• Who Moved My Cheese?: An A-Mazing Way to Deal with Change in Your Work and in Your Life

    AuthorSpencer Johnson

    A timeless business classic, Who Moved My Cheese? uses a simple parable to reveal profound truths about dealing with change so that you can enjoy less stress and more success in your work and in your life. It would be all so easy if you had a map to the Maze. If the same old routines worked. If they'd just stop moving "The Cheese." But things keep changing... Most people are fearful of change, both personal ...

  • Fish!: A remarkable way to boost morale and improve results

    AuthorHarry Paul, Stephen C Lundin, John Christensen

    magine a workplace where everyone chooses to bring energy, passion and a positive attitude to the job every day. In this engrossing parable, a fictional manager has the responsibility of turning a chronically unenthusiastic and unhelpful department into an effective team. Seattle's Pike Place Fish is a world famous market that is wildly successful thanks to its fun, bustling, joyful atmosphere and great customer service. By applying ingeniously simple lessons ...

  • Sell with a Story: How to Capture Attention, Build Trust, and Close the Sale

    AuthorPaul Smith

    Stories sell. Great SALES STORIES sell even more. "Sell With a Story is a rich compilation of story techniques that can improve any persuasion process." -Forbes.com "If you're serious about increasing your effectiveness as a communicator and looking to transform your sales results, Sell with a Story is for you. This book empowered and energized me, and I know it will do the same for you." - Mike Weinberg, consultant, ...

  • Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance

    AuthorAngela Duckworth

    In this must-read for anyone seeking to succeed, pioneering psychologist Angela Duckworth takes us on an eye-opening journey to discover the true qualities that lead to outstanding achievement. Winningly personal, insightful and powerful, Grit is a book about what goes through your head when you fall down, and how that – not talent or luck – makes all the difference.

  • Jonathan Livingston Seagull: The Complete Edition

    AuthorRichard Bach

    This is the story for people who follow their hearts and make their own rules…people who get special pleasure out of doing something well, even if only for themselves…people who know there’s more to this living than meets the eye: they’ll be right there with Jonathan, flying higher and faster than they ever dreamed. A pioneering work that wed graphics with words, Jonathan Livingston Seagull now enjoys a whole new life.   One ...

  • The Go-Giver: A Little Story About a Powerful Business Idea

    AuthorBob Burg, John David Mann

    “Most people just laugh when they hear that the secret to success is giving. . . . Then again, most people are nowhere near as successful as they wish they were.” The Go-Giver tells the story of an ambitious young man named Joe who yearns for success. Joe is a true go-getter, though sometimes he feels as if the harder and faster he works, the further away his goals seem to ...

  • As a Man Thinketh

    AuthorJames Allen

    In this classic book on thinking, the book describes how each of us shapes the events around us, creating our own lives in abundance. As himself Allen describes, “It shows how, in his own thought-world, each man holds the key to every condition, good or bad, that enters into his life, and that, by working patiently and intelligently upon his thoughts, he may remake his life, and transform his circumstances. …and ...

  • Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff and it’s All Small Stuff: Simple Ways to Keep the Little things from Taking Over Your Life.

    Richard Carlson

    This groundbreaking inspirational guide--a classic in the self-help genre--shows you how to put challenges in perspective, reduce stress and anxiety through small daily changes, and find the path to achieving your goals. Among the insights it reveals are how to: Think of your problems as potential "teachers" Do one thing at a time Share glory with others Learn to trust your intuitions

  • Onward: How Starbucks Fought for it’s Life without Losing its Soul

    AuthorHoward Schultz & Joanne Gordon

    Onward is a compelling, candid narrative documenting the maturing of a brand as well as a businessman. Ultimately, Schultz gives you a sense of hope that, no matter how tough times get, the future can be more successful than the past.   It's about a maniacal approach to get things done and CULTURE is at the center of all this. Just like "Shoe Dog" by Phil Knight this one more than captivates. ...

  • The Promise of a Pencil: How an Ordinary Person Can Create Extraordinary Change

    Adam Braun

    The riveting New York Times bestseller about a young man who built more than 250 schools around the world—and the steps anyone can take to lead a successful and significant life. Adam Braun began working summers at hedge funds when he was just sixteen years old, sprinting down the path to a successful Wall Street career. But while traveling he met a young boy begging on the streets of India, who ...

  • Made to Stick: Why some Ideas Survive and Others Die

    Chip Heath & Dan Heath

    In Made to Stick, Chip and Dan Heath reveal the anatomy of ideas that stick and explain ways to make ideas stickier, such as applying the human scale principle, using the Velcro Theory of Memory, and creating curiosity gaps. Along the way, we discover that sticky messages of all kinds—from the infamous “kidney theft ring” hoax to a coach’s lessons on sportsmanship to a vision for a new product at Sony—draw their ...

  • Switch: How to Change Things When Change is Hard

    Chip Heath & Dan Heath

    The primary obstacle is a conflict that’s built into our brains, say Chip and Dan Heath, authors of the critically acclaimed bestseller Made to Stick. Psychologists have discovered that our minds are ruled by two different systems—the rational mind and the emotional mind—that compete for control. The rational mind wants a great beach body; the emotional mind wants that Oreo cookie. The rational mind wants to change something at work; the ...