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What it takes : lessons in the pursuit of excellence / Stephen A. Schwarzman.

Summary:

From Blackstone chairman, CEO, and co-founder Stephen A. Schwarzman, a long-awaited book that uses impactful episodes from Schwarzman's life to show readers how to build, transform, and lead thriving organizations. Whether you are a student, entrepreneur, philanthropist, executive, or simply someone looking for ways to maximize your potential, the same lessons apply.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781501158148
  • ISBN: 1501158147
  • Physical Description: vi, 378 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
  • Edition: First Avid Reader Press edition
  • Publisher: New York : Avid Reader Press, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc., 2019.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Includes index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Made, not born -- Remove the obstacles. Go big ; Everything is interconnected ; Hold the table : advice on interviews ; The best way to learn is by doing ; All deals are crises ; Money is a poor cure for a bad situation -- Pursue worthy fantasies. The harder the problem, the more limited the competition ; Call, then keep calling ; Go where others aren't ; Don't miss the can't miss opportunities ; Cycles : investing throug ups and downs ; There are no brave, old people in finance ; Don't lose money!!! Developing an investment process ; Spinning the wheel faster -- Seeing around corners. Expand ; Ask for help when you need it ; Entrepreneurship : no one tells you about the pain ; Listen for discordant notes ; Time wounds all deals ; Load the boat -- Sprinting downfield. Be a friend to the situation ; Turn crisis into opportunity ; Engage ; Answer when your country calls ; Spin the virtuous cycle ; A mission to be the best ; Epilogue ; 25 rules for work and life.
Subject:
Schwarzman, Stephen A., 1947-
Blackstone Group.
Chief executive officers > United States > Biography.
Philanthropists > United States > Biography.
Genre:
Autobiographies.

Available copies

  • 4 of 5 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Iredell County Public Library.

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Statesville Main Library B SCHWARZMAN SCH (Text) 33114018270777 Adult Nonfiction Available -