The Go-Giver, Expanded Edition: A Little Story About a Powerful Business Idea
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| Rating | : | 4.49 (843 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B00YBBKLKS |
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| Number of Pages | : | 245 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-07-01 |
| Language | : | English |
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Then again, most people are nowhere near as successful as they wish they were.” The Go-Giver tells the story of an ambitious young man named Joe who yearns for success. Joe learns that changing his focus from getting to giving—putting others’ interests first and continually adding value to their lives—ultimately leads to unexpected returns. Today this timeless story continues to help its readers find fulfillment and greater success in business, in their personal lives and in their communities. This expanded edition includes the text of the original business parable, together with a foreword by Arianna Huffington, a new introduction, a discussion guide, and a Q&A with the authors.. Imparted with wit and grace, The Go-Giver is a classic bestseller that brings to life the old proverb “Give and you shall receive.” Nearly a decade since its original publication, the term “go-giver” has become shorthand for a defining set of values embraced by hundreds of thousands of people around the world. “Most people just laugh when they hear that the secret to success is
. Told through the fictitious story of an ambitious young salesman named Joe, Burg and Mann communicate their points through the advice of an enigmatic (and highly likeable) mentor character known as Pindar. Burg (Endless Referrals: Network Your Everyday Contacts Into Sales) and Mann (You Call the Shots) write with a simple, informal style that offers a working-person's interpretation of the old adage "give, and you shall receive." Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. Rather than help Joe snag a fast sale, the consultant introduces him to series of "go-givers" who personify the "Five Laws of Stratospheric Suc
John David Mann is an entrepreneur and award-winning coauthor whose titles include the New York Times bestsellers Flash Foresight and The Red Circle. A former top sales professional, he is also the author of Endless Referrals and Adversaries Into Allies. . His Take the Lead was named by Tom Peters and the Washington Post as Be
Finally someone Saying what our intuition has always told us about business The concepts explained in this book should be mandatory reading in all the schools in the country. They apply to business but also in all that we do in our personal lives. If we all started to give and to cooperate, to collaborate extensively, and to put the others before us, all would change for the good. I would encourage everyone to give these theories a try and get back to the authors of the book with sensitive evidence of the results. Thank you, Bob!!!. Great message & a great gift Martha G. I'd first read the Go-Giver a few years ago and loved it. The ideas about contributing value and being other-oriented on your path to business and life satisfaction and success struck a chord.Such an easy book to read, I finished it on a trip and handed it over to my travel companion with the suggestion: Read this on the way home! She paid that gift forward almost immediately by passing it along to her sister and then I lost track of the journey of that little shared book.Over the years I've purchased copies for people several times and for . "I absolutely love this book because it made me feel like I" according to Vickie Gunnells-Hodge. I absolutely love this book because it made me feel like I was not alone in thinking this exact same way! In life, especially as people move past the will to treat people as human beings, and on to entering into career success or entrepreneurship with their agendas; there is a tendency to hurry up and do everything without staying true to self or granting self the power affiliated with having a plan with a willingness to deviate. This book made my heart happy because it relays so many of the principles taught about honoring self and others,