The Personal MBA: A World-Class Business Education in a Single Volume

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The book has 11 sections (or chapters if you like): Value Creation, Marketing, Sales, Value Delivery, Finance, The Human Mind, Working with Yourself, Working with Others, Understanding Systems, Analyzing Systems and Improving Systems. Each section has 18 to 32 subsections. I bought this for my daughter, but I decided to listen to it and I was suddenly flooded with business ideas!! I'm 53 years old and I am now on the cusp of some great ideas!! Excellent "read" Administrators aren’t supposed to make the hard decisions. They don’t know enough. All those super genius computer scientists that you had to recruit from MIT at great expense are supposed to make the hard decisions. That’s why you’re paying them. Administrators exist to move the furniture around so that the people at the top of the tree can make the hard decisions. Working with other people is an ever-present part of business and life: you can’t escape it, even if you want to. If you want to do well in this world, it pays to understand how to get things done with and through other people. Every successful business creates something of value. The world is full of opportunities to make other people’s lives better in some way, and your job as a businessperson is to identify things that people don’t have enough of, then find a way to provide it.

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I like that he created a clear connection between ‘Business’ and human nature, helping to understand how specific bias can affect our business’s productivity and profitability. Anyone who tries to make business sound more complicated than this is either trying to impress you with their worldliness or sell you something you don’t need. You come into this world alone. You go to the grave alone. You are alone with your inner thoughts during the journey between. Make something people want... There’s nothing more valuable than an unmet need that is just becoming fixable. If you find something broken that you can fix for a lot of people, you’ve found a gold mine." Paul Graham, founder of Y Combinator, venture capitalist and essayist at paulgraham.com If you're expecting this to be a substitute for an MBA course, you'll be disappointed, and rightly so. If, however, you are looking for an excellent summary of a great deal of critical business, psychology and marketing concepts, that any aspiring entrepreneur or successful business owner should know, then this is the audiobook to get your hands on.MBA" - это такой своего рода букварь :) для предпринимателей, не имеющих какого-либо специализированного образования (не обязательно MBA, даже обычного вузовского по экономике, менеджменту и т.п.). So that the business brings in sufficient profit to make it worthwhile for the owners to continue operation.

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Consistently using the Golden Trifecta-appreciation, courtesy, and respect-is the best way to make the individuals on your team feel Important, and is also the best way to ensure they respect you as a leader and manager. Josh Kaufman is an independent business teacher, education activist, and author of The Personal MBA: Master the Art of Business. Read business books like this because:Sheryl Sandberg’s Lean In is one of the few business books geared for women. Women are encouraged to break the glass ceiling and accept praise when deserved. She encourages women to “…be more empowered at work.” She teaches women to focus on being independent instead of relying on mentors. The best advice Sandberg gives in her book is “Taking initiative pays off. It is hard to visualize someone as a leader if she is always waiting to be told what to do.” 15. The Ultimate Guide to Starting Your First Ecommerce Business by Tomas Slimas As you pursue an MBA, you can learn a wide variety of business fundamentals, including economics, marketing, finance, strategy, organizational behavior, and accounting. Outside the core curriculum, you can typically customize your experience through concentrations, elective classes, and internships with actual companies. This can help you to develop some of the leadership skills necessary to run a business—and these skills transfer to many career paths. Global MBA: Global MBAs (sometimes called international MBAs) are similar to traditional two-year MBAs but with a focus on international business principles and strategies. Students tend to come from countries around the world. This could be a good option for students who wish to work at international companies. Sometimes global MBA programs offer or require a study abroad component.However, as a reference book, it's really not a great listen on your daily commute. Think dictionary-on-tape. Maybe that's a little harsh, but it's not exactly a pot boiler that makes you miss your exit. A Most Important Task (MIT) is a critical task that will create the most significant results. Every day, create a list of two or three MITs, and focus on getting them done as soon as possible. Keep this list separate from your general to-do list. Josh Kaufman Explains 'Most Important Tasks'