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Forbes® Best Business Mistakes: How Today's Top Business Leaders Turned Missteps into Success

by Bob Sellers

July 2010

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224 pages

5h 4m

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Wiley

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"Best" MistakesParts of the BookFirst the Pain, Then the LessonWho Would Appreciate This BookInspirational Profiles
1.1. Jack Welch's Best Mistake, in His Own Words1.2. About Jack Welch
2.1. Jack Bogle's Best Mistake, in His Own Words2.2. About John C. Bogle
3.1. Peter Lynch's Best Mistake, in His Own Words3.2. About Peter Lynch
4.1. Bill Gross's Best Mistake, in His Own Words4.2. About Bill Gross
5.1.5.1.1. IBD's 10 Secrets to Success5.2. William O'Neil's Best Mistake, in His Own Words5.3. About William O'Neil

6.1. Jim Rogers's Best Mistake, in His Own Words6.2. About Jim Rogers
7.1. Mohamed El-Erian's Best Mistake, in His Own Words7.2. About Mohamed El-Erian
8.1. Bob Prechter's Best Mistake, in His Own Words8.2. About Robert Prechter
9.1. Arthur Blank's Best Mistake, in His Own Words9.2. About Arthur Blank
10.1. David Novak's Best Mistake, in His Own Words10.2. About David Novak
11.1. Dr. Bill Frist's Best Mistake, in His Own Words11.2. About William H. Frist, MD
12.1. Barbara Corcoran's Best Mistake, in Her Own Words12.2. About Barbara Corcoran
13.1. Steve Forbes's Best Mistake, in His Own Words13.2. About Steve Forbes
14.1. Danny Wegman's Best Mistake, in His Own Words14.2. About Danny Wegman
15.1. Gary Goldberg's Best Mistake, in His Own Words15.2. About Gary Goldberg
16.1.16.1.1. Culture Problems16.1.2. The Bubble16.1.3. Best Mistakes16.2. Jerry Levin's Best Mistake(s), in His Own Words16.3. About Jerry Levin
17.1. R. J. Kirk's Best Mistake, in His Own Words17.2. About R. J. Kirk
18.1. Meredith Whitney's Best Mistake, in Her Own Words18.2. About Meredith Whitney
19.1. Jason Kilar's Best Mistake, in His Own Words19.2. About Jason Kilar
20.1. Ian Bremmer's Best Mistake, in His Own Words20.2. About Ian Bremmer
21.1. Jim Buckmaster's Best Mistake, in His Own Words21.2. About Jim Buckmaster
22.1. John Cappelletti's Best Mistake, in His Own Words22.2. About John Cappelletti22.2.1. Professional Career
23.1. Suze Orman's Best Mistake, in Her Own Words23.2. About Suze Orman
24.1. Jim Cramer's Best Mistake, in His Own Words24.2. About Jim Cramer
25.1. Mark Cuban's Best Mistake, in His Own Words25.2. About Mark Cuban
26.1. Ben Stein's Best Mistake, in His Own Words26.2. About Ben Stein
27.1. Arianna Huffington's Best Mistake, in Her Own Words27.2. About Arianna Huffington
28.1. Herb Greenberg's Best Mistake, in His Own Words28.2. About Herb Greenberg
29.1. Arthur Laffer's Best Mistake, in His Own Words29.2. About Arthur Laffer
30.1. Dave Ramsey's Best Mistake, in His Own Words30.2. About Dave Ramsey

Overview

Today's top business leaders reveal how to make even the biggest mistakes work for you

Forbes Best Business Mistakes reveals practical lessons from some of today's most successful business leaders to show you how to turn a bad business situation into a success.

Based on exclusive sit-down interviews with some of today's most successful men and women, author Bob Sellers shares their stories to provide valuable insights and lessons that can help you can learn from their mistakes. Those profiled in Forbes Best Business Mistakes include the likes of Wall Street guru Peter Lynch, larger-than-life media personalities Jim Cramer and Suze Orman, legendary CEO Jack Welch, and newcomer Jason Kilar, CEO of Hulu, who is poised to change the movie and TV industry landscape as we know it forever. Other names include PIMCO's Bill Gross and Mohamed El-Erian and Home Depot Founder Arthur Blank.

Reveal how top business and financial leaders turned their biggest mistakes into success stories
Based on exclusive interviews with some of today's most successful professionals, from Jason Kilar of Hulu to Suze Orman
Contains practical lessons on how you can turn a bad business situation around

As Malcolm Forbes put it, "Failure is success if we learn from it." Forbes Best Business Mistakes shares the missteps of others so you can learn from them, be inspired by them, and succeed where you may not have seen opportunity before.

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