The Perfect Business [Paperback]

Michael Leboeuf (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 7, 1997

Corporate downsizing, the desire to balance work and family, and an interest in making money through meaningful work has turned thousands of Americans into aspiring entrepreneurs. In this book, the bestselling author of Working Smart provides guidance for finding the right million-dollar business; starting a business while keeping another job; getting paid for marketing oneself; and using new technologies to increase productivity.

Editorial Reviews

From Library Journal

With job security a thing of the past, well-known speaker and author LeBoeuf's (Fast Forward, Berkley Pub., 1995) new book will surely find a large audience in all types of libraries. Eschewing the physical and financial mechanics of becoming an entrepreneur, LeBoeuf attempts to teach readers how to think "right," or really think successfully. He covers such topics as how to get paid to market yourself, how to use information technology to increase productivity, how millionaires think, and, most importantly, how to choose the right business. Similar to Napoleon Hill's Think and Grow Rich (1960) but for the Nineties, this motivational how-to book will enjoy widespread popularity.
Susan C. Awe, Jefferson City P. L. System, Arvada, Col.
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

From the Publisher

Today, with millions of displaced corporate employees looking for new career options and millions of women seeking ways to earn a living while caring for young children, a staggering one third of America's labor force is working at home already -- and the number continues to grow.

In The Perfect Business, Michael LeBoeuf guides the listener to success-oriented thinking, covering such topics as:

• How to get paid to market yourself

• How to use the smart tools of information technology to increase your productivity

• How millionaires think and what they do to become millionaires

• How to choose a million-dollar business that's right for you

Unlike routine home-office guides, The Perfect Business does not focus on the physical and financial mechanics of organizing and running a home business. Michael LeBoeuf knows that how we think is the single most important factor in determining how wealthy we become. With right thinking comes the right choices that lead to success. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 224 pages
• Publisher: Touchstone (August 7, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 068483345X
• ISBN-13: 978-0684833453
• Product Dimensions: 8.6 x 5.5 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (25 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #322,403 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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41 of 42 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars An excellent book with a misleading cover., April 20, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: The Perfect Business (Paperback)

I would give this book a perfect score were it not for the fact that the title and cover material does not represent the book's contents entirely accurately, so some readers may feel misled. The book presents itself as a practical guide for home-based businesses when in fact it is more of a self-help success guide in the genre of "Think and Grow Rich". This may be exactly what most aspiring home-businesspeople need; still, I would imagine that readers seeking practical specifics may be disappointed.

As a self-help success guide, however, this is a fantastic book; one of the best I've ever read. It contains no original or revolutionary ideas. Instead, it distills the best ideas of the countless success manuals written over the past 100 years into a clear and logically consistent philosophy, and applies this philosophy to the subject of self-employment.

52 of 59 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A must reading for everubody who wants to make money at home, February 25, 2000

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A. Petrotchenkov (Moscow, Russia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Perfect Business (Paperback)

This book is one of the best I have ever read--clear, consistent, convincing, motivating. If you really want to earn money from you home, you must read this book. I'm Russian and now I'm living in Moscow. We have here in Russia a great shortage of business books contaning efficient ideas how to build your own perfect business and win freedom. Many people here still don't beleive that communists never come back to power in this country.

When two months ago my good friend in Munich, Germany, losts his job as an editor in publishing house I recommended him this book of Michael LeBoeuf. And now my German friend beginns to make his freelance career.

I'm shopping books from Amazon.com and although it is rather expensive for me but it pays! I have read about 12 or so books like this one in the last year. I have read this book twice and--repeat--this one of the best! Actually, the Perfect Business!

28 of 30 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Best Book on Self-Employment I've Ever Read, June 18, 1999

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[e-mail] (San Francisco Bay Area) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Perfect Business (Paperback)

I have found this to be the best book on business I've ever read - and, I'm only on page 50! This is an invaluable resource, especially for those like myself who have been trying to discover their right livlihood. A must read for anyone contemplating breaking free of the 9-to-5 routine.