Greater Fortune

Author : Marie Cosgrove
Publisher : BenBella Books
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2021-03-02
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781953295156

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Greater Fortune by Marie Cosgrove Pdf

When she refused to take a pay cut, Marie Cosgrove was cut loose. So she started her own business . . . and a few years later, she bought the company that had fired her. She didn't give up—she became greater. And you can, too. Whether it's everyday problems or seemingly insurmountable challenges, we all face hardships in our personal and professional lives. In Greater Fortune, business mastermind and motivational speaker Marie Cosgrove guides you in discovering how to use these hardships to propel you forward. Born into poverty, Cosgrove persevered through a tumultuous upbringing and an abusive marriage; throughout it all, she raised four children on her own while struggling to make her way in the business world. Not only did she survive, she turned the lessons of adversity into advantage, becoming a multi-millionaire entrepreneur and innovator in the competitive field of medical devices. Now, she shares what she has learned—from both her successes and failures—with you. Key lessons include valuable insights, tools, and techniques for: • Walking away without guilt from whatever might be holding you back and focusing on the future • Overcoming fears and responding to disappointment in a constructive way • Preparing for success and building upon it • Preparing for failure and learning from it • Stepping up your game by being bold and taking calculated risks after setbacks • Jumping on opportunities whenever they arise (especially in challenging times) • Dealing with toxic people, cutthroat competition, and bias in the business world • Embracing the future and giving back to others to cultivate continuous growth Just as we all have disadvantages, we all have talents and resources we can tap. In this book, you will uncover your unique opportunities for greater accomplishment and fulfilment, as well as learn how to wield your perceived weaknesses as strengths and use them to achieve success. Greater Fortune is both an inspirational story and a road map to a better life of your own, filled with hard-won wisdom and practical strategies that will help you make the most of the greatness that is within you already.

Author : Daniel Okrent
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 561 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2004-11-30
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9780142001776

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Great Fortune by Daniel Okrent Pdf

In this hugely appealing book, a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, acclaimed author and journalist Daniel Okrent weaves together themes of money, politics, art, architecture, business, and society to tell the story of the majestic suite of buildings that came to dominate the heart of midtown Manhattan and with it, for a time, the heart of the world. At the center of Okrent's riveting story are four remarkable individuals: tycoon John D. Rockefeller, his ambitious son Nelson Rockefeller, real estate genius John R. Todd, and visionary skyscraper architect Raymond Hood. In the tradition of David McCullough's The Great Bridge, Ron Chernow's Titan, and Robert Caro's The Power Broker, Great Fortune is a stunning tribute to an American landmark that captures the heart and spirit of New York at its apotheosis.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 287 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 1974
Category : Fiction in English
ISBN : OCLC:907573859

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The Great Fortune by Anonim Pdf

Author : Michael Useem,Harbir Singh,Liang Neng,Peter Cappelli
Publisher : PublicAffairs
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2017-03-14
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781610396592

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Fortune Makers by Michael Useem,Harbir Singh,Liang Neng,Peter Cappelli Pdf

Fortune Makers analyzes and brings to light the distinctive practices of business leaders who are the future of the Chinese economy. These leaders oversee not the old state-owned enterprises, but private companies that have had to invent their way forward out of the wreckage of an economy in tatters following the Cultural Revolution. Outside of brand names such as Alibaba and Lenovo, little is known, even by the Chinese themselves, about the people present at the creation of these innovative businesses. Fortune Makers provides sharp insights into their unique styles--a distinctive blend of the entrepreneur, the street fighter, and practices developed by the Communist Party--and their distinctive ways of leading and managing their organizations that are unlike anything the West is familiar with. When Peter Drucker published Concept of the Corporation in 1946, he revealed what made large American corporations tick. Similarly, when Japanese companies emerged as a global force in the 1980s, insightful analysts explained the practices that brought Japan's economy out of the ashes--and what managers elsewhere could learn to compete with them. Now, based on unprecedented access, Fortune Makers allows business leaders in the United States and the rest of the West to understand the essential character and style of Chinese corporate life and its dominant players, whose businesses are the foundation of the domestic Chinese market and are now making their mark globally.

Author : Chuenyan David Lai,Ding Guo
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : History
ISBN : 1987915038

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Great Fortune Dream by Chuenyan David Lai,Ding Guo Pdf

In 1858, gold was discovered in the Fraser River. News of this discovery travelled to the Pearl River Delta, where, in the aftermath of the Opium Wars, many Chinese sought to escape the poverty, overcrowding, political unrest and even slavery - invaders from western Asia who captured and shipped many Chinese to South America as "piglets." This tumultuous period marked the beginning of Chinese migration to Canada. What began as a population of displaced Chinese migrants working to save their great fortune for a better life back in China evolved into a community of Chinese Canadians, one with roots firmly planted in the history and culture of Canada. Dr. David Lai has received forty-one awards in recognition of his scholarship and community services and is a member of the Order of Canada.

Author : Carley Fortune
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 287 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2022-05-10
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780735243767

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Every Summer After by Carley Fortune Pdf

#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Six summers to fall in love. One moment to fall apart. A weekend to get it right. They say you can never go home again, and for Persephone Fraser, ever since she made the biggest mistake of her life a decade ago, that has felt too true. Instead of spending summers in cottage country, on the glittering lakeshore of her childhood, she stays in a stylish apartment in Toronto, keeping everyone a safe distance from her heart. Until Percy receives the call that sends her racing back to Barry’s Bay and into the orbit of Sam Florek—the man she never thought she’d have to live without. For six summers during their youth, through hazy afternoons on the water and warm nights working in his family’s restaurant, Percy and Sam had been inseparable. And when Percy returns to the lake, their connection is as undeniable as it had always been. But until she can confront the decisions she made, they’ll never know whether their love is bigger than the biggest mistakes of their past. Told over the course of six years in the past and one weekend in the present, Every Summer After is a gorgeously romantic look at love and the people and choices that mark us forever.

Author : K.C. Jones
Publisher : Chronicle Books
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2017-03-14
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9781452158198

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The Golden Book of Fortune-Telling by K.C. Jones Pdf

A compendium of fun and entertaining ways to understand your future, taken from entries in the bestselling Fortune-Telling series. In this book lie the answers to your future. Reveal the meanings of your name, birthday, zodiac sign, and dreams. Unveil the significance of your color choices, friendships, and love interests. Discover what is foretold, learn to read auspicious omens, and divine the gift of attracting good fortune. Consult The Golden Book of Fortune-Telling and uncover the wisdom of the ages—and the power to shape your destiny.

Author : Seth Greenland
Publisher : Europa Editions
Page : 503 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2018-08-21
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781609454630

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The Hazards of Good Fortune by Seth Greenland Pdf

“An entertaining tale rich in schadenfreude as bad things happen to a hapless billionaire” (Kirkus Reviews, starred review). Jay Gladstone was born to privilege. He is a civic leader and a generous philanthropist, as well as the owner of an NBA team. But in today’s New York, even a wealthy man’s life can spin out of control, no matter the money or influence he possesses. Jay sees himself as a moral man, determined not to repeat his father’s mistakes. He would rather focus on his unstable second marriage and his daughter, Aviva, than worry about questions of race or privilege. However, he moves through a sensitive and aware world: that of Dag Maxwell, the black star forward, and white police officer Russell Plesko, who makes a decision that has resonating consequences—particularly for a DA whose hopes for a future in politics will rest on an explosive prosecution. Set during Barack Obama’s presidency, this artful novel illuminates contemporary America and does not shy away from questions about our scalding social divide—why is conversation about race so fraught, to what degree is the justice system impartial, and does great wealth inoculate those who have it?—and explores the aftermath of unforgivable errors and the unpredictability of the court of public opinion. “Greenland takes a Dickensian delight in letting the plot sprawl with parallels, digressions, false leads, and twists.” —Kirkus Reviews (starred review) “A wild and funny page-turner of a novel that grabs you and doesn’t let go.” —Larry David

Author : Tyler G. Hicks
Publisher : Prentice Hall
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0134025113

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How to Borrow Your Way to a Great Fortune by Tyler G. Hicks Pdf

Author : Laurence B. Mussio
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2020-04-16
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780228000693

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Whom Fortune Favours by Laurence B. Mussio Pdf

The Bank of Montreal is not only Canada's first bank: it has also occupied a prominent place in the pantheon of Canadian nation building. Whom Fortune Favours examines the trajectory of this extraordinary organization across the span of two centuries. The historian Laurence Mussio applies an analytical lens to a financial institution whose strategies fundamentally shaped, and were shaped by, the evolution of a country and a continent. The Bank of Montreal (BMO) represents an extremely rare institution, one that has both endured and adapted to fundamental change. The depth and breadth of the Bank's history offer a unique opportunity to analyze a singular organization over ten generations. As an institution, BMO played a critical part in the destiny of its home city and in the emergence of Canada on an international scene. Crucial to the development of Canadian and North American financial systems, BMO shaped the political economy of banking. Over the last half century, the institution's response to successive economic, technological, demographic, and regulatory shifts illustrates how Canadian and North American finance has adapted to the challenges before it. At its heart, Whom Fortune Favours presents a multifaceted story about the making of contemporary finance. This epic chronicle is the result of a massive research effort incorporating thousands of never-before-released internal documents. Mussio's accessible narrative will appeal to both scholars and executives who seek to understand the origins, development, and present-day implications of one of North America's great institutions.

Author : Austin Clarke
Publisher : Vintage Canada
Page : 319 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2012-08-07
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780307364258

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Storm of Fortune by Austin Clarke Pdf

This is the second book in Austin Clarke’s groundbreaking Toronto Trilogy about the lives of black people in Canada. In Storm of Fortune, Clarke brings us into a circle of West Indian domestics—their friends, lovers, spouses, and employers—living in Toronto in the late 1950s. In lush, invigorating prose, Clarke illuminates the world of Bernice Leach—a world inhabited by earthy, garrulous, but terribly isolated people, all living, working, and struggling within an alien, white, Canadian culture. He brilliantly articulates the unsettled attitudes of his characters towards themselves, their community, and their fellow immigrants, exploring questions of status and social mobility. In turn, he unites these themes into a devastating commentary on the quest for success in North America. Dominated by warm, superbly drawn characters and pulsing with the nation language of Clarke’s characters’ speech, Storm of Fortune is a window into one of the most dynamic periods of Canadian history—one that has brought so much to bear on our present.

Author : Noni Carter
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 496 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2010-01-05
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1416998632

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Good Fortune by Noni Carter Pdf

Ayanna Bahati lives in a small African village when she is brutally kidnapped, along with her mother and brother, and forced onto a slave ship to America. As Ayanna, renamed Anna, rises from the cotton fields to the master’s house, she finds the familial love she’s been yearning for—but she is also faced with more threats to her survival. Risking everything to escape the plantation, Anna makes it to the North and to freedom, eventually settling in the free black community of Hadson, Ohio, and educating herself to become a teacher. A moving account from a compelling new storyteller.

Author : Lisa Congdon
Publisher : Chronicle Books
Page : 115 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2015-08-18
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 9781452146546

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Fortune Favors the Brave by Lisa Congdon Pdf

Hand-lettered inspiration from the beloved indie artist and bestselling author of Whatever You Are, Be a Good One. A treasure trove of inspiring quotations, this volume from beloved author and artist Lisa Congdon gathers rousing wisdom from history’s great minds on how to be bold, stay strong, and take courage. Congdon lends her signature style of brilliant hand lettering to sage advice on such subjects as perseverance (“If you fell down yesterday, stand up today” —H.G. Wells), authenticity (“What should I be but just what I am?” —Edna St. Vincent Millay), and confronting fear (“Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced” —James Baldwin). Filled with uplifting reminders to seize the day, Fortune Favors the Brave demonstrates that when embarking on a new adventure, the right words of encouragement can be a priceless gift. Praise for Whatever You Are, Be a Good One “An impossibly charming compendium . . . The common thread underpinning these quotes . . . is Congdon’s own sensibility about what it means to live with kindness and integrity, to cherish beauty and the creative spirit, and ultimately to be a good human being.” —Brain Pickings “This beautifully hand-lettered book shares 100 inspirational quotations from great minds such as Oscar Wilde, George Eliot, and Walt Whitman. Revisit this colorful read whenever you need a pick-me-up—or a push—to get out there and make the most of your day.” —Real Simple

Author : Roy Harper,Science Friction Ltd
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Rock music
ISBN : 0954526406

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Passions of Great Fortune by Roy Harper,Science Friction Ltd Pdf

Author : Kindersley Dorling
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2014-05-28
Category : Wine and wine making
ISBN : 1409356329

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1000 Great Wines That Won't Cost a Fortune by Kindersley Dorling Pdf

Enjoy excellent wine without breaking the bank 1000 Great Wines That Won't Cost a Fortune tells you everything you need to know about how to enjoy wine without hurting your pocket. Go on a wine tasting journey across the globe with an extensive team of wine writers, all experts in their own regions. They'll introduce you to 1000 great-value wines from the world's best wineries but focussing on the more affordable end of their wine lists. Expand your knowledge with features on the most popular grape varieties and tips on how to get the most out of your bottle, from food and wine matches and correct serving temperatures to the right glassware to use. Practical advice will also help you host your own wine-tasting event and navigate restaurant wine lists with confidence. 1000 Great Wines That Won't Cost a Fortune, now in paperback (previous ISBN 9781405361644), is perfect for any budding wine connoisseur who enjoys wine but cares about getting great value for money.