NLP for Business Excellence reveals not only the ... more

NLP for Business Excellence reveals not only the games that experts play to win, but the successful ways to play them. As you read this book you will learn to play games that work for you, and you will understand that successful game-playing involves changing your frame of mind because it is only when you change your own frame, and replicate the frame of a business expert, that you too will become a consistently, habitually successful business person.Presenting unique insights into the minds of successful business experts, this revelatory book applies powerful techniques from the sphere of Neuro-Linguistic Programming that will target your behavior and transform you into a brilliant player.It then coaches you in games for personal empowerment, teaching you how to win at specific games that address: positioning yourself; making work meaningful and satisfying; handling things; being your own best boss; adding value to the lives of others; resolving conflicts; inventing even better games.... less

Deal quickly and effectively with today's most co... more

Deal quickly and effectively with today's most complex licensing issues ... with the insights and guidance of 23 experts who offer their licensing know-how and drafting techniques in the Fourth Edition of Drafting License Agreements. . In two comprehensive volumes, you will find time-saving clauses and provisions, full-length model license agreements, practice-tested approaches to drafting critical license provisions, and practical advice, including:... less

The recent terrorist attacks in the United States... more

The recent terrorist attacks in the United States and their repercussions for the travel and leisure industries have focused more attention on tourism safety and security issues than ever before. The impact on tourism destinations and businesses, as well... less

A perfect fit for the upper-level legal drafting ... more

A perfect fit for the upper-level legal drafting course, Drafting Contracts: How and Why Lawyers Do What They Do teaches the key practices of contract drafting, with particular emphasis on how to incorporate the business deal into the contract and add value to the clients deal. By providing many solid examples of quality writing, the book helps students to master the basics and to incorporate similar techniques into their own drafting. This text is also appropriate for use in transactional simulation courses, transactional clinics, advanced writing courses, first-year writing courses, first year-contracts courses, and interviewing, negotiating, and counseling courses.Many great features ensure the value and reliability of this text:PART I: introduces the building blocks of contracts and teaches the analytic skill of translating the business deal into contract concepts so that students learn how and why a drafter chooses a specific contract conceptPART II: sets out the framework of an agreement and works through it from the preamble to the signature lines, discussing the business, legal, and drafting issues that occur in each part of a contractPART III: turns to drafting rules for good writing and to techniques for enhancing clarity and avoiding ambiguityPART IV: details how to look at the contract from the clients perspectivewhat does the client want to achieve and what risks does it want to avoidin order to find and resolve business issuesPART V: shows students how to integrate everything they have learned: how to organize a contract, how to use precedents, and how to review and comment on a contractPART VI: addresses ethical issues that arise in draftingPART VII: provides additional exercisespresents a five-prong framework for considering business issues that appear in almost every transaction: money, risk, control, standards, and endgame (Chapter 17, Adding Value to the Deal)includes plentiful examples of well-drafted provisions, many based on commercial agreementsprovides exercises for use in or out of class, individually or collaboratively, including contract mark-ups, new drafting, and both combined into a single exerciseintegrates a single fact pattern throughout many exercises in the bookthe purchase of a jet by a neer-do-well with significant financial problemsand varying fact patterns relating to employment relationships and to assignment and delegation provisions.accompanied by a Teachers Manual that includes notes explaining the answers to each exercise and answers to questions that students commonly ask.also accompanied by a website that provides all mark-up exercises that can be projected and walked through during class, a template for formatting, and multiple versions of one of the culminating exercises so that professors can use the version best suited to their classes... less

One Can Feel At Times Like A Spinning Leaf Blown ... more

One Can Feel At Times Like A Spinning Leaf Blown Along A Dirty Street, One Can Feel Like A Grain Of Sand Stuck In One Place. But Nobody Has Said That Life Was A Calm And Orderly Thing; It Isnt. One Isnt A Tattered Leaf Nor A Grain Of Sand; One Can, To A Greater Or Lesser Degree, Draw His Road Map And Follow It. L. Ron HubbardTo travel down a highway or through a lifetime, one must make the right decisions. A wrong turn leaves one lost, disoriented, or even struggling for life; without values, one is stranded, hopeless and helpless. The Way to Happiness provides a solution: a map to guide us toward trust, honesty and competence.... less

When Lincoln reunited a country fractured by the ... more

When Lincoln reunited a country fractured by the Civil War all the while enduring unceasing political criticism and tragic personal losses he triumphed under conditions that would break most people. Determined to discover the source of this amazing strength and resilience, scholar Philip Ostergard has spent years uncovering the place of faith in Lincolns life. The result is a fascinating look at the depth of Lincolns knowledge and beliefs.For those who seek answers to the questions surrounding Lincolns views, this book offers intriguing details into Lincolns inner battle between doubt and faith, as well as the complex times in which he lived.... less

The Hitopadesha (A Beneficial Advice) was probabl... more

The Hitopadesha (A Beneficial Advice) was probably written in 1675 A.D. by the great Hindu scholar, Narayana Pandit during the reign of King Dhavalachandra in Bengal.The Hitopadesha like the Panchatantra is written in the form of a chain of simple stories. Each story has a moral and a philosophical theme which has stood the test of time and is relevant to modern times.The Hitopadesha guides us as to how to attain success in life by understanding human nature. The Hitopadesha like Panchatantra has been translated into many languages of the world. It is now being translated into German and Indonesian.... less

You dont have to be a great musician to appreciat... more

You dont have to be a great musician to appreciate great music. Nor do you need to be a great scientist to appreciate the exciting discoveries and intriguing mysteries of our universe.Dr. Robert Piccioni brings the excitement of modern scientific discoveries to general audiences. He makes the key facts and concepts understandable without dumbing them down. He presents them in a friendly, conversational manner, and includes many personal anecdotes about the people behind the science.With 33 images and over 100 graphics, this book explains the real science behind the headlines and sound bites. Learn all about: Our universe: How big? How old? What came before? The Big Bang, black holes, and supernovae Quantum Mechanics and uncertainty How the immense and the minute are connected What is Special about General Relativity How mankind can become Earths best friend... less

This book shows you the way to effective business... more

This book shows you the way to effective business writing. You not only are told what to do - you are shown, step by step. Short, practical exercises enable you to practice what you learn. Areas which require more mastery can be pinpointed. The author provides clear examples of good and ineffective use of language. He examines difficult writing problems and offers solid solutions. These techniques will aid both the time-pressed executive and the busy office worker. Men and women at all levels will find this book a valuable time-saving guide to improved written communication.... less

What if you could understand financial risk manag... more

What if you could understand financial risk management without immersing yourself in high-level mathematics? In this straightforward, readable guide which requires only a working familiarity with financial spreadsheets Nersesian explains what financial risk management is, describes its various forms, and shows how to anticipate and cope with it. Nersesians approach is truly new. He combines cost/benefit analysis with probability distributions, so you can easily grasp the concepts and mechanics of financial risk reduction, and his examples are expressed in familiar business terminology.His illustrations, built on the widespread and popular Excel spreadsheet, are equally familiar or easily grasped by computer-friendly novices. As a result, Nersesian shows that risk management can be appreciated and dealt with by people with no access to risk management specialists, or specialists whose jargon and analytic methods are seldom understood by anyone but themselves.... less