Business Wisdom

Wisdom has always been a precious and powerful resource, but what exactly is it, and how can we cultivate and apply it? As a problem-solving tool, it has never been more necessary, and as a guide to living well, it is our best friend. To explore its nature and use, its cultivation and benefits, best-selling author Miguel Mendonça interviews 25 highly accomplished and insightful artists, activists, writers, and teachers from around the world.

Walt Disney never stopped dreaming about the future. And neither should you! Learn how you can use Walt Disney's final dream of EPCOT -- the Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow -- to see your own dreams come true. In Beyond the Wisdom of Walt, Jeffrey A. Barnes challenges you to transform your life by applying the lessons that Walt Disney, Disneyland, Walt Disney World, and EPCOT teach us.

In this illuminating fable, productivity expert Josh Kaufman explores the uncertainty and fear inherent in facing down any ambitious challenge, from starting a new business to completing a work of art. The risks involved can never be eliminated, but they can be understood, anticipated, and mitigated. Armed with an adventurer's insights into tackling unknown and fearsome challenges, you can tame a project of epic proportions. How to Fight a Hydra is an essential handbook for artists, creative professionals, and entrepreneurs tired of ignoring the call to adventure.

Con un estilo contundente, sincero en el fracaso y humilde en los grandes logros financieros, se revela en estas páginas el ideario de un hombre visionario que arriesgó estatus económico y fortuna para consolidar una empresa de alimentos con alcance en México y otros países del mundo.

Your team will change whether you like it or not. People will come and go. Your company might double in size or even be acquired. In this practical book, author Heidi Helfand shares techniques for reteaming effectively. Engineering leaders will learn how to catalyze team change to reduce the risk of attrition, learning and career stagnation, and the development of knowledge silos.

Thrive is the road map of how to grow your business and drive sales in highly shifting, constantly changing economic times. It is the story of those leaders and organizations that have seen consistent growth through several economic crisis - companies that were founded in the late 1700s to early 1900s, and they are still in business thriving today.

The number-one reason most people don't reach their biggest dreams and goals is what international business coach Howard Partridge calls F.T.I. Failure to Implement. Many times, people know what to do and how to do it; they just don't do it. This book reveals the causes of F.T.I. and offers a proven path to overcoming the tendency toward inaction.

An MBA from Heaven brings together business and spirituality in a cohesive and engaging narrative to answer the big questions that preoccupy employers and employees. Biblical stories are interwoven with real business stories to illustrate a huge range of topics. No religious or business knowledge is required, and many of the lessons apply to other life situations.

Charm is good business. It can increase your income, boost your status, and establish and maintain your reputation. Most businesspeople don't fully understand the concept of charm. It ought to be a reflex, a conditioned response, to "turn on the charm" when dealing with customers, clients, associates, and employees, but it isn't. Charm draws customers. Charm gets noticed. But charm is only partly innate. Much of it is learned.

Through The Jim Rohn Legacy Series, Chris Widener imparts wisdom and knowledge gained through the seven years he was personally mentored by Rohn. Chris shares his insight on what made Jim Rohn tick and provides an intimate look at the ideas that shaped the career of this motivational legend. This audio program will give you a rare glimpse into the greatness of the man who was hailed as America's number-one business philosopher.

Since 1994, New York Times best seller The Oz Principle has been the bible of business accountability, helping countless companies build dynamic, creative workplaces. Now Roger Connors and Tom Smith show readers how to use accountability to strengthen personal relationships, inspire and motivate their children, increase their value on the job, improve their health and financial well-being, and attain every other major goal.

In a Japanese tea ceremony, when a treasured bowl breaks, it is not discarded. The shards are instead rejoined with lacquer and gold, celebrating the beauty in imperfection, and creating splendor from misfortune. This celebration of imperfection and authenticity is known to the Japanese as “wabi-sabi”. In this same spirit, Wabi-Sabi Wisdom: Inspiration for an Authentic Life shares the author’s own perfectly imperfect reflections on living a life that moves beyond success, striving, and competition to living in integrity with oneself, others, and the world.

Canny Bites: 52 Bites of Business Wisdom for Leaders and Entrepreneurs is a toolkit for changing your professional life. It is designed to share with busy business people know-how, wisdom, and advice in a way that is memorable and practical. At first glance, some may seem obvious, while others are intended to be subtle, provoking a eureka moment weeks later. Written and collated by Safaraz Ali, a UK social investor and entrepreneur.

Business journalist Del Jones - not to be confused with Dow Jones - has interviewed hundreds of CEOs, athletes, coaches, and entertainers. He combs through volumes of his notes, trims out the puffery, and bullets the best leadership tips of 64 men and women, most of them recently retired.

With contemporary commentary by Judith Williamson, the director of the Napoleon Hill World Learning Center, Napoleon Hill's Action Activities for Health, Wealth, and Happiness will guide you to live your own life, think your own thoughts, find your own goals, and achieve them by gaining power over your own mind. Simply by exercising this profound privilege, you can bring abundance into your life and with it know the greatest wealth of all peace of mind, without which there can be no real happiness.

In A Millionaire Vision, Don Green takes listeners on an inspiring journey from humble beginnings to achieving a vision of wealth, not just in material terms, but in richness of life. Raised in a small house without modern conveniences, Green’s story is a testament to the power of vision, goal-setting, and relentless effort. Working for minimal wages, he set his sights high, aiming for no less than a millionaire's life filled with success symbols like a black Mercedes and a gold Presidential Rolex watch.

You can't expand your wallet until you expand your mind. Becoming a millionaire is not just about all the things you want to have, but it's about the things you want to do and give. In order to climb to the financial peak, you've got to crawl out of the valley of debt. You will either voluntarily control your money now, or it will force its control on you later. The vast majority of people never arrive at their destination - not because they don't have what it takes but because they don't manage what they have.

The book (The Business Wisdom of Steve Jobs) includes 250 famous quotes from the creative innovator who changed the world, which were taken by the book's author from excerpts from Steve Jobs's talks.

A collection of sayings, quotes, and nuggets of wisdom extracted from the literary works and workshops of Lujan Matus. Listen to the audiobook randomly and discover yourself within their meanings. The purpose of an oracle is to openly reveal information within the reservoirs of one’s own inspiration. Trust yourself to respond to the mechanisms of no mind that will arise through the process of your heartfelt feelings coming upon you.

A radical and timely new understanding of success: discover the simple mindset shift that not only allows you to achieve success, but to sustain it and be sustained by it.