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The Entrepreneur's Guide to Mastering the Inner World of Business [Hardcover]

Nanci K. Raphael (Author)
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July 1, 2010 0313380023 978-0313380020

Focusing on the internal blocks, obstacles, and struggles all entrepreneurs face sooner or later, The Entrepreneur's Guide to Mastering the Inner World of Business shows how these unrecognized self-imposed barriers make it difficult to work at peak levels of performance. This guide will help readers explore perceptions of themselves, utilize leadership competencies, and identify weaknesses, frustration, and fears, managing each of these factors to enhance business growth and profitability, work performance, and a more satisfying life.

Each chapter of the book concentrates on a difficult, universal problem entrepreneurs may face, such as managing doubt, worry and indecision, remaining innovative even during stressful times, coping with loneliness, confronting overwhelming "busy-ness," discovering the meaning of success and managing it, climbing up from failure and despair, and knowing oneself. "Ask Yourself" questions help the reader identify the particular issue within him/herself. "Practices" suggest proven solutions for those issues based on those the author has taught to thousands of business leaders.


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"When the economy is unpredictable and we don't know about the next quarter let alone the next year, how do we find our way? Where do we look for stability?
As Nanci Raphael teaches us, the kind of stability that will guide us comes from inside. In this wonderful guidebook, she teaches us how chaotic life can become when we devote our energies to avoiding what we are afraid of. And she carefully shows us the many benefits we derive when we are able to slow down, reflect, meditate, find what success really means, and ultimately develop faith in our own creativity and resilience.
And she does this through practical examples, helpful exercises and gentle guidance. She is the guide any entrepreneur needs today. And tomorrow." --Daniel Gottlieb PhD, Host of "Voices in the Family" WHYY FM Philadelphia, and author of Letters to Sam, Learning from the Heart, and The Wisdom of Sam

"In this masterpiece Nanci delivers some of the most important lessons you will ever need to learn in business! One of my favorite quotes is by Oliver Wendall Holmes which is: 'We all need an education in the obvious.' Nanci is delivering an advanced program of the most important obvious education you will ever need inside this book! Don't just read this book, devour every single word!" --Peggy McColl, New York Times Best-Selling Author of Your Destiny Switch

"In The Entrepreneur's Guide to Mastering the Inner World of Business, Nanci Raphael describes in beautiful gut-wrenching detail what it's like to live in the mind, heart (and the body) of a business owner. She is qualified to offer proven action steps to take to make change happen." --Marcia Wieder, CEO/Founder, Dream University

"It's been said that most business problems are personal problems in disguise. If you want to do big things in business (or life) the inner game is the game you must win. If you do, you'll create breakthrough results. The Entrepreneur's Guide to Mastering the Inner World of Business is your playbook. Study its strategies, principles, and techniques. Your future depends on it." --Michael Port, New York Times Bestselling Author of Book Yourself Solid, Beyond Booked Solid, The Contrarian Effect, and The Think Big Manifesto

"If you ever get a sense, as an entrepreneur, that you're the only one feeling or acting a certain (strange!) way, then read Nanci's book immediately. Her insightful and inspirational stories will help you push through the pain and reach your goals." --Verne Harnish "Growth Guy", CEO Gazelles

"Nanci Raphael has shifted the way small business owners can achieve true, long-lasting success. This is not another step-by-step, how-to book on getting rich. This is a book that looks at how to 'have it all,' -- money, meaning, and success. She shows you how to get it (the easy way), how to keep it, and how to get it back if you lose your way. If you're an entrepreneur, you owe it to yourself to read this book!" --Christine Kloser, author of The Freedom Formula: How to Put Soul in Your Business and Money in Your Bank

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"Nanci speaks from her heart, in straight forward no-nonsense terms. I know this woman and I trust her emphatically. I strongly support her vision."
(Dr. Wayne Dyer, best-selling author of Excuses Begone!)

Product Details

  • Hardcover: 152 pages
  • Publisher: Praeger (July 1, 2010)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0313380023
  • ISBN-13: 978-0313380020
  • Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.3 x 0.9 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,857,193 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Nanci Raphael, President and Founder of Leadership & Executive Development, LLC, brings together over 20 years of experience in the field of business, executive, and career coaching and has developed a groundbreaking new way for leaders to achieve peak performance.Clients report they are producing greater levels of productivity with less effort, feel more fulfilled, and are engaging their teams in higher levels of performance and profitability. As an international expert, author, and speaker Nanci's leadership and executive development programs are delivered nationally and internationally to business leaders and their teams to develop competencies to lead change, drive creativity, improve performance and effectiveness, and produce extrarodinary results.Her book, The Entrepreneur's Guide to Mastering the Inner World of Business focuses on the obstacles and solutions that stop entrepreneurs and business leaders from being successful.

 

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4.0 out of 5 stars A must read for entrepreneurs!, October 22, 2010
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The Entrepreneur's Guide to Mastering the Inner World of Business gives you a rare peek behind the curtain into the world of the entrepreneur. Whether you are a seasoned businessperson or just planning to start your business, you will "profit" from the author's insights and straightforward practice exercises that enable you to apply the insights to your own business and personal life. It's a book written from knowledge, experience and heart. Just read it!
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5.0 out of 5 stars An excellent entrepreneur resource, September 14, 2010
This review is from: The Entrepreneur's Guide to Mastering the Inner World of Business (Hardcover)
If you're an entrepreneur or a business leader in corporate America who has ever faced self doubt, seen your passion dwindle, been challenged to understand and live out success on your own terms, or felt isolated in your leadership role, you need to read The Entrepreneur's Guide to Mastering the Inner World of Business. When I first picked up this book, I found the title intriguing and was hoping it wasn't going to turn out to be another "how to be successful" business book or a step-by-step book on starting a business. It turns out the title was just the beginning of a fascinating ride. This is a book that is hard to find out there and finally someone had the courage to write about it. Nanci Raphael seems to be able to capture the challenges business leaders face today and understands how to help them define and realize their own individual success, yet also overcome and grow from obstacles, fears and inevitable setbacks. The book captures the authenticity of being an entrepreneur and it comes from the author's heart. . . because Nanci has been one her entire life.

The book is an easy read, yet jammed with real-life business challenges and extraordinary tools to get past them. I love that in every chapter she talks about a different challenge we may face day-to-day as we manage our business. She then gives us easy to follow steps to walk ourselves through when facing a similar barrier. I think this is a must-read for anyone who knows the solitude of leadership, the frustration of growth with limited resources, and the roller coaster ride of success and failure. It's comforting to know that someone else has been where I'm at and has the time-tested tools to help me through difficult times. This book can help be your guide and companion, even in the darkest hours.
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3.0 out of 5 stars Helpful guidebook on how entrepreneurs can successfully deal with emotional stress, September 15, 2011
This review is from: The Entrepreneur's Guide to Mastering the Inner World of Business (Hardcover)
Entrepreneurs are visionary, innovative, take-charge individuals - hard workers dedicated to success. Such intense work and bold risk taking generates tension and stress. Business coach Nanci Raphael offers expert advice on how to deal with the emotional and psychological turmoil entrepreneurs routinely experience. Despite some reliance on new age clichés, her advice proves useful. getAbstract recommends this perceptive book, which includes tips to help entrepreneurs cope with stress and use positive thinking to improve their professional and personal lives.
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