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Lesson #4: Lose No Time
“Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise,” Franklin once said. He went on to pose the question, “Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time, for that’s the stuff life is made of.”
Lesson #4: Try Something New
“Don’t be afraid of the trial-and-error approach,” wrote Lauder in her 1985 autobiography as a piece of advice to would-be entrepreneurs. “Trust your instincts…create your own style.”
Lesson #4: Master the Art of the Sale
Johnson became a self-made media mogul, publisher, and entrepreneur, but the title he identified most with was that of salesman. In his best-selling autobiography, Succeeding Against the Odds, Johnson wrote a chapter entitled, “How to Sell Anybody Anything in Five Minutes or Less.” Here, he outlined his craft of salesmanship, which proved to be one of the key factors the propelled him to such great success.

Lesson #2: Be Relentless
“I am a hedonist at heart,” says Cowell. “I love the uncertainty and the challenge. I’m also exceptionally competitive and ambitious. It is relentless, relentless, relentless. I can’t help it. Sometimes I’m glad, sometimes I wish I wasn’t like that all the time. I can never switch off.”

In His Father’s Shoes: Watson Jr. Takes Over IBM
When Watson Jr. took on the top position at his father’s company, he did so at a time when it was devoted to electromechanical punch card systems. Watson Sr. had always rejected electronic computers believing they were expensive and unreliable. Watson Jr. wanted to change all of that.

A Little Colonel Of Truth: How Sanders Turned KFC Into A Global Success
“Life as I have known it has been Finger Lickin’ Good.” That was the title of Sanders’ autobiography. Indeed, for this entrepreneur who started off on the brink of poverty, life seemed to have gotten a whole lot better for him. After numerous failed startups, Kentucky Fried Chicken would be the one to finally stick. Today, the company has one of the most recognizable brands in the world. How did Sanders turn a little service station into the international fast-food franchising success it is now?
Lesson #5: Build A Brand With Mainstream Appeal
“I always embraced my hard-core roots,” says Jameson, “but becoming a household name was an important thing to me.”

Lesson #1: Good Taste Means Good Business
“If a man goes into business with only the idea of making a lot of money, chances are he won't,” Hall wrote in his autobiography, When You Care Enough. “But if he puts service and quality first, the money will take care of itself. Producing a first-class product that is a real need is a much stronger motivation for success than getting rich."
Reviewing Your CV
Your CV has never been more important with today’s current job market. Employers are receiving enormous amounts of speculative CV’s so when yours lands on the desk of a decision maker it will need to stand out just to get you to the interview stages. Employers will make very quick decisions from the first impression your CV makes, the only objective of your CV is to get it noticed and gain an interview.

How to Keep Your Dream Team
If you’ve ever read Sir Richard Branson’s autobiography ‘Losing my Virginity’ then you’ll already know that... Now I have worked with and personally coached a multitude of business owners and their businesses and have noticed over the years that certain things come up time and time again... All business dynamics are continuously in a state of ‘fluidity’ and to get the end result of 1) and 2), you may seriously need to look at 3) first!

One Page at a Time (on the Writing Life)
Imagine following a writer around through all the years of her life one story at a time. When the writer is an award-winning writer and a superb storyteller, like Dr. Pat Carr, you are most likely to enjoy the trip through marriages, relationships, academic life, writing life....

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Lesson #4: Try Something New
“Don’t be afraid of the trial-and-error approach,” wrote Lauder in her 1985 autobiography as a piece of advice to would-be entrepreneurs. “Trust your instincts…create your own style.”
Lesson #4: Master the Art of the Sale
Johnson became a self-made media mogul, publisher, and entrepreneur, but the title he identified most with was that of salesman. In his best-selling autobiography, Succeeding Against the Odds, Johnson wrote a chapter entitled, “How to Sell Anybody Anything in Five Minutes or Less.” Here, he outlined his craft of salesmanship, which proved to be one of the key factors the propelled him to such great success.

Successful Sales
Being fascinated by success stories, I cherished a classical book that was reprinted recently. It is an autobiography by Frank Bettger who was one of the highest paid salesmen in the U.S. the book is titled: How I Raised Myself From Failure to Success in Selling.

Secrets of Successful Sales
Being fascinated by success stories, I cherished a classical book that was reprinted recently. It is an autobiography by Frank Bettger who was one of the highest paid salesmen in the U.S. the book is titled: How I Raised Myself From Failure to Success in Selling.

How to Keep Your Dream Team
If you’ve ever read Sir Richard Branson’s autobiography ‘Losing my Virginity’ then you’ll already know that... Now I have worked with and personally coached a multitude of business owners and their businesses and have noticed over the years that certain things come up time and time again... All business dynamics are continuously in a state of ‘fluidity’ and to get the end result of 1) and 2), you may seriously need to look at 3) first!

Lesson #1: Good Taste Means Good Business
“If a man goes into business with only the idea of making a lot of money, chances are he won't,” Hall wrote in his autobiography, When You Care Enough. “But if he puts service and quality first, the money will take care of itself. Producing a first-class product that is a real need is a much stronger motivation for success than getting rich."
Ted Turner’s autobiography contains lessons for life and business
Some insights gleaned from reading Ted Turner's 2008 autobiography, Call Me Ted.
Andre Agassi Had the Wrong Big Goal
Critics are calling Andre Agassi's autobiography, entitled Open: An Autobiography, the best sports biography ever written given Agassi's candor. He has always hated tennis, lied about his drug use, wore a wig when he had long hair, etc. A major turning point in his career was when he realized he was pursuing the wrong long-term goal (BHAG) for himself …
Lesson #2: Negotiate to Make More Sales
Sir Alan Sugar had to learn how to negotiate from an early age. The skills came naturally to him when he was only 12-years-old and working in a bakery on Saturday mornings. Sugar claimed later in his autobiography that those negotiating skills learned in his early jobs made him an “all-rounder” in business.
Lesson #5: Gain Experience in Your Trade
“Entrepreneur is not a word to be used lightly, and it’s certainly not something you call yourself. It should be a term used by a person when describing another’s abilities,” Sir Alan Sugar said in his autobiography. Sugar believes that people are born to be an entrepreneur or they are born to do something else.
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