Run your own business / by Infinite Ideas.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ideas, Infinite.

Language:

English

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (131 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

S.l. : Infinite Ideas, 2012.

Summary:

Many of us have at some time toyed with the idea of starting our own businesses or becoming self-employed. There are many positive aspects to being your own boss: you choose the hours you want to work, but it can be daunting, and many of us ditch the dream in favor of the easy yet dreary life, which is why this book is here to help. We've thumbed through classic ideas on work and entrepreneurship and placed them in the context of twenty-first century business. The perils of running a company are not new and as far back as the eighteenth century writers such as Benjamin Franklin were advising folk on the best ways to profit from work. If you follow all the ideas in this book before long you may find that work becomes something you can choose to do rather than something you have to do. Now, wouldn't that be nice? Run your own business brings together some of the greatest ideas on entrepreneurship from four best selling books: Napoleon Hill's Think and grow rich; Benjamin Franklin's The way to wealth; George S.Clason's The richest man in Babylon. These self help classics have inspired generations of readers with simple and effective ideas that continue to resonate today. The wise lessons from these books have been interpreted here using twenty-first century case studies and modern business finance examples. These 50 short, entertaining chapters, which include practical tips and inspiring quotes, are sure to help you set up and run a successful business.

Contents:

Front cover

Title page

Title & subtitle

Copyright

Table of contents

Introduction

1. DIY

2. Go for it

3. The importance of the entrepreneurial spirit

4. The law of attraction

5. Play the time zone game

6. Do your research

7. So are you feeling lucky?

8. Take responsibility

9. A treasure trove of wisdom

10. Slugs, speedsters and dead sharks

11. The devil's in the detail

12. Pure genius

13. Understand your people

14. Don't micromanage

15. Look and learn

16. The devil is in the detail

17. Do more than you're paid for and foster a pleasing personality

18. Go for the throat

19. Many a mickle

20. Control and justice

21. Definite decisions and definite plans

22. Eating the elephant

23. Be courageous

24. Lead from the front

25. Work smarter, not harder

26. If the first plan fails, get a new one

27. Think ahead

28. Failure is a trickster with a keen sense of irony and cunning

29. Customer retention

30. The power of one

31. Don't get too cocky

32. Prepare for the worst

33. Ideas without action are impotent

34. Facing up to financials

35. Get along with others

36. No pain, no gain

37. The company you keep

38. Make friends with a mentor

39. Don't panic

40. Be the driver, not the drone

41. Humble beginnings stop no one

42. Be ready to listen

43. The importance of perception

44. Be careful out there

45. Become a go-giver instead of a go-getter

46. Education doesn't equal intelligence

47. Specialist vs generalist

48. Co-operate with others.

Notes:

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ISBN:

1-908474-86-6

OCLC:

826647005