| Edition |
1st ed. |
| Description |
285 p. ; 23 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [286]) |
| Contents |
Time to Succeed -- Study and Learn -- The Business Continuum -- Running in Circles -- Cut Costs, Not Corners -- Costs of Goods Sold -- At the Wall -- Knowledge is Profit -- Hard Knocks Ph.D -- Trust Yourself -- Hit It from the Rough -- Knowing Your Margins -- The Destroyer: Debt -- Defining Success -- The Hershey Failure -- Some Is Better -- More Money -- Dying to Succeed -- The Cost of Experience -- Learn from Others -- Know Math -- Knowing It's hard -- Numbing the pain -- Respecting Employees -- It Jusy Might Fly -- The Second Time Around -- Rent -- Preparation -- 24 Hours -- The Long Run -- If It Were Easy -- Expecting Too Much -- Failure Isn't Fatal -- Strategic Pricing -- Think -- Know Your Limits -- Failure vs. Experience -- Are You Drunk? -- Ego Problems -- Rush or Right -- Doomed to Fail -- What Do You Have to Lose? -- Taking Risks -- Just Listen -- Get Back Up -- Once Burned? -- Work Smarter -- What's Your Problem? -- Worth the Pain -- Bitter Failure -- It Is What It Is -- It Don't Come Easy -- Moving the Ball -- Mirror, Mirror -- Are You Making Money? -- Character -- Does Only First Place Count? -- Keep Reading -- Give Him Vanilla! -- All You Need -- It's a Marathon -- It's Your Highway -- Know It Will Break -- Respect Your Customer -- Plan for Success -- Moving Forward -- Letting Go -- The Agony of Victory -- What's Your Goal? -- Laugh with Your Kids -- Stop Wallowing -- Blind Trust -- What You Learn -- Do It Yourself -- Like What You're Doing -- Reading to Learn -- The Right Decision -- Now Go! -- The List. |
| Summary |
John L. Herman Jr. considers himself a failure expert - that is, not someone who fails at business, but someone who understands why a business fails. Reading his book will make every person who runs a company, owns a business, or wants to buy or invest in one better prepared for what lies ahead--Cover p. 4. |
| Subject |
Success in business.
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Management.
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Business communication.
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Creative ability in business.
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Business communication. (OCoLC)fst00842419
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Creative ability in business. (OCoLC)fst00882438
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Management. (OCoLC)fst01007141
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Success in business. (OCoLC)fst01137062
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| Cover Title |
Hermanisms : axioms for business & life |
| Note |
Hermanisms : axioms for business and life |
| ISBN |
9780979020414 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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0979020417 |
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