books about: self-organization     books:       Widow To Widow: Thoughtful, Practical Ideas For Rebuilding Your Life Genevieve Davis Ginsburg Da Capo Press, 1999 The author, herself a widow, dispels the myths and disputes the rules, encouraging the reader to begin her new life in her own way and in her own time.             Energy Medicine Donna Eden, David Feinstein Jeremy P. Tarcher/Putnam, 1999 The illustrated, practical guide to using energy medicine.             Guerrilla Marketing for Job Hunters 3.0: How to Stand Out from the Crowd and Tap Into the Hidden Job Market ... Jay Conrad Levinson, David E. Perry Wiley, 2011 The latest strategies for job hunters revealed in this revised and updated edition This new Third Edition features the latest job-hunting strategies for the Information Age. You'll discover key techniques to reach hiring managers at the employers you want to work for most. New chapters integrate using social media and social networking tools like Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and ZoomInfo in your job search, along with case studies from ...             Life Your Way: Refresh Your Approach to Success and Breathe Easier in a Fast-Paced World Amy Wood Psy.D. Modern Sage Press, 2010 Life Your Way: Refresh Your Approach to Success and Breathe Easier in a Fast-paced World is a breath of fresh air in the crowded self-help market. Unlike the hundreds of existing personal and professional improvement books boasting idealistic and fleeting relief from modern pressures -- Have, Do and Be It All in Ten Easy Steps! Reinvent Yourself By Friday! - this timely book teaches a practical, reality-based, and enduring program for staying ...             Seductive Poison: A Jonestown Survivor's Story of Life and Death in the People's Temple Deborah Layton Anchor, 1999 Told by a former high-level member of the Peoples Temple and Jonestown survivor, Seductive Poison is the "truly unforgettable" ( Kirkus Review ) story of how one woman was seduced by one of the most notorious cults in recent memory and how she found her way back to sanity. From Waco to Heaven's Gate, the past decade has seen its share of cult tragedies. But none has been quite so dramatic or compelling as the Jonestown massacre of 1978, in ...             The Effective Executive Peter F. Drucker Collins, 2002 The measure of the executive, Peter Drucker reminds us, is the ability to "get the right things done." This usually involves doing what other people have overlooked as well as avoiding what is unproductive. Intelligence, imagination, and knowledge may all be wasted in an executive job without the acquired habits of mind that mold them into results. Drucker identifies five practices essential to business effectiveness that can, and must, be ...             Guerrilla Marketing for Job Hunters 2.0: 1,001 Unconventional Tips, Tricks and Tactics for Landing Your Dream ... Jay Conrad Levinson, David E. Perry Wiley, 2009 In Today's Job Jungle, the Guerrilla is King "You'll learn how to build a compelling new network in days that gets you sit-down meetings with decision makers who can hire you, for jobs that aren't advertised or don't even exist yet." — Kevin Donlin , creator, TheSimpleJobSearch.com; co-creator, The Guerrilla Job Search Home Study Course "This book is brilliant. Packed with stories, examples, and tactics to help you at any point in your job ...             How I Raised Myself from Failure to Success in Selling Frank Bettger Touchstone, 1992 A business classic, How I Raised Myself from Failure to Success in Selling is for anyone whose job it is to sell. Whether you are selling houses or mutual funds, advertisements or ideas -- or anything else -- this book is for you. When Frank Bettger was twenty-nine he was a failed insurance salesman. By the time he was forty he owned a country estate and could have retired. What are the selling secrets that turned Bettger's life around from ...             The Dream Manager Matthew Kelly Hyperion, 2007 A business parable about how companies can achieve remarkable results by helping their employees fulfill their dreams Managing people is difficult. With disengagement and turnover on the rise, many managers are scratching their heads wondering what to do. It's not that we dont dream of being great managers, it's just that we havent found a practical and efficient way to do it. Until now . . . The fictional company in this remarkable book is ...             The 2,000 Percent Solution: Free Your Organization from "Stalled" Thinking to Achieve Exponential Success Donald Mitchell iUniverse, 2003 Organizations, like people, are creatures of habit. They tend to approach problems in predictable ways. This revolutionary book argues that such ingrained habits, which often masquerade as efficient procedures, actually obstruct growth.The 2,000 Percent Solution introduces "stall busting," a process that shows you how to recognize typical stalls (like poor communications, disbelief, misconceptions, procrastination, tradition and bureaucracy) and ...             Surrounded by Geniuses: Unlocking the Brilliance in Yourself, Your Colleagues and Your Organization Sourcebooks, 2010 Winner of the Axiom Award for best leadership book Praise for Dr. Alan S. Gregerman and Surrounded by Geniuses "No one needs a 'me-too' anything-great companies learn to transform customers into fans. Surrounded by Geniuses can help you begin your quest for the next great idea. It is an important and enjoyable read." -Vernon H. Hill, Founder, Chairman, and CEO, Commerce Bank "Dr. Gregerman has made an important contribution to our ...             Adventures Among Ants: A Global Safari with a Cast of Trillions Mark W. Moffett University of California Press, 2010 Intrepid international explorer, biologist, and photographer Mark W. Moffett, "the Indiana Jones of entomology," takes us around the globe on a strange and colorful journey in search of the hidden world of ants. In tales from Nigeria, Indonesia, the Amazon, Australia, California, and elsewhere, Moffett recounts his entomological exploits and provides fascinating details on how ants live and how they dominate their ecosystems through strikingly ...             Hire With Your Head: Using Performance-Based Hiring to Build Great Teams Lou Adler Wiley, 2007 Hire with Your Head Updated with new case studies and more coverage of the impact and importance of the Internet in the hiring process, this indispensable guide has shown tens of thousands of managers and human resources professionals how to find the perfect candidate for any position. Lou Adler's Performance-based Hiring is more powerful than ever! "We have chosen Performance-based Hiring because it's a comprehensive process, it's ...             Maverick: The Success Story Behind the World's Most Unusual Workplace Ricardo Semler Grand Central Publishing, 1995 Semler turned his family's business, the aging Semco corporation of Brazil, into the most revolutionary business success story of our time. By eliminating uneeded layers of management and allowing employees unprecedented democracy in the workplace, he created a company that challenged the old ways and blazed a path to success in an uncertain economy.             Birthing the Elephant: The Woman's Go-For-It! Guide to Overcoming the Big Challenges of Launching a Business Karin Abarbanel, Bruce Freeman Ten Speed Press, 2008 Customized for the female entrepreneur's unique psychological experience of launching a business, BIRTHING THE ELEPHANT goes beyond logistics to prepare women for the emotional challenges they will face, with expert advice on reshaping one's business identity, giving up the paycheck mentality, anticipating problems, and avoiding costly mistakes. This supportive handbook gives the small-business owner the staying power to survive and succeed in ...             The Inextinguishable Symphony: A True Story of Music and Love in Nazi Germany Martin Goldsmith Wiley, 2001 Advance Praise for the Inextinguishable Symphony "A Fascinating Insight into a Virtually Unknown Chapter of Nazi Rule in Germany, Made all the More Engaging through a Son's Discovery of His Own Remarkable Parents." -Ted Koppel, ABC News "An Immensely Moving and Powerful Description of those Evil Times. I couldn't Put the Book Down." -James Galway "Martin Goldsmith has Written a Moving and Personal Account of a Search for Identity. His is a Story ...             Chicken Soup for the Prisoner's Soul: 101 Stories to Open the Heart and Rekindle the Spirit of Hope, Healing ... Tom Lagana, Jack Canfield, ... HCI, 2002 Previously available only through free distribution to prisons, this life-changing book is the result of charitable donations from sales of Chicken Soup for the Christian Family Soul and gifts from thousands of individuals. In the spring of 2000, over 100,000 copies of Chicken Soup for the Prisoner's Soul were distributed to prisoners, prison libraries and prison ministries throughout the United States. The hope was that this collection of ...             Semper Fi: Business Leadership the Marine Corps Way Dan Carrison, Rod Walsh AMACOM, 2004 "Semper Fidelis," the motto of the U.S. Marine Corps, means "Always Faithful." The title thus emphasizes the authors' allegiance to leadership principles and management practices that they consider fundamental in the Corps. Chapters address recruitment, training, and supervision of the rank and file, middle and senior managements and overall winning strategies, with cardinal points explained in short sections. What the authors consider analogous ...             Your Brain at Work: Strategies for Overcoming Distraction, Regaining Focus, and Working Smarter All Day Long David Rock HarperBusiness, 2009 Meet Emily and Paul: The parents of two young children, Emily is the newly promoted VP of marketing at a large corporation while Paul works from home or from clients' offices as an independent IT consultant. Their lives, like all of ours, are filled with a bewildering blizzard of emails, phone calls, yet more emails, meetings, projects, proposals, and plans. Just staying ahead of the storm has become a seemingly insurmountable task. In this ...             Healing the Heart of Democracy: The Courage to Create a Politics Worthy of the Human Spirit Parker J. Palmer Jossey-Bass, 2011 * NEWS FLASH *   Spirituality & Practice names  Healing the Heart of Democrac y as one of the "Best Books of 2011" on contemplation and social activism. *  NEWS FLASH *  Utne Reader  names Parker J. Palmer as one of  "25 Visionaries Who Are Changing Your World" --people who "don't just think out loud but who walk their talk on a daily basis."   At a critical time in American life, Parker J. 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