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Recommended
Books - November 2009
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The Jelly Effect: How to Make Your Communication
Stick Andy Bounds
The Jelly Effect teaches you simple, memorable and
costless ways to win more attention and more business. Imagine how
effective you would be if you communicated only what was relevant
100% of the time. You'd be better at talking to others, presenting,
networking and selling. You would excel in interviews, meetings and
pay-rise discussions. The benefits would be endless!
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How to Win Friends
and Influence People
Dale Carnegie
In a conversational style, Dale Carnegie offers practical advice
and techniques for how to get out of a mental rut and make life
more rewarding. He advises on how to make friends quickly and
easily, win people over to your way of thinking, become a better
speaker and more entertaining conversationalist and arouse
enthusiasm among your associates.
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7
Habits of Highly Effective People
Stephen R.
Covey
THE 7
HABITS OF HIGHLY EFFECTIVE PEOPLE is recognised as one of the most
influential books ever written. In this seminal work, Stephen R.
Covey presents a holistic, integrated, principle-centred approach
for solving personal and professional problems.
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Fierce Conversations: Achieving success
in work and in life, one conversation at a time
Susan Scott
Fierce
Conversations is a way of conducting business. An attitude. A way
of life. Communications expert Susan Scott maintains that a single
conversation can change the trajectory of a career, marriage or
life. Whether these are conversations with yourself, partner,
colleagues, customers, family or friends, Fierce Conversations
shows you how to have conversations that count.
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Do It Now: Break the Procrastination
Habit
William J. Knaus
This book
has already helped thousands of people overcome procrastination, a
troublesome, almost universal trait that can block both personal
and professional fulfillment. Using the "awareness/action" approach
developed during over 25 years of clinical experience, therapist
William Knaus shows readers how to first identify the root causes
of their procrastination problem and then find workable solutions
for overcoming them.
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The Human Element
Will Schutz
Will
Schutz shows us how to enhance our performance and improve our
organisations by developing healthier self-concepts of ourselves
and in others. A personal development and leadership guide to
creating a work environment where self-determination and openness
are the rule. He offers strategies for heightening our awareness of
ourselves and others as a key factor in shaping our relationships
to work.
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NLP at Work: The Difference that Makes a Difference in
Business
Sue
Knight
Neuro
Linguistic Programming explains how you make sense of your world
and how to be what you want to be. In this edition, the author
explores recent developments in NLP and shows how NLP has become
even more significant in our increasingly unpredictable business
and personal lives.
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The 8th Habit
Stephen Covey
Leadership has not kept up with the changes going on in the world.
From boardrooms to classrooms, leadership is being challenged. This
book provides a new leadership model to follow in order to motivate
yourself, your company and your co-workers.
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Time to
Think: Listening to Ignite
the Human Mind
Nancy
Kline
Most people think they listen well, but they rarely do. Whether you
want to have more productive meetings, solve business problems,
create bold strategies or build stronger relationships, this book
offers you a new world of possibilities. |
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Living your Best
Life
Laura Berman
Fortgang
Each of us possesses an
internal compass which expresses our individual wisdom and points
to the things which would make us happiest. It is perfectly
possible to tap into this wisdom, to listen to our gut instincts
and to make them the basis for sound life decisions.
Combining intuition (the skill
of the moment) and wisdom (knowing how to tap into that intuition
and what to do with it), Laura Berman Fortgang shows us how to get
in touch with our inner self. |
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Guide
to Managing Workplace Stress
by
Trevor Hicks & Caroline McSherry
The
intention of this book is to provide information to those who may
be suffering from work related stress and to provide managers with
a "toolkit" to help address such problems in the
workforce.
Work-related stress is
a serious problem and tackling it effectively can result in
significant benefits for organisations. This can result in a
happier and more productive workforce with fewer days away from
work with stress related illnesses.
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Make
Success Measurable
Douglas Smith
This book
provides a thoughtful and extremely practical guide for setting
goals and effectively meeting them. It is an absolutely
indispensable tool for leaders and a model for good management."
-Jenna Dorn, President, National Museum of Health.
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Men
Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus: How to Get What You Want in
Your Relationships
John Gray
This guide
to successful communication between the sexes has already helped
many millions of readers from across the globe understand why
members of the opposite sex behave the way they do. It includes:
what makes members of the opposite sex tick; how to understand
their verbal and non-verbal language; how to motivate the opposite
sex and get what you want; how to avoid arguments and promote
fruitful communication, and much more!
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Feel the Fear and
Do It Anyway
Susan
Jeffers
This book
stands the test of time, giving you strategies on how to cope with
fear of various kinds, such as public speaking, self-assertion,
decision-making, intimacy, being alone, ageing, losing a loved one,
and ending a relationship.
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Excuse Me, Your
Life Is Waiting: The Power of Positive Feelings
Lynn
Grabhorn
I know I've recommended this book before, but if you haven't read
it already - it's worth it!
Bestselling US life
coach tells us how to achieve our life dreams through the
astonishing power of positive feelings. We all know how strong our
emotions can be - but do we really appreciate that they can
actually help us to achieve what we want? We sometimes disregard
our feelings and carry on living life the way we have always lived
it - but our emotions are in fact the key to finding a life that is
the way we always dreamt it would be. |
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Instant
Confidence
Paul
McKenna
Would
you like to have the confidence to go for anything you want in
life? In this groundbreaking new book, Paul reveals the secrets of
mastering your emotions and living with a greater sense of ease and
certainty than ever before. You will learn how to push the 'off'
switch for fear and desperation and create massive amounts of
confidence and motivation in just a few moments. Before you've even
finished the book, your whole attitude to life will begin to change
for the better! |
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Take Time for Your Life
Cheryl
Richardson
This is a guide for anyone struggling to balance the demands of
career and family, or who are simply looking to find peace of mind
in a world of chaos. This seven-step programme contains advice,
action plans and client success stories.
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How
to be Brilliant
Michael
Heppell
This
book will give you tools to find out what point you are at now,
understand where it is you want to get and develop strategies and
powerful methods to get you there. As quickly as possible and as
economically as possible with as much fun as possible.
The
book uses many clear examples and stories to show you how to
overcome barriers that hold you back. You’ll learn how to develop a
clear vision for a brilliant future and communicate with your
friends, family and colleagues at a higher level.
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E-myth
Revisited
Michael Gerber
Required
reading for anyone thinking about starting a business or for those
who have already taken that fateful step. The title refers to the
author's belief that entrepreneurs - typically brimming with good
but distracting ideas - make poor businesspeople. He establishes an
incredibly organised and regimented plan, so that daily details are
scripted, freeing the entrepreneur's mind to build the long-term
success or failure of the business |
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Attraction
Marketing
Annie
Meachem
Imagine
being able to attract all the perfect clients you ever wanted
without selling...If you're the kind of person who loves what you
do but often cringe at the thought of having to 'peddle your wares'
then Attraction Marketing will be a welcome relief from our
increasingly 'hard selling' culture.
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The
Magic of Rapport
Jerry Richardson
This is an excellent
and inspiring book about how to gain rapport then use it to
persuade another to your point of view. Full of tried and tested
NLP techniques it deals more with the practice of how to do things
rather than the theories of why they work
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Unlimited
Power
Anthony Robbins
Unlimited Power is a
revolutionary fitness book for the mind. It will show you, step by
step, how to perform at your peak while gaining emotional and
financial freedom, attaining leadership and self-confidence, and
winning the cooperation of others. It will give you the knowledge
and the courage to remake yourself and your world. |
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