Get Smarter: Life and Business Lessons - Couverture souple

Schulich, Seymour; Decloet, Derek

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1554701155 ISBN 13 : 9781554701155

Editeur : Key Porter Books, 2010

Synopsis

Book by Schulich Seymour

A propos du livre

Revue de presse

Finally a business/life advice book that actually gives excellent practical advice...and lots of it! Whereas most business/advice books take a one-note idea worthy of a pamphlet and stretch it to 300 pages, Schulich's new book does the opposite. He dispenses many excellent pieces of advice, each in a short (1.5 - 3 page) chapter that gets to the point. This is really a compendium of life and business advice: 30+ great nuggets of very insightful and practical (and well-explained) wisdom that one could easily imagine being written in 30+ books. If you value your time and appreciate brevity, clarity and wisdom distilled to its purest form, this book is a must buy. --By JJ -16 August 2007

I loved the book. Seymour Schulich is an accomplished entrepreneur billionaire which is why people might listen to him. His advice is just old fashioned common sense (which is not that common) The book consists of 48 very short chapters. (Don't be daunted -- this is a very simple and fast read.) It is written largely as an older man's mentoring for someone who is new and going into business. As I read the various rules, I couldn't help but smile and nod in agreement with almost everything he had to say in almost every area. The book is not only business lessons but covers lessons on finance and life. He even gets into relationships. I found the book to be a page turner (which might seem ironic for a business book, but perhaps I am different). It contained many gems and philosophies. It is definitely worth the read! --By Jim Estill 26 September 2008

Get Smarter is filled with wise and proven advice for readers of all ages, including those just starting their careers and anyone involved in business and investments. The author is blunt and to the point on a wide range of subjects. His remarkable track record in managing successful companies and making winning investments gives a great deal of weight to his advice. Even more impressive is the author's extensive philanthropy and support of youth and education. I highly recommend this book for everyone. --By Steele Curry17 August 2007

Présentation de l'éditeur

Get Smarter is Schulich's original and informative attempt to impart lessons learned in a lifetime to today's youth by someone who has achieved success in both his personal and professional life. In short, stand-alone chapters he covers such universal issues as: Making decisions Choosing careers Handling business Dealing with adversity Managing relationships Investing lessons The objective (to paraphrase Oliver Wendell Holmes) is to stretch young people's minds with new ideas, age-old truths and insights such that they never return to their original dimensions. Readers of this book will derive considerable inspiration from the life and business lessons contained in it. Many business or life lesson books leave you with two or three main ideas. Seymour Schulich's hope is that each reader who invests in this book will leave with twenty to thirty ideas and some that they can use to help transform or shape their lives.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Key Porter Books
• Date d'édition: 2010
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1554701155
• ISBN 13: 9781554701155
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 304
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible