Six Free Business Books (Kindle)

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The Art of Asking: Ask Better Questions, Get Better Answers, by Terry J. Fadem, is a repeat from last May

Book Description
Ask the Right Questions in the Right Ways...And Get the Answers You Need to Succeed!

Discover the core questions that every manager needs to master...how to avoid the mistakes business questioners make most often...ten simple rules for asking every question more effectively. Learn how to ask tough questions and take control of tough situations...use questions to promote innovation, drive change, identify hidden problems, and get failing projects back on track.

Ask better questions, get better answers, achieve better results!


Trend Following (Updated Edition): Learn to Make Millions in Up or Down Markets, by Michael W. Covel

Book Description
The Investment Strategy That Keeps on Making Money While Everyone Else Is Losing It:
How Trend Followers Made a Fortune During the 2008 Stock Market Crash

Did your buy and hold investments survive the crash of 2008? While many were getting hammered, trend followers were earning profits ranging all the way up to +40% for the month of October 2008 alone!

Now, the #1 guide to trend following has been thoroughly updated to reflect 2008’s cataclysmic events. Michael W. Covel reveals exactly how the trend followers achieved those amazing results. Using simple, up-to-the-minute charts from top traders, he doesn’t just prove this strategy works: He shows why only a technical system based on following price trends can win over the long term.

Best of all, he shows you exactly how to apply the same strategies in your own portfolio--so you, too, can keep on profiting no matter what happens next!

For more than 30 years, trend following has been the one trading strategy that’s consistently delivered extraordinary profits in bull and bear markets. While most investors were losing a fortune in the 2008 stock market collapse, stuck in buy and hold investments, trend followers were earning huge profits...up to a whopping +40% in the single month of October 2008! The proof’s in this book: brand-new data you can view for yourself, plus all the information you need to know to utilize the same timeless strategies in your portfolio.

In this fully updated edition, trend following expert Michael Covel introduces the traders and fund managers who’ve been using this strategy for decades, adding brand-new profiles such as David Harding, who manages $10 billion plus dollars through his London-based trend following firm. Then, Covel walks you through all the concepts and techniques you need to use trend following yourself. One step at a time, one simple chart at a time, you’ll learn how to understand price movements well enough to profit from them consistently--in any market.


Nelson Mandela's Leadership Lessons is a business short from by New Word City

Book Description
Nelson Mandela was born into a royal family, attended elite schools, became a lawyer, and could have settled into a comfortable life as a member of South Africa's black middle class. But his sense of dignity and injustice was fierce, and he dedicated himself to the struggle for freedom and democracy. He paid a heavy price for his choice, often putting his life in danger and spending 27 years in prison, away from his family, barely knowing his children. Guided by a deep pragmatism, he evolved into one of the greatest leaders in modern history, a man who inspired and uplifted the world. His story offers valuable lessons for leaders everywhere.

Nelson Mandela is a fierce opponent of injustice, a proponent of nonviolent resistance, a moral beacon for the world, a man who changed the course of history and created today's South Africa. He occupies a place in the Parthenon of great leaders-a symbol of the struggle for freedom and human rights, an inspiration to us all. But his has been a complicated life, filled with nuance and ambiguity. Mandela won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1993, yet he once advocated the violent overthrow of South Africa's apartheid government and was instrumental in creating a guerilla army dedicated to that end. A child of privilege born into a royal family, he benefitted mightily from his family's connections but was suspended from college and ran away to the slums of Johannesburg to avoid an arranged marriage.


Chips, Clones, and Living Beyond 100: How Far Will the Biosciences Take Us?, by Joyce A. Schoemaker (Author), Paul J. H. Schoemaker

Book Description
The key scientific discoveries of the 21st century are coming from the biosciences. These discoveries will impact our lives in ways we can only begin to imagine. Now, two leading experts will help you imagine those impacts--and prepare for them. Paul and Joyce Schoemaker preview the research innovations most likely to emerge in the coming years and reveal what they’re likely to mean for everything from human longevity to the health of society, from bioterrorism to personalized medicine.

Writing for every interested citizen and consumer, the Schoemakers illuminate the hottest technologies and most controversial issues associated with contemporary biotechnology--including stem cells, cloning, pharmacogenetics, DNA chips, proteomics, gene therapy, and much more. Then, drawing on Paul Schoemaker’s unsurpassed experience helping global organizations prepare for the future, the authors sketch multiple long-term scenarios for the biosciences…and reveal how they will impact your health, family, career, and the society you live in.

• How long will you live? How long can you live?
Beyond 100: breakthroughs made, breakthroughs yet to come
• New business opportunities for the age of biosciences
The future of pharmaceuticals, medical devices, diagnostics, disease management, and prevention
• The economics, politics, and technology of the bioscience revolution
What’s driving the biosciences--and what could halt them dead in their tracks


Insights from Remarkable Businesspeople (Collection), by FT Press Delivers

Book Description
A brand new collection of essential insights for your business and career from world-renowned experts...now in a convenient e-format, at a great price!

Get it straight from the top: secrets only the world's best leaders can tell you!

What it takes to lead your team to greatness! Outstanding leaders tell you how to identify and fix even the biggest problems...get buy-in that's real...balance external customers and internal processes...infuse creativity throughout your organization, and reinvent its future...get results, not salutes!

From world-renowned leaders and experts, including Captain D. Michael Abrashoff, Jim Champy, Fred Wiersema, Dean LeBaron, Michael F. Golden, Gary Hirshberg, and many more.

Included in this collection:

* Changing a Troubled Ship's Course (Captain D. Michael Abrashoff)
* What's the Problem with Customers? (Fred Wiersema)
* Get Results, Not Salutes (Captain D. Michael Abrashoff)
* Winning Customers with Commitment (Gary Hirshberg)
* Listen Up! (Captain D. Michael Abrashoff)
* Clearing the Mind for Creativity (John Kao)
* No Company Runs Itself (Michael F. Golden)
* Why I'm (Still) Buying Gold (Dean LeBaron)
* How to Design a Great Customer Experience (Fred Wiersema)
* Oprah (Brand) Renew (Nancy F. Koehn)
* The Future Is Yours to Invent (John Kao)
* The Pull of Customers, The Push of Processes (Jim Champy)
* How to Rebound from Adversity (Glenn Mangurian)
* What I Learned from Peter Drucker (Jim Champy)
* What I Learned at the Naval Academy (Captain D. Michael Abrashoff)
* Lessons of a Brand Manager (Michael F. Golden)

Get a Life, Not a Job: It's Your Time--Make the Most of It , by Paula Caligiuri

Book Description
This product is an excerpt from Get a Life, Not a Job: Do What You Love and Let Your Talents Work For You