Benjamin Franklin wrote one of the first books on how to run a successful business, live an exemplary life, and build a personal fortune in America. His Autobiography is the original self-help book and has been in print for over 200 years. Franklin applied his powerful mind to the creation of a successful business, securing the independence of a new country, the development of strong foreign relations, and distilling the principles of a successful and prosperous life.  This book reveals the key personal, professional, and social principles that Franklin prescribed for all Americans. These principles are mined from his Autobiography, The Way to Wealth, Poor Richards's Almanac, and many other writings.

In the Footsteps of Franklin: Advice on Living an Exemplary Life, Building a Successful Business, and Leaving a Permanent Legacy (Building a Better Life)

Biographies & Memoirs

Smith, Roger D.

Arts & Literature

Modelbenders LLC

Employees do become millionaires! You may work for a paycheck your entire life, but if you follow a few key steps in handling your time, your money, and your education you can become a millionaire. This book will describe how everyday people have turned their salary into real personal wealth. It requires wise decisions, not reckless risk taking. This is the path to wealth that millions of normal people have taken and that you can follow as well. Begin today to follow the principles that have made one in twenty of your neighbors into millionaires already.

Becoming the Millionaire Employee: How to Become Rich While Working for a Paycheck (Building a Better Life)

Business & Money

Job Hunting & Careers

"The traditional Halstedian apprenticeship model of 'see one, do one, teach one' is no longer adequate to train surgeons, since good laparoscopic skills cannot be developed by merely watching an expert." - A. Pearson, M.D. This book proposes four hypotheses concerning the impact and acceptance of computer game technologies, virtual reality, and simulation in medical education. It focuses on laparoscopic surgery because of the similarities between that form of surgery and virtual reality systems. The evidence indicates that the following four hypotheses are supported by the medical research literature. Hypothesis 1: Surgical training can be accomplished at a lower cost using virtual reality and game technology-based tools than through existing methods of training. Hypothesis 2: Virtual reality and game technology-based training environments provide better access to representative patient symptoms and allow more repetitive practice than existing forms of training. Hypothesis 3: Virtual reality and game technology-based training environments can reduce the training time required to achieve proficiency in specific procedures. Hypothesis 4: Virtual reality and game technology-based training can reduce the number of medical errors caused by residents and surgeons learning to perform new procedures. The strong evidence collected in this study indicates that game-based systems are becoming much more accepted in medical education and that the technical limitations that existed when these devices were first introduced are being overcome. "There is no excuse for the surgeon to learn on the patient." - William Mayo, 1927

Simulation and Game Technology in Medical Education: An Inquiry Into the Effectiveness of New Tools (Military and Medical Simulation)

Computers & Technology

Games & Strategy Guides

What does it take to be a great CTO? Leadership - Expertise - Innovation - Teamwork - Relationships - Passion In the 21st century, every company that is going to be a leader in its industry needs an executive who is focused on identifying, tracking, developing, and profiting from new and emerging technologies. Google, Facebook, Amazon, General Electric, Intel, Microsoft and hundreds of other major firms bring technology awareness into the executive ranks and the strategic decision making process. Modern business cannot be performed without leveraging the new technologies that are being created around the globe. This book describes the role and responsibilities of the Chief Technology Officer and executives with similar titles. It provides a framework for understanding the many unique flavors the position; identifies key responsibilities that go with the job; and provides vignettes of successful CTO's in large and small companies. This book is the first to take a disciplined look at this important executive position and to describe the best practices necessary to excel. Every prospective technology leader must read this book and apply its ideas in their organizations.

Chief Technology Officer: Defining the Responsibilities of the Senior Technical Executive (Becoming a Better Leader)

The United States Department of Defense has invested heavily in computer simulations since World War II. As a result, simulations and models exist to replicate or evaluate most combat systems and combat scenarios. As these simulations evolved, major differences in functionality emerged which lead to distinct Live, Virtual, and Constructive simulation products. In this book we explore methods for achieving interoperability between live, virtual, and constructive simulations. This research was conducted in 1994 and today provides a historic perspective on connecting diverse simulations and the evolution of the methods of interoperability.

Simulation Interoperability: Challenges in Linking Live, Virtual, and Constructive Systems (Military and Medical Simulation)

Military Simulation &amp; Serious Games is a collection of essays on the technical, social, and economic importance of simulation and gaming techniques, tools, and technologies. It provides a fascinating historical summary, explores important technical capabilities, and speculates on the role that these technologies will play in the future. Simulation has been a powerful tool for training the military for over 3000 years. What began as sand tables and board games has evolved into advanced computer and communication systems that encompass the globe and provide training portals on every continent. Commercial computer games have followed a similar evolutionary trajectory in delivering entertainment. The core technologies behind both fields have many commonalities which become more intertwined every year.

Military Simulation & Serious Games: Where We Came from and Where We Are Going (Military and Medical Simulation)

PERSONALITY ... INTELLIGENCE ... RELATIONSHIPS   Everyone from world leaders to your average neighbor wrestles with these four failures. We are born stupid, but clever enough to learn. We are often lazy, but ambitious enough to take action. We are ugly to the people around us, but capable of incredible compassion. We are afraid of the unknown, but equipped to be bold.   This book looks directly into the face of man's greatest failures and explains how you can change these failures into strengths. It draws on established lessons in leadership, psychology, human relationships, and biology. Your current behavior is the result of your past experiences, your physical chemistry, and your mental attitude. You can change your behavior like you change your clothes. You just need the tools to get started.   Are you ready to turn your failures into strengths?

Patterns of Strength!: New Habits of Personality, Intelligence, and Relationships (Building a Better Life)

Business Culture

Everyone enjoys a good fortune cookie after a Chinese dinner. They are fun, thought provoking, and even helpful. In this book we stuff over 100 cookies with valuable advice on making a fortune. These are short pieces on managing money, investing, getting an education, working effectively, and setting your mental attitude. These cookies come from world leaders, philosophers, and successful professionals across the ages. Each of them will help you be more successful at building your own life, career, and fortune. Start cracking some cookies.

Fortune Cookies: Small Secrets on How to Make a Fortune (Building a Better Life)

Employees do become millionaires. They just have to save money and invest it wisely. In Becoming the Millionaire Employee, we gave you a life plan for becoming rich even though you plan to be a company employee for your entire life. In this book we put a lot more detail into the Investment step in that plan. The right investments can move you toward a million dollars much faster than you can imagine. The wrong investments will move you backward, destroying all of the wealth you have worked so hard to save.  This book will introduce you to the world of investing from stashing it in a piggy bank to trading stock options. The book is unique in speaking to you as an employee who is working toward millionaire status. We start by eliminating many of the beliefs that you have concerning saving and investing. Then we will replace those with the effective practices that millionaires use to build their own wealth. You have to stop treating your money the way poor people do and start treating it the way rich people do.  It is time to start investing like a millionaire.

The Millionaire Employee Investment Guide: How to invest your way to a million dollars while working for a paycheck (Building a Better Life)

"The world inside a simulator is as real as the world inside your head - but it is more accurate." Simulation has been a powerful tool for training the military for over 3000 years. What began as sand tables and board games has evolved into advanced computer and communication systems that encompass the globe and provide training portals on every continent. Commercial computer games have followed a similar evolutionary trajectory in delivering entertainment. The core technologies behind both fields have many commonalities and become more intertwined every year. This book is a collection of essays on the technical, social, and economic importance of simulation and gaming techniques, tools, and technologies. It provides a fascinating historical summary, explores important technical capabilities, and speculates on the role that these technologies will play in the future.

Military Simulation & Serious Games: Where We Came From and Where We Are Going (Military and Medical Simulation)

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