Sentences with phrase «times their books do»

Now, let's go back to the scenario where a first time author receives a six - figure book advance, but this time the book doesn't come close to earning back the advance.

It's not unusual for an author to get to book 3 before they really have a strong sense for what their brand is, and often times their books don't match up.

Also, the fact that you've written a not - ready - for - prime - time book doesn't necessarily mean you're a bad writer.

Not exact matches

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By no means do I know it all, but I do know one thing: If you read this book and truly adopt the methodology when growing your business, it WILL save you time and money (and possibly fights with your co-founders).

If you don't have quite enough time for that, here's a distillation of some of the most often recommended books that will get you up to speed as a new leader fast:

I don't have a lot of time in between my business and school to pick up and read physical books.

If you read every time management book ever written or go to every time management seminar offered, you'll be able to boil all the technique «stuff» down to just a few things worth doing.

But I don't know of a rule book that says we can't make amazing profits and not wreck the planet at the same time.

Since everyone at the outset is doing multiple jobs and since you can't be everywhere at once, you've got to trust your people to do the right things in the moment, since there's no rule book, no time for extensive preparation and instruction, and there's rarely a second chance to make a great first impression with a lot of new and prospective customers.

He figured he might pull in an extra $ 40 or $ 50 a month, charging $ 5 at a time for services like reading scripts for commercials or doing narration for audio books.

It said JOURNALIST in big letters, proudly referred to publications that don't exist anymore and highlighted projects and books that, at the time, represented the peak of my career.

By 8:30 a.m. (the time I usually ended up rolling out of bed), I had read several chapters of a good business book, listened to part of a podcast, spent time in prayer, done some P90X Yoga, and worked on a side - project that I'd been «too busy» to work on for years.

The book argues that most of us are not as creative as we have the potential to be and, thankfully for the time starved business owner, living up to our full creative potential doesn't necessarily mean locking yourself in a practice room for around a decade.

What he has left behind — books and recorded speeches, audio and video lecture series and hundreds of can - do maxims as well as children committed to upholding the principles by which he lived his life — all but ensures that people will be following the «Ziglar Way» for a long time to come.

Every time, after only one or two weeks, the «book club» was disbanded because there were always those individuals who did not read, no matter how much time we gave them.

So my advice to you, if you feel that you just don't get enough time to think, is to book yourself in for your first «thinking vacation».

A portable charger means I have access to my digital library of books, emergency phone calls, emails, music, and more at all times during the day, so I don't waste even a little bit of free time.

Of course, the world doesn't always operate this simply - some books are longer / shorter, and subjects that are denser require more time and effort to understand.

Did you see the same book title three times in a row?

When you book sessions back to back or overload your day with things to do, you end up multitasking, becoming sloppy and not putting enough time into self - care.

If you add up all the time you spend reading books, blogs, and articles; watching videos, podcasts, webinars, and seminars, and posting, tweeting, messaging, and connecting, how many hours a day on average do you think it comes to?

Some time later, I found, as expected, I didn't miss any of the books I got rid of.

New York Times bestselling author Malcolm Gladwell wrote extensively about Kenna in his 2005 book Blink, arguing Kenna's music - a cross between rap and the British new wave music of the 1980s - failed to gain widespread acclaim in the U.S. because it didn't fit into any familiar category.

Take time to read books for pleasure, not just for work, and while you're at it, do some writing, too.

You might not be thinking about what books, articles or speeches to create, but there has probably been a point in time where you have talked yourself out of pursuing something, because you convinced yourself that you lack a certain level of creativity that it takes to get the job done.

Then, whenever someone asked me for advice, instead of telling them I didn't have time, or trying to sell them on coaching or consulting they couldn't afford, I could point them to the book.

Neither is geologist Liz Hajek, but she makes an exception for this book: «I don't generally gravitate toward fiction, but this collection of short stories, set in a variety of compelling places and time periods, is so creative and rich, it's been really fun to read.»

Worse, when I actually did have time to indulge in something entertaining — reading a book, watching a movie or attending a college football game — it was almost impossible for me to fully enjoy the experience due to the gnawing guilt that I was not at trade show or making a sales call or reconciling the financials.

Many first - time authors are surprised to discover that although publishers don't help market your book, they still take the vast majority of earned revenue.

Even assuming Bombardier does start filling up its order book, can it deliver product on time, keep customers happy and earn the expected return from the CSeries investment?

Here's an experience I've had over time that I'm guessing you can relate to: many of the books I've read that have taught me the most or had the greatest impact on me do not appear on the recommended lists of business luminaries, famous authors, or Hollywood stars.

In his book «My Decade in the Premier League,» he wrote: «The club like us not to go overboard on the eating and drinking in the close - season break, so if I go abroad I like to get into the hotel gym three times a week to work on the treadmill and do some weight work.

This time of year may be about giving, but don't forget to devote plenty of time to getting your books in order.

But as I found after interviewing more than 160 entrepreneurs for my 2012 book Hungry Start - up Strategy, entrepreneurs don't have the luxury of time for this type of strategy because they could easily burn through their remaining cash in the months it would take to get this process started.

What other company whose primary source of income is a printed phone book would take the time in 2012 to bother to warn investors that its revenue is in free fall because people don't use its product anymore.

You may never write a book or call yourself a writer, but if the majority of your day is spent stringing words together to communicate, then it's worth your time to learn how to do it well.

Instead, reserve some time and energy to do something that simply makes you feel good in the moment, whether it's reading a book, watching a movie, going for a walk or taking an entire day off from work.

Open - book management doesn't cause someone to accept less money; it just enables both the company and employee to get more out of their time together.

As your business grows so does your address book, your LinkedIn profile, your networking event invitation list and your lack of free time!

So now I don't waste time thinking about which books I want or where to get them cheapest.

Don't waste another second of valuable work time trying to remember if you booked your rental car or what your flight confirmation number is.

Of course there are whole books dedicated to this topic, but for now I'll look at just two aspects of how to get more done with less time... and how to «turn it off» at the end of the day:

Not a book for the cynical — but then cynics don't likely spend much of their time reading parables in the first place.

In his book Deep Work, he writes that time management basically doesn't matter, especially in environments in a state of flux.

But what I liked best about the book is how it engages with what I see as one of the most important and difficult social - policy questions of our time: How do we unstack the deck and, at the same time, get people to take ownership over improving their own lives and communities even when they reasonably believe that the deck is stacked against them?

He has also lost all his money, made it back, lost it, made it back several times and openly discusses how he did it in his columns and books.

Not only did basically no one complain about receiving this email brush off, McGeown also reports that his routine made writing the book flow smoothly and allowed him to still carve out time for his family.

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«There really is a best time to do just about anything and everything, and that's especially true when it comes to buying things,» writes Mark Di Vincenzo in his book, «Buy Ketchup in May and Fly at Noon»