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9781119772064 |
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658.409 |
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SAM |
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Samit, Jay |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
Future proofing you: |
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twelve truths for creating opportunity, maximizing wealth, and controlling your destiny in an uncertain world |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) |
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John Wiley & Sons, Inc. |
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New Jersey |
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2021 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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xiii, 254 p. |
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USD |
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27.95 |
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TABLE OF CONTENTS<br/>Foreword xi<br/><br/>Introduction 1<br/><br/>How Do You Go about Future Proofing You? 4<br/><br/>Part I The Twelve Truths 7<br/><br/>Chapter 1 The Growth Mindset 9<br/><br/>Truth #1 – You Must Have a Growth Mindset 10<br/><br/>How Do So Many Fail in a Land So Rich with Opportunity? 10<br/><br/>Job Security is a Myth 12<br/><br/>Wealth Comes from Creating Money, Not Earning and Saving It 13<br/><br/>Fostering a Growth Mindset 16<br/><br/>Six Techniques for Developing a Growth Mindset 19<br/><br/>Chapter 1.5 The Future Proofing You Experiment 27<br/><br/>Rules for the Future Proofing You Experiment 28<br/><br/>Finding a Mentee 29<br/><br/>Chapter 2 Leveraging Obstacles for Success 37<br/><br/>Truth #2 – Obstacles Are Opportunities in Disguise 38<br/><br/>Finding Problems to Solve 39<br/><br/>Seven Steps for Problem Solving 43<br/><br/>What Problem Was Vin Clancy Going to Solve? 47<br/><br/>Vin’s Million-Dollar Idea 50<br/><br/>Chapter 3 Harnessing Fear to Your Advantage 53<br/><br/>Truth #3 – Fear is Good 54<br/><br/>Fear Inaction More than Action 57<br/><br/>Overcoming the Fear of No Funding 58<br/><br/>Overcoming the Fear of Going Broke 60<br/><br/>Proven Technique for Tackling Doubt 63<br/><br/>Harnessing the Three Primary Fears of Others 65<br/><br/>Chapter 4 Embracing Failure as Part of the Journey 71<br/><br/>Truth #4 – Failure is Great 72<br/><br/>Four Approaches to Embrace Failure 74<br/><br/>Reducing Your Chances of Failing 76<br/><br/>Chapter 5 Igniting Your Superpower by Applying What Makes You Unique 81<br/><br/>Truth #5 – Your Unique Superpower Makes You Successful 82<br/><br/>Identifying Your Kryptonite 90<br/><br/>Chapter 6 Turning Perseverance into Passion 95<br/><br/>Truth #6 – Passion Makes You Unstoppable 96<br/><br/>Four Questions for Cultivating Passion 101<br/><br/>Six Techniques for Maintaining Passion 104<br/><br/>Chapter 7 Don’t Fly Solo: Finding the Right Mentor for Each Phase of Your Career 111<br/><br/>Truth #7 – You Can’t Go It Alone 112<br/><br/>Three Ways to Find a Mentor Using LinkedIn 116<br/><br/>Building a Network of Mentors 118<br/><br/>Finding a Partner 120<br/><br/>Using Mentorship to Build Your Team 121<br/><br/>Upscaling Your Team 123<br/><br/>Chapter 8 Everything is a Tech Startup. Yes, Everything! 127<br/><br/>Truth #8 – Everything is a Tech Startup 128<br/><br/>Time Management is a Competitive Edge 132<br/><br/>Three Tips for Increasing Productivity in a Digital World 133<br/><br/>Vin’s Top 22 Growth-Hacking Tools 135<br/><br/>Chapter 9 Filling the Void 141<br/><br/>Truth #9 – You Must Fill a Void 142<br/><br/>Mortar and Use Case Voids 143<br/><br/>Cross-Pollination 145<br/><br/>30-Day Challenge Revisited 147<br/><br/>New Technology Solves Old Problems 148<br/><br/>Find Voids Others Are Too Busy to Fill 149<br/><br/>Vin’s Void Vanishes 150<br/><br/>Chapter 10 The Trillion-Dollar Opportunity 155<br/><br/>Mobile is Going Spatial 156<br/><br/>Truth #10 – Spatial Reality is a Trillion-Dollar Opportunity 157<br/><br/>The M.O.V.E. Method 159<br/><br/>Chapter 11 Working Hard Doesn’t Make You Rich 167<br/><br/>Truth #11 –Working Hard Doesn’t Make You Rich; Working Smart Does 169<br/><br/>Deal Structure 171<br/><br/>Raising Capital 174<br/><br/>Reinvesting Profits 179<br/><br/>Chapter 12 RemoteWorkers Are Your New Competitive Advantage 185<br/><br/>Truth #12 – Remote Workers Are Your New Competitive Advantage 186<br/><br/>Benefits of Employees Working from Home 188<br/><br/>Five Techniques for Managing Remote Workers 190<br/><br/>Part II Future Proofing Your Business 197<br/><br/>Chapter 13 Using Mergers and Acquisitions for Future Proofing You 199<br/><br/>The Art of the Exit 200<br/><br/>Why Large Companies Acquire Small Companies 201<br/><br/>Getting an Offer 204<br/><br/>Chapter 14 Fulfilling the Need for Profitable Sustainability 209<br/><br/>Sustainable Capitalism 211<br/><br/>Purpose-Driven Profits 213<br/><br/>The Sharing Economy 215<br/><br/>Four Questions for Creating Sustainability 217<br/><br/>Chapter 15 Pay It Forward 223<br/><br/>Epilogue – Vin’s Reflections 227<br/><br/>About the Author 231<br/><br/>Acknowledgments 233<br/><br/>Index 235 |
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DESCRIPTION<br/>With the right mindset and insight, anyone can become a millionaire.<br/><br/>Are you tired of just paying bills until you die? Are you wasting your life at a job that doesn't make you fulfilled or financially secure? Then Future Proofing You: Twelve Truths for Creating Opportunity, Maximizing Wealth, and Controlling Your Destiny in an Uncertain World is for you.<br/><br/>In this life-changing book, celebrated author and entrepreneur Jay Samit, who's worked with such visionaries as Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, Reid Hoffman, and hundreds of successful entrepreneurs, shares the key understandings and step-by-step process for becoming rich and never needing another job again. To prove the power of his 12 Truths, Samit also details the journey of how he mentored a broke millennial with these principles and empowered him to go from being on welfare to becoming a self-made millionaire in one year.<br/><br/>Building upon the principles in his internationally acclaimed book Disrupt You, Samit explains:<br/><br/>How to identify an idea and market to start your business<br/>How to build a virtual company with little or no capital<br/>The latest free software tools for managing your business<br/>Ways to get a piece of a trillion-dollar opportunity bigger than mobile<br/>How to harness the three primary fears of others to generate more sales<br/>Strategies for finding the right mentors to accelerate your success<br/>Techniques to structure any deal for creating recurring revenue and lasting wealth<br/>This book is perfect for anyone who is tired of jobs with no security, hopes to truly realize their professional and personal potential, and is looking for a way to build a better life for them and their family. Future Proofing You also belongs on the bookshelves of entrepreneurs and intrapreneurs everywhere who hope to inspire their teams to become something greater than what they already are. |
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New business enterprises |
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Success in business |
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Entrepreneurship |
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Dewey Decimal Classification |
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Book |