50 success classics : your shortcut to the most important ideas on motivation, achievement, and prosperity
Butler-Bowdon, Tom, 1967-2020
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"This brand new updated edition of Tom Butler-Bowdon's guide to the texts that will help you find success in your professional and personal life. Contains eight brand new chapters summarising recent classics such as Grit by Angela Duckworth and Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell. Millions of us are drawn each year to find the one great book that will capture our imagination and inspire us to chart a course to personal and professional fulfillment. 50 Success Classics is the first and only 'bite-sized' guide to the books that have helped legions of readers unleash their potential and discover the secrets of success. Mapping the road to prosperity, motivation, leadership and life success, 50 Success Classics summarizes each work's key ideas to make clear how these timeless insights and techniques can inform, inspire and illuminate a path to authentic achievement"--www.amazon.com.Abstract: Inside 50 Success Classics, discover the all-time classic books that have helped millions of people achieve success in their work, their mission, and their personal lives.
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Butler-Bowdon, Tom, 1967-, authorCredo Reference (Firm), distributor
Edition:
[Enhanced Credo edition]Second edition.
Imprint:
Boston, Massachusetts : Nicholas Brealey Publishing, [2017]©2017Boston, Massachusetts : Credo Reference, 2020.
Collation:
1 online resource (60 entries) ; digital files.
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Other title: Fifty success classics
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Description based on title page of print version.
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Mode of access: World Wide Web.
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Print version: xi, 339 pages
Contents:
Introduction -- Horatio Alger, Ragged Dick (1867) -- Warren Bennis, On Becoming A Leader (1989) -- Frank Bettger, How I Raised Myself From Failure To Success in Selling (1947) -- Kenneth Blanchard & Spencer Johnson, The One Minute Manager (1981) -- Edward Bok, The Americanization of Edward Bok (1921) -- Claude M. Bristol, The Magic of Believing (1948) -- Warren Buffett (by Roger Lowenstein), Buffett: The Making of an American Capitalist (1995) -- Andrew Carnegie, Autobiography (1920) -- Chin-ning Chu, Thick Face Black Heart (1992) -- George S. Clason, The Richest Man in Babylon (1926) -- Robert Collier, Secrets of the Ages (1926) -- Jim Collins, Good To Great (2001) -- Russel H. Conwell Acres of Diamonds (1921) -- Stephen R. Covey The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People(1989) -- Angela Duckworth, Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance (2016) -- Henry Ford, My Life and Work (1922) -- Benjamin Franklin, The Way To Wealth (1758) -- Timothy Gallwey, The Inner Game of Tennis (1974) -- Bill Gates (by James Wallace & Jim Erickson) Hard Drive: Bill Gates and the Making of the Microsoft Empire (1992) -- Jean Paul Getty, How To Be Rich (1961) -- Les Giblin, How to Have Power and Confidence In Dealing With People (1956) -- Malcolm Gladwell, Outliers : The Story of Success (2008) -- Baltasar Gracian, The Art of Worldly Wisdom (1647) -- Adam Grant, Give and Take (2013) -- Earl G. Graves, How To Succeed in Business Without Being White (1997) -- Darren Hardy, The Compound Effect (2010) -- Napoleon Hill, Think and Grow Rich (1937) -- Muriel James & Dorothy Jongeward, Born To Win (1971) -- Steve Jobs (by Brent Schlender & Rick Tetzeli), Becoming Steve Jobs (2015) -- Spencer Johnson, Who Moved My Cheese? (1998) -- Robert Kiyosaki Rich Dad, Poor Dad (1997) -- Ray Kroc, Grinding It Out (1977) -- David Landes, The Wealth and Poverty of Nations (1998) -- Nelson Mandela, Long Walk To Freedom (1994) -- Orison Swett Marden, Pushing To The Front (1894) -- J.W. Marriott Jnr The Spirit To Serve (1997) -- Donald T. Phillips, Lincoln On Leadership (1992) -- Catherine Ponder, The Dynamic Laws of Prosperity (1962) -- Cheryl Richardson, Take Time For Your Life (1998) -- Anthony Robbins, Unlimited Power (1986) -- Eleanor Roosevelt (by Robin Gerber), Leadership the Eleanor Roosevelt Way (2002) -- David Schwartz, The Magic of Thinking Big (1959) -- Florence Scovel Shinn, Secret Door to Success (1940) -- Ernest Shackleton (by Margot Morrell & Stephanie Capparell), Shackleton's Way (2001) -- Thomas J. Stanley, The Millionaire Mind (2000) -- Brian Tracy, Maximum Achievement (1993) -- Sun Tzu, The Art of War (4th century B.C.) -- Sam Walton, Made in America (1992) -- Wallace Wattles, The Science of Getting Rich (1910) -- John Whitmore, Coaching For Performance (2008) -- 50 More Classics -- Chronological List of Titles -- Credits.
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ISBN:
9781473658356 (invalid)1473658357 (invalid)9781787856707 (electronic version)
Dewey class:
016.1581
LC class:
BJ1611.2
Language:
English
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BRN:
501523
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