1. Good to Great:
(Books/Business Books)

... Thinking), what you are passionate about, and what drives your economic engine. Collins states that sustained disciplined action is primarily achieved by "fanatical adherence to the Hedgehog Concept ...

2. The Black Swan
(News/Economic News)

... by Randomness." The Black Swan is basically a sequel to that book, but much more focused, detailed and scholarly. This is a book of serious philosophy that reads like a stand-up comedy routine. (Think ...

3. The E-Myth Revisited
(News/Economic News)

... think working 16 hours a day is some kind of heroic effort. It's suicide. Been there done that. There's nothing glamorous about working in your business until you fall over. How, then, does the author ...

4. Crucial Conversations
(News/Economic News)

Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes are High Tools for tough times I think the skills taught in Crucial Conversations are pertinent to everyone who needs to communicate better, and ...

5. Why Some Companies Make the Leap... and Others Don't
(News/Economic News)

... rigorously found and promoted disciplined people to think and act in a disciplined manner. Peppered with dozens of stories and examples from the great and not so great, the book offers a well-reasoned ...

6. Mojo
(News/Economic News)

... by four key factors: identity (who do you think you are?), achievement (what have you done lately?), reputation (who do other people think you are--and what have you've done lately?), and acceptance ...

7. The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us
(News/Economic News)

... nervously, I shone in this environment, and now I realized that's what they wanted from me. Pink mentions Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs (if that's new to you, look it up on Wikipedia), and I think he ...