books about: competitions     books:       Advanced Selling Strategies: The Proven System of Sales Ideas, Methods, and Techniques Used by Top Salespeople31 reviews Brian Tracy Simon & Schuster, 1995 Top book on selling I've only read this book once. I'm more of a copywriter than a one-on-one salesperson, though I have to do that to sell my services often enough. The thing that stands out to me is this unoriginal thought: Great salespeople get that way not by making huge breathroughs in one area but by making small, incremental improvements in dozens of areas. Excellent book. It tries to cover ...             Killer Brands: Create and Market a Brand That Will Annihilate the Competition25 reviews Frank Lane Adams Media, 2007 A must read for entrepreneurs. "Killer Brands" provides very interesting case studies, but more importantly, great advice. Rather than overwhelm the reader, the book empowers you to take control of your brand. After reading this book, you will be far more prepared to move your product to the next level and will be excited about the work required. There is potential for big return for a minimal investment of money and time.             Siblings without rivalry: How to help your children live together so you can live too71 reviews Adele Faber Quill, 2002 Helping Children Get Along A wonderful book on helping siblings get along. But I also highly recommend for parents and teachers the book:Bully-Proofing Children: A Practical, Hands-On Guide to Stop Bullying. More than a bullying book, this really focuses on practical strategies,scripts, actual lessons and stories to teach children conflict resolution, friendship and communication skills; the importance of helping others ...             Wooden on Leadership32 reviews John Wooden McGraw-Hill, 2005 A basketball philosophy masterpiece Hands down this is the best basketball philosophy book. This tells exactly how Wooden ran UCLA's basketball program and explains why they won 10 national championships. To truely understand the mind of one of basketball's greatest coaches, you must read this book. From discipline to practice planning, Wooden on Leadership has it all.             EVEREST Book Three: The Summit (Everest)29 reviews Gordon Korman Scholastic Paperbacks, 2002 Excellent action book This is truly one of my favorite books I have ever read. It is packed with action, has a very rich plot, and is very well written. The trilogy is approx. 440 pages, and can easily be read in less than 1 week. It has a lot of detail that, while it is very exciting to read, is easy to forget, which allows for it to be read over and over again without getting old. I am now reading it for the 4th ...             The Underdog: How I Survived the World's Most Outlandish Competitions30 reviews Villard, 2005 Giving geeks around the world hope for a better future A quick read; fun and emotionally transparent. Our little hero graces his way through eccentric adventure after eccentric adventure, all the while proving that even the least talented among us can be champions (or at least, very nearly so). There is a tenderness in this book. In its Quixotic madness, it transports us into worlds of danger, adventure, greatness, and saunas in Finland. A true ...             Less Is More: How Great Companies Use Productivity as a Competitive Tool in Business (Unabridged)40 reviews Jason Jennings audible.com On the lean culture of cost leadership firms This spring, I had a night-flight from Houston to Europe. I never got any sleep due to this book. It reads like a fiction novel while the focus is very much on the softer issues of productivity businesses. The well-written behind-the-wall stories and interviews with successful top executives give us insight to many issues that usual case stories do not explain. Business magazines often glorify ...             Sleeping with Rachel26 reviews David Stanley Amazon, 2007 Give Me More An acutely disturbing past, colouring the present in errant shades of internal unrest, governs the lives of Kieran and his twin sister, Lisa, and extends outward to Shona, Kieran's wife. What childhood shames and atrocities brought the twins to this moment? How close is too close in sibling relationships? Can I empathize with Shona's feelings of always being number two in her husband's life, ...             The Ultimate Competitive Advantage: Secrets of Continually Developing a More Profitable Business Model137 reviews Donald Mitchell, Carol Coles, ... Berrett-Koehler Publishers, 2003 ...the perennial gale of creative destruction Mitchell and Coles have done businesses a tremendous service in writing this excellent book. They have done so by providing a practical toolbox of ideas with which to stimulate entrepreneurs, business leaders and managers to enhance and improve their business prospects in today's very competitive marketplaces. I must admit to having struggled with this book for a long time. Not because of ...             Wooden75 reviews John Wooden McGraw-Hill, 1997 Wooden I bought this book for my student/athlete son. I had him read the book and find five things that he could immediately apply to his life. The book is written in such a manner that the parallels between sports and life are seamlessly interwoven. By using sports as a platform of relativity, I feel I am raising my son to be a confident and responsible man. This is a must-read for fathers and sons.             Beyond Price14 reviews Mary Kay Plantes, Robert D. Finfrock Greenleaf Book Group LLC, 2008 Differentiate and win the pricing battle Having a company that is price reliant and schedule driven it was refreshing to read Beyond Price. It provides very clear answers to questions as to why we are chasing the pricing model. When you read the authors step by step analysis of how to move your company from this arena to one that creates a clear need for your customer to do business with you it makes the effort well worth the time. ...             The Recipe Hall of Fame Cookbook (Best of the Best)13 reviews Quail Ridge Press, 1999 Really Great Cookbook!!! I received this cookbook as a wedding gift, and I think it has been the one thing I have used over and over. I have yet to make a recipe from this cookbook that is "average." If you make nothing else, the Applebarn Fresh Apple Cake is worth the price of this book. I need to buy a second volume because the original is wearing out!             The Living Company21 reviews Arie de Geus, Peter M. Senge Harvard Business School Press, 1997 Why Companies Fail and What We Can Do About It Companies die all the time. The current business climate favors short term profit over long term survival, and most companies don't adapt fast enough. De Geus explains why this is, and what we can do about it, but what makes this book an essential read is that he gives us a new way of looking at organizations and the meaning of work. The problem is that, in management, you get what you reward. ...             Underdog Advertising®: Proven Principles to Compete and Win Against the Giants in Any Industry18 reviews Electronic & Database Publishing, Inc., 2008 Actually, Underdog Aikido .... Paul Flower's UNDERDOG ADVERTISING is a gem for every small business owner. I especially appreciate Mr. Flower's honesty throughout this book, particular in the anecdote he shares in his introduction, where he reveals how he and his partners realized (to their horror, no doubt) that they themselves had "...fallen into the trap of copying what our bigger competitors ... did--the same trap we were ...             My Personal Best : Life Lessons from an All-American Journey16 reviews John Wooden, Steve Jamison McGraw-Hill, 2004 We need more John Woodens I was raised in Southern California and now reside in Indiana. I could not be happier that Coach Wooden also called both places his home. Though he clearly is a midwesterner at heart---as am I now---his legend truly grew in Los Angeles. As my title indicates, we need more coaches like John Wooden here in 2008. Can you imagine what the current crop of college ballers would be like if they had a ...             The Geography Bee Complete Preparation Handbook: 1,001 Questions & Answers to Help You Win Again and Again!16 reviews Matthew T. Rosenberg, Jennifer E. Rosenberg, ... Three Rivers Press, 2002 Great choice!! Lots of information about Geography bees & what to expect My son started showing an interest in Geography in the 3rd grade so we bought him several books & this was one of them!! He is now a walking text book! watch out!! He has won several Geography bees & this is one of the books he has studied from!! Plus he just loves reading the information & sponging up the information!! This book had a lot of great tips about what to expect at & from a Geography ...             The Best Book on the Market: How to stop worrying and love the free economy11 reviews Eamonn Butler Wiley, 2008 Quite amazingly, the title is correct I haven't finished this book yet, but for me it actually IS "the best book on the market." I am no economist, but I have read Sowell's "Basic Economics, and Hazlitt, as well as large helpings of Ludwig von Mises and Hayek. All of these people wrote excellent books, but this particular minor classic rises to the status of a classic because of the author's very dry sense of humor, and also ...             Profit Building: Cutting Costs Without Cutting People16 reviews Perry J Ludy Berrett-Koehler Publishers, 2000 Build-Up Profit Improving Skill Rather than Having Lay-offs! As one CEO said to me recently, "No one who has a conscience ever wants to lay anyone off." Yet the headlines are filled with announcements that companies are making massive cuts in jobs and employees. Recently, these cuts are even coming in the fastest growing technology industries. If people don't like to fire anyone and people don't like to be fired, why is this happening? Mr. Ludy argues ...             Big Brands Big Trouble: Lessons Learned the Hard Way12 reviews Jack Trout Wiley, 2001 Deliver a clear message-Perception is the most important! ¡§Big Brands Big trouble¡¨ is a very interesting and comprehensive book. This book explains several types of popular mistakes with different big brand cases, how to select a board of directors and how to be a good CEO. I think this book is suitable for anyone who is interested in Marketing or Branding because you could gain a lot of insight from it. After reading this book, you will understand ...             The Power of Alignment: How Great Companies Stay Centered and Accomplish Extraordinary Things12 reviews Wiley, 1997 Make Sure That Everything You Do Points To Success ! Great book! The basic premise is that once a business has a raison d'etre, or a 'main thing', that profits are maximized by the alignment of four key business areas: Strategy, Processes, People, and Customers. Built on this premise are actionalbe ways to build a self-aligning organization. I got the sense of discovering truth while I read this book. 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