1 comments about Chairman of the Fed: William McChesney Martin Jr., and the Creation of the Modern American Financial System.

1. The book came in a timely manner and is in great condition. I would buy from this seller again.

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4 comments about Life After Layoff: Six Proven Courses of Action.

1. Life Afer Layoff gives you the tools to begin your next career move. The authors take you step by practical step to help you restart your career. And just as importantly help you emotionally adjust to your currect situation, an area that is rarely discussed and written about during your "between engagements" status. The authors provide case studies of people you'll identify with and take heart from as they enjoy a new self-awareness. Both authors are experienced professionals, highly regarded in their field, and have written a valuable book.



2. Life After Layoff is a 'must read' for anyone who is experienc ing being laid off from his or her job, especially for the first time. It provides an insightful look at the emotional as well as practical aspects of being laid off from work and how to overcome a frequently paralyzing fear of being out of work. Dr.'s Van Ness and Donohue present real people in situations that we can all relate to and practical advice on how to move on with your professional and personal life. I was particularly impressed with their chapter on how to think outside the box with career alternatives. Instead of just looking for a "job", they teach you how to create work opportunities that are more fulfilling and rewarding, including starting your own business doing something that you love.



3. If you've ever been affected by a layoff, you've felt the fear, shame, anger, self-pity and maybe even relief. You've also experienced a certain helplessness. You craved some direction like a roadmap to recovery.
   Life After Layoff will come to your rescue. Drs. Donohue and Van Ness have laid out a path for you to follow...a step by step approach that will guide and comfort you throughout your transition. Read the stories of others before you. Learn what they did, how they succeeded and how you can follow in their foot steps.
   Read and re-read. First thing in the morning and last thing at night. In no time, you'll look back on another accomplishment in your life.



4. Drs. Van Ness and Donohue have focused on a subject that can devastate an individual. Their message is one that we all should embrace. In this day and age, we need not fall victim to corporate circumstance. We can prepare, strategize and manage for inevitable change. Any company that has the unfortunate task of laying people off should distribute this book. Beyond that, however, lies an opportunity for the rest of us to enhance our way of thinking, and become self-empowered. To do so, we need a solid game plan, and this book provides a just such a plan.

3 comments about Cereal Tycoon: The Biography of Henry Parsons Crowell.

1. This biography of Henry Crowell is an easy read with a profound message for those of us whom God has prospered. The picture of the late 1800s and early 20th century are both interesting and enlightning. The testimony of his life and sucess in several arenas, while maintaining a humble stature, should be an encouragement to all.



2. Henry P. Crowell could make money just as easy as you and I can chew gum! You've probably never heard of this fine gentleman, but I know you are familiar with the company he helped make into a conglomerate. "QUAKER OATS." Mr. Crowell had a profound faith in God. He put his life into God's hands and just followed where God took him. If you are in business and you believe in God you will enjoy this book. There is very little out there about him, so get it here and enjoy!



3. Carole Joy Seid [...] recommended this product - she says that we all need heroes and this man is a hero! Easy to read and inspiring for those of us who have aspirations

5 comments about How to Sell Anything to Anybody.

1. My husband works in car sales. Several of his co-workers spoke highly of this book, and said it was a "must" read. Amazon offered it at the very best price. It has received rave reviews from my husband who states it is very well written, and has had a positive impact on his profession.



2. This book is called "How to Sell Anything to Anybody," but it should be called, "How to Sell Cars." All the examples and all the author's experience is related to selling cars. I know there are a lot of similarities between selling cars and selling other things, but this book centered on a lot of things that are only relevent to the auto industry. The title is definitely deceiving!



3. If you are looking for a big on tips, tricks and tactics for improving your sales then this may not be the best for you.
   
   If on the other hand you believe that some basic fundamentals, executed continuously and well is the road to success, then read on.
   
   Joe Girard is in the Guiness Book of Worlds Records as the worlds greatest salesman. Working at a Detroit area Chevy dealership he has sold more cars than anyone, and it is really based on fundamentals.
   
   Focus on the customer, ask for the referral, word of mouth, and making a memorable impression. That may sound simplistic and there is much more to the book than these few things.
   
   Girard treats being a salesman as a calling and profession not just a job and his results speak for themselves.
   
   Read Girard, put it down for a time, then read it again and let it sink in, and the wisdom of his experience will come to light for you.
   
   Cheers!



4. I heard about this book years ago, but I never took time to read it. Actually, I thought the book was too old to be relevent. I saw the book in Charlotte recently and was suprised when I thumbed through it. First of all, the comments on the cover got my attention: "World's Greatest Salesman" and "The Guiness Book of Records." If that wasn't enough, his writing captured my interest immediately. Joe Girard is straight up and honest. I love his style. I have to admit, some of it is a little bitter to swallow because he tells the truth and hold no punches. He hits the soft spots of procrastination and fear of rejecton, however, most of his teaching goes down easily, tickling my funny bone in the process.
   
   Joe Girard knows what the everyday salesperson goes through and his teaching style easily reflects it. When he is in "teaching mode," I can easily imagine him standing in an auditorium, possibly pacing the floor with his wireless microphone on how to become a better salesperson. When he is in his "storytelling mode," I can picture him sitting beside me telling one of his great stories about what he went though on his way to the top. For example, he mentioned his very first car sale. He didn't remember his customer's name or even the name of the car he sold, but what he remembers was that the customer worked for Cocoa-Cola. He associated Cocoa-Cola with groceries because he had to make that sale so he could feed his kids! He was "hungry" for that sale in more ways than one. Every time I opened the book, his words would grab my attention, and every time I closed the book, his teaching points would stick with me. One of the most important parts of the book was the story about his dad. While Joe was young, Joe's father would beat and berate him constantly, telling Joe that he would never amount to anything. At the end of the story, he writes: "you're probably wondering what this has to do with how to sell. Well it has everything to do with how attitudes get planted in your head." That is deep.
   
   I am faced with many people how have a problem with getting over self-esteem issues and fear of failure. Selling is fun, especially with a product that you are passionate about. However, it has its stuggles too. Sometimes we are surrounded by those who have lost their own dream in life. It has been a struggle of my own, living in the South, seeing those who do not see beyong their own struggles in life, day to day, year to year. The point about his dad and overcoming those self-defeating attitutes was so deep I had to close the book and "digest that nugget for awhile." It is hard to see people with the potential to achieve greatness to give up on their dreams and quit. No, selling is not always easy, in is the process of working hard, treating people right, and working with integrity, we are in fact, achieving greatness, even if those riches have not yet manifested. That is one of the great keys in this book. I am a bit ashamed that I have not read it earlier. Kudos, Joe Girard. You knocked this one out the ballpark, and thus, I recommend this book to every salesperson.



5. If you've never managed salesmen you might not realize
   what a bunch of wimpy little girly-men a lot of them
   are... they have a big bluster about how great they
   are at selling but the truth is they are in general
   too craven, lazy, or lacking in real personal development
   or skill to go out and get the customers in the door.
   
   Girard pulls no punches. He never sat around waiting
   for the phone to ring. He didn't hang out bitching
   around the coffee machine... he was on the phone
   calling people, asking them to please come in and
   ask for Joe Girard. He got fired from his first job
   selling cars because he was making the other salesmen
   feel like losers.
   
   A great salesman gets out there and gets customers
   to walk in the door. A lazy salesman just hangs
   out on the floor.
   
   Which type would you rather have working for you?
   
   Yeah, it's dated. It's from the 1970s. the cars
   were big and ugly then... and so were the suits
   Girard wore. His customers were working class guys
   who would be impressed by a pinkie ring - so he
   dressed that way. Girard, he's a smart guy, he
   assesses the lay of the land - scoping out the
   territory, making friends, scmoozing.
   
   How the 'ell else do you think you get to the
   top of the game selling cars?

5 comments about Ovitz: The Inside Story of Hollywood's Most Controversial Power Broker.

1. I have read the reviews below, and this is similar to the love'em or hate'em polarization in the press. I liked this book. IT WAS FUN. Getting this perspective (quite favorable to Ovitz) may be off-putting to the purists, but then I do not believe you should read biographies in a vacuum. No one said getting to the top should result in everyone loving you. Winners are going to have their proponents and opponents--just like the ordinary man. Get a life and get a little perspective. Read the book and get the essence of the story. It is a solid story of the quest to be the best and how great leaders consolidate their positions almost out of instinct. You will learn something in this book and you will have fun in the process. It is a short book and an easy read. Judge for yourself. I do recommend you read some of the Vanity Fair articles and the Fortune article on the man.



2. I found this book chronicling Ovitz to be entertaining and informative. My favoite part is the one when Ovitz and associates leave William Morris and strike out on their own. I suppose I'm more interested in what lessons the book has to offer, as opposed to how accurate it may be. I bought several copies for friends.



3. Amazon doesn't allow zero stars - shame.This is a book about journalistic fear...and in that sense it should be recommended reading on a psychology course. According to Slater, Ovitz is a classroom whiz, a college football star, a business guru, and a true visionary in all aspects of man's struggle with the universe. Let me put it all in context for you...from some of the Author's opening pages. Ovitz gave a list of people to the Author, for research, most people on that list 'phoned Ovitz to get permission to speak! Then, Slater actually used those same people as the backbone for his writing - enough said. Ovitz may be a bad or good guy, who knows and who cares (this book was purchased for me).Basically, this is a project that the world didn't need, but Slater, having begun, made a thoroughly bad job of it. I'll admit to stopping this book after reading 80% of it - if I could get a rebate on my wasted time, I would. I'm embarrassed for Slater



4. This book is a shameless puff piece. Ovitz is just mister wonderful. What exemplifies the attitude of the author is when he lists clients who left other agents to go with Ovitz. He will name all the movies these clients did with the former agent, saying they were all flops, then name the movies these clients did with Ovitz, saying they were all hits. As though Ovitz had the magic wand. But if you are at all familiar with the movies listed, you know that a lot of the movies listed before a client went with Ovitz were HITS. And a lot of movies listed after a client went with Ovtiz were FLOPS. That's a shamelss distortion of the facts, to make Ovitz look perfect. And it's not the only distortion. Nonetheless, I'm not giving the book one star, because I did learn some stuff I wanted to know.



5. You might walk away from this book thinking Mike Ovitz is the All-Powerful WunderMaster that many think he is.
   
   You might away from this book thinking his a self-centered, narcicist who deserved his fate at Disney.
   
   Either way, when you finish reading this book, you'll get a pretty thorough account of what his business life is like.
   
   The critics who calim this book make him look 'too' good forget a rather important fact: Ovitz really WAS known as the most powerful man in Hollywood for several years, if not a decade!
   
   This book is not self-serving. In fact, you often get the feeling that author thinks he's a big as a paranoid nut as many of us 'real worlders' do.
   
   But it's well written and it covers a lot of ground. If you want to know how Mike Ovitz got to where is is (both the ups AND the downs)...it's a good read. If you want to read about someone entirely driven and successful, I highly reccomend it.

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5 comments about Richard Branson, Virgin King: Inside Richard Branson's Business Empire.

1. I was given this book as I'm a great fan of Richard Branson. I used to think - "Wow, what a great man". Now I think - "Hmm, what an interesting guy - I'd like to chat with him over a beer!". The book is well written and held my attention well, The author at first paints a picture of Richard as a somewhat ruthless man, but by the end of the book it is easy to see that the author has an admiration for him which goes beyond his ability to make a million. The book is also an interesting insight into the workings of the music and airline industries. If you have a strong opinion about Richard Branson, love him or hate him, I'd recommend this book.



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3. Though Branson's achievements are impressive and many, the book is heavy with praise and lacks the depth and detail I was interested in reading about.



4. A good book detailing the rise and riches of Richard Branson. A truly good book for entrepreneurs.



5. I'm with the above Arabian Night.
   I'd like to make dinner with you and dance real slow.
   But I would be happy with a job and honored to serve you :)
   What'd yah say, big boy?