"""In Do Hard Things, Steve Magness beautifully and persuasively reimagines our understanding of toughness. This is a must-read for parents and coaches and anyone else looking to prepare for life's biggest challenges."" -- Malcolm Gladwell, author of Outliers and Talking to Strangers and host of the Revisionist History podcast
From beloved performance expert, executive coach, and coauthor of Peak Performance Steve Magness comes a radical rethinking of how we perceive toughness and what it means to achieve our high ambitions in the face of hard things.
Toughness has long been held as the key to overcoming a challenge and achieving greatness, whether it is on the sports field, at a boardroom, or at the dining..."
"Is it more important to buy a good share, or buy it at the right time? To rephrase, should you buy a good share at any time, or buy any share at a good time?
Flirting with Stocks introduces the uninitiated to the world of share markets. Acclaimed financial expert Dr Anil Lamba begins with the basics of how the investment cycle works, and builds up to the nitty-gritties of bulls and bears, mutual funds, kerb trading, badla finance and share-price fixing. Included also are case studies on asset bubbles and insider trading that are lessons for potential investors on how to make money while minimising risks.
Written in Dr Lamba’s characteristic lucid style, this book makes stock market investing a non-intimidating, fun activity."
... Read more Read lessThe first interview. Handling a difficult boss. The power of words. Networking. Small talk. Dressing for a cocktail dinner. Holding chopsticks. Drinking wine. Twitter etiquette. Sexual harassment in office. Remembering names. Receiving compliments. Women travelling alone. Thank you notes. The opportunities created by a fast-globalizing world have led to executives jet-setting across the globe wining and dining, negotiating, and networking for business. Indian executives, who are brand ambassadors of both their company and their country, too are making a mark on the global stage, and increasingly find themselves in a number of situations where their people skills can make all the difference. This Hindi translation of Business Etiquette shows us the art of creating a positive impression through the ABC of good manners: Appearance, Behaviour, and Communication. Shital Kakkar Mehra, one of India’s best-known corporate etiquette trainers, teaches us how to create our own brand, dine with grace, mingle with ease and conduct business keeping in mind racial, gender, and cultural diversities. It’s a one-stop guide to side-stepping those embarrassing slip-ups and awkward gestures, and sailing through the complexities of modern-day office life with ease.
"The world’s greatest business leaders make it all look easy because they keep it simple: measurable, repeatable methods that generate exceptional results in both strong markets and weak, good economies and bad.
Leadership expert Brian Tracy has guided countless thousands of professionals, executives, and leaders of all stripes to truly startling results through his business books, seminars and consulting work.
In How the Best Leaders Lead, Tracy breaks down the art and science of business leadership into the seven fundamental responsibilities that outstanding leaders master. Essential for success in any organization and every leadership position, they are:
Setting and achieving goalsFostering innovationProblem solving and decision makingSetting prioritiesSetting high..."
... Read more Read less"Top professional speaker and sales trainer Brian Tracy found that his most important breakthrough was the discovery that it is the “psychology of selling” that is more important than the techniques and methods of selling. Learn how to double and triple your sales in any market. It’s a promise of prosperity that sales guru Brian Tracy has seen fulfilled again and again.
More salespeople have become millionaires by listening to and applying his ideas than from any other sales training process ever developed.
In Psychology of Selling, Tracy teaches you:
“The inner game of sales and selling”
How to eliminate the fear of rejection
How to build unshakeable confidence
Tracy shows how salespeople must learn to control their thoughts, feelings and actions to make themselves more effective.
Psychology of Selling gives you a series of ideas, methods, strategies, and techniques that you can use immediately to make more sales, faster and easier than ever before."
... Read more Read lessThe Wall Street Journal business bestseller with over 50,000 copies sold! The true secret of high achievers is that they know how to find their “focal point” – the one thing they should do, at any given moment, to get the best possible results in each area of their lives. In Focal Point, Tracy brings together the very best ideas on personal management into a simple, easy-to-use plan. Focal Point helps readers analyze their lives in seven key areas and shows them how to develop focused goals and plans in each. This best-selling guide provides timeless truths that have been discovered by the most effective people throughout the ages, answering questions like:
* How can I get control of my time and my life?
* How can I achieve maximum career success and still balance my personal life?
* How can I accelerate the achievement of all my goals? Focal Point shows readers how to develop absolute clarity about what they want, and how they can achieve supreme satisfaction, both personally and professionally.
"Brian Tracy has devoted his life to helping others achieve things they never dreamed possible. Now, he gives readers the key they need to open any door and get whatever they want, every time.
This book gives you proven ways to become more captivating and persuasive in any situation. As one of the world's premier business consultants and personal success experts, Brian Tracy shows readers what charm can do, and how they can use simple methods to immediately become more charming and dramatically improve their social lives and business relationships.
In The Power of Charm, you will learn how to:
capture people's trust and attention within the first few seconds of meetingwin the support of others who can help them achieve their goalsmaster body language and advanced list..."
... Read more Read lessThe ability to speak with confidence and deliver winning presentations can accelerate your career, earn people’s great respect, and enable you to achieve your greatest-even most impossible-seeming goals. But what many people don’t realize is that anyone can learn to be a great speaker, just as easily as they can learn to drive a car or ride a bike! As one of the world’s premier speakers and personal success experts, Brian Tracy is the ideal instructor. In Speak to Win, Tracy reveals time-tested tricks of the trade that readers can use to present powerfully and speak persuasively, whether in an informal meeting or in front of a large audience. Readers will learn how to: * become confident, positive, and relaxed in front of any audience * grab people’s attention from the start * use body language, props, and vocal techniques to keep listeners engaged * transition smoothly from one point to the next * use humor, stories, quotes, and questions skillfully * deal with skepticism when presenting new ideas * wrap up strongly and persuasively Brimming with unbeatable strategies for winning people over every time, Tracy lets readers in on his most powerful presentation secrets in this indispensable, life-changing guide.
‘This wonderful, uplifting book shows you how to release negatives and become a completely positive person.’ –Harvey Mackay, author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Swim with the Sharks Without Being Eaten Alive ‘If your memories of yesterday are greater than your dreams for tomorrow, read this book and watch your life turn around, and experience more joy and happiness as a result.’ –Todd Duncan, New York Times bestselling author of Time Traps This book contains a series of practical, proven, easy-to-apply ideas and strategies that anyone can use to change their thinking from negative to positive. The ideas in this book are based on more than a hundred years of writing and research in psychology and sychotherapy. These ideas are presented in an easily digestible form that goes directly to the root of the reasons why people feel negatively about themselves and about various factors in their lives. Every idea and instruction in this book has been tested and proven in the crucible of real life experiences, both by the authors and by the millions of other people worldwide whose lives have been positively affected by these simple principles.
Sequel to Eat That Frog! (more than 450,000 copies sold and translated into 23 languages) now in Hindi Tracy presents a step-by-step plan that addresses the root causes of negativity, helps you uncover blocks that have become mental obstacles and shows how you can transform them into stepping-stones to achieve your fullest potential. The book distills, in an accessible and immediately useful form, what Tracy has presented in more than 5,000 talks and seminars. The many powerful techniques and exercises in this book will help you change your mindset so that you discover something worthwhile in every person and experience. You’ll learn how to develop unshakable self-confidence, become your best self, and begin living an extraordinary life.