Are You Ready to Beat the Odds?

Beating the Odds raises your ability to consistently deliver on the job by examining the strategies that separate successful poker players - those who rise above the competition week after week - from the vast majority of players who simply burn through time and money.

Today's business environment is fiercely competitive. Everyone has too much to do, bosses expect instant results, and customers are constantly raising the bar. With the deck seemingly stacked against us, is it surprising that over half of all business efforts end in failure?

• "Project failure rates continue to hover around 50%." - Wall Street & Technology
• "50% of management decisions fail to be put to use." - Dr. Paul Nutt
• "50% of small businesses fail." - U.S. Small Business Association

To beat these odds, successful business leaders, like successful poker players:

• Reject the notion that success is primarily about "luck".
• Realize that winning requires a set of fundamental strategies that must be mastered over time.
• Remember that success often comes down to the ability to influence people and to make correct decisions based on incomplete information.

What Are the Fundamental Strategies that Drive Winning?

1. When playing to win, specified results must drive decision making.
2. Game plans must be adaptable plans as the cards are turned over and new information is revealed.
3. Winning requires dedicated resources. It takes money to make money.
4. You must give yourself a sufficient time span to focus your attention and play your game.
5. Don't be blinded by the cards. Poker, like business, is a game of people.
6. Strong players have the discipline to do what needs to be done.
7. Long-term success demands courage.

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• Author: John Schroeder
• Hardcover, March 2006
• Advanced Strategies Press, an imprint of Advanced Strategies, Inc.
• 208 Pages
• ISBN: 0-09774412-0-2
• $24.95 USA

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