success in business

Presents a parable about attaining happiness and success in life through the story of a young man, stuck in a rut in his personal and professional life, who searches for the elusive gift he learned about from a wise old gentleman.

Describes how to rebuild the dominant qualities required to achieve success.

Presents brief biographies of the enterprising individuals who started such products and companies as Apple computers, Sears, the Dow Jones Index and The Wall Street Journal, J.C. Penney, Hershey's chocolate, Ebony magazine, and Kinney shoes.

Relates success stories of entrepreneurs such as Heinz, Folger, DuPont, and Chrysler, who overcame bankruptcy and other business crises to establish thriving companies.

This insightful work combines Jeff Bezos's life story, beginning in 1964 in Albuquerque, New Mexico, with the creation of Amazon, in 1995, and its rise as the largest online retailer in the world. Bezos's zeal and tirelessness has seen Amazon through the inevitable ups and downs that come with building a worldwide powerhouse.

A comprehensive biography of billionaire businessman Donald Trump that describes how he went from an unknown real-estate developer to a global magnate.

Features sixteen candid interviews with visionaries from the digital world who discuss their experiences, the future of technology, their personal views, and their corporations and businesses.

Contains over thirty lessons designed to help students develop skills in information literacy, media literacy, and ICT, or information, communication, technology literacy, and includes lesson-specific graphic organizers, and activities.

Contains over thirty lessons designed to help students develop skills in creativity and innovation, critical thinking and problem solving, and communication and collaboration, and includes lesson-specific graphic organizers, and activities.

Chip Conley, CEO and founder of Joie de Vivre Hospitality, explains how his belief in psychologist Abraham Maslow's "Hierarchy of Needs" theory helped him rebuild his business in the post-dot.com, post-9/11 economy and explains how others can use the same practices to improve their own work and personal lives.