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Busyness: The First of the Higher Powers--How to Free Yourself from Mundane, Repetitious Tasks and Open Yourself to New Challenges
by Thomas J. DelongRacing from one meeting to the next? Spending every free moment answering e-mails? Never getting any "real" work done? In this chapter, organizational behavior expert Thomas DeLong introduces the first of four traps that keep achievement-craving individuals from realizing their full potential: busyness. Of course you have a lot to do--and some of it is challenging, meaningful work. But if you find yourself stuck doing mundane, repetitious tasks or unable to detach yourself from your BlackBerry or cell phone, you've fallen into the busyness trap. You may look like a superstar, but being perpetually busy robs you of meaningful face-to-face interactions with others and, ultimately, stifles your ability to grow and change. Filled with vivid personal accounts, self-assessment questions that will raise your busyness consciousness, and tactics to get these behaviors under control, this chapter shows you how to escape the busyness trap and reconnect with your purpose. This chapter was originally published as Chapter 6 of "Flying Without a Net: Turn Fear of Change into Fuel for Success."
But Are You Alive?: How to Design a Life Worth Living
by Eloise Skinner"A beautiful, sensitive book about the most important issues we face in life." -Emily Esfahani Smith, author of The Power of MeaningIn 'But Are You Alive?', entrepreneur and teacher Eloise Skinner explores lessons learned from a decade spent pursuing depth, purpose and meaning, including from her training in a monastic community and in the field of existential therapy. Working through practical exercises, principles and tools, Eloise shares wisdom and actionable advice from a variety of traditions and perspectives, all with the intention of helping the reader find a sense of deeper 'aliveness' in daily life.
But Are You Alive?: How to Design a Life Worth Living
by Eloise Skinner"A beautiful, sensitive book about the most important issues we face in life." -Emily Esfahani Smith, author of The Power of MeaningIn 'But Are You Alive?', entrepreneur and teacher Eloise Skinner explores lessons learned from a decade spent pursuing depth, purpose and meaning, including from her training in a monastic community and in the field of existential therapy. Working through practical exercises, principles and tools, Eloise shares wisdom and actionable advice from a variety of traditions and perspectives, all with the intention of helping the reader find a sense of deeper 'aliveness' in daily life.
But Are You Alive?: How to Design a Life Worth Living
by Eloise SkinnerDiscover your path to a varied and meaningful life, and feel truly alive.In 'But Are You Alive?', entrepreneur and teacher Eloise Skinner explores lessons learned from a decade spent pursuing depth, purpose and meaning, including from her training in a monastic community and in the field of existential therapy. Working through practical exercises, principles and tools, Eloise shares wisdom and actionable advice from a variety of traditions and perspectives, all with the intention of helping listeners find a sense of deeper 'aliveness' in daily life.(P)2022 Hodder & Stoughton Limited
But Are You Making Any Money?: Stop Being Busy and Start Creating Cash
by Marley MajcherWell-known celebrity party planner, Marley Majcher, in her signature witty, no-nonsense style shows you how to make a real profit without spinning your wheels. But Are You Making Any Money? answers the questions that you're afraid to ask in a straightforward, easy to understand way. In But Are You Making Any Money? you will learn how to fatten up your bottom line in a unique, super simple, step-by-step process that shows you where all of your money is really going. By learning from the trials and tribulations of Majcher's own entrepreneurial journey, you will magically see yourself in her examples yet learn the skills necessary to turn a real profit, all while laughing out loud. Who knew business could be so much fun?
But Will the Planet Notice?: How Smart Economics Can Save the World
by Gernot WagnerYou are one of seven billion people on Earth. Whatever you or I do personally—eat tofu in a Hummer or hamburgers in a Prius—the planet doesn't notice. In our confrontation with climate change, species preservation, and a planet going off the cliff, it is what several billion people do that makes a difference. The solution? It isn't science, politics, or activism. It's smarter economics. The hope of mankind, and indeed of every living thing on the planet, is now in the hands of the dismal science. Fortunately, we've been there before. Economists helped crack the acid rain problem in the 1990's (admittedly with a strong assist from a phalanx of lawyers and activists). Economists have helped get lead out of our gas, and they can explain why lobsters haven't disappeared off the coast of New England but tuna is on the verge of extinction. More disquietingly, they can take the lessons of the financial crisis and model with greater accuracy than anyone else the likelihood of environmental catastrophe, and they can help save us from global warming, if only we let them.
Butcher
by Gary C. KingHis Goal: To Kill An "Even Fifty"They called him "Uncle Willie." At night, Robert "Willie" Pickton visited the streets of Vancouver's Downtown Eastside. The women he picked up never came back. . .His Methods: Rape And TortureFor years, police built a long list of missing prostitutes, women at the edge of society. Some people claimed there was a serial killer. One detective lost his job for saying so. But investigators didn't have a single body. . .until someone found a skull sawed in half. . .The Pig Farm MurdersOn land that had made his family millions, on a squalid pig farm near a school, a condo development and a Starbucks, Robert Pickton ran a house of horrors for decades. Friends, neighbors and community leaders came and went, while Pickton committed debauchery, torture, and bloodletting rivaling the worst on record. What he did to his victims was unspeakable. What he did to the bodies was unimaginable. How he got away with it is the most shocking crime of all. . .
Butler Capital Partners and Autodistribution: Putting Private Equity to Work in France
by William J. Coughlin Walter KuemmerleDescribes a proposed buyout transaction of Autodistribution, an entrepreneurial firm that is the leading car-parts distributor in France. The deal became feasible because of a failed takeover battle for Autodistribution's parent company. Private equity investor Butler Capital Partners must make an investment decision within three weeks. Other private equity firms compete with Butler for the deal. Butler must assess the potential for margin improvement and expansion within France and to other European countries. Furthermore, since the price for the deal is set, Butler must focus on finding an advantageous structure for all parties to secure the deal.
Butler Lumber Co.
by Thomas R. PiperThe Butler Lumber Co. is faced with a need for increased bank financing due to its rapid sales growth and low profitability. Students must determine the reasons for the rising bank borrowing, estimate the amount of borrowing needed, and assess the attractiveness of the loan to the bank. A rewritten version of an earlier case. Allows students to practice ratio analysis, financial forecasting, and evaluating financing alternatives.
Butler to the World: How Britain became the servant of tycoons, tax dodgers, kleptocrats and criminals
by Oliver BulloughThe Suez Crisis of 1956 was Britain's twentieth-century nadir, the moment when the once superpower was bullied into retreat. In the immortal words of former US Secretary of State Dean Acheson, 'Britain has lost an empire and not yet found a role.' But the funny thing was, Britain had already found a role. It even had the costume. The leaders of the world just hadn't noticed it yet.Butler to the World reveals how the UK took up its position at the elbow of the worst people on Earth: the oligarchs, kleptocrats and gangsters. We pride ourselves on values of fair play and the rule of law, but few countries do more to frustrate global anticorruption efforts. We are now a nation of Jeeveses, snobbish enablers for rich halfwits of considerably less charm than Bertie Wooster. It doesn't have to be that way.
Butterfly Economics
by Paul OrmerodWhy did VHS, an inferior video recording technology, succeed in the marketplace, driving the superior Betamax out of business? Why do big-budget, acclaimed movies sometimes flop at the box office, while low-budget, idiosyncratic films become huge hits? The answers to these questions, says Paul Omerod, remind us that economics is a science based on the workings of human society, as unpredictable an entity as there is. "Conventional economics is mistaken," claimes Omerod, "when it views the economy as a machine, whose behavior, no matter how complicated, is ultimately predictable and controllable."In this cogently and elegantly argued analysis of why human beings persist in engaging in behavior that defies time-honored economic theory, Omerod also explains why governments and industries throughout the world must completely reconfigure their traditional methods of economic forecasting if they are to succeed and prosper in an increasingly global marketplace.
Buttoned Up: Clothing, Conformity, and White-Collar Masculinity
by Erynn Masi CasanovaWho is today's white-collar man? The world of work has changed radically since The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit and other mid-twentieth-century investigations of corporate life and identity. Contemporary jobs are more precarious, casual Friday has become an institution, and telecommuting blurs the divide between workplace and home. Gender expectations have changed, too, with men's bodies increasingly exposed in the media and scrutinized in everyday interactions. In Buttoned Up, based on interviews with dozens of men in three U.S. cities with distinct local dress cultures--New York, San Francisco, and Cincinnati--Erynn Masi de Casanova asks what it means to wear the white collar now. Despite the expansion of men's fashion and grooming practices, the decrease in formal dress codes, and the relaxing of traditional ideas about masculinity, white-collar men feel constrained in their choices about how to embody professionalism. They strategically embrace conformity in clothing as a way of maintaining their gender and class privilege. Across categories of race, sexual orientation and occupation, men talk about "blending in" and "looking the part" as they aim to keep their jobs or pursue better ones. These white-collar workers' accounts show that greater freedom in work dress codes can, ironically, increase men's anxiety about getting it wrong and discourage them from experimenting with their dress and appearance.
Buy & Build-Transaktionen: Der Aufbau von Unternehmensgruppen in der Praxis (essentials)
by Martin FranzDer Aufbau von Unternehmensgruppen durch Buy & Build ist ein starker Trend bei Private-Equity-Investments. In den USA machen diese Art von Unternehmenskäufen bereits den Großteil des Buyout-Transaktionsvolumens aus und auch in Deutschland ist die Tendenz dazu steigend. Dieses Buch erklärt die entsprechenden Begriffe, Strategien, Prozesse, den rechtlichen Rahmen und die wirtschaftlichen Hintergründe von Buy & Build.
Buy Back Your Time: Get Unstuck, Reclaim Your Freedom, and Build Your Empire
by Dan MartellLearn to conquer the one real hurdle to scaling your company and growing rich: TimeHow you use your free time will make or break your success. The secret? It&’s not about working harder or finding more time to do work. It&’s about designing the freedom to engage in the high-value work that brings you energy and fulfillment. This is at the heart of the message that has made Dan Martell the world&’s most popular SaaS (Software-as-a-Service) coach. Now, in his first book, Buy Back Your Time, he teaches entrepreneurs at every level how to scale their business, fast, while avoiding burnout. Trading money for time—that is, literally buying back free space in your calendar—will give you more financial success than you ever dreamed was possible. With over two decades of experience as a serial entrepreneur and founder, Dan Martell will teach you the secrets to work less and play more while building an empire. He&’ll dig into the practical steps that will allow you to start buying back time immediately, while also developing operating procedures and hiring practices that will ensure rapid and robust growth. And he will teach you how to invest in your newfound time wisely—at work and at home—so you keep building your empire while living your best life. Buy Back Your Time is the definitive guide for entrepreneurs at every level on how to succeed in business while enjoying more freedom than you ever imagined.
Buy High, Sell Higher: Why Buy-And-Hold Is Dead And Other Investing Lessons from CNBC's "The Liquidator"
by Joe TerranovaWhether you're a professional investor or just want to trade like one, Buy High, Sell Higher will show you how to pick winners, maximize gains and minimize losses...In this book, you'll learn how a stock's price is just the beginning of the story, and that other indicators like moving averages and volume can help you to spot stocks that have momentum. You'll also learn how to determine the optimal moment to buy a stock, when to sell it, how to protect yourself against sudden reversals in the market, and how to capitalize on moments when other investors are retreating.What's the best month to buy tech stocks? To sell an energy asset? And what is the one-day of the year that you should never, ever trade on? Answers to these and other questions are just some of the insights that Joe Terranova shares in Buy High, Sell Higher. Terranova is a series regular on CNBC's Fast Money and the Chief Market Strategist for Virtus Investment Partners, a firm with over $25 billion in assets under management. Prior to joining Virtus, he spent 18 years at MBF Clearing Corp., where he was the director of trading and managed more than 300 traders. And as viewers of CNBC's Fast Money know, Joe is a master at demystifying the forces that drive today's markets. So why not let him show you how to use telltale signs to spot investments that are poised for lift-off.
Buy It, Rent It, Profit! (Updated Edition) (Updated Edition): Make Money as a Landlord in ANY Real Estate Market
by Bryan M. ChavisNow updated for today’s bullish real estate market, this is the go-to, classic entrepreneurial guide for landlords and real estate investors who want to buy and manage rental properties for long-term wealth.There’s never been a better time for buying rental properties—interest rates are low and credit is more freely available to those who want to buy and invest. But where does one begin? With more than twenty plus years of experience in real estate and as the founder of The Landlord Property Management Academy, Bryan M. Chavis knows all phases and aspects of working with rental properties. In Buy It, Rent It, Profit! he explains why rental properties are such a wise investment in today’s real estate world and outlines the steps and systems you need to implement to become a successful landlord and property manager. This updated edition of the modern classic includes advice on being a profitable and professional landlord, protecting your investment, learning what types of property you should be purchasing, and adapting to the ever-changing world of technology in real estate. Chavis also provides systems on how to attract quality tenants, negotiate lease agreements, collect rent, finance a mortgage, and manage the property overall—everything you need to become a smart, profitable, and professional property manager. In addition, this updated edition features a workbook section with easy-to-use, universal forms for leases, evictions, property evaluations, and more. Buy It, Rent It, Profit! is the ultimate how-to procedures manual for buying and managing rental properties and a practical, realistic tool you can follow to become a profitable landlord and property manager.
Buy It, Rent It, Profit! Make Money as a Landlord in Any Real Estate Market
by Bryan M. ChavisTAKE THE FEAR OUT OF BEING A LANDLORD. With foreclosures skyrocketing, there's never been a better time to buy rental property -- and to hang on to it for long-term wealth building. Drawing on his ten years of experience managing and owning hundreds of rental properties, Bryan M. Chavis, founder of The Landlord Academy and Apartment Investment Advisors, shows how you can leverage as little as $10,000 into a lifelong stream of wealth using nothing more than good instincts, smart research, and a little elbow grease. Learn how to buy desirable properties, attract quality tenants, negotiate lease agreements, collect rent, finance a mortgage, and manage the property. From leases to property-evaluation documents, you'll find a complete tool kit in this book, which contains every form and checklist you need to run a single-unit apartment or an entire rental building! With added guidance from building-maintenance experts, property attorneys, and tenants' rights organizations, Buy It, Rent It, Profit! is the go-to guide for anyone interested in becoming a landlord and achieving profitable, consistent results.
Buy Ketchup in May and Fly at Noon: A Guide to the Best Time to Buy This, Do That and Go There
by Mark Di VincenzoAn enlightening compendium of the best times of day, week, month, and life to do a variety of things — from the serious (money, marriage) to the mundane (taking a nap, walking your dog) — to save time and money in tough economic times. Have you ever wanted to know the best day of the week to buy groceries or go out to dinner?Have you ever wondered about the best time of day to ask someone out on a date—or for a raise?A handy collection of helpful life hacks, Buy Ketchup in May and Fly at Noon tells you the best time—of the day, of the week, of the month or of the year—to do almost anything. Do you know:The best time of day to be operated on?The best month to buy an iPod?The best day of the week to avoid lines at the Louvre?The best day of the month to make an offer on a house?Get more for your money, maximize your time, take better care of your health and be savvier about your career—all by doing certain things at the right time.Remember: Timing is everything!
Buy Now
by Tom Kelly Rick Cesari Ron LynchLearn the secrets of direct response marketing with the man who created the George Foreman Grill campaignIn today's highly competitive, global marketplace, businesses have to do more than just advertise their products. By taking advantage of the accountable advertising model that direct response has to offer, you can improve your bottom line, build brands, and develop lasting relationships with legions of satisfied customers.In Buy Now!, Rick Cesari reveals twenty-five years' worth of insights and methods, enabling you to make the most of direct response marketing in your business toolkit. Whether you're a business owner, executive, inventor, or marketer, Buy Now! gives you the secrets behind the successful campaigns that catapulted products into millions of homes.Find out how to use direct response to create a "self-funding "marketing campaignLearn the techniques to building offers that will get people to respond to your productsUse "high touch" direct response marketing to build brand equity and drive sales at retailFind out why large companies like Johnson & Johnson and Valvoline are using these concepts for their consumer brandsCesari has put more companies on the Inc. 500 list of fastest growing companies than anyone elseBuy Now! to launch your products and campaigns to new heights-and connect with customers as never before-with Cesari's market-leading insights.
Buy Now: How Amazon Branded Convenience and Normalized Monopoly (Distribution Matters)
by Emily WestHow Amazon combined branding and relationship marketing with massive distribution infrastructure to become the ultimate service brand in the digital economy.Amazon is ubiquitous in our daily lives—we stream movies and television on Amazon Prime Video, converse with Alexa, receive messages on our smartphone about the progress of our latest orders. In Buy Now, Emily West examines Amazon&’s consumer-facing services to investigate how Amazon as a brand grew so quickly and inserted itself into so many aspects of our lives even as it faded into the background, becoming a sort of infrastructure that can be taken for granted. Amazon promotes the comfort and care of its customers (but not its workers) to become the ultimate service brand in the digital economy. West shows how Amazon has cultivated personalized, intimate relationships with consumers that normalize its outsized influence on our selves and our communities. She describes the brand&’s focus on speedy and seamless ecommerce delivery, represented in the materiality of the branded brown box; the positioning of its book retailing, media streaming, and smart speakers as services rather than sales; and the brand&’s image control strategies. West considers why pushback against Amazon&’s ubiquity and market power has come mainly from among Amazon&’s workers rather than its customers or competitors, arguing that Amazon&’s brand logic fragments consumers as a political bloc. West&’s innovative account, the first to examine Amazon from a critical media studies perspective, offers a cautionary cultural study of bigness in today&’s economy.
Buy Now: The Ultimate Guide to Owning and Investing in Property
by Lloyd EdgeTurn your property dreams into reality What's stopping you from buying property? Is it the changing markets? The needless jargon? The rising costs? Buying property doesn't have to be difficult; you just need to step up on that ladder. In Buy Now, you'll get the simple, straightforward, easy-to-understand advice to help you not only enter the property market, but to launch and grow your own portfolio. With bestselling author and award-winning buyer's agent Lloyd Edge by your side, you have everything you need to stop dreaming, step up, and grab that property ladder with both hands. In the book, you’ll find newcomer-friendly advice designed to walk you through how anyone can budget and save for a deposit, understand the market, and secure a mortgage. The author breaks down the jargon and tells you what you need to know in straightforward and easy-to-understand language, offering tips and strategies for those setting out on their property investing journey. You'll also find: Step-by-step guidance on creating a financial plan for your property hunt, finding your dream home or investment property, renovating, equity creation, and upsizing How-to guides, case studies, and interactive exercises that help you build the skills you'll need to conquer property investment Your ticket to going from no knowledge or experience in real estate to property master Nobody ever got what they wanted by waiting. Take the first step toward financial freedom through property with practical advice from one of Australia's leading buyer's agents.
Buy Online, Pickup in Store: CEO Supplement
by Antonio Moreno Santiago Gallino Amy KlopfensteinIn April 2019, Sylvarella CEO Sylvia Coparella must assess the impact of the company's Buy Online, Pickup in Store (BOPS) program on her company's overall sales. To do so, she must review analyses of both e-commerce and brick-and-mortar sales data and compare the results to the company's sales prior to the program implementation. At the same time, she must consider the program's impact on intangible factors within her company, including organizational culture, equitable compensation, and employee morale. Coparella must determine whether to continue the BOPS program, continue the program with significant changes, or discontinue the program and instead implement a different omnichannel retail program.
Buy Online, Pickup in Store: Evaluating an Omnichannel Intervention in Retail
by Antonio Moreno Santiago Gallino Amy KlopfensteinIn October 2018, fashion, wellness, and beauty retailer Sylvarella implemented a Buy Online, Pickup in Store (BOPS) program in an attempt to counteract a sales decline. While BOPS had the potential to meet customer expectations for a seamless order and fulfillment experience, it also posed operational and financial risks. After six months, CEO Sylvia Coparella decided to meet with her vice president (VP) of store operations and VP of e-commerce to evaluate the impact that the program had on their respective departments, as well as the impact to the store overall. Coparella must decide whether to continue the program, continue the program with significant changes, or discontinue the program and instead adopt a different omnichannel retail model.
Buy Online, Pickup in Store: Vice President of E-Commerce Supplement
by Antonio Moreno Santiago Gallino Amy KlopfensteinIn April 2019, Sylvarella VP of E-Commerce Charla Limont must review an analysis of her department's sales data to determine the impact of the company's Buy Online, Pickup in Store (BOPS) program. The program implementation created significant problems for the e-commerce team, including difficulties with the inventory management system, a high volume of abandoned shopping carts, and disgruntled social media influencers. As she prepares for a meeting with CEO Sylvia Coparella and VP of Store Operations Axley Vega, Limont must determine whether BOPS has helped or harmed her department. She must also decide whether to recommend the program continue, continue with significant changes, or discontinue.
Buy Online, Pickup in Store: Vice President of Store Operations Supplement
by Antonio Moreno Santiago Gallino Amy KlopfensteinIn April 2019, Sylvia VP of Store Operations Axley Vega must review an analysis of her department's sales data to determine the impact of the company's Buy Online, Pickup in Store (BOPS) program. BOPS implementation created significant problems for the store operations team, including an increased workload for store associates without additional compensation, difficulties managing the fulfillment demands of the program, and declining customer satisfaction. As she prepares for a meeting with CEO Sylvia Coparella and VP of E-commerce Charla Limont, Vega must determine whether BOPS has helped or harmed her department. She must also decide whether to recommend the program continue, continue with significant changes, or discontinue.