50 Success Classics Second Edition: Winning Wisdom For Work & Life From 50 Landmark Books

by Tom Butler-Bowdon

Overview

What makes a person successful? What makes them motivated, prosperous, a great leader? Inside 50 Success Classics, discover the all-time classic books that have helped millions of people achieve success in their work, their mission, and their personal lives.

This brand new updated edition of Tom Butler-Bowdon's guide to the texts that will help you find success in your professional and personal life. Contains eight brand new chapters summarising recent classics such as Grit by Angela Duckworth and Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell.

Millions of us are drawn each year to find the one great book that will capture our imagination and inspire us to chart a course to personal and professional fulfillment. 50 Success Classics is the first and only "bite-sized" guide to the books that have helped legions of readers unleash their potential and discover the secrets of success. Mapping the road to prosperity, motivation, leadership and life success, 50 Success Classics summarizes each work's key ideas to make clear how these timeless insights and techniques can inform, inspire and illuminate a path to authentic achievement.


Tom Butler-Bowden presents this wide-ranging selection of enduring works in the literary and the legendary: pioneering thinkers, philosophers and powerful leaders who have shown us how to Think and Grow Rich, acquire The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, become The One-Minute Manager, solve the challenging puzzle of Who Moved My Cheese? and discover The Art of Wordly Wisdom. From the inspirational rags-to-riches stories of such entrepreneurs as Andrew Carnegie, Warren Buffet and Sam Walton to the leadership lessons of Sir Ernest Shackleton, Eleanor Roosevelt, Abraham Lincoln and Nelson Mandela, 50 Success Classics goes back to the basics to find the classic books on staying true to ourselves and fulfilling our potential.

Practical yet philosophical, sensible yet stimulating, the 50 all-time classics span biography and business, psychology and ancient philosophy, exploring the rich and fertile ground of books that have helped millions of people achieve success in their work and personal lives.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781473644496
Publisher:	Quercus
Publication date:	12/07/2010
Sold by:	Hachette Digital, Inc.
Format:	eBook
File size:	874 KB

About the Author

Tom Butler-Bowdon is recognised as an expert on the personal development literature. His 50 Classics series has been hailed as the definitive guide to the literature of possibility, and has won numerous awards including the Benjamin Franklin Self-Help Award and the Foreword Magazine's Book of the Year Award. A graduate of the London School of Economics and the University of Sydney, he lives and works in both the Oxford, UK and Australia, and runs a successful website: www.butler-bowdon.com

Table of Contents

	Acknowledgments	vii
	Introduction	1
1	Ragged Dick, or Street Life in New York with the Boot-Blacks (1867) by Horatio Alger	12
2	On Becoming a Leader (1989) by Warren Bennis	18
3	How I Raised Myself from Failure to Success in Selling (1947) by Frank Bettger	24
4	The One Minute Manager (1981) by Kenneth Blanchard and Spencer Johnson	30
5	The Americanization of Edward Bok: The Autobiography of a Dutch Boy Fifty Years After (1921) by Edward Bok	36
6	The Magic of Believing (1948) by Claude M. Bristol	42
7	Buffett: The Making of an American Capitalist (1995) by Warren Buffett and Roger Lowenstein	48
8	The Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie (1920) by Andrew Carnegie	56
9	Thick Face, Black Heart: The Asian Path to Thriving, Winning and Succeeding (1992) by Chin-Ning Chu	62
10	The Richest Man in Babylon (1926) by George S. Clason	68
11	The Secret of the Ages (1926) by Robert Collier	74
12	Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap... And Others Don't (2001) by Jim Collins	80
13	Acres of Diamonds (1921) by Russell H. Conwell	86
14	The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People (1989) by Stephen R. Covey	90
15	Direct from Dell: Strategies that Revolutionized an Industry (1999) by Michael Dell	96
16	My Life and Work (1922) by Henry Ford	102
17	The Way to Wealth (1758) by Benjamin Franklin	108
18	The Inner Game of Tennis (1974) by W. Timothy Gallwey	114
19	How to Be Rich (1961) by John Paul Getty	120
20	How to Have Confidence and Power in Dealing with People (1956) by Les Giblin	126
21	The Art of Worldly Wisdom (1647) by Baltasar Gracian	132
22	How to Succeed in Business without Being White: Straight Talk on Making It in America (1997) by Earl G. Graves	138
23	Think and Grow Rich (1937) by Napoleon Hill	144
24	Success through a Positive Mental Attitude (1960) by Napoleon Hill and W. Clement Stone	150
25	The Official Guide to Success (1982) by Tom Hopkins	156
26	Born to Win: Transactional Analysis with Gestalt Experiments (1971) by Muriel James and Dorothy Jongeward	162
27	Who Moved My Cheese? An Amazing Way to Deal with Change in Your Work and in Your Life (1998) by Spencer Johnson	168
28	Rich Dad, Poor Dad: What the Rich Teach Their Kids about Money... That the Poor and Middle Class Do Not! (1997) by Robert Kiyosaki	172
29	The Wealth and Poverty of Nations: Why Some Are So Rich and Some So Poor (1998) by David S. Landes	178
30	Lincoln on Leadership: Executive Strategies for Tough Times (1992) by Abraham Lincoln by Donald T. Phillips	186
31	The Power of Full Engagement: Managing Energy, not Time, Is the Key to High Performance and Personal Renewal (2003) by Jim Loehr and Schwartz	192
32	Long Walk to Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela (1994) by Nelson Mandela	198
33	Pushing to the Front, or Success under Difficulties (1894) by Orison Swett Marden	204
34	The Spirit to Serve: Marriott's Way (1997) by J. W. Marriott Jr.	210
35	The Dynamic Laws of Prosperity (1962) by Catherine Ponder	216
36	Take Time for Your Life: A Seven-Step Program for Creating the Life You Want (1998) by Cheryl Richardson	222
37	Unlimited Power: The New Science of Personal Achievement (1986) by Anthony Robbins	228
38	Leadership the Eleanor Roosevelt Way: Timeless Strategies from the First Lady of Courage (2002) by Eleanor Roosevelt and Robin Gerber	234
39	The Magic of Thinking Big (1959) by David J. Schwartz	240
40	The Secret Door to Success (1940) by Florence Scovel Shinn	246
41	Shackleton's Way: Leadership Lessons from the Great Antarctic Explorer (2001) by Ernest Shackleton, Margot Morrell and Stephanie Capparell	252
42	The Millionaire Mind (2000) by Thomas J. Stanley	258
43	Maximum Achievement: Strategies and Skills that Will Unlock Your Hidden Powers to Succeed (1993) by Brian Tracy	264
44	The Art of War (4th century BCE) by Sun Tzu	270
45	Made in America: My Story (1992) by Sam Walton	276
46	The Science of Getting Rich (1910) by Wallace D. Wattles	282
47	Jack: Straight from the Gut (2001) by Jack Welch	288
48	Coaching for Performance: GROWing People, Performance, and Purpose (1992) by John Whitmore	294
49	The Luck Factor: Change Your Luck--And Change Your Life (2003) by Richard Wiseman	300
50	See You at the Top (1975) by Zig Ziglar	306
	Chronological list of titles	311
	Credits	313

Editorial Reviews

Personal development guru Tom Butler-Bowdon has compiled a guide to the books that have helped millions of readers over the years find the secrets to success. Full of summaries of the ideas and techniques that have helped people like Andrew Carnegie, Benjamin Franklin, Nelson Mandela, Sam Walton and Henry Ford become successful, 50 Success Classics presents timeless business lessons and personal insights from the 50 all-time classic biographies, novels and business books that anyone can apply to his or her own life. Copyright © 2004 Soundview Executive Book Summaries

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I only wish this book had been available years ago. Very highly recommended.—Jim Ewan, Vice-President of The Speakers Association

So many impressive and well known success authors. It is a delight to see them all included in one volume.—Catherine Ponder, author of Dynamic Laws of Prosperity

I would highly recommend this book if you are interested in learning more about personal development.—Nursing Standard

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