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100 BEST BUSINESS BOOKS FOR 2007

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BOOK REVIEW #41 I Don't Know What I Want, but I Know It's Not This: A Step-By-Step Guide to Finding Gratifying Work – – Gratifying work is certainly the foundation to high quality of life. This book can show you the path to achieving that, whether you are frustrated with your current job, contemplating a career change or actively seeking a new job. It's like having a private career coach or a supportive, no-nonsense friend who is always there to give you the boost you need to stop whining about work and do something about it! Insightful, well organized, relevant and practical.

BOOK REVIEW #42 Leadership — Writing in his familiar voice - a New Yorker's bluntness, leavened by his passion for ideas - Rudolph Giuliani demonstrates how the leadership skills he practices can be employed successfully by anyone who has to run anything. After all, until the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center pushed him into an unwanted role in history, Giuliani was only months away from leaving office with a reputation as one of the most effective mayors New York had ever seen.
I picked up this book casually on my way into a bookstore... to add to those which i would peruse. I quickly found myself thoroughly engrossed in this extremely lucid and extraordinarily frank account of Rudy Giuliani's mayoralty. -- Sheila from NYC

BOOK REVIEW #43 The Power of Full Engagement – The authors are right on the money when they describe the problems so many of us have, today - How are we supposed to do more with less when we are exhausted, overworked, and basically have no life? Case studies, from the world of business and sport, demonstrate how some modest changes can have an immediate impact. This book gets us to focus on how we manage and optimize our energy and provides a step by step process to discover what values and motivators are most important to us. "This book can truely transform your life." - Steven from New York, USA.

BOOK REVIEW #44 Jack: Straight from the Gut — Neutron Jack's directness is legendary, as is his passion for business. It's hard to think of a CEO that commands as much respect as Jack Welch. Throughout his 40 years with GE, and especially in his 20 years at the helm, Welch was always on the move, prodding the lumbering bureaucracy to become lean and responsive. Although this is undoubtedly about 'big' business, there's a lot a small business owner can learn. GE, in some respects, is a huge collection of small businesses. But this book is about Jack Welch, the gutsy boss who forged a unique philosophy and an operating system that relies on a "boundaryless" sharing of ideas, an intense focus on people, and an informal, give-and-take style that makes bureaucracy the enemy.

BOOK REVIEW #45 Set for Life : A Financial Planning Guide for People Over 50 — Covering the business of preparing for the future – tools and techniques to create a comfortable retirement. Bambi Holzer's book is a roadmap to making it to your golden years with something left over. "I saw Ms. Holzer on the TODAY show and bought her book... I feel I am headed in the right direction." - a reader from Texas USA.

BOOK REVIEW #46 The Generation Y Money Book : 99 Smart Ways to Handle Money — Don Silver designed and wrote this for teens and young adults. It covers the basics of compound interest, establishing a good credit rating, and dealing with financial institutions - just the sort of thing many mature adults need! Add securing the funding for college, and simply make their money make more money, and you've got a great tutorial.

BOOK REVIEW #47 Everybody Wins: The Story and Lessons Behind RE/MAX – RE/MAX was founded over 30 years ago in Denver, Colorado, based upon a revolutionary idea for a new system of selling real estate. This is an inside look at one of the world's most successful real estate companies. Authors Phil Harkins and Keith Hollihan reveal how RE/MAX has achieved such phenomenal success to become a network of over 100,000 agents in more than 50 countries. Although they include sagas of near bankruptcies and other crises, the book focuses on absorbing storytelling, not statistics or metrics. We cheerfully recommend this peppy saga. Managers will find it refreshing and instructive to read about people who attribute their success to loyalty, collegiality, hands-on leadership, and the ability to work and play hard - Rolf from Lucerne, Switzerland)

BOOK REVIEW #48 Options as a Strategic Investment – Reflecting today’s market realities and the new innovative options products available, this fourth edition features an in-depth analysis of volatility and volatility trading; updated information on all stock option strategies, reflecting recent market conditions; buy and sell strategies for Long Term Equity Anticipation Securities (LEAPs); detailed guidance for investing in the growing field of structured products; the latest developments in futures and futures options; and the market impact of the most recent changes in the margin rules. It should be the options reference in your office.

BOOK REVIEW #49 Lightning in a Bottle : Proven Lessons for Leading Change — Dr. Baum dispenses business advice that has the wisdom of experience, and he is able to communicate complex lessons very effectively. Sparks ideas for executives and managers to embrace change. "Lightning in a Bottle is the best management book that I have ever read - and that is saying a lot because after an MBA and years as a manager I have read too many management books! David Baum's book is fun and fast reading and practical. Best of all Dr. Baum dispenses business advice that has the wisdom of experience." a reader from New Orleans, LA, USA

BOOK REVIEW #50 Secrets of Power Persuasion: Everything You'll Ever Need to Get Anything You'll Ever Want – In this book, every page has something to offer, and and it's all unique. What I expected was either a complete rip-off or that only a small bit of it would be useful. I was very surprised at how satisfied I was with it. Among all the techniques in there I've found a lot that can be used in every day life. It explains a lot about persuasion techniques you've came across but didn't recognize as such, and opens your eyes to an entirely new world of persuasion altogether.
All in all, this book is very professional and offers tons and tons of content. The authors life, which he uses ocassionally for examples in his techniques, shows how amazingly successful he is without it seeming like he's bragging.

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