Category: Business/Economics

Brilliant and engagingly written, Why Nations Fail answers the question that has stumped the experts for centuries: Why are some nations rich and others poor, divided by wealth and poverty, health and sickness, food and famine? Is it culture, the weather, geography? Perhaps ignorance of what the right policies are? Simply, no. None of these factors is either definitive or destiny. Otherwise, how to explain why Botswana has become one of the fastest growing countries in the world, while other African nations, such as Zimbabwe, the Congo, and Sierra Leone, are mired in poverty and violence? Daro...
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Do Over: Everything You Need to Get Unstuck at Work

By: Acuff, Jon

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Portfolio Hardcover : April 2015

Seller ID: 141515

ISBN-13: 9781591847618

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Good

It took me sixteen years to write this book. That breaks down to a brisk twelve words per day. But it wasn't the writing that took so long. . . . It was the working.I had to work at big companies and small companies. I had to get hired and fired several times. I had to find my dream job, then walk away from it. But after all that, I can now say the following with absolute certainty: You already have everything you need for an amazing career. In fact, you've had it since day one.Starting on the first day you got paid to scoop ice cream or restock shelves, you've had the chance to develop the fo...
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Start: Punch Fear in the Face, Escape Average and Do Work that Matters

By: Acuff, Jon

Price: $13.79

Publisher: Lampo Press : April 2013

Seller ID: 192525

ISBN-13: 9781937077594

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Good

Wall Street Journal best-selling author Jon Acuff reveals the steps to getting unstuck and back onto the path of being awesome.Over the last 100 years, the road to success for most everyone has been divided into five stages that mirror the decades of working life: There are only two paths in life: average and awesome. The average path is easy because all you have to do is nothing. The awesome path is more challenging because things like fear only bother you when you do work that matters. The good news is Start gives readers practical, honest and actionable insights to be more awesome, more oft...
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Conceptual Blockbusting: A Guide to Better Ideas

By: Adams, James L.

Price: $9.00

Publisher: Basic Books : October 2001

Seller ID: 136981

ISBN-13: 9780738205373

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

James Adams's unique approach to generating ideas and solving problems has captivated, inspired, and guided thousands of people from all walks of life. Now, twenty-five years after its original publication, Conceptual Blockbusting has never been more relevant, powerful, or fresh. Integrating insights from the worlds of psychology, engineering, management, art, and philosophy, Adams identifies the key blocks (perceptual, emotional, cultural, environmental, intellectual, and expressive) that prevent us from realizing the full potential of our fertile minds. Employing unconventional exercises and...
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Thinking 101: How to Reason Better to Live Better

By: Ahn, Woo-kyoung

Price: $28.99

Publisher: Flatiron Books : September 2022

Seller ID: 185249

ISBN-13: 9781250805959

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: New

Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity

By: Allen, David

Price: $10.80

Publisher: Penguin Books : January 2015

Seller ID: 190053

ISBN-13: 9780143126560

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

The book Lifehack calls The Bible of business and personal productivity. A completely revised and updated edition of the blockbuster bestseller from 'the personal productivity guru'--Fast Company Since it was first published almost fifteen years ago, David Allen's Getting Things Done has become one of the most influential business books of its era, and the ultimate book on personal organization. "GTD" is now shorthand for an entire way of approaching professional and personal tasks, and has spawned an entire culture of websites, organizational tools, seminars, and offshoots. Allen has rewritte...
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Making It All Work: Winning at the Game of Work and Business of Life

By: Allen, David

Price: $12.98

Publisher: Viking Adult : December 2008

Seller ID: 50143

ISBN-13: 9780670019953

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Good

The long-awaited follow-up to the "New York Times" bestseller "Getting Things Done." David Allen's "Getting Things Done" hit a nerve and ignited a movement with businesses, students, soccer moms, and techies all the way from Silicon Valley to Europe and Asia. Now, David Allen leads the world on a new path to achieve focus, control, and perspective. Throw out everything you know about productivity-- "Making It All Work" will make life and work a game you can win. For those who have already experienced the clarity of mind from reading "Getting Things Done," "Making It All Work" will take the pro...
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Condemned to Repeat It: The Philosopher Who Flunked Life and Other Great Lessons from History

By: Allison, Wick,Adams, Jeremy,Hambly, Gavin

Price: $9.00

Publisher: Viking : May 1998

Seller ID: 123035

ISBN-13: 9780670859511

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Good

This witty collection of anecdotes draws on the wisdom of the past to guide you through today's choices"Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it". We all know George Santayana's famous quote, but what are the historical lessons that every business professional should keep in mind? Condemned to Repeat It puts this practical wisdom into a fast-paced, fun-to-read collection of fifty stories drawn from the battlefields, courts, and cabinets where world-changing decisions have been made. You'll learn about: -- The only man who ever beat Hannibal (Respecting a talented opponent ...
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Automatic Influence: New Power for Change in Work and Life

By: Alstine, Erik Van

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Stone Lounge Press : October 2016

Seller ID: 189945

ISBN-13: 9781945556005

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Good

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By: Amoruso, Sophia

Price: $8.00

Publisher: Portfolio : September 2015

Seller ID: 174330

ISBN-13: 9781591847939

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

In the New York Times bestseller that the Washington Post called "Lean In for misfits," Sophia Amoruso shares how she went from dumpster diving to founding one of the fastest-growing retailers in the world.Amoruso spent her teens hitchhiking, committing petty theft, and scrounging in dumpsters for leftover bagels. By age twenty-two she had dropped out of school, and was broke, directionless, and checking IDs in the lobby of an art school--a job she'd taken for the health insurance. It was in that lobby that Sophia decided to start selling vintage clothes on eBay. Flash forward to today, and sh...
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The LEGO Story: How a Little Toy Sparked the World's Imagination

By: Andersen, Jens

Price: $32.50

Publisher: Mariner Books : November 2022

Seller ID: 187678

ISBN-13: 9780063258020

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: New

Convention Management and Service

By: Astroff, Milton T., R., James Abbey

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Amer Hotel & Motel Assn : January 2011

Seller ID: 94292

ISBN-13: 9780866123563

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

Meganets: How Digital Forces Beyond Our Control Commandeer Our Daily Lives and Inner Realities

By: Auerbach, David B.

Price: $30.00

Publisher: PublicAffairs : March 2023

Seller ID: 193851

ISBN-13: 9781541774445

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: New

Harnessing Complexity

By: Axelrod, Robert, Cohen, Michael D.

Price: $9.00

Publisher: Basic Books : August 2001

Seller ID: 110490

ISBN-13: 9780465005505

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

Harnessing Complexity will be indispensable to anyone who wants to better comprehend how people and organizations can adapt effectively in the information age. This book is a step-by-step guide to understanding the processes of variation, interaction, and selection that are at work in all organizations. The authors show how to use their own paradigm of bottom up management, the Complex Adaptive System-whether in science, public policy, or private commerce. This simple model of how people work together will change forever how we think about getting things done in a group. Harnessing Complexity ...
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Go Green, Live Rich: 50 Simple Ways to Save the Earth and Get Rich Trying

By: Bach, David, Rosner, Hillary

Price: $7.48

Publisher: Crown Business : April 2008

Seller ID: 185651

ISBN-13: 9780767929738

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

Let David Bach show you a whole new way to prosper--by going greenInternationally renowned financial expert and bestselling author David Bach has always urged readers to put their financial lives in line with their values. But what if your values are a cleaner and greener earth? Most people think that "going green" is an expensive choice they can't afford. Bach is here to say that you can have both: a life in line with your green values and a million dollars in the bank. Go Green, Live Rich outlines fifty ways to make your life, your home, your shopping, and your finances greener--and get rich...
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Results: Getting Beyond Politics to Get Important Work Done

By: Baker, Charlie,Kadish, Steve

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Harvard Business Review Press : May 2022

Seller ID: 179115

ISBN-13: 9781647821807

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: New

The Elephant in the Room

By: Baker, Ed

Price: $7.48

Publisher: N/A : October 2007

Seller ID: 189490

ISBN-13: 9780979365409

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Good

The Elephant in the Room is a groundbreaking book that guides the reader along the journey to financial freedom. Travel with the main character, Michael Davidson, who despite having a healthy income and successful career, can't seem to accumulate any savings and is living paycheck to paycheck. Being frustrated about his lack of progress toward a successful financial future, he turns to a family member for "the secret." Regardless of where you are on the journey - The Elephant in the Room is a refreshing must - read that will inspire you and provoke you to ask the transforming questions - of yo...
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The Visual MBA: Two Years of Business School Packed into One Priceless Book of Pure Awesomeness

By: Barron, Jason

Price: $22.00

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt : April 2019

Seller ID: 132032

ISBN-13: 9780358023951

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: New

Jason Barron spent 516 hours in class, completed mountains of homework and shelled out tens of thousands of dollars to complete his MBA at the BYU Marriott School of Business. Along the way, rather than taking boring notes that he would never read (nor use) again, Jason created sketch notes for each class--visually capturing the essential points of his education--and providing an engaging and invaluable resource. Once finished with his MBA, Jason launched a widely successful Kickstarter campaign distilling these same notes into a self-published book to help aspiring business leaders of all ba...
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Category: Business/Economics