"I like what you've done. Very Professional," Perry Snyderman. "Timesharing is a complex business model and for someone that has little or no experience and wants to better understand the fundamentals, this book works well to fi ll many of the information gaps," Bob Miller According to the American Resort Development Association (ARDA), the timeshare industry is a $10 billion per year business in the U.S. alone and supports 565,300 jobs. By my estimation, more than 50,000 of these jobs are people working directly in the industry. Until now, no book has been written for this group of people that explains the functioning of the timeshare business. This book is written for those who want to fully understand the timeshare business from the inside out or who are in the business and want to be promoted to management positions or are already managers and want to become better. This book begins with how strategies are developed by senior management, continues with many important operating practices and metrics and ends with a series of bonus secrets to help a timeshare company reach its optimum performance. This book explains many of the common terms used in the industry as well as providing high level models to help timeshare management put all the components of this complex business into proper perspective.

Fifteen Secrets to Successful Timeshare Management

Patton, Charles D.

Business & Money

Xlibris

Colt Terry, Green Beret (Volume 10) (Williams-Ford Texas A&M University Military History Series)

Through one man’s career, Colt Terry, Green Beret portrays the birth and development of America’s most elite fighting unit. The 10th Special Forces Group was the first of the Green Beret units. Its five hundred men, all Airborne and mostly Rangers, received extensive training in everything from specialized weapons to uncommon languages. Their primary mission was to train and lead indigenous guerillas operating in enemy territory. Second Lieutenant Colt Terry, who had joined the 82nd Airborne in 1947, had already done this in Korea. As a volunteer in the 10th SFG, he carried on his service, working with the Montagnards in Vietnam and The Khmer in Cambodia. He fought at Pleiku, Duc Co, and Plei Me, and he ferried supplies and weapons on elephants into Cambodia. From his enlistment as a buck private in 1945 to his retirement as a lieutenant colonel in 1970, Terry served five tours in combat, trained guerrillas, and earned two combat infantry badges, a Purple Heart, and two Bronze Stars. His experiences contributed to Special Forces’ expertise in ambushes and killing techniques. Even as an officer, Terry never shied away from going deep into the jungle in search of the Viet Cong and North Vietnamese Army. He personally organized a successful effort to save hundreds of men in one of Special Forces’ most critical A-team camps. As one of the original Green Berets, Terry helped set the standards by which these units have become known. Anyone who has ever wondered what the Green Berets were like during their first two decades will appreciate the riveting action and close-up detail of Terry’s true-life story . This is the story of Curtis “Colt” Terry, one of the original Green Berets. The information for this story came primarily from Colt’s personal recollections documented in taped interviews. Many facts were confirmed with fellow paratroopers, military historians, and Special Forces NCOs and officers who served with him. Colt gave the interviews to leave a record of his experiences. After hearing Colt’s story, the author felt that other people should know this man.

Biographies & Memoirs

Leaders & Notable People

Texas A&M University Press

This volume offers a complete translation of fascicles 1-13, or sections I-VII of the Mahāvaipulya Mahāsaṃnipāta Sūtra, the Great Extensive Collection Sūtra. This collection of closely-related sūtras is probably one of the earliest compilations of Mahāyāna sūtras and offers insightful thoughts on the nature of Buddha-nature, bodhisattva conduct, non-duality, silence, dhāraṇīs, māras, and more. It was carefully translated by Dr Alexander James O'Neill, PhD (sections I-V), Āloka Dharmacakṣus (section VI), and Charles D. Patton II (section VII).\nThis volume contains translations of the following sections of Taishō no. 397: 
I. Jewelled Ornamentation (fascicle 1a) 
II. Dhāraṇīśvārarāja Bodhisattva (fascicles 1b-4) 
III. Ratnadārikā (fascicles 6-7) 
IV. Animiṣa Bodhisattva (fascicle 7) 
V. Sāgaramati Bodhisattva (fascicles 8-11) 
VI. Avācya Bodhisattva (fascicle 12) 
VII. Anabhilāpya Bodhisattva (fascicle 13)

The Great Collection Sūtra: Volume One: A Translation of the Mahāsaṃnipāta Sūtra

Literature & Fiction

O'Neill, Alexander James

Āloka, Dharmacakṣus

Classics

Dharmakāya Books

Tigers of the Ice: Dr. Elisha Kane's Harrowing struggle to survive in the Arctic

Teen & Young Adult

Historical Fiction

Short Mystery Press

Leadership is a curious topic. It is most noted in its absence and most measured by its need. Leadership requires opportunity. The situation drives leadership; what worked in one situation may be disastrous in another. It requires skills to be able to direct the challenge at hand. Leadership is both an art and a science. It is theoretical and applied, cultural and contextual. Most importantly, leadership is about accomplishment and results. Let's face it: talking about leadership is challenging and, in many ways, counterintuitive. Many people want to be leaders, and some people prefer to follow a leader; followers want to follow not just any leader; they want to follow a great leader. Business leadership textbooks often focus on the process and theory of leadership. Not what it is but what it looks like or what it has accomplished. Terms like "neo-charismatic" and "non-hierarchical cross-culture participator" are used. Pictures are drawn showing pyramids and "leadership process flows" with colored boxes containing "value-risk qualifiers." I have even read in textbooks that leadership is a dated concept, and today, the social environment and individual "zones of comfort" produce accomplishments. Mumbo-jumbo! If you want to have the things that great people have, you must do the things great people do. The single most identifiable characteristic of successful people is that they are successful leaders. This book was initially designed as a supplement to graduate-level leadership courses. However, it is also very readable, engaging, and applicable to all aspects of life. This book sends the critical message that leading and being a leader is okay. It is also OK to follow. And that anyone who wants to lead can learn to lead. Hopefully, after reading this book and thinking about the case studies, you will have a rounded view of leadership, start to see when opportunities are presented, and be able to leverage them for your leadership successes. D. E. Lady

Extreme Leadership: How Extreme Leaders achieve great results

Management & Leadership

Independently published

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

America's Election Handbook 2024: What to know for the 2024 Election

Politics & Social Sciences

PATTON, CHARLES

Politics & Government

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