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Häftad, Engelska, 2010
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A black swan is a highly improbable event with three principal characteristics: It is unpredictable; it carries a massive impact; and, after the fact, we concoct an explanation that makes it appear less random, and more predictable, than it was. The astonishing success of Google was a black swan; so was 9/11. For Nassim Nicholas Taleb, black swans underlie almost everything about our world, from the rise of religions to events in our own personal lives. Why do we not acknowledge the phenomenon of black swans until after they occur? Part of the answer, according to Taleb, is that humans are hardwired to learn specifics when they should be focused on generalities. We concentrate on things we already know and time and time again fail to take into consideration what we don't know. We are, therefore, unable to truly estimate opportunities, too vulnerable to the impulse to simplify, narrate, and categorize, and not open enough to rewarding those who can imagine the impossible. For years, Taleb has studied how we fool ourselves into thinking we know more than we actually do. We restrict our thinking to the irrelevant and inconsequential, while large events continue to surprise us and shape our world. In this revelatory book, Taleb will change the way you look at the world, and this second edition features a new philosophical and empirical essay, On Robustness and Fragility, which offers tools to navigate and exploit a Black Swan world. Taleb is a vastly entertaining writer, with wit, irreverence, and unusual stories to tell. He has a polymathic command of subjects ranging from cognitive science to business to probability theory. Elegant, startling, and universal in its applications, The Black Swan is a landmark book-itself a black swan.
Häftad, Engelska, 2021
219 kr
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An Investment Thinking Toolbox introducerar en verktygslåda av essentiella och praktiska mentala modeller för att hjälpa läsaren till mer intelligenta investeringsbeslut. Boken ger den erfarna investeraren nya perspektiv på eviga problem, samtidigt som den, för nybörjaren, introducerar en solid grund för att bättre navigera sin investeringsresa och undvika fallgropar.
Författaren förklarar hur man genom att tillämpa mentala modeller som andra ordningens tänkande , Ockhams rakblad , invertering och andra beprövade modeller kan skapa högre avkastning över tid. Boken innehåller praktiska och konkreta råd för hur läsaren kan översätta de bästa investerarnas teori till praktik och högre avkastning.
Genom att själv omsätta dessa teorier i handling visar författaren hur han har lyckats slå index med god marginal under hela sin investeringskarriär. An Investment Thinking Toolbox ger en utmärkt översikt av investeringspsykologi och de olika problem som en investerare kan stöta på.
"Jag gillar framförallt Daniel Sun Zhangs beskrivningar av hans unika och personliga erfarenheter med olika investeringar, både mindre lyckosamma och lyckosamma" -
Per Håkan Börjesson, Grundare och VD för Investment AB Spiltan
Daniel Sun Zhang tog examen med summa cum laude från Handelshögskolan i Stockholm. Han har arbetat som managementkonsult på McKinsey & Co och Bain & Co samt som strategi- och affärsutvecklingschef på Textilia. Sedan 2021, efter färdigställande av bokens manuskript arbetar Daniel på heltid med investeringar och ledarskap som CXO på Teqnion AB.
Häftad, Engelska, 2009
315 kr
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Finance Psychology: How To Begin Thinking Like A Professional Trader (This Workbook About Behavioral Finance Is All You Need To Be Successful In Trading).Trading on the stock exchanges seems to be very easy for many financial players, especially at the beginning. They are convinced that it only requires a good entry signal to be successful on the markets in the long run. The longer they trade, the more the participants understand that it is not the entry signals that decide on victory or defeat in this business!It is still the case that most traders lose money. Only a few of them manage to make permanent profits from the markets, or even earn their living by trading. The reason for this is not that the traders choose "bad" entrances. The reason that most traders lose money is their psyche. Trading is mainly characterized by emotions and 90-100% psychology. Who is a winner or loser in trading is determined by the mental strength of the trader.Only those who actively work on their personality, mental strengths and belief patterns will be successful in trading. "It is up to each individual to use the powers of his psyche for or against his success.This "Workbook about Behavioral Finance" is all you need to be Successful in Trading (Money Management Trading Guide).
Inbunden, Engelska, 2024
242 kr
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Our brains are wonderful tools, but they are nonetheless prone to misjudging information and making suboptimal decisions. In many situations, we act without fully considering why we are behaving in a certain way. We like to feel good about ourselves; we interpret the world using stories instead of statistics; and we make instinctive judgments and then stick to them. How can we think more clearly and make better decisions—in business and in life?This book is a practical and accessible introduction to mental models, teaching readers how to harness their power to think more clearly, make better decisions, and learn more effectively. The essential step in applying these concepts and frameworks, Jaime Lester shows, is to pause. Take a moment to reflect on the options, decide on the optimal approach before launching into action, and reexamine the process regularly. Drawing on a variety of academic disciplines as well as cognitive and behavioral research, Lester offers step-by-step templates to improve readers’ critical thinking and decision making. He guides readers through honing their reasoning in areas including finance, economics, statistics, and daily life and draws broader lessons for cultivating a prudent investment approach as well as personal well-being and happiness. Written in a conversational and witty style and featuring memorable examples and illustrations, Pause to Think shares essential lessons and tools for all readers interested in the power of mental models.
Häftad, Engelska, 2022
309 kr
Skickas inom 7-10 vardagar
'Teaches you the truth about trading and an understanding of difference between winners and losers' – Jack Schwager, author of the Market Wizards seriesWhat if the secret to trading success isn't better analysis – but a radically different mindset?Best Loser Wins is an intimate insight into one of the most prolific high-stake retail traders in the world. Tom Hougaard is the winner of multiple trading competitions and on one occasion traded £25,000 into more than £1 million over the course of a year.While the average retail trader risks £10 per point in the underlying asset, Tom frequently risks up to £3,500 per point. This risk exposure requires a mindset that is out of the ordinary.A unique and refreshingly personal account of how Tom elevated his trading game to incredible heights, Best Loser Wins will guide and inspire you in ways no other finance book has before. It is not about technical analysis strategies and money management – it is about mind management. You'll learn:- How to elevate your game from mediocre and sporadic, to excellent and consistent- How to overcome conventional and flawed thinking in trading- A blueprint for a new belief systemBest Loser Wins is an antidote to outdated trading advice.Normal thinking leads to normal results. For exceptional results, traders must think differently.'People don't fail because they don't know enough about technical analysis. They fail because they don't understand what the markets are doing to their minds.' – Tom Hougaard
Häftad, Engelska, 2023
215 kr
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'Life-changing insights from a fantastic storyteller' – Ryan Holiday, bestselling author of The Obstacle is the WayThe New York Times and Sunday Times bestseller, from the author of the multi-million copy selling The Psychology of Money.As featured on the Dr Chatterjee podcast Feel Better, Live More and the Diary of a CEO podcast with Steven Bartlett.When planning for the future, we often ask something like, 'What will the economy be doing this time next year?' Or we want to know, 'What will be different ten years from now?'But forecasting is hard and the important events that will shape the future are inherently unpredictable. In Same As Ever, Morgan Housel argues that knowledge of the things that never change is more useful for us and proposes that we should instead be asking a different question: What will be the same in the future as it is now?Housel shares 24 short stories about the ways that life, behaviour, and business will always be the same. As you see familiar themes repeat again and again in the years ahead, you’ll find yourself nodding and saying, 'Yep, same as ever.'Engaging, thoughtful, and deeply insightful, Same As Ever will arm you with a powerful new ability to think about risk and opportunity, and navigate the uncertainty of the future.With this new knowledge and confidence, you will be on the path to living a good life.
Häftad, Engelska, 2014
199 kr
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Antifragile is a standalone book in Nassim Nicholas Taleb’s landmark Incerto series, an investigation of opacity, luck, uncertainty, probability, human error, risk, and decision-making in a world we don’t understand. The other books in the series are Fooled by Randomness, The Black Swan, Skin in the Game, and The Bed of Procrustes.Nassim Nicholas Taleb, the bestselling author of The Black Swan and one of the foremost thinkers of our time, reveals how to thrive in an uncertain world. Just as human bones get stronger when subjected to stress and tension, and rumors or riots intensify when someone tries to repress them, many things in life benefit from stress, disorder, volatility, and turmoil. What Taleb has identified and calls “antifragile” is that category of things that not only gain from chaos but need it in order to survive and flourish. In The Black Swan, Taleb showed us that highly improbable and unpredictable events underlie almost everything about our world. In Antifragile, Taleb stands uncertainty on its head, making it desirable, even necessary, and proposes that things be built in an antifragile manner. The antifragile is beyond the resilient or robust. The resilient resists shocks and stays the same; the antifragile gets better and better. Furthermore, the antifragile is immune to prediction errors and protected from adverse events. Why is the city-state better than the nation-state, why is debt bad for you, and why is what we call “efficient” not efficient at all? Why do government responses and social policies protect the strong and hurt the weak? Why should you write your resignation letter before even starting on the job? How did the sinking of the Titanic save lives? The book spans innovation by trial and error, life decisions, politics, urban planning, war, personal finance, economic systems, and medicine. And throughout, in addition to the street wisdom of Fat Tony of Brooklyn, the voices and recipes of ancient wisdom, from Roman, Greek, Semitic, and medieval sources, are loud and clear. Antifragile is a blueprint for living in a Black Swan world. Erudite, witty, and iconoclastic, Taleb’s message is revolutionary: The antifragile, and only the antifragile, will make it.Praise for Antifragile“Ambitious and thought-provoking . . . highly entertaining.”—The Economist “A bold book explaining how and why we should embrace uncertainty, randomness, and error . . . It may just change our lives.”—Newsweek
Häftad, Engelska, 2020
145 kr
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THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER'Bill's passion for innovation and teamwork was a gift to Apple and the world. Trillion Dollar Coach has captured his tireless spirit so future generations can learn from one of our industry's greatest leaders'-TIM COOK, CEO, Apple 'Bill shared his wisdom generously, expecting nothing back but the joy he got from teaching others. I was privileged to have him as my coach for several years. Many times since then, when asked for advice by others, I think of Bill and try to live up to the example he set.' -SHERYL SANDBERG, COO, Facebook Bill Campbell played an instrumental role in the growth of several prominent companies, such as Google, Apple, and Intuit, fostering deep relationships with Silicon Valley visionaries, including Steve Jobs, Larry Page, and Eric Schmidt. In addition, this business genius mentored dozens of other important leaders on both coasts, from entrepreneurs to venture capitalists to educators to football players, leaving behind a legacy of growing companies, successful people, respect, friendship, and love after his death in 2016.Leaders at Google for over a decade, Eric Schmidt, Jonathan Rosenberg, and Alan Eagle experienced firsthand how the man fondly known as Coach Bill built trusting relationships, fostered personal growth - even in those at the pinnacle of their careers - inspired courage, and identified and resolved simmering tensions that inevitably arise in fast-moving environments. To honor their mentor and inspire and teach future generations, they have codified his wisdom in this essential guide.Based on interviews with over eighty people who knew and loved Bill Campbell, Trillion Dollar Coach explains the Coach's principles and illustrates them with stories from the many great people and companies with which he worked. The result is a blueprint for forward-thinking business leaders and managers that will help them create higher performing and faster moving cultures, teams, and companies.'Whenever I have a tough decision to make, I think about Bill Campbell. What would Bill do? I owe him so much. He had a gift for helping people to realize their full potential and getting organizations to work well together. Trillion Dollar Coach does a great job of capturing what made Bill special to me and many others.'-SUSAN WOJCICKI, CEO, YouTube'Whenever I saw Bill, he gave me great perspective about what really matters. At the end of the day, it's the people in your life. Bill had such strong principles around community and how to bring people together. We used those principles - detailed in Trillion Dollar Coach - to form the foundation of Google's leadership training, so all of our leaders can continue to learn from Bill.'-SUNDAR PICHAI, CEO, Google
Häftad, Engelska, 2019
165 kr
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In this essential handbook on personal finance for beginners—a blend of Rich Dad, Poor Dad and The Happiness Project—the co-host of the wildly popular InvestED podcast shares her yearlong journey learning to invest, as taught to her by her father, investor and bestselling author Phil Town.Growing up, the words finance, savings, and portfolio made Danielle Town’s eyes glaze over, and the thought of stocks and financial statements shut down her brain. The daughter of a successful investor and bestselling financial author of Rule #1, Phil Town, she spent most of her adult life avoiding investing—until she realized that her time-consuming career as lawyer was making her feel anything but in control of her life or her money. Determined to regain her freedom, vote for her values with her money, and deal with her fear of the unpredictable stock market, she turned to her father, Phil, to help her take charge of her life and her future through Warren Buffett-style value investing. Over the course of a year, Danielle went from avoiding everything to do with the financial industrial complex to knowing exactly how and when to invest in wonderful companies using a simple stock market guide.In Invested, a must-read path to financial freedom, Danielle shows you how to do the same: how to take command of your own life and finances by choosing companies with missions that match your values, using the same gold standard value investing strategies that have catapulted Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger to the top of the Forbes 400. Avoiding complex math and obsolete financial models, she turns her father’s investing knowledge into twelve easy-to understand lessons.In each chapter, Danielle examines the Rule #1 investing strategies she mastered as her increasing know-how deepens the trust between her and her father. Throughout, she streamlines the process of making wise financial decisions and shows you just how easy—and profitable—investing can be.Capturing a warm, charming, and down-to-earth give and take between a headstrong daughter and her mostly patient dad, Invested makes the complex world of investing simple, straightforward, and approachable, and will help you formulate your own money management plan—and foster the confidence to put it into action.In this accessible guide to investing for beginners, you’ll discover how to build real wealth and live your values:A Yearlong Investing Journey: Follow Danielle’s transformation from a financially illiterate lawyer to a confident value investor, broken down into twelve easy-to-understand lessons.Warren Buffett Style Investing: Learn the gold-standard strategies of Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger without the complex math or obsolete financial models.Values-Driven Investing: Discover how to “vote with your money” by choosing companies with missions that match your personal values and goals for financial freedom.Overcome Financial Fear: Join the relatable and charming give-and-take between a headstrong daughter and her patient father to finally conquer your fear of the unpredictable stock market.
Häftad, Engelska, 2012
156 kr
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Chris Camillo is not a stockbroker, financial analyst, or hedge fund manager. He is an ordinary person with a knack for identifying trends and discovering great investments hidden in everyday life. In early 2007, he invested $20,000 in the stock market, and in three years it grew to just over $2 million. With "Laughing at Wall Street", you'll see: how Facebook friends helped a young parent invest in the wildly successful children's show, "Chuggington" - and saw her stock values climb 50 per cent; how an everyday trip to 7-Eleven alerted a teenager to short Snapple stock - and tripled his money in seven days; how $1000 invested consecutively in Uggs, True Religion jeans, and Crocs over five years grew to $750,000; and, how Michelle Obama caused J. Crew's stock to soar 186 per cent, and Wall Street only caught up four months later!
Inbunden, Engelska, 2024
248 kr
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER — A Trusted Plan for Becoming Debt-Free with Over 8 Million Copies Sold.Do you want to build a budget that actually works for you? Are you ready to transform your relationship with money? This New York Times bestseller has already helped millions of people just like you learn how to develop everyday money-saving habits with the help of America's favorite personal finance expert, Dave Ramsey.By now, you've already heard all of the nutty get-rich-quick schemes and the fiscal diet fads that leave you with a lot of quirky ideas but not a penny in your pocket. If you're tired of the lies and sick of the false promises, Dave is here to provide practical, long-term help. The Total Money Makeover is the simplest, most straightforward game plan for completely changing your finances. And, best of all, these principles are based on results, not pie-in-the-sky fantasies. This is the financial reset you've been looking for.The Total Money Makeover will give you the tools and the encouragement you need to:Design a sure-fire plan for paying off all debt--from your cars to your home and everything in between using the debt snowball methodBreak bad habits and make lasting changes when it comes to your relationship with moneyRecognize the 10 most dangerous money mythsSet aside enough money to pay for unexpected expenses and emergenciesSave enough money for your retirementLive like no one else, so later you can LIVE (and GIVE) like no one else! This new edition of The Total Money Makeover includes new content that will help you tackle marriage conflict, college debt, and so much more.
Häftad, Engelska, 2022
217 kr
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A pioneering account of the surging global tide of market power—and how it stifles workers around the worldIn an era of technological progress and easy communication, it might seem reasonable to assume that the world’s working people have never had it so good. But wages are stagnant and prices are rising, so that everything from a bottle of beer to a prosthetic hip costs more. Economist Jan Eeckhout shows how this is due to a small number of companies exploiting an unbridled rise in market power—the ability to set prices higher than they could in a properly functioning competitive marketplace. Drawing on his own groundbreaking research and telling the stories of common workers throughout, he demonstrates how market power has suffocated the world of work, and how, without better mechanisms to ensure competition, it could lead to disastrous market corrections and political turmoil.The Profit Paradox describes how, over the past forty years, a handful of companies have reaped most of the rewards of technological advancements—acquiring rivals, securing huge profits, and creating brutally unequal outcomes for workers. Instead of passing on the benefits of better technologies to consumers through lower prices, these “superstar” companies leverage new technologies to charge even higher prices. The consequences are already immense, from unnecessarily high prices for virtually everything, to fewer startups that can compete, to rising inequality and stagnating wages for most workers, to severely limited social mobility.A provocative investigation into how market power hurts average working people, The Profit Paradox also offers concrete solutions for fixing the problem and restoring a healthy economy.
Inbunden, Engelska, 2012
350 kr
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Häftad, Engelska, 2025
187 kr
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Introducing Your Financial SolutionAre you tired of working hard day after day—and still feeling broke when you look at your bank account? Nationally syndicated radio host and money expert Dave Ramsey offers a step-by-step action plan to help you transform your finances in this essential companion piece to his New York Times bestseller The Total Money Makeover Updated and Expanded Edition.This newly updated workbook by Dave Ramsey provides a proven approach to achieve your financial goals by applying everything you learned in The Total Money Makeover Updated and Expanded Edition. Packed with the latest stats on debt, credit, and wealth building, this workbook guides you through Ramsey’s straightforward game plan to change your money habits for good.After working through The Total Money Makeover Workbook, you’ll be equipped to:Recognize the financial myths holding you backKick debt out of your life foreverBuild up a buffer so emergencies become inconveniencesFund college for your kids the right wayPay off your mortgage faster than you imagined possibleMake a retirement and wealth-building plan for a future you can be excited about Transform Your LifeThis isn't just about changing how you spend and save—it's about transforming your entire financial outlook. With thought-provoking questions and real-life success stories, this new and updated workbook will help you strengthen your money muscles and move that much closer to financial fitness!
Inbunden, Engelska, 2019
248 kr
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The subject of “design thinking” is the rage at business schools, throughout corporations, and increasingly in the popular press—due in large part to the work of IDEO, a leading design firm, and its celebrated CEO, Tim Brown, who uses this book to show how the techniques and strategies of design belong at every level of business as a powerful framework for innovation.The myth of innovation is that brilliant ideas leap fully formed from the minds of geniuses. The reality is that most innovations come from a process of rigorous examination and creative problem solving through which great ideas are identified and developed before being realized as new offerings and capabilities. Change by Design explains design thinking, the collaborative process by which the designer’s sensibilities and methods are employed to match people’s needs, not only with what is technically feasible, but what is viable to the bottom line. Design thinking converts need into demand. It’s a human-centered approach to problem solving that helps people and organizations become more innovative and more creative. Introduced a decade ago, the concept of design thinking remains popular at business schools, throughout corporations, and increasingly in the popular press—due in large part to work of IDEO, the undisputed world leading strategy, innovation, and design firm headed by Tim Brown. As he makes clear in this visionary leadership guide—now updated with addition material, including new case studies, and a new introduction—design thinking is not just applicable to so-called creative industries or people who work in the design field. It’s a methodology that has been used by organizations such as Kaiser Permanente, to increase the quality of patient care by re-examining the ways that their nurses manage shift change, or Kraft, to rethink supply chain management. Change by Design is not a book by designers for designers; it is a book for creative leaders seeking to infuse design thinking into every level of an organization, product, or service to drive new alternatives for business strategy and society.This essential guide for today’s business leaders offers a clear roadmap for transformation:A Human-Centered Approach: Learn how to convert need into demand by balancing what people desire with what is technically feasible and financially viable.The Power of Prototyping: Move beyond theory and build to think, using hands-on experimentation to identify and develop great ideas before they demand massive investment.Radical Collaboration: Discover why the most innovative solutions come from interdisciplinary teams that bring designers, engineers, and business experts together.Creative Leadership: A must-read for managers and executives, this book provides the tools to infuse design thinking into every level of an organization to drive growth.
Häftad, Engelska, 2010
133 kr
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Got a great idea to start a business? So now what? "E-Myth Enterprise" explores the requirements that any new business must meet: the satisfaction of its four primary influencers - its employees, customers, suppliers, and investors-through four fundamental categories-visual, emotional, functional, and financial. Together these form the twin strategies every entrepreneur must use to design a business. The latest book in the Gerber franchise, "E-Myth Enterprise" completes a training program any entrepreneur can use to fulfill his or her dream, and serves as a follow-up to "Awakening the Entrepreneur Within", showing would-be entrepreneurs how to put a great idea to work. Next, readers can turn to "E-Myth Revisited" for tried-and-true advice about avoiding the pitfalls that prevent most small business owners from succeeding. Following this, "The E-Myth Manager" provides essential guidance for the management of any business. Finally, for advice on how to take an existing business to the next level of growth and opportunity, readers can turn to "E-Myth Mastery".
Häftad, Engelska, 2007
187 kr
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Unlock the door to your fortune using the secrets revealed in this book.Based on Andrew Carnegie's famous formula for money-making, Master Key to Riches has been revised for the 21st century. As well as explaining the practical philosophy for success, in this inspiring book Napoleon Hill describes the key that will convert all your past failures into priceless assets and lead you to the attainment of the twelve great riches. Drawing on the experiences of hundreds of the world's most powerful and wealthy people, this book will show you how to succeed in any walk of life.
Inbunden, Engelska, 2025
351 kr
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“This is the perfect guide for readers ready to move from balancing their checkbook to investing in the stock market and themselves… Highly recommended.” – Library JournalRealize financial stability and investing confidence with this one-of-a-kind resource by renowned money expert Nicole Lapin.New York Times bestselling author of Rich Bitch Nicole Lapin gives you the skinny on how financial markets and common investing strategies work to build your understanding and gain confidence. The Money School is divided into courses (of course), four of them, with three levels each, totaling 12 lessons all together. The first course focuses on the stock market, where you’ll learn all about one of the most potent and accessible forces in our financial system. The second zooms into debt (the good kind!), where you own debt, not owe it via CDs and treasury bonds. The third course steps it up with more exotic or advanced securities like commodities, currencies, and derivatives. The final part wraps it all up with how you can make a portfolio to help you reach your own financial success as you define it.Once you have completed the courses, turn to the end of the book for self-assessment quizzes and a full dictionary of key financial terms to keep on hand as a resource. Class is in session!
Häftad, Engelska, 2021
176 kr
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For busy professionals and lifelong learners seeking practical strategies for reaching new heights, Master Mentors distills 30 essential learnings from Seth Godin, Susan Cain, Trent Shelton, General Stanley McChrystal, and other top business minds and thought leaders of our time.Mining the best and brightest revelations from FranklinCovey’s global podcast, On Leadership with Scott Miller, Scott personally introduces you to 30 Master Mentors, featuring the single most transformative insight from each of them.Depending on where you are in your journey, Master Mentors will:Challenge your current mindset and beliefs, leading to what could be the most important career and thought- process shifts of your life!Restore you to the mindset and beliefs you find effective but aren’t currently living in alignment with.Validate that you are on the right path with your current mindset and beliefs and empower you on your way forward.Whether you are challenged, affirmed, informed, or inspired—Master Mentors guarantees you will experience a transformative shift in your personal mindset, life skillset, and career toolset.
Häftad, Engelska, 2015
684 kr
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A practical and accessible guide to Islamic finance that helps demystify the differences with conventional banking, enabling practitioners to develop Sharia compliant products for customers.
The Islamic Finance industry is estimated to be worth $1.2 trillion and is growing globally at over 10% per year. Mastering Islamic Finance will give practitioners an understanding of Islamic finance, from the basic techniques, through to advanced applications. Helping to demystify and clarify the differences with conventional banking, it will enable practitioners to develop Sharia compliant products for customers.
According to Sharia law there are strict rules on how financial services and products can be designed; in Islamic Finance money cannot make money and the subject of the finance must be an asset or a verifiable, real trade or business activity. Sharia compliant financial instruments have been devised to enable Muslims to abide by the principles of Islam and still make the most of their money.
Mastering Islamic Finance will equip readers with an understanding of Islamic financial instruments so they can sensibly apply them in practice. For each instrument there is a definition of the concept and how it differs from its equivalent in conventional banking. There are also examples and case studies to highlight practical applications.
Inbunden, Engelska, 2022
248 kr
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UPDATED & EXPANDED EDITION of the NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER, includingA full-color, sixteen-page insert with photos that capture Syd & Shea’s journeyAn epilogue about life and business post-pandemic and the success of the hit Netflix show Dream Home MakeoverMake Life Beautiful is the autobiography from Syd and Shea McGee, which offers fans a new and intimate look into how they built their business.Want to live the best version of your life? Read this book and learn how Syd and Shea prioritized their values, defined their goals, and put their dreams into action--going from flat broke to design superstars--all while following their motto to “make life beautiful.” Most importantly, discover how you can do the same!For the one million-plus followers who turn to Syd and Shea McGee for advice on building a beautiful home and life, Make Life Beautiful is a behind-the-scenes look into how the couple transformed Shea’s small room of fabric samples and big dream of becoming a designer into one of the most successful and fastest-growing interior design businesses in the country.Both longtime and new fans will not only gain insight into how the McGees built such a successful company but also be inspired to build an authentic life by applying design principles such asEmbrace the processGet to the next levelFind balanceElevate the everydayThis is an essential book forEntrepreneursInterior designersWorking parentsCouples building family and careerSelf-startersAnyone chasing their dreams
Inbunden, Engelska, 2021
242 kr
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A pioneering account of the surging global tide of market power—and how it stifles workers around the worldIn an era of technological progress and easy communication, it might seem reasonable to assume that the world’s working people have never had it so good. But wages are stagnant and prices are rising, so that everything from a bottle of beer to a prosthetic hip costs more. Economist Jan Eeckhout shows how this is due to a small number of companies exploiting an unbridled rise in market power—the ability to set prices higher than they could in a properly functioning competitive marketplace. Drawing on his own groundbreaking research and telling the stories of common workers throughout, he demonstrates how market power has suffocated the world of work, and how, without better mechanisms to ensure competition, it could lead to disastrous market corrections and political turmoil.The Profit Paradox describes how, over the past forty years, a handful of companies have reaped most of the rewards of technological advancements—acquiring rivals, securing huge profits, and creating brutally unequal outcomes for workers. Instead of passing on the benefits of better technologies to consumers through lower prices, these “superstar” companies leverage new technologies to charge even higher prices. The consequences are already immense, from unnecessarily high prices for virtually everything, to fewer startups that can compete, to rising inequality and stagnating wages for most workers, to severely limited social mobility.A provocative investigation into how market power hurts average working people, The Profit Paradox also offers concrete solutions for fixing the problem and restoring a healthy economy.
Inbunden, Engelska, 2011
278 kr
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An innovative guide that identifies what distinguishes the best financial risk takers from the rest From 1987 to 1992, a small group of Wall Street quants invented an entirely new way of managing risk to maximize success: risk management for risk-takers. This is the secret that lets tiny quantitative edges create hedge fund billionaires, and defines the powerful modern global derivatives economy. The same practical techniques are still used today by risk-takers in finance as well as many other fields. Red-Blooded Risk examines this approach and offers valuable advice for the calculated risk-takers who need precise quantitative guidance that will help separate them from the rest of the pack.While most commentators say that the last financial crisis proved it's time to follow risk-minimizing techniques, they're wrong. The only way to succeed at anything is to manage true risk, which includes the chance of loss. Red-Blooded Risk presents specific, actionable strategies that will allow you to be a practical risk-taker in even the most dynamic markets. Contains a secret history of Wall Street, the parts all the other books leave outIncludes an intellectually rigorous narrative addressing what it takes to really make it in any risky activity, on or off Wall StreetAddresses essential issues ranging from the way you think about chance to economics, politics, finance, and lifeWritten by Aaron Brown, one of the most calculated and successful risk takers in the world of finance, who was an active participant in the creation of modern risk management and had a front-row seat to the last meltdownWritten in an engaging but rigorous style, with no equationsContains illustrations and graphic narrative by renowned manga artist Eric KimThere are people who disapprove of every risk before the fact, but never stop anyone from doing anything dangerous because they want to take credit for any success. The recent financial crisis has swelled their ranks, but in learning how to break free of these people, you'll discover how taking on the right risk can open the door to the most profitable opportunities.
Inbunden, Engelska, 2023
201 kr
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How do I start a business on a budget?How do I find my first 100 customers and make my first £100k?How do I build a network and get my business noticed? Whether you want to transform a fledgling side-hustle into a full-time endeavour or simply have an idea that’s keeping you up at night, this is the ultimate blueprint for building your own business. With no network, no capital and no previous experience, Nafisa built her business from scratch and has helped hundreds of founders to do the same. Now, she wants to share her honest, game-changing advice. From how to nail sales and branding to understanding how to build a network, Nafisa lifts the lid on business culture – and questions everything you think you know about the business world.
Häftad, Engelska, 2023
167 kr
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How do I start a business on a budget?How do I find my first 100 customers and make my first £100k?How do I build a network and get my business noticed? Whether you want to transform a fledgling side-hustle into a full-time endeavour or simply have an idea that’s keeping you up at night, this is the ultimate blueprint for building your own business. With no network, no capital and no previous experience, Nafisa built her business from scratch and has helped hundreds of founders to do the same. Now, she wants to share her honest, game-changing advice. From how to nail sales and branding to understanding how to build a network, Nafisa lifts the lid on business culture – and questions everything you think you know about the business world.
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How do I start a business on a budget?How do I find my first 100 customers and make my first £100k?How do I build a network and get my business noticed? Whether you want to transform a fledgling side-hustle into a full-time endeavour or simply have an idea that’s keeping you up at night, this is the ultimate blueprint for building your own business. With no network, no capital and no previous experience, Nafisa built her business from scratch and has helped hundreds of founders to do the same. Now, she wants to share her honest, game-changing advice. From how to nail sales and branding to understanding how to build a network, Nafisa lifts the lid on business culture – and questions everything you think you know about the business world.
Häftad, Engelska, 2024
133 kr
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How do I start a business on a budget?How do I find my first 100 customers and make my first £100k?How do I build a network and get my business noticed? Whether you want to transform a fledgling side-hustle into a full-time endeavour or simply have an idea that’s keeping you up at night, this is the ultimate blueprint for building your own business. With no network, no capital and no previous experience, Nafisa built her business from scratch and has helped hundreds of founders to do the same. Now, she wants to share her honest, game-changing advice. From how to nail sales and branding to understanding how to build a network, Nafisa lifts the lid on business culture – and questions everything you think you know about the business world.
Häftad, Engelska, 2011
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Bestselling author Charles B. Carlson returns with a counterintuitive yet simple strategy for beating the Dow and making money in the stock market. In Winning with the Dow's Losers, Carlson shows how any investor -- with any size portfolio or any level of investment knowledge -- can apply his worst-to-first strategy to generate impressive wealth over the long term. By following this simple, sound, and time-tested strategy, investors can invest in high-quality stocks at beaten-down prices and watch them rebound year after year. Investors can: * Start with as little as $1,000.* Invest in as few as 1 or as many as 10 Dow stocks.* Review and adjust your portfolio no more than once a year.* Achieve better results than the famous "Dogs of the Dow" approach. Stock market funds come and go, while investors who chase them usually enrich only their stockbrokers and not themselves. Now, with Winning with the Dow's Losers, you can regularly pick winning stocks and make money for yourself.
Häftad, Engelska, 2011
231 kr
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The easy-to-read bible for developing, financing, marketing, and selling consumer products--from gadgets to kitsch, from high-touch to high-end--for America's rising entrepreneurial nation. Launch It! is written by a team of trend and product consultants with over 60 years of collective experience advising thousands of entrepeneurs, designers, and companies. As they realized not one trade book was available on the market that would provide soup-to-nuts guidance for any firm or entrepreneur seeking to turn inventions and cool ideas into great products that sell, they decided to write that book themselves. Unlike any other book, Launch It! provides the reader with the step-by-step game plan that anyone can follow to evaluate their idea, raise capital, save time, stay on top of emerging and important trends, and make money.