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  A Game As Old As Empire - The...

  Steven Hiatt

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  John Perkins’ controversial and bestselling exposé, Confessions of an Economic Hit Man, revealed for the first time the secret world of economic hit men (EHMs). But Perkins’ Confessions contained only a small piece of this sinister puzzle. The full story is far bigger, deeper, and darker than Perkins’ personal account revealed. Here other EHMs, journalists, and investigators join Perkins to tell their own stories, providing the first probing and expansive look into this pervasive web of systematic corruption. With chapters spotlighting how specific countries around the globe have been subverted, A Game As Old As Empire uncovers the inner workings of the institutions behind these economic manipulations. The contributors detail concrete examples of how the “economic hit man game” is still being played: an officer of an offshore bank hiding hundreds of millions of dollars in stolen money, IMF advisers slashing Ghana’s education and health programs, a mercenary defending a European oil company in Nigeria, a consultant rewriting Iraqi oil law, and executives financing warlords to secure supplies of coltan ore in Congo. Together they show how this system of corruption and plunder operates in real life, and reveal the price that the rest of the world must pay as a result. Most important, A Game As Old As Empire connects the dots, showing how the various pieces of this system come together to create the world’s first truly global empire.

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  The Necessity of Strangers - The...

  Alan Gregerman

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  We live in a world filled with strangers, and most of us are  conditioned to fear or at least avoid people we dont know or  understand, who might pose a threat, force us out of our comfort  zones, or challenge us to question the beliefs and habits we hold  dear. Most of us assume that strangers are a problem rather than an  opportunity to learn, grow, and reach our full potential, and this  view translates to our belief that the people we know best are the  real keys to our success. But what if this isnt the  case?  What if strangers are actually more important than  friends, and what if in order to succeed in anything worth doing,  we must engage, learn from, and collaborate with strangers in new  and compelling ways?  THE NECESSITY OF STRANGERS makes the case for the simple,  profound and counter-intuitive idea that strangers are a necessity  for both our personal success and the success of our organizations,  precisely because of strangers' differences and their ability to  challenge us to think differently about ourselves, the problems we  face and the very nature of what is possible. Engaging the right  strangers makes us--and our organizations--more complete,  compelling, innovative, and successful. Any organization striving  to innovate and grow can unlock a key competitive advantage--and  provide greater value for customers--by developing a clear  understanding of strangers and their perspectives. The book does  not focus only on people from other cultures, countries, races, or  religions, but also our coworkers and people we already work with,  whose training, expertise, and outlook are different from our  own.  Crucially, the book includes a framework  for maximizing encounters with strangers, as well as 7 key  principles for developing a "stranger-centric" mindset. The  book then goes on to explain how to apply those priniciples  to engaging strangers in 5 key areas where strangers are  vital to success:    Driving greater innovation  Building more collaborative and capable enterprises and  initiatives  Finding and getting the best out of people  Developing new markets and customer relationships  Unlocking the real potential of mergers, acquisitions and  partnerships      Ultimately, THE NECESSITY OF STRANGERS is about the future of  innovation and personal and business success, in a world in which  all of us and all of our companies and organizations can--and  must--access more new ideas, insights, perspectives and  relationships than ever before.

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  Burn the boats

  Shane Cuthbert

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  The term ‘burn your boats’ comes from a lesson in History going way back to the 1500’s where a Spanish expedition to conquer Mexico saw the Spanish army’s leader burn the boats they had arrived on. He realised that so long as his men knew there was a chance of retreat, they would never be able to put in 100% of their effort towards conquering the new land. He gave them no choice. Once they knew there was no way out, the men worked harder than ever to conquer the Aztec empire. The men knew that there was no alternative, the bridges or in this case, the boats had certainly been burned. This is actually where the phrase ‘burn your boats’ came from, when you know that the only thing holding you back is the knowledge that if you don’t put all your effort into something, you’ll kind of still be okay, enough to put up with it at least. 
  I’ve seen plenty of people approach this stupidly though, quitting their jobs to start businesses rather than starting the business on the side, in their spare time while they save up enough capital to branch out on their own. I’ve seen people invest all of their life savings in one single investment opportunity which failed miserably when a bit of extra research or diversification could have prevented their massive fall. I’ve seen people take massive risks simply because they don’t want to have to plan or prepare or wait or be patient. The trick here is to create a healthy balance between risk and achievement, its dangerous betting it all on black because you may loose it all, but if you don’t bet at all playing it safe you will never gain anything so the key here is to weight the options and create a balance. 
  You will be able to get more of an idea as to how exactly to find that balance within this book.

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  Summary of Benjamin Graham's The...

  Falcon Press

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  Buy now to get the key takeaways from Benjamin Graham's The Intelligent Investor. 
    
  Sample Key Takeaways: 
  1) The definition of an investment is clear: it’s an operation which, after careful analysis, promises safety of principal and adequate returns. 
  2) There are three parts to the process of investing. First, before buying a stock, you must make a thorough analysis of a company and the soundness of its underlying businesses. Second, you need to protect yourself against serious losses. Third, you should aim for adequate performance, not extraordinary.

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  Me & Issy - A Four Seasons Romance

  Rosalie Wise Sharp

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  The rags to riches tale of a larger-than-life romance of over seven decades
  		 
  Me & Issy is a love story about how a troubled and deprived child chanced to meet a man who worshipped her, brought her a fantasy life of four boys and extraordinary opulence — and banished her self-doubt. She in turn was awestruck and mystified by his acumen and daring during his founding of the Four Seasons Hotels.
  		 
  Beginning with her childhood in North Toronto, in a very Jewish home surrounded by non-Jews, Rosalie enchants us with anecdotes about her family, Isadore Sharp’s family, and the growth of their own in the light of the expanding Four Seasons chain. How did she go to the Ontario College of Art & Design while simultaneously raising four rambunctious boys? How did Issy open hotel after hotel with only his collateral of confidence and charisma? Rosalie is a rapt follower of his astonishing success and the first fan of his legendary town hall talks to 40,000 employees.
  		 
  And with success came tragedy. The devastating death of their son Chris shook them, but they coped. Here, all of Rosalie’s life is opened up for viewing, the good and the bad, the success and the failures, but especially her inspired romance with Issy. In the words of their second eldest son, Greg, “Their mutual love and respect growing stronger over the past 69 years is as extraordinary as it is beautiful.”

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  Be a big fish

  Paco Muro

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  Maybe you have an MBA and even run your own company. Paco Muro´s, Be a Big Fish, will remind you of the essential traits of effective leaders and productive employees that you and your staff should exhibit. Named one of Spain´s top seven management experts, Muro, a director of consulting firm Otto Walter, uses clear examples and engaging stories to demonstrate what he sees as a culture of workplace success. Managers need to use a combination of qualities from the "heart and the head", according to Muro, and "enthusiasm fuels talent," he emphasizes. Be a Big Fish provides a concise dose of management wisdom and the practical advice and anecdotes offered by Paco Muro stay in the minds of readers as they go about the business of their daily lives and careers. Such reminders are essential vitamins that keep top professionals healthy and enhance the existing abilities of those who are striving to get ahead.

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