{"id":289,"date":"2009-12-15T16:00:53","date_gmt":"2009-12-15T21:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.achievemax.com\/bookreviews\/?p=289"},"modified":"2012-10-23T14:59:26","modified_gmt":"2012-10-23T18:59:26","slug":"in-the-words-of-great-business-leaders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.achievemax.com\/bookreviews\/in-the-words-of-great-business-leaders\/","title":{"rendered":"In the Words of Great Business Leaders"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0471348554?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=achieinc&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=0471348554\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-306\" title=\"In the Words of Great Business Leaders\" src=\"https:\/\/www.achievemax.com\/bookreviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/in-the-words-of-great-business-leaders.jpg\" alt=\"In the Words of Great Business Leaders\" width=\"118\" height=\"160\" \/>In the Words of Great Business Leaders<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border:none !important; margin:0px !important;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.com\/e\/ir?t=achieinc&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=0471348554\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" \/><br \/>\nby Julie M. Fenster<\/p>\n<p>This book presents the accumulated experience of\u00a019 business legends, in their own words. Each leader provides inspiring and motivating wisdom that runs the gamut from investing to setting priorities to making the most of opportunity.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>This book also features thorough background information on each leader, telling the stories of their struggles to succeed, their triumphs\u2014both good and bad\u2014that formed their business philosophies.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a019 legends, are divided into five categories: hustling hard workers, self-made successes, bosses, mavericks, and salesmen.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Thrive on the wisdom of such legends as:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Thomas Watson (IBM),<\/li>\n<li>Andrew Carnegie (Steel),<\/li>\n<li>Sam Walton (Retail),<\/li>\n<li>John Rockerfeller (Standard Oil),<\/li>\n<li>Henry Ford II (Ford Motor),<\/li>\n<li>J. Paul Getty (Oil),<\/li>\n<li>Mary Pickford (United Artists),<\/li>\n<li>Alfred Sloane (GM),<\/li>\n<li>David Packard (Hewlett-Packard),<\/li>\n<li>Herb Kelleher (Southwest Airlines), and<\/li>\n<li>Ted Turner (Broadcasting) to name just a few.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>(This book review was originally published in\u00a02000 as one of the Top 10 Books &#8211; Edition 4.)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the Words of Great Business Leaders by Julie M. Fenster This book presents the accumulated experience of\u00a019 business legends, in their own words. 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