50 Success Classics Second Edition : Winning Wisdom For Work & Life From 50 Landmark Books

Millions of us are drawn each year to find the one great book that will capture our imagination and inspire us to chart a course to personal and professional fulfillment. 50 Success Classics is the first and only 'bite-sized' guide to the books that have helped legions of readers unleash their potential and discover the secrets of success. Mapping the road to prosperity, motivation, leadership and life success, 50 Success Classics summarizes each work's key ideas to make clear how these timeless insights and techniques can inform, inspire and illuminate a path to authentic achievement. Following his recent bestseller 50 Self-Help Classics, Tom Butler-Bowden presents this wide-ranging selection of enduring works in the literary and the legendary: pioneering thinkers, philosophers and powerful leaders who have shown us how to Think and Grow Rich, acquire The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, become The One-Minute Manager, solve the challenging puzzle of Who Moved My Cheese? and discover The Art of Wordly Wisdom. From the inspirational rags-to-riches stories of such entrepreneurs as Andrew Carnegie, Warren Buffet and Sam Walton to the leadership lessons of Sir Ernest Shackleton, Eleanor Roosevelt, Abraham Lincoln and Nelson Mandela, 50 Success Classics goes back to the basics to find the classic books on staying true to ourselves and fulfilling our potential. Practical yet philosophical, sensible yet stimulating, the 50 all-time classics span biography and business, psychology and ancient philosophy, exploring the rich and fertile ground of books that have helped millions of people achieve success in their work and personal lives. What makes a person successful? What makes them motivated, prosperous, a great leader? Inside 50 Success Classics, discover the all-time classic books that have helped millions of people achieve success in their work, their mission, and their personal lives.This brand new updated edition of Tom Butler-Bowdon's guide to the texts that will help you find success in your professional and personal life. Contains eight brand new chapters summarising recent classics such as Grit by Angela Duckworth and Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell.Millions of us are drawn each year to find the one great book that will capture our imagination and inspire us to chart a course to personal and professional fulfillment. 50 Success Classics is the first and only'bite-sized'guide to the books that have helped legions of readers unleash their potential and discover the secrets of success. Mapping the road to prosperity, motivation, leadership and life success, 50 Success Classics summarizes each work's key ideas to make clear how these timeless insights and techniques can inform, inspire and illuminate a path to authentic achievement. Tom Butler-Bowden presents this wide-ranging selection of enduring works in the literary and the legendary: pioneering thinkers, philosophers and powerful leaders who have shown us how to Think and Grow Rich, acquire The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, become The One-Minute Manager, solve the challenging puzzle of Who Moved My Cheese? and discover The Art of Wordly Wisdom. From the inspirational rags-to-riches stories of such entrepreneurs as Andrew Carnegie, Warren Buffet and Sam Walton to the leadership lessons of Sir Ernest Shackleton, Eleanor Roosevelt, Abraham Lincoln and Nelson Mandela, 50 Success Classics goes back to the basics to find the classic books on staying true to ourselves and fulfilling our potential. Practical yet philosophical, sensible yet stimulating, the 50 all-time classics span biography and business, psychology and ancient philosophy, exploring the rich and fertile ground of books that have helped millions of people achieve success in their work and personal lives. TeamLiB 1 Cover 1 Contents 6 Acknowledgments 8 Introduction 10 1 Horatio Alger 22 2 Warren Bennis 28 3 Frank Bettger 34 4 Kenneth Blanchard & Spencer Johnson 40 5 Edward Bok 46 6 Claude M. Bristol 52 7 Warren Buffett 58 8 Andrew Carnegie 66 9 Chin-Ning Chu 72 10 George S. Clason 78 11 Robert Collier 84 12 Jim Collins 90 13 Russell H. Conwell 96 14 Stephen R. Covey 100 15 Michael Dell 106 16 Henry Ford 112 17 Benjamin Franklin 118 18 W. Timothy Gallwey 124 19 John Paul Getty 130 20 Les Giblin 136 21 Baltasar Gracian 142 22 Earl G. Graves 148 23 Napoleon Hill 154 24 Napoleon Hill & W. Clement Stone 160 25 Tom Hopkins 166 26 Muriel James & Dorothy Jongeward 172 27 Spencer Johnson 178 28 Robert Kiyosaki 182 29 David S. Landes 188 30 Abraham Lincoln 196 31 Jim Loehr & Tony Schwartz 202 32 Nelson Mandela 208 33 Orison Swett Marden 214 34 J. W. Marriott Jr. 220 35 Catherine Ponder 226 36 Cheryl Richardson 232 37 Anthony Robbins 238 38 Eleanor Roosevelt 244 39 David J. Schwartz 250 40 Florence Scovel Shinn 256 41 Ernest Shackleton 262 42 Thomas J. Stanley 268 43 Brian Tracy 274 44 Sun Tzu 280 45 Sam Walton 286 46 Wallace D.Wattles 292 47 Jack Welch 298 48 John Whitmore 304 49 Richard Wiseman 310 50 Zig Ziglar 316 Chronological list of titles 320 Credits 322 Millions of us are drawn each year to find the one great book that will capture our imagination and inspire us to chart a course to personal and professional fulfillment. 50 Success Classics is the first and only ‘bite-sized’ guide to the most important and inspiring works that have already demonstrated their power to change lives. Annotation Here is the first and only bite-sized guide to 50 of the most important and inspiring books that already have helped legions of readers unleash their potential and discover the secrets to success in work and life