Power Bites: Short and to the Point Management, Leadership, and Lifestyle Advice I Give My Clients! - Softcover

Mendlowitz, CPA Edward

Softcover

ISBN 10: 145022444X ISBN 13: 9781450224444

Verlag: iUniverse, 2010

Inhaltsangabe

As a seasoned Certified Public Accountant, Edward Mendlowitz has had a long history of listening to clients relay not only their most important concerns about the strengths and weaknesses of their companies, but also their own fears about the solitude they feel as business owners-even when they employ hundreds of people. In Power Bites, Mendlowitz shares his proven advice and concise calls to action that will help both experienced and novice leaders focus on what is most important while learning to communicate clearly and effectively with their customers and employees. Mendlowitz relies on his experience, inquisitiveness, and interest in helping thousands of clients and other CPAs face and solve their problems. Here he offers practical and easy-to-implement tips on how to: - Acquire knowledge and create power - Develop a vision and set goals - Squash fears and embrace change - Create excitement and think optimistically - Do what is expected in an unexpected way - Network and establish a brand Power Bites shares effective guidance that can be immediately applied to resolve every- day dilemmas-whether in the workplace or in the home-ultimately helping to transform others into more successful leaders, managers, and individuals.

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Edward Mendlowitz, CPA is a partner with WithumSmith+Brown in New Brunswick, New Jersey. He has written and edited several professional books and has served on the panel of experts for Bottom Line/Personal newsletter for over thirty years. He lives with his wife in East Brunswick, New Jersey

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POWER BITES

Short and to the Point Management, Leadership, and Lifestyle Advice I Give My Clients!By EDWARD MENDLOWITZ

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Contents

Preface................................................................................................................xiiiAcknowledgments........................................................................................................xvIntroduction...........................................................................................................xvii1. Knowledge Creates Power.............................................................................................12. There Is No Acceptable Alternative to Growth........................................................................33. You Learn from Listening, Not Talking...............................................................................64. Seek an Absence of Aggravation......................................................................................85. Don't Lose Your Temper..............................................................................................126. Know Who You Are....................................................................................................157. Focus In on Every Client, Issue, or Matter..........................................................................208. Develop a Vision....................................................................................................259. Set Goals...........................................................................................................2810. Follow Through on Your Projects....................................................................................3211. Prepare for Surprises..............................................................................................3412. Don't Be Afraid to Try Something New...............................................................................3713. Admit Mistakes.....................................................................................................4014. Don't Close Your Eyes to the Obvious...............................................................................4215. Create Excitement!.................................................................................................4416. Think Positively...................................................................................................4717. Smile..............................................................................................................4918. Never Lie..........................................................................................................5119. You Can't Cheat an Honest Person...................................................................................5320. When Others Push the Pencil for You, Make Sure It's Your Pencil....................................................5721. When You Are Trying to Communicate, Make Sure You Communicate......................................................6422. Insist on Getting All That Was Promised to You.....................................................................6723. Give Value.........................................................................................................7024. Know Where You and Your Associates Sit on the Organization Chart...................................................7225. Understand Everything You Do.......................................................................................7726. Do What's Expected in an Unexpected Way............................................................................7927. Identify the Most Important Thing You Have to Do, and Only Concentrate on That Until It's Done.....................8228. Don't Be Late......................................................................................................8629. Respect Time.......................................................................................................8830. Always Do Your Best................................................................................................9231. If You're Having a Party, Have a Party.............................................................................9532. Avoid Clutter......................................................................................................9733. Bill Promptly; Pay Promptly........................................................................................10334. Never Trouble Trouble Till Trouble Troubles You....................................................................10435. Network............................................................................................................10736. Establish Your Brand...............................................................................................11037. The Customer Is Always Right.......................................................................................11238. Find Your Unique Selling Proposition...............................................................................11439. Never Seek Total Victory ... Unless You Are in a Dark Alley or a Courtroom.........................................11940. Don't Ask a Question When You Know the Answer Will Embarrass Someone...............................................12541. Cut Your Losses....................................................................................................12742. Be Proud of a Worn Dictionary......................................................................................13143. Don't Smoke........................................................................................................13244. Have a Teddy Bear or Cat...........................................................................................13545. Order the Soup du Jour.............................................................................................13646. Call Your Aunt.....................................................................................................13847. Fear and Love God..................................................................................................14048. Spend Quality Family Time..........................................................................................142About the Author.......................................................................................................143Books by Edward Mendlowitz.............................................................................................145Programs by Edward Mendlowitz..........................................................................................147Book List..............................................................................................................149

Chapter One

Knowledge Creates Power

Knowledge creates power. Therefore, acquiring knowledge will give you power and make you perform better.

The more you know, the greater advantage you will have over those you work with ... and against.

Learn from the experiences of others. Don't rewrite the Bible. If someone has already found a solution, why should you try to find it by yourself when all you have to do is find out what they did? The amount of time will be a lot less than it will be for you to do what has already been done. Seek out business and industry leaders. Read their interviews, articles, and books, attend their speeches and podcasts, and become more aware of what is out there. Spend some time at...

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: iUniverse
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2010
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 145022444X
• ISBN 13: 9781450224444
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 176
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