Favorite Books

Today more than ever, businesses need fresh ideas to nurture talent and retain employees—enter 1,501 Ways to Reward Employees, thoroughly revised, updated, and even more chockablock with ideas than 1,001 Ways to Reward Employees, the groundbreaking national bestseller. Adapted to meet the needs of an evolving workplace—especially to deal creatively with virtual employees, freelancers and permalancers, international colleagues, and the rule-bending expectations of millennials—its 1,501 low-and no-cost rewards and strategies are drawn from thousands of companies across the globe.

Managing a business requires a variety of skill sets, and it is highly unusual for any manager to possess all that is required for success. The CVC Success Journal is a collection of writings from subject matter experts in the full range of skills you will need to successfully lead your business to the next level and beyond. The goal of The CVC Success Journal is to provide you with the depth and breadth of knowledge required for business success. Let this journal be a road map for your success.

Imagine going to bed one night, then to awaken the next morning in a strange house with no idea of how you got there. Only this house doesn’t belong to just anyone – it belongs to you… a wildly successful future version of the person you might one day become, providing you are willing to start doing one simple thing.Before the weekend is over Eric will learn…

• What it takes to outperform 92% of the world’s salespeople.
• That failing and being a “failure” are two very different things.
• A whole new way to set goals that’s simple, fun, and gets results.
• Why it’s important to celebrate success and failure.
• The five failure levels and how to progress through them.
• How to get past failure and rejection quickly and then move on.
• And that the most empowering word in the world is not yes… it’s NO!

These lessons are destined to change the way he thinks, the way he sells, and the way he lives forever.

Are you pulling your selling prices out of thin air? Do you call your competitors and pretend to be a customer to find out how much they charge…and then charge the same thing? Get Real! How Much Should I Charge? Shows you how to price your services so you’ll make money-as much money as you want-on every job! Forget “what the market will bear!” To heck with the “going rate!” *Learn a super simple formula for creating a selling price. *Make sense of budgeting and sales forecasting. *Do what you love . . . and make lots of money! It’s easy, it’s fun . . . it’s basic accounting! Praise for How Much Should I Charge? I’ve just finished your book. Without a doubt, this was the best twenty bucks I’ve spent in years! The information is worth a fortune. I wish I had known some of this stuff five years ago, but like a lot of other contractors, I’ve learned the hard way.”

How would you like to be able to read anyone instantly? Get people to trust you instinctively? Change minds easily? Convince anyone to give you almost anything? These “powers” are not unobtainable Jedi mind tricks but are actual skills that everyday people can discover and develop within themselves–today! The secret lies in the 12 Laws of Persuasion. Author and leading authority on persuasion, motivation, and influence Kurt Mortenson has studied the traits, habits, and mindsets of master influencers for over 20 years and has formed what the calls the 12 Laws of Persuasion, which anyone can master and put to work for themselves.

In the E-Myth, Michael Gerber dispels the myths surrounding starting your own business and shows how commonplace assumptions can get in the way of running a business. He walks you through the steps in the life of a business, from entrepreneurial infancy, through adolescent growing pains, to the mature entrepreneurial perspective, the guiding light of all businesses that succeed, and shows how to apply the lessons of franchising to any business, whether or not it is a franchise. Finally, Gerber draws the vital, often overlooked distinction between working on your business and working in your business. After you have listened to The E-Myth Revisited, you will truly be able to grow your business in a predictable and productive way.