Quantum Business - Softcover

Deporter, Bobbi

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0440507413 ISBN 13: 9780440507413

Publisher: Dell, 1997

Synopsis

Business has never been this good!

Make Quantum leaps in your business and career by discovering:
The Eight Keys of Excellence
Communication That Builds Relationships
How to Develop Win/Win Working Partnerships
Adaptability and Flexibility in a Changing Marketplace
Speed Reading, Impactful Writing, and Improved Note-Taking
How to Conduct Meeting and Produce Results

Unleash your natural genius...and your self-confidence will soar!  Follow these proven principles to advancement, respect...and success!  Quantum Business builds on the foundation of Quantum Learning, the breakthrough method for developing superior mind power that has been revolutionizing how people learn the world over.

Whether you're starting a career, changing jobs, or growing a company, Quantum Business shows you a whole new way to go--a more creative team-oriented approach that is a groundbreaking blend of accelerated learning techniques and powerful management strategies.  

Quantum Business is a hands-on, practical workbook that puts the keys to success in your hands today.  The results: less stress, better performance, and a more fulfilling way of doing business that will make you a winner in your career and your life.  Discover:

Self-tests and checklists that reveal your unique personality and learning style
Practical techniques for maximizing your innate talents for exciting results
Exercises you can do right now that dramatically improve workplace rapport and productivity
Quantum Learning's valuable secrets that enable you to perform miracles with your memory, reading ability, and writing proficiency
Right-brain/left-brained discoveries that can boost you to levels of creativity and competence you've never reached before
Motivational techniques that jump-start your enthusiasm, help you inspire others, and keep you performing at your peak
--and much more!

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never been this good!<br><br>Make Quantum leaps in your business and career by discovering:<br>The Eight Keys of Excellence<br>Communication That Builds Relationships<br>How to Develop Win/Win Working Partnerships<br>Adaptability and Flexibility in a Changing Marketplace<br>Speed Reading, Impactful Writing, and Improved Note-Taking<br>How to Conduct Meeting and Produce Results<br><br>Unleash your natural genius...and your self-confidence will soar! Follow these proven principles to advancement, respect...and success! <i>Quantum Business</i> builds on the foundation of Quantum Learning, the breakthrough method for developing superior mind power that has been revolutionizing how people learn the world over.<br><br>Whether you're starting a career, changing jobs, or growing a company, <i>Quantum Business</i> shows you a whole new way to go--a more creative team-oriented approach that is a groundbreaking blend of accelerated learning t

Reviews

A little more than 20 years ago, DePorter was a San Francisco homemaker who decided to venture into the world of real estate. Hawthorne-Stone, the firm with which she wound up, was unique. It emphasized a noncompetitive, "win-win" approach to doing business, and DePorter soon earned more than a million dollars. So impressed was she with the company's philosophy that she incorporated it into an innovative school she and one of the firm's partners started in Vermont, called the Burklyn Business School, whose instructors included Buckminster Fuller. Though the school failed because of bad investments, DePorter remained committed to its nontraditional approaches to learning, which she detailed in Quantum Learning (1992). She now applies these principles at the Learning Forum, which she cofounded and which conducts a SuperCamp for children and advises companies on training programs. This new book adapts these same principles to a business environment, emphasizing empowerment, positive relationships, accountability, flexibility, commitment, integrity, and honesty. David Rouse

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The workplace is changing dramatically right before your eyes.  With costs escalating and profits being squeezed, companies are "downsizing," which usually means asking fewer people to produce the same amount of work.  Maybe you or someone you know has been "downsized" out of a job.  Maybe you've been forced into a completely different job in order to preserve your career.  Even if you weren't forced to, you may have switched fields because you found that the one you trained for doesn't offer the opportunities you want.  Switching fields is more common than ever before.  As the millennium approaches, we find that most college graduates in the U.S. are working in jobs outside the fields in which they hold their degrees.  In fact, according to the U.S. Department of Education (National Center for Education Statistics, August, 1993), only 39 percent of 1990 college graduates were working in a job related to their field of study just one year after graduation.  As the years go on, the percentage drops so that in a few more years only a tiny percentage actually do the job they studied for.

If you're an employer, you may have experienced the agony of having to let people go when business is slow.  This is especially upsetting if the people are good workers, but have not upgraded their knowledge and skills to keep pace with changes in your industry.

Today, technology is changing so rapidly and companies are trying so desperately to remain profitable that everyone is being challenged to learn, and learn fast.  Employees are facing unprecedented changes in job descriptions and employer expectations.  Learning a completely new job--or even keeping up with developments in your old job--can be frightening.  But how much choice do you have?  Whereas once workers were receiving benefits such as flexible hours, part-time work, and the freedom to telecommute, now thousands of people are seeing their positions "re-engineered" out of existence.  As a result, most people are grateful just to have a job.

While the pace of change is taking its toll on businesses of all sizes, a small business is particularly vulnerable if it doesn't have the ability to adapt. Entrepreneurs must constantly learn new systems and technologies to stay profitable and make their businesses more competitive.  If you're in business for yourself, you may find yourself falling behind, despite your best efforts.

Going through tremendous changes can leave you feeling lost, lonely, and powerless.  But you do have power--more than you may realize.  It is inside you right now, the potential to take control of your life, to jump-start your career, or move your business ahead.  The key to this power is learning--and by learning, I don't mean just learning to read and write.  The spectrum of learning covers far more than academic subjects and skills.  We all must learn how to think, interact with others, manage our work, and our lives.

Learning isn't only something you do in school, or in seminars.  Learning is something you do all day, every day.  It includes the foundation and principles upon which you build your life.  It includes the environment in which you spend your days and nights.  To say that learning is the key to a successful life is like saying that legs are the key to successful walking.  I cannot conceive of a life of growth, progress, and accomplishment without the constant learning that makes these things happen.

The Amazing Human Learning Machine

We are all born with an insatiable desire to learn, and a remarkable ability to do so.  Unfortunately, most of us lose our enthusiasm some time during our school years.  Once we leave school, we consider our learning days to be over. Then, when we're required to purposely learn something new, we resist and become angry or frustrated.  In the rapidly changing world of business, this attitude will almost certainly sabotage professional success.

To prevent this from happening, you need to return to that time in your life when learning was an unquenchable thirst.  You need to make learning fun again. If you can do that, plus pick up some important skills that help you in other areas of your life, you'll be well along the path to achieving your personal and professional goals.

Quantum Business is based on the premise that learning can, and should, be fun. It's a follow-up to a book I wrote several years ago called Quantum Learning.  The first book was written for anyone who needs to learn anything.  This one is more specific: it applies the principles and techniques of Quantum Learning to the unique challenges you face in the world of work.

But it takes more than a set of learning skills to achieve the balanced success that makes life enjoyable.  It also takes the right attitude and a healthy environment.  Woven throughout this book are the "8 Keys to Excellence," guidelines for developing a successful attitude and creating a positive environment.  This synthesis of environment, attitude, and skills unleashes your power to create a more effective, confident, and successful business and personal life.

The story of Quantum Learning is closely linked to my own story and the path I followed from housewife to millionaire to entrepreneur.  Along the way, Quantum Learning grew into a comprehensive approach promoting both personal development and business success.  It has been used by adults in the workplace and students at every level from elementary school to doctorate with phenomenal results.

Edition details

• Publisher: Dell
• Publication date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0440507413
• ISBN 13: 9780440507413
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 384