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Business and Personal FinanceOctober 2015 |
"A small business lives or dies on cash." ~ from Paul Downs' Boss Life |
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| StandOut 2.0: Assess Your Strengths, Find Your Edge, Win at Work by Marcus BuckinghamBestselling author Marcus Buckingham is best known for First, Break All the Rules and Now, Discover Your Strengths, which popularized the "build your strengths" approach to performance management. With Standout 2.0, which follows a familiar self-help format, he provides a guide to identifying your strengths as well as those of other members of your team, and then building on them to achieve success. Readers who appreciate self-discovery tools will find the online assessment useful; those who skip it will still be able to make use of the advice given for each of nine strength-based roles that Buckingham identifies. |
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Your Own Terms: A Woman's Guide to Taking Charge of Any Negotiation
by Yasmin Davidds
When it comes to negotiation, there is an ugly double standard for women. If women make concessions to further a deal, they're viewed as weak. But if they play hard-ball, they can be seen as overly aggressive - and the strategy backfires. No wonder most women hate negotiating. Negotiation expert Yasmin Davidds helps women strike a balance. Guidelines, stories, and exercises illuminate the psychology of negotiation and reveal how women can create a strong presence, leverage natural style, and handle difficult people.
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The One-Page Financial Plan: The Simple Way to Be Smart about Your Money
by Carl Richards
Intimidated by complex spreadsheets or overwhelmed by too much information? This "sensible, sensitive, and smart" (Booklist) financial guide might be the book for you. Beginning with some very basic questions (including "why is money important to you?"), author and certified financial planner Carl Richards encourages identifying personal goals. He then walks readers through a series of focused steps to help create a simple, working financial plan.
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The Real Life MBA: Your No-BS Guide to Winning the Game, Building a Team, and Growing Your Career
by Jack Welch
The best-selling authors of Winning present a guide to overcoming today's business challenges, drawing on respective experiences to outline recommended for creating effective strategies, leading others and building a thriving career. Going beyond theories, concepts, and ideologies, they tackle the real stuff of work today. These are some of the day-to-day issues the Welches take on. Coupled with Jack’s years of iconic leadership and Suzy’s insights as former editor of the Harvard Business Review, their new database of knowledge infuses The Real Life MBA with fresh, relevant stories and equally powerful solutions that every manager at any level can use right now.
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Focus on: Recent Books on Personal Finance
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Second Chance: For Your Money, Your Life and Our World
by Robert T. Kiyosaki
The international best-selling author of Rich Dad Poor Dad, shows readers how to understand the past so that they can shape their financial future. Few would argue with the fact that, on many fronts, we are a world in crisis. Second Chance uses the lessons from the past and a brutal assessment of the present to prepare readers to see—–and seize–—the future. The future belongs to those who can train their minds, use the past to see the future, and take the steps to create the positive change they want to see in their lives. This guide shows how you can use Information Age tools and insights to create a fresh start, and how to seize the opportunities presented by the crises around us.
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Credit Repair
by Robin Leonard
When debts pile up, it can be impossible to see a way out. Let the sensible strategies in Credit Repair help you take control, clean up your credit report, and live debt-free. This book includes the latest information about the credit-reporting industry and the laws that regulate it, with information on how to decipher a credit report, detect and fix errors, develop a realistic spending plan, negotiate with credit bureaus, build a solid credit history and avoid scams. It also includes dozens of forms and letters that will help you spruce up your credit report as easily as possible.
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The Couple's Guide to Financial Compatibility: Avoid Fights about Spending and Saving--and Build a Happy and Secure Future Together
by Jeff Motske
Couples often talk about their compatibility in terms of common interests or values, but few consider their views on dual-income homes, taxes, saving, spending, and debt. Disagreements about money inevitably end up putting a huge strain on a relationship. By talking openly and often about their finances, however, partners can avoid conflict and unpleasant surprises in the future. Certified financial planner Jeff Motske shares tips and key questions for couples to discuss in order to achieve a healthy financial relationship. Following a partnership's progression from combining finances to retirement planning, Motske gives couples the tools they need to keep their finances healthy and their relationships going strong.
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| Smart Money Smart Kids: Raising the Next Generation to Win with Money by Dave Ramsey and Rachel CruzeAs his fans know, Dave Ramsey went bankrupt in his 20s and raised his children to avoid the mistakes he made. Here, he teams up with his daughter Rachel to help other families raise financially savvy kids, including through creating an emergency fund, paying cash for big-ticket items like cars (or college), and using the envelope system he supports for spending, saving, and giving. Much of the text is written by Rachel, who explains exactly how she absorbed his lessons. Like Ramsey's other books, this one contains Biblical references; this shouldn't prevent parents of all faiths (or none) from benefiting from their advice. |
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Duneland Stamp Club
Thursday, October 8, 6:00 pm
Library Meeting Room
The Duneland Stamp Club meets the second Thursday of each month. New members are invited.
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Celebrate the Library's Birthday with Cake
Friday, October 9, 11:00 am
Library
Friday, October 9 is the library's 118th birthday! Join us to celebrate with cake and cider and sing happy birthday to the library.
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Season of Upsets -- The Story Behind the Story
Sunday, October 11, 2:00 pm
Library Meeting Room
For years, Matt Werner was fascinated by a photo from 1950 featuring his uncle, Dean, and fellow members of the Union Mills High School basketball team celebrating a triumphant victory. Matt's three-year journey to uncover the story behind the photo resulted in Season of Upsets, a book that chronicles one year in the life of Hoosier basketball in La Porte County. Drew Tallackson, editor of The Beacher Weekly Newspaper, and Martin Briggs, a fourth-grade teacher at Crichfield Elementary School, both huge fans of the book, will moderate a panel discussion on the book that includes not only Matt, but also several players he interviewed, including Michigan City's Gene Gielow and Union Mill's Eben Fischer. Copies of the book will be available for sale.
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AARP Smart Driver Course
Tuesday, October 13, 1:00 pm
Library
The AARP Smart Driver program is a refresher course that can help you learn the effects of aging on driving and how you can adjust your reactions. Available in a 5-hour, one-day program, you may earn an insurance rate discount (check with your insurance company) by taking this course designed for drivers over 55. The fee is $15 for members and $20 for non-members. Please bring your AARP card with you. Call 873-3049 to register.
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Axis 360 eBooks
Find popular fiction, non-fiction, and picture e-books and e-audiobooks for children, teens, and adults! It's simple--just download the app on your device, search for "Michigan City Public Library", and log in with your library card number and PIN.
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Business & Investing Resources
Find information and library resources on investing, starting and operating a business, business skills & training, forms, economic data, and grants & financing. Also includes contact information for local/national organizations.
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Consumer Information
Information & links on consumer protection, automobiles, entertainment, financial aid, grants, housing, local transportation, maps, medical and health care, notary public, telephone directories, and more.
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Job Search & Career Info
Find resources to help you get a job, create a resume, file for unemployment, or improve your work skills.
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EDCMC
The Economic Development Corporation of Michigan City is committed to growing and attracting new industry and business to the community as well as strengthening existing business.
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MC Chamber of Commerce
Membership organization that advocates for strengthening the business climate and promoting quality of life in Michigan City.
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Library Services & Departments
Find out about all the services the library offers, including research, materials, account information, youth programs, events, tutoring, genealogy, computers and more.
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Contact your librarian for more great books!
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Michigan City Public Library
100 E. 4th Street
Michigan City, Indiana 46360
219-873-3044
http://mclib.org/
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