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Reading Recommendations: What Made Jack Welch Jack Welch - How Ordinary People Become Extraordinary Leaders, Stephen H. Baum with Dave Conti

If you've ever wondered how people break out of the pack and make it big, What Made Jack Welch Jack Welch will be a revelation.

Surprisingly, its not about education or pedigree or even native smarts. Most of us like Jack Welch, who started life as a lowercase guy, the son of a railroad conductor, but went on to become the most celebrated and successful executive of recent years. Sure, Jack Welch and lots of other people like him are smart and talented, but there are countless people even smarter and more talented who stall out on the way up. Something else is going on. What is it, and what can the rest of us learn from such people to improve our own chances of accomplishment?

Stephen Baum uncovers not only the business secrets of prominent CEO's but their inner stories as well. He ferrets out the real men and women behind the public personas, learning about life shaping experiences they all have in common that turn out to be the foundation for true success in career and in life. Baum has gotten them to recall key moments that they hadn't thought about for years, as well as the fears, emotions, and learning they've experienced during moments of challenge and doubt.

When you learn to swim in water over your head, make the tough choice, get good on your feet or take a hard look in the mirror. These character building moments engender an inner core of toughness and confidence that is the real key to leadership in any business or endeavor, they are what made jack welch Jack Welch.

You'll come away with the feeling that if they can do it, so can I "and that is the first step on the journey to becoming extraordinary, awakening the jack Welch that lives in each of us ,just waiting to take us further than anyone could have predicted."

And Julie and Julia, Julie Powell

Author's Note - "For the sake of discretion, many identifying details, individuals, and events throughout the book have been altered. Only myself, my husband and certain widely known public figures, including Julia and Paul Child, are identified by real names."

Also, sometimes I just made stuff up. Case in point: the scenes from the lives of Paul Child and Julia McWilliams Child depicted throughout are purely works of imagination, inspired by events described in the journals and letters of Paul Child, the letters of Julia McWilliams, and the biography of Julia Child, Appetite For Life, by Noel Riley Fitch. I thank Ms. Riley Fitch for her fine work, and the Schlesinger Library at Harvard University for generously making Mrs. Childs archives available to the public."

-Julie Powell

And, One Income Household, How To Do A Lot With A Little, Susan Reynolds with Lauren Bakken, CPA.

Layoffs, health problems, divorce, staying home with the kids, there are many reasons why you might be living on one income.

Featuring easy to apply, practical advice that you can tailor to your personal situation, this book teaches you how to take charge of your future and:

-Budget for essential costs and mine your resources

-Sell, rent, or take out a loan on your home

-Commute and get around town affordably

-Determine what health insurance plan your family really needs and secure it -Live frugally every day, and still have fun

and much more-

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