Breakthrough Thinking:
The Seven Principles of Creative Problem Solving
By Gerald Nadler & Shozo Hibino

Using careful analysis and intensive study, authors Gerald Nadler and Shozo Hibino reveal how the most intuitive and creative people and organizations—such as Walt Disney and Kounosuke Matsushita, founder of Panasonic—have solved problems by adhering to seven basic principles. The seven principles presented here go beyond usual management theories. These proven strategies are used around the world by highly successful and innovative organizations and individuals. The book shows readers how to achieve the excellence that leads to success. These principles can be applied every day in offices, factories, and homes everywhere.

Prima Pub. September 1998.

Built To Last:
Successful Habits of Visionary Companies
By James C. Collins & Jerry I. Porras

This analysis of what makes great companies great has been hailed everywhere as an instant classic. The authors, James C. Collins and Jerry I. Porras, spent six years in research, and they freely admit that their own preconceptions about business success were devastated by their actual findings—along with the preconceptions of virtually everyone else. Built to Last identifies 18 "visionary" companies and sets out to determine what's special about them.

Harpercollins. October 1994. 336 pages.

Creative Visualization:
Use the Power of Your Imagination to Create What You Want in Your Life
By Shakti Gawain

A beautiful new edition of the phenomenally successful book that helped launch the human potential movement, Creative Visualization gives readers straightforward techniques to use the power of their imagination to create what they want in their lives. This book is an introduction to the art of using mental energy to transform and greatly improve health, prosperity, relationships and fufillment of desires. It provides easy-to-follow exercises, meditations, affirmations and other techniques to tap into the natural goodness and beauty of all life.

New World Library. September 1998. 192 pages.

Effort-Less Marketing for Financial Advisors:
5 Steps to a Super-Profitable Business and a Wonderful Life
By Steve Moeller

Packed with step-by-step processes, sample scripts, letters, and forms, Effort-Less Marketing synthesizes more than a decade of expertise in building profitable financial service businesses into a single source.

American Business Visions. October 1999. 395 pages.

Visionary Business:
An Entrepreneur's Guide to Success
By Marc Allen

Marc Allen presents the quest for entrepreneurial success as far more than the ability to be financially savvy. In 12 anecdotal accounts based on true stories from his own business experience, Allen explores the "25 Principles and Practices of Visionary Business." This engaging study demonstrates vision using 25 practical, concrete principles—from hiring to mission statements to profit-sharing—that combine visionary business ideals with respect for the planet and its inhabitants.

New World Library. January 1996.