Category: Books

Looking for some reading material or the fall season? Here is a list of business and investment books that are on sale through Amazon as Kindle edition. If you are interested in any of them, you should probably buy them right away, as these sales don’t last long.

Here are the books:

Strategize to Win
By Carla A. Harris
A Wall Street veteran offers proven strategies for success.
Sale price: $1.99 Retail: $12.99

The Pocket Small Business Owner’s Guide to Building Your Business
By Kevin Devine
Each step of the entrepreneur’s journey.
Sale price: $1.99 Retail: $10.99

Boost Your Career
By Sander Flaum and Mechele Flaum
How to climb the corporate ladder.
Sale price: $1.99 Retail: $12.99

The Serving Mindset
By Farnoosh Brock
Practical guide to making sales pitches.
Sale price: $1.99 Retail: $16.99

The 7 Principles of Public Speaking
By Richard Zeoli
Improve your communication skills.
Sale price: $1.99 Retail: $10.99

10-Minute Focus
By Daniel Walter
Guide to maintaining your focus and maximizing productivity.
Sale price: $0.99 Retail: $4.99

Chasing the High
By Michael G. Dash
How to manage the highs and lows of business.
Sale price: $0.99 Retail: $6.99

Getting to Yes
By Roger Fisher, William Ury, and Bruce Patton
Master the art of win-win agreements.
Sale price: $1.99 Retail: $12.99

Your Living Trust & Estate Plan
By Harvey J. Platt
Tips on creating a living will and estate plan. Sale price: $1.99 Retail: $11.99

by Fred Fuld III

The book, Governance Arbitrage: Blowing Up the Public Company Governance Model to Maximize Long-Term Shareholder Value by Henry D. Wolfe is an interesting take on how publicly traded companies can improve shareholder value by improving their board of directors.

Does anyone remember the corporate raiders from years ago, such as Carl Icahn? They were looked on as the bad guys, at least by corporate management. However, their goal was not to just change the board of directors, their ultimate goal was to make that change in order to fully realize shareholder value.

Wolfe recommends that corporations use the private equity governance model for boards of directors, which would increase the value of the board and thereby increase the performance of the business, with the ultimate result being a growth in shareholder value.

Probably the most important chapter in the book is Chapter 5 Director Selection, where he describes how directors need to be chosen not only for their thinking-like-an-owner mentality but also for their investor sophistication.

If you want to know how the performance of a publicly traded company can improve and long-term shareholder value increase, I recommend you read Governance Arbitrage.

If you are stressed about money, or have any other negative feelings that are money related, you need to read the book Happy Money: The Japanese Art of Making Peace with Your Money by Ken Honda.

Many believe that money paves the road to happiness, but Honda explains how achieving happiness can be the goal and money will flow.

The book is filled with great advice, along with humor, that will keep you turning pages.

If you need to improve your relationship with money, you need to read  Happy Money.

by Fred Fuld III

Do  you own your own business or manage a business? If so, do you have a brand? If not, or if you do and you’re not promoting it, you better read the book, Forging an Ironclad Brand: A Leader’s Guide by Lindsay Pedersen.

The author goes into detail, but in an easy-to-understand way, what a brand is and the reasons why you need a brand and need to promote it. She also shows how to expand, extend, and enhance your brand.

The eight steps she provided in the second section, The How of Brand, is probably the most important, with Step Number 2 being the critical one.

Figures and graphics are included to make the concepts more understandable. In addition, there is an extensive glossary.

Forging an Ironclad Brand is a book you will need to get for your business and refer to on a regular basis.