The vast majority of small businesses stay small—and not by choice. Only the most savvy and persistent—a tiny one tenth of one percent—break through to annual sales above $250 million. In The Breakthrough Company, Keith McFarland pinpoints how everyday companies become extraordinary, showing that luck is a negligible factor. Rather, breakthrough success turns out to be associat...(展开全部)

THESE SIX HABITS WILL MAKE YOU EXTRAORDINARY. After extensive original research and a decade as the world’s highest-paid performance coach, Brendon Burchard finally reveals the most effective habits for reaching long-term success. Based on one of the largest surveys ever conducted on high performers, it turns out that just six habits move the needle the most in helping you succ...(展开全部)

THESE SIX HABITS WILL MAKE YOU EXTRAORDINARY. After extensive original research and a decade as the world’s highest-paid performance coach, Brendon Burchard finally reveals the most effective habits for reaching long-term success. Based on one of the largest surveys ever conducted on high performers, it turns out that just six habits move the needle the most in helping you succ...(展开全部)

How has Japan become a major economic power, a world leader in the automotive and electronics industries? What is the secret of their success? The consensus has been that, though the Japanese are not particularly innovative, they are exceptionally skillful at imitation, at improving products that already exist. But now two leading Japanese business experts, Ikujiro Nonaka and H...(展开全部)

理查德·鲁梅尔特（Richard Rumelt） 知名战略管理思想家，加州大学洛杉矶分校安德森管理学院名誉教授，著有《好战略，坏战略》。他曾任美国宇航局喷气推进实验室系统工程师，负责木星探测任务的“旅行者计划”，1966年开始研究战略问题，是全世界战略研究重要的三位先驱人物之一。 《经济学人》评价其为“当今25位具世界影响力的管理思想家之一”，麦肯锡公司评价其为“战略中的战略家”。

理查德·鲁梅尔特（Richard Rumelt） 知名战略管理思想家，加州大学洛杉矶分校安德森管理学院名誉教授，著有《好战略，坏战略》。他曾任美国宇航局喷气推进实验室系统工程师，负责木星探测任务的“旅行者计划”，1966年开始研究战略问题，是全世界战略研究重要的三位先驱人物之一。 《经济学人》评价其为“当今25位具世界影响力的管理思想家之一”，麦肯锡公司评价其为“战略中的战略家”。

For lovers of facts, students of popular culture, history buffs, and science enthusiasts, the fascinating stories behind 500 everyday items, expressions, and customs--from Kleenex to steak sauce, Barbie Dolls to honeymoons.

For lovers of facts, students of popular culture, history buffs, and science enthusiasts, the fascinating stories behind 500 everyday items, expressions, and customs--from Kleenex to steak sauce, Barbie Dolls to honeymoons.

Everyone knows what a tree looks like, right? But have you ever really seen the delicate flowers of a red maple? The emerging leaves of a tulip poplar? The twigs of a beech? When you look at a tree up close, a whole new world of form and detail emerges-you encounter beauty that you never knew existed, and you begin to appreciate trees in a whole new way.

Everyone knows what a tree looks like, right? But have you ever really seen the delicate flowers of a red maple? The emerging leaves of a tulip poplar? The twigs of a beech? When you look at a tree up close, a whole new world of form and detail emerges-you encounter beauty that you never knew existed, and you begin to appreciate trees in a whole new way.