Quantum Business [Paperback]

Bobbi Deporter (Author), Mike Hernacki (Contributor)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 7, 1997

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!

Editorial Reviews

From Booklist

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

From the Publisher

"I chose a Quantum Business workshop for my company's Day of Excellence. It was one of the most memorable, energizing, and helpful infusions of information and techniques we've ever experienced."
--Kenneth Blanchard, Ph.D. Co-author, The One Minute Manager

"For anyone who wishes to be a leader, Quantum Business needs to be on their 21st-century library shelf."
--Tony Buzan, Chairman of The Brain Foundation, author of The Mind Map Book

"Every person in business needs both to continue to learn and to create a positive work environment. This book is a highly useful guide to personal development in both areas."
--J. Michael Giles, CEO of Merrill Lynch International Private Banking Group

"Good news for the future of global business! Bobbi DePorter once again takes a quantum leap in offering us yet another enlightening, comprehensive, and practical guide to achieving success in business and life. Bravo!"
--Chungliang Al Huang, author of Embrace the Tiger, Return to the Mountain, and co-author of Mentoring

"This book offers many insightful and meaningful ideas for business and career success. Worth reading!"
--Bill Johnson, Chairman Emeritus IC Industries/Whitman Corporation and Collaborator, Conglomerate: A Case Study of IC Industries Under William Johnson by Frank Allston

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Product Details

• Paperback: 384 pages
• Publisher: Dell (April 7, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0440507413
• ISBN-13: 978-0440507413
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #454,931 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Brain Book, February 2, 2007

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Stoney deGeyter "Pole Position Marketing" (Canton, OH United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Quantum Business (Paperback)

After picking this book up and reading the first several pages I almost put it down. Unfortunately it's a slow start with a lot of background on the author's business ventures. Once I got past that, however, Quantum Business was a book I could hardly put down. You might find their cartoon character, "Captain Q", to be a bit silly, but don't let that be a reflection on the content of the book itself.

Quantum Learning is all about finding means and methods for improving your personal and business skills. You'll learn:

* How to find your own intrinsic motivation

* The power of taking responsibility for your life

* How to identify your preferred learning style

* How to take meaningful notes

* How to read faster with greater comprehension

* The benefit of turning failure into feedback

* How to memorize anything: names, numbers and lists

* Creative thinking and problem solving

* The power of clear communication

One of the drawbacks in which books that offer how to scenarios is that the only provide a single way (the authors way) of doing things. Quantum Learning doesn't push the reader into a single method that may or may not be right for them. Instead the authors offer multiple methods and variations which allow the reader to find a method most suitable to them.

For instance, one of the sections I found most interesting was learning how to read faster and with more comprehension. The authors provided not just one or two scientifically proven ways to improve reading skills, but three. Being able to test each method I found one that was most comfortable to me. I must add that this immediately improved my reading speed!

The chapter I found least helpful was on memorization, due to the amount of detail and, well memorization involved in just being able to learn how to memorize through the methods they had shown. But even still I walked away with the basic idea which I have since applied and was able to remember something I would have otherwise forgotten.

Quantum learning isn't a self-help book; it's a book about training yourself to do things in ways that you probably had never thought about before. In doing so, you'll find yourself far more productive, able to do and remember far more than before and able to achieve a new level of success in every area of your business life.