, the most important are those that let you take control and achieve success in the total experience of living.'
Charles J. Givens is famous for his powerful strategies that have helped millions of people along the road to success and financial freedom. He is the author of three number-one bestselling financial self-help books and now with Superself, Mr. Givens shows you how to achieve your fullest personal and business potential with a set of proven strategies that serve as an 'operations manual' for your life. Superself gives you the tools to:
• Win the game when you're playing in someone else's ballpark
• Create a blueprint for your life and put it into action
• Control your timeline
• Manage mundane details and eliminate interruption
• Fight fatigue, fear, and stress
• Become a victor instead of a victim
These methods have worked not only for Charles J. Givens himself, but for the thousands of others he has taught over the past eighteen years in his immensely popular national seminar programs. Now, this audio program will make it possible for anyone to learn the personal habits, the attitude of mind, and the time-saving strategies that create success!"
"A husband and wife broadcast and writing team, who are also columnists for Money magazine, offer routine financial advice available from nearly any source. There is a note of huckstering in their presentation."
"MAKE SURE YOUR FIRST CALL ISN'T YOUR LAST!
Everyone in sales knows how to sell -- if they can get to the buyer. But in today's selling climate, the road between seller and buyer is frequently blocked with layer after layer of objections, distractions and delays. Now, America's #1 Corporate Sales Trainer shares his proven techniques for getting through all that interference to make the sale.
In this powerful program, Schiffman provides sound advice and proven strategies for cold calling -- the technique used by salespeople everywhere to make their appointments and increase their sales exponentially."
"Legendary money manager Peter Lynch explains his own strategies for investing and offers advice for how to pick stocks and mutual funds to assemble a successful investment portfolio.
Develop a Winning Investment Strategy—with Expert Advice from “The Nation’s #1 Money Manager.” Peter Lynch’s “invest in what you know” strategy has made him a household name with investors both big and small.
An important key to investing, Lynch says, is to remember that stocks are not lottery tickets. There’s a company behind every stock and a reason companies—and their stocks—perform the way they do. In this book, Peter Lynch shows you how you can become an expert in a company and how you can build a profitable investment portfolio, based on your own experience and insights and on straightforward do-it-yourself research.
In Beating the Street, Lynch for the first time explains how to devise a mutual fund strategy, shows his step-by-step strategies for picking stock, and describes how the individual investor can improve his or her investment performance to rival that of the experts.
There’s no reason the individual investor can’t match wits with the experts, and this book will show you how."
"In Guerilla P.R., Michael Levine shows how to get media exposure without hiring an expensive publicist. In clear, concise, and practical language, Levine explains the procedures he uses every day to get press for major stars. He tells how his techniques can be adapted to fit a small budget and be effective for any kind of company seeking publicity.
Using case histories, tips from his professional experience, and an all-important list of start-up contacts, Levine passes his expert advice to anyone and everyine. From a director of a free clinic to the manager of a local rock band, anyone who wants quick and effective methods to bridge the gap between the message and the public can benefit from Levine's expertise."
"Have you mastered money in your life, or does it master you? Dominguez and Robin describe their own philosophy and techniques for knowing 'how much is enough,' for living below your means and not needing to work for money. They challenge us in new ways to re-examine our relationship to money and things financial."
"Money has become for our generation what sex was for the earlier generations,' says philosopher Jacob Needleman, 'a force that is at the back of almost everything people do, but which we're not yet able to face without hypocrisy.' In this refreshingly candid and insightful interview, Needleman discusses the meaning of money and its place in the spiritual life, and how we can all learn from our own attitudes toward it."
"What can we learn from the events of the 20th century? David Halberstam set out to answer that question in this perceptive and eye-opening work which examines the past in order to determine the future. From the rise of the Japanese economy to the startling changes that reshaped the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, Halberstam argues that the American economy's survival depends on the rededication and continued education of the American worker. As pertinent in today's economy as it was when first published, The Next Century is a timeless call to arms, reminding us that we must continually better ourselves in order to compete on the world stage."
"Money and wealth are not the same thing, asserts Hwoschinsky, a venture capitalist, wilderness photographer and author. By using a 'non-financial balance sheet' to identify the assets which, more than money ever could, indicate our aliveness and true wealth--our health, relationships, education, vision and creativity--we can begin to integrate them with our financial assets to connect who we really are with what we do."
"Using the Hansel and Gretel myth as a metaphor for life, psychologist and writer Sinetar speaks to those who are attempting to live their deepest calling in the midst of a seductive world. She emphasizes the power of a positive view without being pollyannish, and stresses how optimism is essential for the creative process to unfold."
