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The most successful companies and workers in the emerging economic order are those who understand that most of the old rules of running a business no longer apply. You can't solve today's problems with yesterday's tools. New times call for new thinking. Louis Patler, co-author of the New York Times bestseller If it ain't broke... Break It! and originator of Break-It(r)Thinking, now creates a whole new attitude and perspective for business. Revisiting the old principles of quality and even speed, Patler replaces them with values, beliefs and a new "Thoughtware" for tomorrow's business leaders. Tilt! offers a wealth of inspiring stories, anecdotes, lessons and tools drawn from today's most suc...
Like the ocean, the marketplace constantly changes and today's cresting?reward?becomes tomorrow's crashing?risk. Even the best surfers fall, but they learn from their wipeouts and paddle back out again, knowing that with big waves come big opportunities. Innovation expert Louis Patler explores why 8 out of 10 business ventures fail and offers lessons learned from elite athletes that apply to business.?Before you venture out, take some advice from unlikely experts: Big Wave surfers who ride waves the size of a five-story office building using only a 9-foot piece of styrofoam. Like successful entrepreneurs, they must rely on preparation, planning, patience, and passion--and they relish a chall...
New York Times best-selling author Dr. John C. Maxwell has a message for you, and for today's corporate culture fixated on talent above all else: TALENT IS NEVER ENOUGH. People everywhere are proving him right. Read the headlines, watch the highlights, or just step out your front door: Some talented people reach their full potential, while others self-destruct or remain trapped in mediocrity. What makes the difference? Maxwell, the go-to guru for business professionals across the globe, insists that the choices people make-not merely the skills they inherit-propel them onto greatness. Among other truths, successful people know that: Belief lifts your talent. Initiative activates your talent....
Today's business world is confusing and uncertain. Things move so fast, it seems that every day there is a new technology, a new marketing strategy and a new way to attract customers. How do you make sense of it all? Is the hot new trend you're hearing about the wave of the future or just another passing fad? Louis Patler has the answers. As a leading trend-analysis and market-research guru for companies such as American Express, General Dynamics, Lloyds Bank and Dell Computers, Patler has spent the last twenty years studying emerging business trends and tracking their impact in the marketplace. Through this intense research and remarkable insights into the most successful and innovative com...
An iconoclastic business guide offers unconventional approaches to dealing with the ever-changing corporate environment
You may have heard the old story about the frog. If you put a frog in some cool water, he'll be quite comfortable. If you slowly heat the water, the frog will not jump out, even if the water starts to boil, because during the slow process of bringing it to a boil, the frog adjusts. He will be boiled alive because he has become comfortable with his surroundings. Don't be comfortable. You can change before your crisis becomes too difficult. Don't wait until you are boiled alive! Choose Change Before Change Chooses You! is a simple systematic process to change your live before you are forced to do so by people and circumstances over which you have no control. Most people will not change until it becomes more uncomfortable to be where they are than it is to get where they are going. This a practical thirteen week process to make living your life what it was meant to be: fulfilling, joyful and on purpose.
Professional church planter Patrick Lai provides an in-depth reference for tentmakers--business-as-mission practitioners operating in regions of great antagonism to the Christian message.
The manager who can balance the people and profit factors has the best chance of succeeding in tomorrow's corporation. The "altrupreneur"_one who conducts the affairs of an enterprise with conspicuous regard for the welfare of others_builds communities that produce value for all the organization's stakeholders. This new breed of leader responds to the needs of the organization and the demands of people coming to the workplace and marketplace. Drawing examples from top and middle management, the authors describe the characteristics of altrupreneurs and the core principles by which they operate: their values and vision, optimism, integrity, confidence, and enthusiasm. Altrupreneurial organizat...
70% of all real estate agents quit the business within 18 months! It's true. Yet, only 3% of all agents ever reach the ranks of the top producers. What about you? What are your thoughts about your career as a real estate agent? Are you satisfied with your sales performance? Do you wish you could do better? Do you watch one or two star performers in your community and wonder how they do it? If you are a new agent, how would you like to avoid the bad habits that slow people down and shorten your learning curve to success? If you are a veteran agent, how would you like to enhance your current success and bring your real estate career to a whole new level? Now you can " Secrets to Real Estate Su...
AARP Digital Editions offer you practical tips, proven solutions, and expert guidance. The fact is information is power. And, the truth is there's lots of financial advice available. Unfortunately, it's often either too confusing or biased. The Seven S.E.C.R.E.T.S. of the Money Masters cuts through the clutter, clearly presenting the seven most important questions you must be able to answer before making any investment decision. The book offers you some of the information that true money masters know, understand, and use to their advantage—but that hasn't necessarily been passed along to the rest of us. Engaging and informative, the book: Shines a light on the much broader issues of attaining wealth and getting your retirement plans back on track Offers access to the S.E.C.R.E.T.S. website which includes additional resources and access to exclusive debt reduction software The Seven S.E.C.R.E.T.S. of Money Masters goes where most personal finance books – and financial advisors – fear to tread, revealing the S.E.C.R.E.T.S. of Safety, Expense, Cash Flow, Rate of Return, Economy, Tax Efficiency and (common) Sense.