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  The Business of Travel - A...

  W. Fraser Rae

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  Messrs. Thomas Cook and Son have been frequently requested by their friends to supply an account of the origin and progress of their business. They consider its fiftieth anniversary, in the year 1891, a fitting occasion for complying with that request. I undertook to write the story for them, and the necessary documents were placed in my hands. If it be alleged that the firm's name appears too often in the following pages, it may be replied that this was inevitable owing to the business itself being emphatically a personal one. It has been doubted whether any member bearing the name of Cook is now connected with the firm. Examples are given in the last chapter of misapprehensions on this head. Readers of this work will learn the authentic facts, and it is probable that the work itself, in addition to communicating much novel information, will render it more difficult for an impostor to succeed in personating one of the firm or to be accepted as belonging to it. 
  Before they went bankrupt in 2019, Thomas Cook & Son had been in business since 1841. Starting with one man arranging a day-trip by train for Temperance campaigners, by the year of its fiftieth Jubilee, the company had opened an office on Broadway, invented Telecommuting (with real Telegraphs), started their own international bank, gained the monopoly for travel on the River Nile, provided logistical support to the British Empire in their fight against Muslim counter-revolutionaries, made Cockneys a common sight in Paris, dramatically improved conditions for Muslims undertaking their pilgrimage to Mecca, and gave a well-known French writer the inspiration to write about a man travelling around the world in eighty days. (Mr Thomas Cook took 222 days when he attempted the feat).

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  Bull's-Eye - The Power of Focus

  Brian Tracy

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  Clarity, Focus, and Concentration: Three strong attributes needed to hit the bull's eye! And just as you can develop your physical muscles through hard work and concentration, you can develop your mental muscles through continuous repetition. Bull's Eye will teach you how to unleash your powers for success and accomplish more in the next few months than many people do in a lifetime.

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  The Either Or Investor - How to...

  Clark Winter

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  People today are inundated with advice, opinions, and information about how to invest. The more data you accumulate, the thinking goes, the better decisions you'll make. In The Either/Or Investor, global investment strategist Clark Winter shows that the opposite is the case, introducing a revelatory way of thinking about the markets based on finding and assessing just enough of the right information and using your common sense.According to Winter, investing comes down to making choices. All great investors employ an "either/or" filter for evaluating and simplifying the many investment opportunities available to them. The Either/Or Investor reveals how you can emulate this thought process while remaining realistic about your own goals and needs, and gives you the tools to choose among the options that modern investors face, such as:-Fear versus greed: In an anxious post-9/11 world, discover when it's smart to make an aggressive financial move.-Developed world versus developing world: Find out if you should stick with opportunities in the United States or risk those available in the emerging economies of China, Russia, India, Mexico, and Turkey.-Anti-immigration versus migration of talent: Learn to evaluate the products that immigrants introduce to the rest of the world in order to assess the value in investing in American companies that cater to new immigrant groups.-Too much information versus too little information: Use the Internet, newspapers, and TV to your advantage. (For example, get the pros and cons about China's growing economic power so you can become informed enough to act.)-Rising interest rates versus falling interest rates: Understand how changing interest rates are a good barometer for how to spend your money.Winter shows how anyone can learn to make sound decisions in a changing world by discerning trends early in an investment cycle, and then taking advantage of these trends or steering clear. Winter also explains how to choose a money manager and how to determine what the next investment opportunities might be.Armed with Winter's methods, any investor can improve his or her own investment prowess. The Either/Or Investor is a way-both judicious and daring-for choosing a better future.

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  Stacking the Deck - How to Lead...

  David S. Pottruck

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  Change.  Its a constant, in life and in  business.  Its pace is increasing across the globeand  businesses and entities of all stripes must do more than keep  up.  They must innovate and accelerate to succeed.  And  yet peoplemany of the people that businesses rely  onare unnerved by change, often in ways they cant  explain.  This difficulty in embracing the new hinders  breakthrough change initiatives, slowing nearly 90 percent of them  to a glacial pace or stopping them entirely.  Its a  problemperhaps the hardest problemthat innovative  leaders face as they drive toward the future.  Now, in  Stacking the Deck: An Operators Manual for Leading  Breakthrough Change, readers will find expert guidance and  advice on how toeffectively and successfully lead and implement  breakthrough change in their organizationsfrom wherever they  stand.  Through in-the-trenches stories of experienced leaders of bold,  sweeping change in organizations from Intel to Pinkberry, from  Asurion to Starbucks, Dave Pottruck, former CEO of Charles Schwab  and winner of the Morningstar CEO of the Year award, walks readers  through the social and emotional reality of leading others and all  the ups and downs that can entail.  Stacking the Deck  addresses the challenges leaders are likely to confront in driving  and implementing changeand provides a 9-step plan to help  leaders successfully organize and drive breakthrough change. Dave  presents his nine step process for stacking the deck in favor of  success developed over his more than thirty years of experience in  leading many of the boldest changes in the financial services  industry.  Leading breakthrough change is certainly not for the faint of  heart. But armed with the right insights, a time proven process,  and perspective gained from leaders who have been there and  done that success can be encouraged although never  guaranteed. This book and its contents will help you stack the deck  in favor of your ultimate success.

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  Master Your Emotions - A...

  Stephen Dawson

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  Emotions are a huge part of who we are. Yet, we still don't pay enough attention to them the way we should. 
  Are You the type of person that freely expresses your emotions? Or would you rather keep them buried somewhere, hoping to forget about them entirely? 
  Anger, Joy, Happiness, Sadness, Excitement, Fear, Disgust. These are some of the basic emotions which researchers believe are built into our genetics. 
   They are always going to be part of who we are, and rather than deny their existence completely, we should learn to embrace them instead. 
  Emotional regulation is a crucial factor in determining how well you are able to master your emotions. You can't change the circumstances that happen to you, 
   but you can control the way you choose to respond to. The choice is yours to react impulsively or otherwise. That choice always belongs to you,  
  but it only becomes an effective choice when you know just how to effectively take control of your emotions, so they don't end up controlling you. 
  Master Your Emotions will walk you through: 
  A thorough understanding of what emotions are and how they are created. 
  The impact your emotions can have on you, and the people around you. 
  How mentally strong people are in control of their emotions. 
  The repercussions of suppressing or ignoring your emotions. 
  What you need to do to master your emotions once and for all. 
  And more... 
  Even if it seems impossible to control your emotions, this Audiobook will enable you to do so in a simple and guided way, and it will make you discover all the necessary steps to master them.  
  Through this collection, you will be able to take all the steps needed to dominate your feelings. 
  So, aren't you curious to undertake this journey straight away for both yourself and all the people around you? Don't waste any more precious time...

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  Running Money - Hedge Fund...

  Andy Kessler

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  A brilliant investor, a born raconteur and an overall smart-ass, Andy Kessler pulls back the curtain on the world of hedge funds and shows how the guys who run big money think, talk and act. Following on the success of Wall Street Meat, his self-published book on the lives of Wall Street stock analysts, Andy Kessler recounts his years as an extraordinarily successful hedge fund manager. To run a successful hedge fund you must have an investing edge -- that special insight that allows you to reap greater returns for your clients and yourself.  A quick study, Kessler gets an education in investing from some fascinating and quirky personalities. Eventually he works out his own insight into the world economy, a powerful lens that reveals to him hidden value in seemingly negative trends. Focussing on margin surplus, Kessler comes to see that current American economy, at the apex of the information revolution, is not so different from the British economy at the height of the industrial revolution. Drawing out the parallels he develops a powerful investing tool which he shares with readers. Contrarian and confident, Kessler made a fortune applying his ideas to his hedge fund. Which only proves that they may not be as crazy as they sound.

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