"I think Alfred Sloan's My Years with General Motors is probably the best book to read if you want to read only one book about business. The issues deals with in organizing and measuring, in keeping other executives happy, dealing with risk, understanding model years and the effect of used vehicles, and modeling his competition all in a very rational, positive way in inspiring." - Bill Gates, Chairman, Microsoft 

Sloan was one of the first modern-style businessmen. He grew GM from a bunch of mechanical geniuses and seat-of-the-pants administrators to the biggest company in the world after World War two.

"What a great novel my life is," Napoleon is reported to have said.

This book is not for those interested in military history, but more for those who want to understand a man who managed to terrorize the established monarchs, czars and emperors of Europe for many years and who left a lasting legacy. For example, the Napoleonic Code is still the basis to civil law in a number of European countries.  And the tree-lined French routes so admired today were created so his troops could march in the shade.

The name Rothschild is synonymous with banking and wealth. From a humble situation grew one of the most shrewd and influential banking empires of the last few generations, which remained influential and important throughout the continent of Europe for more than one hundred years. 

The career of Nathan Mayer Rothschild really took off in the year 1809. And he created a fortune that was unheard of at the time because the immense success and total wealth that was accumulated had never before been harnessed by one man. He notoriously kept his wealth in the family and, in fact, many of his descendants are billionaires today.

This is a timeless collection of brief reminders that we do indeed control our own destiny with our thoughts.

The words in this book are simple yet profound and powerful. Each phrase would cause you to stop and think as you relate the wisdom to your own life.

We each have dreams and visions of a bright future. You can achieve your dreams. The key to achieving is focusing on the vision and not "how" you'll get to the vision. You can never predict and plan out all the coincidences and opportunities you'll meet along the way. All you can and have to do is get going now... The Universe takes care of the details.

Do you truly know what your talents and strengths are? Or are you like most people who waste precious energy trying to repair their weaknesses?

In this classic book by Marcus Buckingham and Donald Clifton of The Gallup Organization, the authors ask you to stop trying to repair your flaws and start focusing on building on the foundation of your strengths.

THE investment book for the small investor!!

Peter Lynch was America's number-one money manager. His mantra: Average investors can become experts in their own field and can pick winning stocks as effectively as Wall Street professionals by doing just a little research.

The fact that the former President and CEO of Intel wrote a book titled, Only the Paranoid Survive may explain a lot when it comes to the work culture at Intel. Andrew himself doesn't remember when he first said that but it certainly is his motto when it comes to business. He says he's paranoid about a lot of things, such as product, people, and competitors,...

The message of this book is his concern for "strategic inflection points." Briefly, a strategic inflection point is "a time in the life of a business when its fundamentals are about to change. That change can mean an opportunity to rise to new heights. But it may just as likely signal the beginning of the end."

The foundational concept of Permission Marketing is to turn an advertising one-way street into a full two-way interaction with the customer. Seth argues for setting up one-on-one marketing through multiple levels of 'permission' that the prospect grants to the advertiser. Attention and time are the sparsest of all resources today; consumers are willing to pay to save time.

Permission Marketing strives to exploit this willingness.