Every office has them: the ever-complaining colleague; the constantly late co-worker; the boss who blows up at you, or blows you off; the person who drives everyone crazy. Conventional methods for dealing with these negative behaviors don't seem to work. Here is a three-step strategy for creating a productive ... more »

Like Robert Kiyosaki's RICH DAD'S PROPHECY, THE OIL FACTOR predicts catastrophic losses for those who rely solely on stocks and bonds-and shows how paying attention to oil prices can lead to financial security. For the last thirty years, the price of oil has been the single most important determinant ... more »

I'm someone who will push you beyond all reasonable limits.  Someone who will ask you not to just fulfill your potential but to exceed it.  Someone who will expect more from you than you may believe you are capable of.  So if you aren't ready to go to work, shut this book ... more »

France's Louis XIV died in 1715. In exile in Paris -- having killed a man in a duel and acquired a huge fortune from gambling -- Edinburgh-born John Law advised Louis XV to issue paper money. He became one of the most powerful men in Europe -- and in America. Fortunes were made and lost. A modern fiscal ... more »

The world has been turned upside down. The economy is unpredictable. And it's time for you to take control. There's no better guide to being a savvy buyer and a smart investor than Alan Murray, the Washington bureau chief of The Wall Street Journal . A clear and confident voice in times of chaotic change ... more »

Haben Sie manchmal das Gefühl, dass Sie Ihr Karrierepotenzial noch nicht ausgeschöpft haben? Finden Sie im zwischenmenschlichen Bereich oft nicht die richtigen Töne? Dann ist möglicherweise Ihre emotionale Intelligenz (EQ=Emotional Quality) nicht optimal entwickelt. Der EQ ist nicht festgelegt, sondern ... more »

In eBOYS, Randall Stross takes us behind the scenes and inside the heads of the gutsy entrepreneurs who are financing the hottest businesses on the Web. The six tall men who started Benchmark, Silicon Valley's most exciting venture capital firm, put themselves at the cutting edge of the new economy by ... more »

In his three bestselling business books, Jeffrey Fox has helped hundreds of thousands of readers land great jobs and rise to the top of their professions. Now he turns his contrarian eye to the process of staying on top by fostering teamwork and creating a sturdy network of support. Fox's advice is delivered ... more »

Michael Goldhaber, writing in Wired, said, If there is nothing very special about your work, no matter how hard you apply yourself you won't get noticed and that increasingly means you won't get paid much either. In times past you could be obscure yet secure -- now that's much harder. Again: the white ... more »

The definitive work on avoiding burnout, written by the psychologist who is the leading specialist on the issue. An illuminating and useful book for anyone coping with the pressures of work. In Reclaiming the Fire , Dr. Steven Berglas analyzes the rises and falls of corporate executives, middle managers ... more »

... CEO Wants You to Know captures these insights and explains in clear, simple language how to do what great CEOs do instinctively and persistently: * Understand the basic building blocks of a business and use them to figure out how your company makes money and operates as a total business. * Decide what ... more »

In this fascinating book, New Yorker business columnist James Surowiecki explores a deceptively simple idea: Large groups of people are smarter than an elite few, no matter how brilliant-better at solving problems, fostering innovation, coming to wise decisions, even predicting the future. With boundless ... more »