Obsession Business

As CEO, most everything that Rich O'Connor did had something to do with at least one of the four disciplines on his famed "yellow sheet." Rich never suspected that it would become the blueprint of an employee's plan to destroy the firm. Best selling author Lencioni brings us a fable that focuses on a leader's crucial role in building a healthy organization.

Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable audiobook edition of Insanely Simple, written and read by Ken Segal. Simple can be harder than complex. You have to work hard to get your thinking clean to make it simple. Steve Jobs' obsession with simplicity is what separates Apple from other technology companies. It's what helped Apple recover from near death in 1997 to become the most valuable company on Earth in 2011 and guides the way Apple is organized and how it designs products.

What does Kindle offer that other platforms do not? Believe it or not, the most successful authors—whether they write fiction or nonfiction—will be the first to tell you that the title of this audiobook is not a fabrication. Indeed they will have no hesitation in admitting that they wish it were a lie, but it is not. You do not need to be a gifted writer to earn money from e-books. And this tutorial will demonstrate why and, more importantly, how.

With student loan debt piling up and no lucrative gigs around the corner, Scott Bradlee found himself in a situation all too familiar to struggling musicians and creative professionals, unsure whether he should use the little income he had to pay the rent on his basement apartment on the fringes of New York City or to avoid defaulting on his loans. It was under these desperate circumstances that Bradlee began experimenting, applying his passion for jazz, ragtime, and doo-wop styles to contemporary hits by singers like Macklemore and Miley Cyrus - and suddenly an idea was born.

When anxiety starts to interfere with your day-to-day life, then something is really wrong, and you may actually suffer from anxiety disorder. I understand that knowing this can be very painful and it does not make it any easier that people don’t take having an anxiety disorder. However, anxiety disorders are serious medical conditions that are as serious as any physical condition, and if you don’t take the necessary steps, then things will not be well with you.

For some of the world's most powerful people, the Empire State Building is the ultimate prize. In a riveting chronicle of betrayal, revenge, family rivalry, and raw greed, Wall Street Journal columnist Pacelle tells the compelling tale of the Empire State Building ownership battle of the 1980s and '90s, bringing to life a colorful cast of characters that includes Donald Trump, Leona Helmsley, and the eccentric Japanese billionaire Hideki Yokoi.

The Monopolists reveals the unknown story of how Monopoly came into existence, the reinvention of its history by Parker Brothers and multiple media outlets, the lost female originator of the game, and one man's lifelong obsession to tell the true story about the game's questionable origins.

The future is big right now - for perhaps the first time, our society is more focused on what is going to happen in the future than what is happening right now. In Trees on Mars: Our Obsession with the Future, cultural critic and indie entrepreneur Hal Niedzviecki asks how and when we started believing we could and should "create the future." What is it like to live in a society utterly focused on what is going to happen next?

This book explains why the author chose to abandon his life's work and close his gym forever. It came from the realization that the issues causing most people to seek health and fitness advice are never resolved with the minutiae of programs, routines, rules, diets, or weight loss, because those issues are internal struggles first. The only lasting resolution is an optimized spirit. A Mild Case of Dead contains stories from years of fitness coaching and owning a health club that reveal the empty promise of time spent in the gym and counting calories.