Management

DON’T LET PROBLEM PEOPLE GET TO YOU!

Whether it’s a manager who keeps moving the goal posts, an uncooperative colleague, negative friend, or critical family member, some people are just plain hard to get along with.

Often, your immediate response is to shrink or sulk, become defensive or attack. But there are smarter moves to make when dealing with difficult people. This book explains how to cope with a range of situations with difficult people and to focus on what you can change.

This book will help you to:

• Understand what makes difficult people tick and how best to handle them
• Learn ways to confidently stand up to others and resist the urge to attack back
• Develop strategies to calmly navigate emotionally-charged situations
• Deal with all kinds of difficult people – hostile, manipulative and the impossible
• Know when to choose your battles, and when to walk away

Why let someone else’s bad attitude ruin your day? How to Deal With Difficult People arms you with all the tools and tactics you need to handle all kinds of people – to make your life less stressful and a great deal easier.

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Now in paperback, Philip Delves Broughton. bestselling business author of What They Teach You at Harvard Business School, takes a sideways look at the greatest salespeople in Life’s a Pitch.

What are the selling secrets of Majid, Tangier’s greatest rug peddler? How does Mrs Shibata, Japan’s top life insurance seller, seal the deal? Why does Belyamani, a seller of Boeing planes, believe trust is all?

Few of us have the chance to meet let alone work with the best. But to get on, we need to learn their secrets of success. Here, Philip Delves Broughton, author of the bestselling What They Teach You At Harvard Business School, journeys around the world meeting business legends from all walks of life. Their stories are insightful, hilarious and compelling. Revealing their secrets and tips, Life’s a Pitch also shows how mastering the art of selling will help you master the art of life.

‘Marvellous, dazzling’ -Tom Peters, author of In Search of Excellence

‘Thoroughly entertaining’ -Toby Young, author of How To Lose Friends and Alienate People

‘You can never look upon a sale in quite the same way again. Buy Life’s A Pitch and be enlightened’Economist

Philip Delves Broughton is the author of the international bestseller What They Teach You at Harvard Business School. He was born in Bangladesh and grew up in England. He served as the New York and Paris bureau chief for the Daily Telegraph, and he now writes for publications including the Financial Times, the Evening Standard, and the Wall Street Journal. In 2006 he received an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School. He lives in Connecticut with his wife and two sons.

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Brand-new tools to unlock your brain’s potential! This expanded edition of the New York Times and #1 Wall Street Journal bestseller includes chapters on A.I., nootropics, discovering your brain type, and more.

For over 30 years, Jim Kwik, the world-renowned brain coach, has been the secret weapon of success for a diverse range of high achievers, including actors, athletes, CEOs, and business pioneers. In Limitless, he reveals science-based practices and field-tested tips to accelerate self-learning, communication, memory, focus, recall, and speed reading to create amazing results.

In this expanded edition, you’ll find four new chapters:

· How to harness A.I. (Artificial Intelligence) to boost H.I. (Human Intelligence)
· The latest breakthroughs in nootropics and nutrition to enhance cognitive performance
· Limitless at Work–tools to adapt and thrive, whether you’re fully remote, embracing the hybrid model, or resuming the traditional office setting
· A self-assessment to crack your “brain animal” code

Newly updated with transformative success stories from people who’ve used Jim’s teaching in the real world, the expanded edition of Limitless gives people the ability to accomplish more―more productivity, more transformation, more personal success, more business achievement―by changing their Mindset, Motivation, and Methods and creating unstoppable Momentum. These “4 M’s” live in the pages of Limitless along with practical techniques that unlock the superpowers of your brain and change your habits.

Learn how to:

· FLIP YOUR MINDSET – Identify and challenge the assumptions, habits, and procrastinations that limit you and expand the boundaries of what you believe is possible.

· IGNITE YOUR MOTIVATION – Uncovering what motivates you is the key that opens up limitless mental capacity. When you unleash your passions, purposes, and sources of energy, you stay focused and clear on your goals.

· MASTER THE METHODS – Accelerate learning, improve memory, and enhance brain performance. Jim Kwik applies the latest neuroscience for accelerated learning so you can finish a book 3x faster through speed reading (and remember it), learn a new language in record time, and master new skills with ease.

· BUILD MOMENTUM – Unstoppable momentum is the product of mindset, motivation, and methods. Jim offers new insights and tools to unlock the first 3 M’s so you can become truly limitless.

Limitless Expanded Edition is the ultimate brain training book, packed with practical techniques to help you level up your mental performance and transform your life.

“There’s no genius pill, but Jim gives you the process for unlocking your best brain and brightest future.” ― Mark Hyman, M.D.

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It has never been more important for businesses to operate within a framework of strategic planning and decision making. This popular introductory text teaches you how to make the best choices in managerial and other business roles.

This text is aimed at undergraduate students who wish to grasp key elements of management accounting and those seeking a foundation for further study.

New to this edition

· Expanded discussion of relevant costs for decision making

· Increased coverage of cost management in a competitive environment

· Increased coverage of inventories’ management techniques

· New chapter on managing risk

· More activities throughout the text to enhance reader interaction and to encourage critical thinking.

· More diagrams and real world examples to help illustrate issues and concepts

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