Five years ago, Jim Collins asked the question, "Can a good company become a great company and if so, how?" Collins and his team of researchers began their quest by sorting through a list of 1,435 companies, looking for those that made substantial improvements in their performance over time. They discovered common traits that challenged many of the conventional notions of corporate success. Making the transition from good to great doesn't require a high-profile CEO, the latest technology, innovative change management, or even a fine-tuned business strategy.
The 10 Natural Laws of Successful Time and Life Management
Smith is CEO of
Franklin Quest, a company that conducts time-management seminars for
corporations, organizations, and government agencies, reaching as many
as 20,000 persons per month. It also sells day-planner scheduling books
as an integral part of the time-management system it touts. This highly
successful company was founded by Smith a little more than 10 years ago
and was modeled on the self-improvement system outlined in Benjamin
Franklin’s autobiography. Smith argues that there is much more to
managing time than getting things done. He preaches that only by
understanding one’s own value system can one decide what matters most,
set priorities, and accomplish one’s goals. The result is not only a
better-organized life but a more fulfilling one. By focusing on time,
Smith has provided a self-improvement book that almost everyone can
use–and benefit from.
Added by: winnie | Karma: 83.75 | Fiction literature | 21 September 2007
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Robert Asprin - Phule's Company - 4 Books
Meet the soldiers of Captain Willard Phule's Company--a handful of
military rejects able to do more damage before 9 A.M. than most people
do all day. Threatened by an alien enemy, Earth's military sends Phule
and his soldiers to a distant planet. But now, the aliens have chosen a
new target of war . . . Phule's Company.
