Economics and Business

Drawing upon a six-year research project at the Stanford University Graduate School of Business, James C. Collins and Jerry I. Porras took eighteen truly exceptional and long-lasting companies and studied each in direct comparison to one of its top competitors. They examined the companies from their very beginnings to the present day -- as start-ups, as midsize companies, and as large corporatio

The legendary bestseller that made millions look at the world in a radically different way returns in a new edition, now including an exclusive discussion between the authors and bestselling professor of psychology Angela Duckworth. Which is more dangerous, a gun or a swimming pool? Which should be feared more: snakes or french fries? Why do sumo wrestlers cheat? In this groundbreaking book, le

From the team that created the USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestseller The Daily Stoic, an elegant journal to help readers apply the stoic principles of wisdom and virtue in today's tumultuous world.Ryan Holiday has led the popular revival of stoicism since 2014, with his acclaimed bestsellers The Obstacle is the Way, Ego is the Enemy, and -- in partnership with Stephen Hanselman -- The Daily

From the #1 New York Times-bestselling author of The 48 Laws of Power comes the definitive new book on decoding the behavior of the people around you Robert Greene is a master guide for millions of readers, distilling ancient wisdom and philosophy into essential texts for seekers of power, understanding and mastery. Now he turns to the most important subject of all - understanding people's drives

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

From policing the rough streets of Kansas City, Missouri, to becoming the FBI’s lead international kidnapping negotiator to teaching negotiation at leading universities, Chris Voss has tested the techniques in Never Split the Difference across the full spectrum of human endeavor and proved their effectiveness. Those who have benefited from these techniques include business clients generating mil

Greene's first two guides, "The 48 Laws of Power" and "The Art of Seduction," espouse profound, timeless lessons from events in history to help readers vanquish an enemy or ensnare an unsuspecting victim. Now, he crafts a brilliant distillation of the strategies of battle that can help readers in the modern world.

The long-awaited first book by the founder of the enormously popular Bullet Journal® organizational system.For years Ryder Carroll tried countless organizing systems, online and off, but none of them fit the way his mind worked. Out of sheer necessity, he developed a method called the Bullet Journal that helped him become consistently focused and effective. When he started sharing his system with

Humanity’s hunt for calculating devices probably started with the use of small pebbles to keep track of numbers. The counting inventions progressed through the abacus, early mechanical calculators, and other ingenious devices culminating in today’s computers. In this new book, Thomas Russo chronicles 600 years of caculating devices, providing valuable information for historians and collectors alik

“Keyu Jin is a brilliant thinker.” —Tony Blair, former prime minster of the United Kingdom A myth-dispelling, comprehensive guide to the Chinese economy and its path to ascendancy. China's economy has been booming for decades now. A formidable and emerging power on the world stage, the China that most Americans picture is only a rough sketch, based on American news coverage, policy, and wa

Master the science of funnel building to grow your company online with sales funnels in this updated edition from the $100M entrepreneur and co-founder of the software company ClickFunnels. DotCom Secrets is not just another "how-to" book on internet marketing. This book is not about getting more traffic to your website--yet the secrets you'll learn will help you to get exponentially more traf

The first-ever science-backed planner for developing the habits that foster long-term success—from “the world´s leading high-performance coach” and the New York Times–bestselling author of High Performance Habits (Forbes). This 2-in-1 planner and journal features writing prompts, self-assessments, and a variety of calendars to help you stay focused, achieve your goals—and be

Dan Sullivan shares his simple yet profound teaching that, until now, has only been known to his Strategic Coach clients: unsuccessful people focus on 'The Gap', but successful people focus on 'The Gain'. Most people, especially highly ambitious people, are unhappy because of how they measure their progress. We all have an 'ideal', a moving target that is always out of reach. When we measure ou

Expanding upon one of his high-level foundational teachings: Strategic Coach co-founder Dan Sullivan explains why achieving 10X growth is easier than going for 2X growth. Dan Sullivan, the world's leading coach for highly successful entrepreneurs, wants you to know that achieving 10X growth is exponentially easier than striving for 2X growth. Most find this idea confusing at first because simpl

The greatest investment advisor of the twentieth century, Benjamin Graham taught and inspired people worldwide.

This is the ultimate business how-to book, by the icon of American business and one of the world's most revered and respected leaders, Jack Welch, former CEO of General Electric. "Winning" explores the changes of recent times and the new economic realities, and more than that, it identifies the central, immutable principals of doing business right and doing it well. ""Winning" is a book for the pe

Secrets of the Millionaire Mind is two books in one. Part I explains how your money blueprint works. In Part II you will be introduced to seventeen "Wealth Files.

From the bestselling author of The 48 Laws of Power and The Laws of Human Nature, a vital work revealing that the secret to mastery is already within you. Each one of us has within us the potential to be a Master. Learn the secrets of the field you have chosen, submit to a rigorous apprenticeship, absorb the hidden knowledge possessed by those with years of experience, surge past competitor

HEART AND SELL offers salespeople, entrepreneurs and corporate leaders a system of emotional selling that will revolutionise the sales process. Shari Levitin, who pioneered the Third Level Selling™ movement, takes this concept to a whole new level and shows you methods to create an emotional customer experience that creates true urgency, a process to decrease objections and techniques to manage yo