A wry, unvarnished chronicle of a career in the rare book trade—now in paperbackWhen Gary Goodman wandered into a run-down, used-book shop that was going out of business in East St. Paul in 1982, he had no idea the visit would change his life. He walked in as a psychiatric counselor and walked out as the store’s new owner. In The Last Bookseller Goodman describes his sometimes desperate, sometimes hilarious career as a used and rare book dealer in Minnesot...

When Gary Goodman wandered into a run-down, used-book shop that was going out of business in East St. Paul in 1982, he had no idea the visit would change his life. He walked in as a psychiatric counselor and walked out as the store's new owner. In The Last Bookseller Goodman describes his sometimes desperate, sometimes hilarious career as a used and rare book dealer in Minnesota.Here we meet the infamous St. Paul Book Bandit, Stephen Blumberg, who stole 24,000 rare books w...

Tips and techniques for selling products and services on the telephone!This book shows you how to profit in the growing telemarketing boom. It is the most sophisticated telemarketing guidebook available. Written in a lively way, this book will sharpen your skills immediately.

MAKE AN IMPACT WITH CRYSTAL CLEAR COMMUNICATIONCommunication that's precise and clear goes far beyond the spoken or written word - it actually changes lives! That’s precisely why best-selling author Dr. Gary Goodman wrote Crystal Clear Communication: How to Explain Anything Clearly in Speech or Writing.In this book, you'll find the tools, the techniques, and, just as importantly, the unflinching confidence to influence people decisively - both at w...

TAKE THE SHORTCUT TO HIGH INCOME Businesses are holding on to money in record numbers. Here’s how to get employers and business owners to share some of it with you. While in the process of clamping down on expenses and raises, many companies are stockpiling cash, just waiting for the best place to invest their surplus cash to show up. That’s where you step in. Dr. Gary Goodman was mentored by one of the greatest business minds in half a century: Peter Drucker. Mr. Drucker ...

Want to be rich?“Then get your sleep!” urges best-selling author, success coach, and Fortune 100 consultant, Dr. Gary S. Goodman.Goodman shows it’s no coincidence that the two richest people on earth endorse the same, “bed-rock” success secret, as have most of the geniuses we celebrate, including Einstein and Edison.Amazon’s Jeff Bezos and Microsoft’s Bill Gates are both clear-eyed about the need for more shut-eye. And they make sure...

Apply this incredible law to every area of your life. While the law of large numbers has been applied to fields such as math and science for several decades, its power has just recently begun to be applied to the fields of business and personal growth. Today, people from all walks of life are using the law of large numbers to achieve their highest objectives, with great confidence and complete peace of mind. Now, award-winning speaker and personal performance expert Dr. G...

Most sales training programs offer the same old pointers: Always be closing, keep it simple, stupid, and ask for referrals. You know these clichés. Selling Is So Easy, It’s Hard is the first program to focus on the 77 correctable selling mistakes that novices and veterans make. Without conscious awareness, these errors, snafus, miscues, and blunders keep the typical seller from earning at least 25% more business. This translates into millions of dollars in lost income over...

Want to be rich?“Then get your sleep!” urges best-selling author, success coach, and Fortune 100 consultant, Dr. Gary S. Goodman.Goodman shows it’s no coincidence that the two richest people on earth endorse the same, “bed-rock” success secret, as have most of the geniuses we celebrate, including Einstein and Edison.Amazon’s Jeff Bezos and Microsoft’s Bill Gates are both clear-eyed about the need for more shut-eye. And they make sure...

Are you unemployed? Or, are you overworked, underpaid, and stuck in a lifeless job, reporting to someone who doesn't seem to be doing much better than you are? You're not alone. Corporations once needed large inflows of middle managers and the formally educated. Many of these posts have disappeared or have been displaced by outsourcing, offshoring, international competition, and by technology. There is a widespread and growing under-employment problem facing almost every s...

DR. GARY S. GOODMAN is the best-selling author of more than twentyfive books and thousands of articles. He is also creator of the applauded training program, “Best Practices in Negotiation,” offered at U.C. Berkeley and UCLA Extension, as well as at organizations worldwide. As an attorney, Fortune 1000 management consultant, and celebrated speaker and lecturer, Dr. Goodman has personally negotiated more than a thousand contracts for his companies and for his clients.

Everybody wants to be a super salesperson, to be incredibly persuasive in their business and personal life. But nobody wants to seem like the sales stereotype: a scammer, carnival barker, or pest. In this breakthrough book, best-selling author Dr. Gary S. Goodman shows you how to do the impossible, to sell without selling the conventional, rejection-filled way. You’ll Learn: The secret to partnering with people to unleash their desire to buy His brilliant meta-messaging te...