Run your own business: make your company a success with help from classic thinkers
Run your own business: make your company a success with help from classic thinkers
- Petaling Jaya : MPH Group Pub., 2012
- 107p. ; 20cm.
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 ofwisdom; 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 mickle20. 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 panic40. 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.
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 f.
9789674150846 (pbk.)
Success in business
HF5386 / R86 2012 da
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 ofwisdom; 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 mickle20. 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 panic40. 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.
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 f.
9789674150846 (pbk.)
Success in business
HF5386 / R86 2012 da