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Master Scheduling
by John F. ProudMaster scheduling is an essential planning tool that helps manufacturers synchronize their production cycle with actual market demand. The third edition of this easy-to-follow handbook helps you understand the basic and more advanced concepts of master scheduling, from implementation to capacity planning to final assembly techniques. Packed with handy checklists and examples, Master Scheduling, Third Edition delivers guidelines and techniques for a world-class master schedule.
Master Smart Strategic Experiments: Don't Abandon Innovation in Tough Times
by Scott D. AnthonyThe popular perception that innovation is risky and expensive presents challenges in uncertain times. That perception makes it far too easy for naysayers to justify curtailing innovation investments. Constant change requires companies to develop more ideas more quickly and cheaply, and with lower risk. This chapter describes how the proper management of strategic experiments can help companies achieve these objectives. This chapter was originally published as chapter 5 "The Silver Lining: An Innovation Playbook for Uncertain Times."
Master Traders
by Steve Shobin Fari HamzeiMaster Traders introduces you to an outstanding group of financial experts--from seasoned hedge fund managers to top technical analysts--who discuss the methods they use to tame today's highly volatile and unpredictable markets. Composed of chapters contributed by leading financial professionals, Master Traders contains a variety of proven strategies and techniques that will give you an edge in the world of stocks, options, and futures.
Master What Matters: 12 Value Choices to Help You Win at Life
by John C. MaxwellMove past what used to be, stop day-dreaming about what could be, and make the most of today with the fourteen values that help leaders win at life. The choices you make every day based on your values are what define you. And define your life. Make the right ones, and you are a winner. And here&’s the good news: they&’re not rocket science. Anyone can make them. Internationally bestselling author and leadership expert John C. Maxwell shares twelve everyday choices that you can make today and every day. They will help you master what matters so that you can have a better life.About Maxwell Moments Maxwell Moments is an innovative new line of derivative books unlike any other Maxwell books in the marketplace. They will look and feel fresh, appealing to a younger and more innovative audience while delivering the time-tested Maxwell message of hope, personal growth, leadership development, and success. Titles in the Maxwell Moments series will be single-concept books in a creative format, chock full of wisdom, insight, and inspiration. Each will contain the essence of one of John&’s messages, divided into short chapters to be savored in small bites, read in a single sitting, given as gifts, and used as mentoring tools.
Master Your Craft: Strategies for Designing, Making, and Selling Artisan Work
by Tien ChiuDo you want to create unique, brilliantly designed works of craft? Make the most of your studio time? Develop your artistic "voice," skills, and career? Then this book is for you. Written by award-winning textile artist Tien Chiu, Master Your Craft: Strategies for Designing, Making, and Selling Artisan Work provides sharp insight into the creative process, from the first spark of inspiration to careful contemplation of the finished piece. Perspectives from 22 master artisans fuse with industrial product design techniques and the author's own craft experience to offer a powerful framework for designing, making, and selling your work. Master Your Craft outlines a powerful process for designing and creating beautiful work. It enables you to: Discover inspiration even in the most mundane things Brainstorm unique designs Refine your designs into visually powerful, useful work that is practical to make and sell Transform your creative process to work more enjoyably and effectively Take your design and construction skills to the next level Identify your distinctive personal style Create a career for yourself, either as an artist or an artisan. Packed with advice from master woodworkers, glass workers, ceramicists, textile artists, metalworkers, and more, Master Your Craftwill enable you to create stunning pieces and - if you choose - develop your craft into a career.
Master Your Debt
by Jordan E. Goodman Bill WestromStrategies and tools to live debt freeThe world of borrowing and debt management has changed dramatically, leaving people confused about how best to secure their financial future. This book is the only guide with detailed advice to help you become debt free or master the debt you have, based on the latest laws and new government programs and policies implemented under the Obama administration.Is the information and advice on debt management different than in years past? Definitely. In this savvy, engaging guide, bestselling financial expert Jordan Goodman will tell you how toWin the mortgage game: avoid foreclosure, obtain the best refi, and modify your mortgage even if it is "under water"Clean up your credit report and dramatically boost your credit scoreNegotiate new terms and payments for burdensome medical bills, student loans, and credit cardsProtect yourself from the devastation of identity theftMaster the new credit card rules, and avoid the rate and fee trapsLearn a revolutionary strategy that will help you become mortgage free in 5 to 7 years, change the way you pay all your bills, and save hundreds of thousands of dollarsMaster Your Debt recommends many pioneering strategies as it lays out an innovative plan for achieving the elusive goal of financial success. The book is filled with helpful web sites, toll free numbers, associations and government agencies, and vetted companies and services to help you implement this advice. In today's volatile economy, getting out of debt is the key to surviving and thriving, and author Jordan Goodman provides you with the strategies and tools to live debt free.
Master Your Finances
by Peter Sander Connell Michelle Cagan C. P. A. Kimberly A. Colgate Faye Kathryn Doria C. F. P. Tere Drenth Cheryl Kimball Brian O' Justin PritchardDo you feel like you're just getting by? Are you worried about how you'll make it to your next paycheck? Do you feel anxious when you think about the financial legacy--or burden--you'll leave behind for your loved ones? Relax. You can gain control of your money with Master Your Finances.
Master Your Finances
by Kimberly A. Colgate Michelle Cagen C.P.A.Do you feel like you're just getting by? Are you worried about how you'll make it to your next paycheck? Do you feel anxious when you think about the financial legacy--or burden--you'll leave behind for your loved ones? Relax. You can gain control of your money with Master Your Finances.
Master Your Finances: All You Need to Eliminate Debt and Increase Savings
by Michele CaganDo you feel like you’re just getting by? Are you worried about how you’ll make it to your next paycheck? Do you feel anxious when you think about the financial legacy—or burden—you’ll leave behind for your loved ones? Relax. You can gain control of your money with Master Your Finances.
Master Your Mind: Counterintuitive Strategies to Refocus and Re-Energize Your Runaway Brain
by Roger Seip Robb ZbierskiYou’ll get there faster if you just slow down Master Your Mind offers a bit of perspective and a lot of insight for anyone seeking long-term success. Success in business is spelled M-O-R-E: better results, faster growth, more revenue, greater efficiency. Do more. Make more. Achieve more. And do it now. Eventually, ambition turns to stress, then to frenzy, then to emptiness as once-ambitious workers endlessly trudge the hamster wheel chasing the next promotion. While top-level performance is the holy grail of business at all levels, there is another, much better way to achieve it: slow down. Yes, you read that right—S-L-O-W. This is your permission to jump off of the hamster wheel. Slowing down is not a luxury, it is a necessity. A frenetic brain simply doesn’t perform at optimal levels. By maintaining a snail’s pace, you actually achieve better results—at rocket speed—because you’re firing on all cylinders. You’ll think of new things, approach old problems from new perspectives, and breathe a breath of fresh air into everything you do. This book shows you how to achieve this state of steady, sustainable fire, and how to get further by crawling than you ever did while attempting to fly. Learn how slowing down can lead to better, faster results Achieve optimal performance thought patterns Enhance your creativity and effectiveness Build energy, revenue, and good health in a self-sustaining way You know you’re capable of more, but the stress is eating away at your body, your brain, and your soul. Relax, take a deep breath, and buckle down. Clear your mind, and then put it to work. Stop juggling and start doing. Master Your Mind shows you how to supercharge your trajectory by taking it S-L-O-W.
Master Your Mindset: Live a Meaningful Life
by Michael PilarczykUnlock Your Full Potential and Achieve Extraordinary Success In Master Your Mindset, bestselling author Michael Pilarczyk reveals a life-changing approach that has helped countless individuals transform their lives. His unique method combines powerful insights with real-life examples, showing you how to break free from limiting beliefs and reach your most ambitious goals. This book offers more than just advice—it provides a clear, actionable, and repeatable 12-step strategy to help you master your mindset and create lasting success in every area of life. Inside, you'll discover how to: Shift your perspective and understand that your mindset shapes your reality. Achieve personal mastery through aligning your mindset, habits, and action to create lasting change and live a meaningful, fulfilling life Integrate mindfulness into daily life, work, relationships, and making decisions. With Master Your Mindset, you'll have the tools to break free from limiting beliefs and take control of your personal and professional success. A practical, life-changing guide to unlocking your full potential—whether you seek personal fulfillment, professional success, or deeper inner peace and meaning in life.
Master Your Money Type: Using Your Financial Personality to Create a Life of Wealth and Freedom
by Jordan E. GoodmanThis groundbreaking book by renowned finance expert Jordan Goodman shows readers how to use their personal investing type to attain the wealth they desire. From the Status Seeker to the White Night to the High Roller, every investor falls into a category. Bag Lady or Optimist, Coaster, Debt Desperado, or Ostrich, each has specific characteristics and instincts. Now, financial guru Jordan Goodman offers readers a quiz to identify their own individual Money Type. Then, by categorizing the strengths and weaknesses of each type of investor, he highlights the pitfalls readers should beware of in their own financial planning. With precise investment advice for each Money Type, Jordan Goodman offers clear, simple instructions for readers to minimize their efforts and maximize their gain.
Master Your Money: A Step-by-Step Plan for Experiencing Financial Contentment
by Ron BlueA step-by-step guide to financial freedomDo you know if you have enough? Do you know how much is enough? If you can't answer these questions, Master Your Money is for you.In this book, Ron Blue extracts principles from God's Word and applies them to your financial portfolio. Learn how to:Avoid the most common financial mistakesApply biblical principles for money managementSave, invest, and give wiselyCreate a long-term financial plan that worksPlan for your taxes and estate needsGet out of debtRon&’s professional experience in financial planning will ease your anxieties over money and be an asset to you and your family for generations to come. Learn the tools and techniques you need to move forward toward true financial freedom. This new edition includes important updates and new content, making it timely and relevant.
Master Your Money: A Step-by-Step Plan for Experiencing Financial Contentment
by Ron BlueA step-by-step guide to financial freedomDo you know if you have enough? Do you know how much is enough? If you can't answer these questions, Master Your Money is for you.In this book, Ron Blue extracts principles from God's Word and applies them to your financial portfolio. Learn how to:Avoid the most common financial mistakesApply biblical principles for money managementSave, invest, and give wiselyCreate a long-term financial plan that worksPlan for your taxes and estate needsGet out of debtRon&’s professional experience in financial planning will ease your anxieties over money and be an asset to you and your family for generations to come. Learn the tools and techniques you need to move forward toward true financial freedom. This new edition includes important updates and new content, making it timely and relevant.
Master Your Motivation: Three Scientific Truths for Achieving Your Goals
by Susan FowlerIf you want to accomplish what's important to you, discipline and willpower won't get you where you need to go. In this iconoclastic new book, Susan Fowler reveals compelling insights and actions to help you master and maintain your motivation. Motivation is at the heart of everything you do and everything you want to do but don't. Unfortunately, the ways we typically motivate ourselves don't work. Relying on sheer determination eventually becomes exhausting—it's not sustainable. And even setting goals can backfire—if you're not setting them for the right reasons. Susan Fowler says motivation is energy, and what matters is the quality, not the quantity. Traditional "motivators" such as fear, guilt, or the promise of a reward provide low-quality, short-term energy. Drawing on the latest empirical research, she proves that high-quality, optimal motivation is a skill that you can learn and apply. Science tells us that satisfying three basic needs—for choice, connection, and competence—is essential to optimal motivation. You need to feel like you've picked your path, not that you're being driven down it. Your goal should be linked to people or a purpose meaningful to you. And you want to continually learn and grow. Through practical exercises and eye-opening stories, Fowler shows you how to identify and shift the quality of your motivation. The skill to master your motivation is important—it may be your greatest opportunity to evolve, grow in wisdom, and be the light the world so desperately needs.
Master Your Time, Master Your Life: The Breakthrough System to Get More Results, Faster, in Every Area of Your Life
by Brian TracyInternational speaker, business consultant, productivity expert, and bestselling author Brian Tracy is a go-to authority on how to stay on top of work and your personal life--while maintaining a strong and healthy balance between the two.In The Times of Your Life, Tracy explains why tackling the right project at the right time is of the utmost importance. Based on the most recent research into the field of productivity, as well as the author's personal experiences and those of his clients, Tracy argues that we may be stuck on something because of one simple thing--the timing isn't right.This book will take readers through simple steps to figure out when they're most productive on specific tasks and create a framework for optimal productivity that can change lives forever.
Master of Change: How to Excel When Everything Is Changing – Including You
by Brad StulbergA revelatory book on rethinking change and creating a rugged and flexible mindset amidst life's intensifying flux, from expert on sustainable excellence, coach, and bestselling author of The Practice of Groundedness.From social disruptions like economic recessions, pandemics, and new technologies to individual disruptions like getting married, career transitions, and becoming a parent, we undergo change and transformation—both good and bad—regularly. Change is not the exception, it’s the rule. Yet we endlessly fight it, often viewing it as a threat to our stability and sense of self.Master of Change flips this script on its head and offers a path for embracing and even growing from life’s constant instability.Brad Stulberg, sustainable excellence expert, coach, and bestselling author of The Practice of Groundedness, offers a new model that describes change as an ongoing cycle of order, disorder, and reorder—yes, we return to stability, but that stability is somewhere new. Drawing on modern science, ancient wisdom, and daily practice, Stulberg offers concrete principles for developing a mindset called rugged flexibility, along with habits and practices to implement it. Along the way, Stulberg reveals:How to be in conversation with change instead of it happening to you.The importance of expectationsWhy cultivating a rugged yet flexible sense of self is key to a strong identity.How to take productive action during a challenge.The paradox of both making meaning and moving forward.In the end, Stulberg reshapes our entire perception of change and shows us how to grow in its midst—ultimately helping us move forward better, stronger, and wiser than we were before.
Master of None: How a Jack-of-All-Trades Can Still Reach the Top
by Clifford HudsonIn this revelatory memoir, the former CEO of Sonic challenges established thinking, offering counterintuitive career advice essential for every professional at all levels, whether you're just starting out or in the middle of your career.In his bestselling Outliers, Malcolm Gladwell introduced readers to the 10,000-hour rule—the foundation of success in any endeavor. But as Clifford Hudson reveals, there are serious pitfalls to this rule. What happens to those who spend years trying to achieve something that doesn’t quite pan out? Do you really have to grind down the same path for many years, sacrificing priorities to become successful? In Master of None, Hudson turns expertise on its head and shows that by embracing variety and becoming more versatile, anyone can succeed and become more open to different opportunities in life. To do so, he provides three basic rules that will see any professional through: Don't plan, exploreDon't specialize, generalizeDon't keep your head down, turn it up toward opportunity In this thought-provoking memoir, Hudson asks whether or not mastery is even necessary to succeed. Most people don't need to be experts in their field. Yes, the successful know more than the average person about a particular topic, and they often possess a better-than-average ability with a particular skillset; but not everyone who is successful is an expert, he makes clear.More importantly, in today’s technology-driven environment, change is the only constant, including the nature of work and the skills required to do it. Over-investing in expertise is often riskier than learning to be adaptive and open to new knowledge, ideas, and skills. Experience can also lead to overconfidence. And yet we continue to deeply value the expertise ideal. Groundbreaking and thought provoking, Master of None is a new way forward to help businesses and professionals at all levels thrive.
Master of One: Find and Focus on the Work You Were Created to Do
by Jordan RaynorWhat is your one thing? The entrepreneur, thought leader, and best-selling author of Called to Create offers a refreshing invitation: stop trying to do it all so you can thrive in your unique, God-given work. &“A compelling case for embracing our vocational limits and choosing to do our one thing well.&”—Emily P. Freeman, Wall Street Journal best-selling author of The Next Right Thing Imagine how different your life would be if you spent your time doing the very thing that brings you the greatest joy. It&’s possible, but most people spend their days making minimal progress on multiple tasks competent at many things but exceptional at none. That&’s because for too long we&’ve believed the lie that more activity, more jobs, and more responsibility equals greater effectiveness. In short, we are becoming a society of &“jacks-and-jills-of-all-trades and masters of none.&” But what if you could shift your focus from too many things to one? In this thought-provoking book, you&’ll discover the exponential power of pursuing a singular craft. Through practical principles, Jordan Raynor provides straightforward steps for finding and thriving in your calling.He also highlights more than a dozen real-life examples of high-impact individuals who have chosen to focus on and excel in their unique gifting, including: • Chronicles of Narnia author C. S. Lewis • Enron whistle-blower Sherron Watkins • TV legend Mister Rogers • Dallas Mavericks CEO Cynthia Marshall • Reality TV star Chip Gaines • NFL Hall of Fame coach Tony Dungy • Biblical figures, a teacher, a pilot, a banker, and world-class entrepreneurs Too many of us are overwhelmed, overcommitted, and overstressed. This book offers a better way—the path to becoming a master of one!
MasterCard International: World Championship Soccer Sponsorship
by David Lane David J. ArnoldMasterCard must decide whether to renew the sponsorship of the World Cup and other soccer events in light of a 100% increase in the sponsorship fee and a strategic realignment by MasterCard. A rewritten version of an earlier case.
MasterCard: Driving Financial Inclusion
by Natalie Kindred Rajiv Lal Sunil GuptaMasterCard CEO Ajay Banga was investing significant time and attention to increase financial inclusion among individuals with historically no access to banking or financial services in countries around the world with large underserved populations. The effort included partnerships with governments and banks to issue MasterCard branded debit cards to millions of individuals. Financial inclusion could potentially help these individuals by increasing financial literacy, building credit records, improving savings rates, providing access to loans and other financial products, and, in general, by increasing the economic opportunities for these newly banked consumers. And by adding more customers, MasterCard potentially could also grow its bottom line. Financial inclusion raised questions for MasterCard. Was the management time and attention well spent given the low returns expected from adding millions of mostly very poor customers? What risks might MasterCard encounter-particularly in some countries where citizens resented their government partnering with and providing personal data to a large U.S. company.
MasterCard: Driving Financial Inclusion
by Natalie Kindred Rajiv Lal Sunil GuptaMasterCard CEO Ajay Banga was investing significant time and attention to increase financial inclusion among individuals with historically no access to banking or financial services in countries around the world with large underserved populations. The effort included partnerships with governments and banks to issue MasterCard branded debit cards to millions of individuals. Financial inclusion could potentially help these individuals by increasing financial literacy, building credit records, improving savings rates, providing access to loans and other financial products, and, in general, by increasing the economic opportunities for these newly banked consumers. And by adding more customers, MasterCard potentially could also grow its bottom line. Financial inclusion raised questions for MasterCard. Was the management time and attention well spent given the low returns expected from adding millions of mostly very poor customers? What risks might MasterCard encounter-particularly in some countries where citizens resented their government partnering with and providing personal data to a large U.S. company.
Mastercard Labs (A)
by Linda A. Hill Sunil Gupta Julia Kelley Emily TedardsWhen Ajaypal (Ajay) Banga became the CEO of Mastercard in 2010, he shifted the company's competitive focus from card networks to cash itself. Mastercard's new vision of a "World Beyond Cash" distilled into a three-pronged framework: Grow the core business, Diversify customers and employees, and Build new businesses that reinforce Mastercard's core capabilities. With digital technologies on the rise, Banga knew that innovation would need to become a strategic imperative. Yet, in a 2010 survey, Mastercard's 7,000 employees ranked "innovation" as the 26th most important factor for the future of Mastercard in a list of 27. Banga tasked Garry Lyons, who had joined Mastercard through the 2009 acquisition of Orbiscom, with infusing innovation into Mastercard's culture. With a significant incremental investment, and free reign to spend it as he pleased, Lyons created Mastercard Labs-a global R&D network that became a catalytic force for change at the company. In December 2017, Lyons is stepping down from his role as Chief Innovation Officer and reflecting on the path ahead for Mastercard and its Labs.
Mastercard Labs (A) (Abridged)
by Linda A. Hill Sunil Gupta Julia Kelley Emily TedardsWhen Ajaypal (Ajay) Banga became the CEO of Mastercard in 2010, he shifted the company's competitive focus from card networks to cash itself. Mastercard's new vision of a "World Beyond Cash" distilled into a three-pronged framework: Grow the core business, Diversify customers and employees, and Build new businesses that reinforce Mastercard's core capabilities. With digital technologies on the rise, Banga knew that innovation would need to become a strategic imperative. Yet, in a 2010 survey, Mastercard's 7,000 employees ranked "innovation" as the 26th most important factor for the future of Mastercard in a list of 27. Banga tasked Garry Lyons, who had joined Mastercard through the 2009 acquisition of Orbiscom, with infusing innovation into Mastercard's culture. With a significant incremental investment, and free reign to spend it as he pleased, Lyons created Mastercard Labs-a global R&D network that became a catalytic force for change at the company. In December 2017, Lyons is stepping down from his role as Chief Innovation Officer and reflecting on the path ahead for Mastercard and its Labs.
Mastercard Labs (B)
by Linda A. Hill Sunil Gupta Julia Kelley Emily TedardsWhen Ajaypal (Ajay) Banga became the CEO of Mastercard in 2010, digital technologies were on the rise, and innovation needed to become a strategic imperative at the company. Banga tasked Garry Lyons, who had joined Mastercard through the 2009 acquisition of Orbiscom, with infusing innovation into Mastercard's culture. With a significant incremental investment, and free reign to spend it as he pleased, Lyons created Mastercard Labs-a global innovation lab network that became a catalytic force for change at the company. In 2018, Ken Moore, a former innovation leader at Citigroup, became Mastercard Labs' new leader. By then, Mastercard had made significant progress on its journey of cultural and digital transformation, but the company had to continue to think and act differently in order to compete and thrive in the fast-changing digital world. Moore's task was to evolve Mastercard Labs so that it could continue delivering value to Mastercard.