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The Barefoot Investor: The Only Money Guide You'll Ever Need by Scott Pape

$33.99 NZD

Category: Business | Reading Level: General Adult

** Fully reviewed and updated for the 2018-2019 financial year** This is the only money guide you'll ever need That's a bold claim, given there are already thousands of finance books on the shelves. So what makes this one different? Well, you won't be overwhelmed with a bunch of 'tips' ... or a stri ct budget (that you won't follow). You'll get a step-by-step formula: open this account, then do this; call this person, and say this; invest money here, and not there. All with a glass of wine in your hand. This book will show you how to create an entire financial plan that is so simple you can sketch it on the back of a serviette ... and you'll be able to manage your money in 10 minutes a week. You'll also get the skinny on: Saving up a six-figure house deposit in 20 months Doubling your income using the 'Trapeze Strategy' Saving $78,173 on your mortgage and wiping out 7 years of payments Finding a financial advisor who won't rip you off Handing your kids (or grandkids) a $140,000 cheque on their 21st birthday Why you don't need $1 million to retire ... with the 'Donald Bradman Retirement Strategy' Sound too good to be true? It's not. This book is full of stories from everyday Aussies -- single people, young families, empty nesters, retirees -- who have applied the simple steps in this book and achieved amazing, life-changing results. And you're next. ...Show more

Fish!: A Remarkable Way to Boost Morale and Improve Results by Stephen C. Lundin; Harry Paul; John Christensen

$27.99 NZD

Category: Business

Over 5 Million Copies Sold Imagine a workplace where everyone chooses to bring energy, passion, and a positive attitude to the job every day.   A powerful parable that will help you see your life and work in a new way. It's a rainy day in Seattle, and on the third floor of First Guarantee Financi al, people have stopped believing they can make a difference. To new manager Mary Jane Ramirez, the challenge of bringing life back to her unenthusiastic and unmotivated team seems impossible, until she discovers an incredibly successful workplace down the street where the employees are so alive and passionate that people stop just to watch them work FISH is the remarkable story of what happens when Mary Jane seeks the help of these unlikely business "experts" and learns their secret: four simple practices that, when applied daily, help anyone to be more energized, effective, and fulfilled. Filled with inspiration and timeless wisdom that will resonate with anyone in any field or career level, it's easy to see why FISH is one of the most popular business parables of all time. People in organizations around the world use its practical lessons to improve customer service, build trust and teamwork, bolster leadership, and increase employee satisfaction. They also use the lessons to strengthen personal relationships, fulfill lifelong dreams, and realize their ambitions. FISH will help you discover the amazing power that is already inside you to make a positive difference-wherever you are in life. Based on a bestselling ChartHouse training video which has been adopted by corporations including Southwest Airlines, Sprint, and Nordstrom. ...Show more

Good to Great and the Social Sectors by Jim Collins

$24.99 NZD

Category: Business

"We must reject the idea well-intentioned, but dead wrong that the primary path to greatness in the social sectors is to become "more like a business".' So begins this astonishingly blunt and timely manifesto by leading business thinker Jim Collins. Rejecting the belief, common among politicians, that a ll would be well in society if only the public sector operated more like the private sector, he sets out a radically new approach to creating successful hospitals, police forces, universities, charities, and other non-profit-making organisations. In the process he rejects many deep-rooted assumptions- that somehow it's possible to measure social bodies in purely financial terms; that they can be managed like traditional businesses; that they can be transformed simply by throwing money at them. Instead he argues for radical new attitudes and strategies, using the analytical approach and clear thinking that lie at the heart of Good to Great. " ...Show more

Small Business Web: A Guide by Tony Murrow

$29.99 NZD

Category: Business

A web development guide for business managers and owners. Business Web is an easy guide for small to medium enterprises (SMEs) on how to plan for web developments — in particular, what the business implications are and how to safely outsource basic web development processes such as website desi gn, functionality, e-commerce and web content. Topics will include: does your business need a website , types of websites, when to say stop, ongoing maintenance of your website, as well as service providers, domain names, web hosting, web services (email, ftp), advertising on the web, e-commerce, and legal issues. ...Show more

Who Moved My Cheese?: An Amazing Way to Deal with Change in Your Work and in Your Life by Spencer Johnson

$25.00 NZD

Category: Business | Reading Level: good

THE #1 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER WITH OVER 28 MILLION COPIES IN PRINT   A timeless business classic, Who Moved My Cheese? uses a simple parable to reveal profound truths about dealing with change so that you can enjoy less stress and more success in your work and in your life.   It would b e all so easy if you had a map to the Maze.If the same old routines worked.If they'd just stop moving "The Cheese."But things keep changing...   Most people are fearful of change, both personal and professional, because they don't have any control over how or when it happens to them. Since change happens either to the individual or by the individual, Dr. Spencer Johnson, the coauthor of the multimillion bestseller The One Minute Manager, uses a deceptively simple story to show that when it comes to living in a rapidly changing world, what matters most is your attitude.   Exploring a simple way to take the fear and anxiety out of managing the future, Who Moved My Cheese? can help you discover how to anticipate, acknowledge, and accept change in order to have a positive impact on your job, your relationships, and every aspect of your life. ...Show more

Power of Personality: How Introverts and Extroverts Can Combine to Amazing Effect by Sylvia Loehken

$9.99 NZD

Category: Business

Management writers have come up with many tools for explaining how different types of personalities can work best together. But they have ignored the most important personality difference of all - the difference between introverts and extroverts. This book is the first book to fill that gap. This book f ollows up from Sylvia Loehken's international bestseller Quiet Impact, published in the UK in June, and will be required reading for all managers and anyone who wants to understand their colleagues better. ...Show more

Financial Reporting Handbook 2019 New Zealand by CAANZ (Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand) Staff

$150.00 NZD

Category: Business

Rich Dad Poor Dad: What the Rich Teach Their Kids about Money That the Poor and Middle Class Do Not! by Robert T. Kiyosaki

$16.99 NZD

Category: Business

April 2017 marks 20 years since Robert Kiyosaki's Rich Dad Poor Dad first made waves in the Personal Finance arena.It has since become the #1 Personal Finance book of all time... translated into dozens of languages and sold around the world.   Rich Dad Poor Dad is Robert's story of growing up wit h two dads -- his real father and the father of his best friend, his rich dad -- and the ways in which both men shaped his thoughts about money and investing. The book explodes the myth that you need to earn a high income to be rich and explains the difference between working for money and having your money work for you.   20 Years... 20/20 Hindsight In the 20th Anniversary Edition of this classic, Robert offers an update on what we've seen over the past 20 years related to money, investing, and the global economy. Sidebars throughout the book will take readers "fast forward" -- from 1997 to today -- as Robert assesses how the principles taught by his rich dad have stood the test of time.   In many ways, the messages of Rich Dad Poor Dad, messages that were criticized and challenged two decades ago, are more meaningful, relevant and important today than they were 20 years ago.   As always, readers can expect that Robert will be candid, insightful... and continue to rock more than a few boats in his retrospective.   Will there be a few surprises? Count on it.   Rich Dad Poor Dad... - Explodes the myth that you need to earn a high income to become rich- Challenges the belief that your house is an asset- Shows parents why they can't rely on the school system to teach their kids about money- Defines once and for all an asset and a liability- Teaches you what to teach your kids about money for their future financial success ...Show more

The Laws of Human Nature by Robert Greene

$36.99 NZD

Category: Business

From the #1 New York Times-bestselling author of The 48 Laws of Power comes the definitive new book on decoding the behaviour of the people around you.

BEETON'S LAW BOOK: EVERYBODY'S LAWYER. A PRACTICAL COMPENDIUM OF THE GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF ENGLISH JURISPRUDENCE

$92.00 NZD

Category: Business

Blueprint to Wealth: Financial Freedom in 15 Minutes a Week by Gary Stone

$58.00 NZD

Category: Business

Ever heard of longevity risk? Recent research shows that around 80% of current workers of all ages will not have enough retirement money to last a comfortable independent retirement. The primary reason people risk running out of money is that they're making the wrong investment choices for their retirem ent nest egg while they are working. This invaluable blueprint offers far better choices to help you secure a comfortable and independent retirement. In Blueprint to Wealth: Financial Freedom in 15 Minutes a Week , you will discover: A simple investing strategy for 20 to 50 year olds that will help you achieve better results than nearly all active mutual funds over the long term -- and takes just 15 minutes every 3 months. Other simple investing strategies for any age group, including current retirees, that take no more than15 minutes a week to execute. How to ensure that your nest egg is protected if there is a severe bear market. Why diversification is a poor risk management strategy for multi-decade investing -- it can cost you hundreds of thousands of dollars in forfeited growth of your nest egg. Being fee-fleeced over many years costs you hundreds of thousands of dollars that you will never get back. Investing fees alone could be the difference between a comfortable retirement and an uncomfortable one. Myths about the stock market that are spread by the financial industry and active mutual funds to convince you not to try to grow your own nest egg (and why you should ignore them.) "Gary Stone possesses multiple capacities which make him uniquely qualified for developing and improving investing systems. In all the foregoing interactions with him, Gary has exhibited a high level of technical expertise. Gary's enterprise embodies the full meaning of the words, "Share the Wealth." Professor Hank Pruden, Ph.D, Professor of Business Golden Gate University, San Francisco and author of "The Three Skills of Top Trading." "I've known Gary Stone since the mid-1990s. Quite simply he is an investing systems design expert and I have every respect for the way he approaches the markets. Watching him help his clients become top investors has been one of the highlights of my investing career." Louise Bedford, author of 'Trading Secrets', 'Charting Secrets', 'The Secret of Candlestick Charting'. ...Show more

Auditing, Assurance and Ethics Handbook 2017 New Zealand by J. Caanz

$134.99 NZD

Category: Business