From the evidence presented, Brad may be one of the world's top experts in how to "get things done," especially within the team environment. In this book he shares how he has been successful by presenting ten of his most important secrets for creating and leading exceptional teams. As Brad says, "You only get difficult things done through the efforts of the exceptional team." Once you pick up this book, you won't be able to put it down until you've finished it. In the process you will gain new knowledge, be affirmed in some things you believed to be true. And you'll probably disagree with a few of Brad's pronouncements. You're free to disagree, but if you don't approach everything Brad has to say with an open mind, you just might miss something critical to your success as a leader.

Get Things Done

Business & Money

Fregger, Brad

Management & Leadership

F&f Publishing

This book turns our current knowledge about how to bring about personal or interpersonal change upside down. Using a comfortable style of conversational writing, Brad clearly presents his concepts of how the mind works, how stories work, and therefore, how change within the individual takes place. Sharing fascinating and entertaining stories from his own experience, Brad shares the importance of storytelling when the goal is changing lives. You will learn about creating stories and using them to help effect change in individuals and organizations. This skill is especially valuable in the fast-paced world where change is prevalent and the acceptance of it critical. Brad believes that we should be concerned about the individuals that make up our organizations. To this end, he shows how stories can help people deal with significant personal issues, issues that are impacting their day-to-day lives. This is Brad's most successful keynote. We're not surprised, changing attitudes is extremely difficult, much harder than changing behavior. Brad is one of very few speakers in the world that's even willing to attempt to show you how attitudes can be changed, and, probably, the only one who really knows how.

One Shovel Full: Telling Stories to Change Beliefs, Attitudes, and Perceptions

Self-Help

Personal Transformation

"Why Publish? is a very candid assessment of the publishing industry. Brad fills a significant niche in the scheme of book publishing. For many authors, Brad's solution is the best way." - Tom Borders, Founder of Borders Bookstore "Why Publish? discusses the current state of book publishing and print-on-demand (POD) in a clear and informative way. In addition, Brad's solution, which delivers a high-quality product through an author-funded process, is one that many writers should seriously consider." - Gary Hoover, Founder of BookStop and Hoover's Online With the advent of digital technology in the book-publishing industry it has become possible for anyone to publish. The question is, "Should you?" This is a difficult question, especially for the thousands of writers who have not been able to publish through the traditional channels. The whole question of self-publishing is a difficult one to answer. Some say it's an acceptable, effective way to get your story/message, others say it's an unacceptable solution ... who's right? And, under what conditions? Then there's the whole question of POD (Print-On-Demand publishing). Some say it's the wave of the future, others that it's a method of publishing that no serious author would ever get involved with. Again, who's right? With all of this conflicting information, significant chances of failure, of wasting one's time and money, there's little doubt why confusion exists. Brad Fregger, CEO of 1st World Library an author-services book publishing company, deals with this confusion on a daily basis and has written this book to help make sense of what's going on. It was his own frustration with the process, as well as his passion for the new technologies and their impact, that caused him to found 1st World Library, and now, write this book. He takes the confusion out of the process and provides the information you need to make the right decisions for your book.

Why Publish?

Reference

Writing, Research & Publishing Guides

1ST WORLD LIBRARY

Ever wonder how computer games get developed? How computer solitaire was born? How things get done in the consumer software industry? Lucky That Way by Brad Fregger is a rare, inside look at the stories behind the creation of some of the most successful computer games in the world. It's a book about seizing the moment; about coincidence, serendipity and miracles. It's about people, their initial failures and their ultimate successes. Companies may fall and products may fail, but the individuals these stories are about ultimately find their personal truths and go on to succeed in the best possible way, as effective, confident, contributing human beings. It's also about creativity, about how the human spirit given a respite from the drudgery of finding food and shelter, will find a way to create. If our creations are seen and appreciated by a few others, we receive a great blessing. If they're seen and appreciated by millions, we receive a bonus that is almost beyond belief. Lucky That Way speaks directly to the fast pace and ever changing environment of modern American business. Brad's easy to read, conversational style, plus his humorous, sometimes unbelievable "interludes" add a flavor to the book that puts it into the same category as "Surely You Must be Joking," Mr. Feynman and other successful "life story" books that have been well received by the reading public over the years. This deeply personal memoir deals with some of the more interesting times Brad experienced while creating the training organization at Atari during the time the company went from 300 million to two billion in annual sales. Then he shares how it all ended, how the fastest growing company in history crashed and brought the video game industry down. Brad leaves Atari and training to begin a new career as a producer. These are the early years in this industry and they are highly creative ones. Nobody knows its limits. Brad takes advantage of the situation and leads the development of many new and wonderful products. Brad's stories of this time speak to us all, including the "World's Greatest Easter Egg" and "I Loved the Movie, Let's Do the Game!." We meet Brodie Lockard, a programmer with the same physical handicap as Chris Reeves, who refused to accept defeat and developed Shanghai, one of the most successful computer games of all time. Learn how computer card solitaire was created and became the most played computer game in the world. And learn of many other wonderful products, not as well known, that brought joy and entertainment to the lucky few who discovered them. You will learn how to seize the moment; how to practice spontaneity, take advantage of synchronicity and serendipity; and how to make the creative spirit a way of life, not something you turn on when you have a problem to solve. When you remain open to new and unexpected developments, you find you can get the most difficult things done and accomplish the seemingly impossible in your business and your personal life. Brad's openness when he talks about his own mistakes, the challenges he must overcome, and the courage he exhibits as he starts over, again and again, is thought provoking and inspirational in its own way. In the end we find out just how lucky Brad is and discover that we, too, can be Lucky That Way.

Lucky That Way

Religion & Spirituality

Worship & Devotion

Groundbreaking Press

Brad Fregger, futurist, businessman, author, professor, international speaker, publisher, father, grandfather, and soon to be great grandfather, shares his solutions for many of the world's global crises. "I haven't seen many reasonable solutions coming from those in charge, it's time the rest of us let them know what we think. The world my great grandchild will inherit depends on the decisions we make (or refuse to make) today." I feared the future, feared my children's world, the outcome of the massive changes taking place in our country. My imagination runs wild with visions of the breakdown of society, millions dead and dying,| cities empty and decaying, our way of life gone for centuries. The future like a steamroller rushes madly downhill no one at the controls. Doubt and fear of things to come still haunt me . As I move forward into the unknown, Hope beckons. Brad Fregger "Is there hope? Can we, as a society escape this pessimistic future and instead begin the century with hope and faith as we enter a new age of plenty, where the challenge of preserving our world and its ecology becomes a goal consistent with the survival of humanity and our way of life?" My Thinking Cap - Chapter 1 "In the following chapters I will, at times, point an accusing finger at the media, because their fixation on 'bad news' is creating a negative image of the future-in large part, the global crises we are experiencing are due to the stories being told." My Thinking Cap - Chapter 2 "So, how do we become energy independent, ... while minimizing pollution, especially carbon-based pollution, and creating an environment where individual choice is a commitment, business can thrive, and our nation can look forward to decades of socio-economic health?" My Thinking Cap - Chapter 3 "... the belief that polar bears are endangered because of global warming is truly an ignorant belief . or, one held by those, with their own agendas, who are using the polar bear and spinning its story, in order to accomplish something else, ..." My Thinking Cap - Chapter 4 "The idea that the United States is somehow not living up to its heritage of welcoming immigrants is very wrong; the United States is, in fact, continuing to be the most welcoming nation in the world. ... accepting almost as many immigrants as the rest of the world combined. My Thinking Cap - Chapter 5 "... from all appearances, the media sees only two choices, you are either a Darwinist/Atheist or a Creationist. In other words, you either believe that God doesn't exist now and has never existed, or you believe that (God created the world) between 6000 and 10000 years ago. ... There is no place for those of us who believe that something is going on that can only be explained by a conscious force in the Universe. We may not be able to define that force, but we have faith that it exists." My Thinking Cap - Chapter 6 This is a taste of what My THINKING CAP - Solutions for Global Crisis is all about. If you're concerned about any of these issues ... this is a book you want read. Brad's style of writing is entertaining and conversational, "I'll never win a Pulitzer, but there's a real good chance that you'll understand what I'm trying to say."

My Thinking Cap

Groundbreaking Pr

Brad Fregger, futurist, businessman, author, professor, international speaker, publisher, father, grandfather, and soon to be great grandfather, shares his guiding principles for creating and leading organizational teams. "Find the right people, show them how good they are, and then get out of the way." Fregger believes that very few people, including the top business people and academics understand organizational leadership, the leadership that the middle manager must exhibit if they are going to be able to get done, what needs to get done. Top business people tend to be, because of the process of selection that goes on within every organization, managers, not leaders. Warren Bennis agrees, bemoaning the lack of leadership that exists within America's corporations, while at the same time creating the environment where this was bound to happen. Academics tend to have little understanding of organizational leadership because, again in the main, they have not "walked the walk." The only way to understand true leadership is to have, "learned it on the job." Studying successful leaders, doing research on leadership, doesn't work. There's also the problem that most academics, especially the ones from the top schools, only study successful top executives, individuals who are defined as leaders because of the position they hold. But ... as Bennis recognizes, very few of them are true leaders. Additionally, the very successful organizational leader, the Effective Leader, is relative rare. You can not be an Effective Leader until you have attained Mastery, until you know exactly what you are doing and why it is working. Most successful organizational leaders aren't quite sure why they are able to get things done better and easier than their counterparts. The result, they tend to see themselves as being lucky, often giving full credit to the team. In his foreword to The Living Company, Peter Senge touches on the importance of "practical experience," essentially, saying that the best information comes from those who have been there, "It has been my experience that extraordinary practitioners like Arie can make unique contributions to management thinking ... . Unlike academics who write about what they have thought, practitioners think about what they have lived through. Because the source of their thinking is experience rather than concepts, they show how sometimes the most profound ideas are the simplest." And, Brad's response, "This is the truth that I have to bring: Effective Leadership is profoundly simple at the concept level. There will be nothing in this book that you will not quickly understand; many of these simple concepts, however, are surprisingly difficult to implement." From reading his book, it seems that the basic reason that these ideas can be difficult to implement is because they often conflict with the traditional manager's ideas as to the best way to get things done.

Get Out of the Way!

The first edition to Get Things Done was published16 years ago. During the intervening time Brad has taught many management courses internationally. The intensive teaching of these concepts forced him to clarify some of the secrets of effective leadership and even develop some surprisingly simple ones for what are considered to be very complex issues of management. This is why I believe this second edition is needed and will provide even more valuable information about effective leadership. In re-reading Get Things Done, I was surprised by how much of this information is of even greater value today than when I wrote it. Sixteen years ago there was still the feeling within many companies that the boss was the boss and employees should pretty much do as they were told. While most employees desired respect from their employer, wanted to feel valued, knew that they were critical members of a team doing something challenging and important, finding a workplace whose core values supported that was not all that easy. Today, many organizations realize the value of team players that are committed to the goals of the organization. And effective leaders that can create a workplace environment where this exists are highly valued and their contribution recognized and rewarded. These organizations realize that an effective leader who is able to get the right things done in the time needed is worth their weight in gold. The problem is, there are very few schools or training programs that understand the characteristics that make up the effective leader; that haven't grasped that effective leadership is as much a talent as it is a skill. Some people have an inbred talent that can be honed to mastery. But most don't have the talent needed to truly excel. However, with great desire, excellent training, and effective mentorship most will still be able to reach a skill level that will make a significant difference in the success of their team and, therefore, the organization. This book can be very valuable to those who will never be able to play with the finest orchestras, but can and will make a big difference to any organization they are a part of. The skills this book mentions are invaluable, but it can't provide the talent that is needed to truly excel, to play Carnegie Hall. I've written this book especially for those who are intuitively excellent leaders, who have the personal characteristics, the inborn talent essential for the mastery of effective leadership techniques. Those who, with increased knowledge and enhanced skills, will be able to play with pros and create environments where the impossible happens and the extremely difficult is handled with ease. This book will be an invaluable source for these individuals as they will be affirmed in their leadership skills and characteristics. They will become even better leaders, become true masters of the processes and characteristics that make someone truly an effective leader. Finally, this book is about organizational or small team leadership. This book has not been written for the CEOs of Fortune 500 companies (although they would gain much by reading it). Most academic programs and the vast majority of leadership books are designed to prepare the individual to manage a major corporation. These books are about management, not leadership. This book is about leadership, not management, and is one of the extremely rare books with this individual, targeted focus. Personally, I believe that this is where the value is; very few of us become industry leaders but most of us will be managing small teams in a great variety of organizations doing the critical work of the organization. This is where true leadership shines; these are the people who will assure the success of the organization by getting things done, effectively, efficiently, and on time.

Get Things Done: Twelve Secrets of Creating and Leading Exceptional Teams

Yes, a maverick's approach to job search and career change. You've been disappointed about your career. You're either frustrated about what seems to be a dead-end job, you haven't been able to find anything in your chosen line of work, or, even worse, you're out of a job and haven't been able to find anything for weeks, maybe months.  The suggested approaches don't seem to be working; you'd like to try something new, but have no idea how to begin. You will find that new beginning in this book, and hopefully, you will also find the work you were born to do.  My approach is definitely "something new," an approach that is rarely provided to those seeking a new job or their work. There's no doubt that when it comes to leadership in general and the job search in particular, I am a maverick.

Finding Your Work

Job Hunting & Careers

Lucky That Way by Brad Fregger is a rare, inside look at the stories behind the creation of some of the most successful computer games in the world. It's a book about seizing the moment; about coincidence, serendipity and miracles. It's about people, their initial failures and their ultimate successes. Lucky That Way speaks to the fast pace and ever changing environment of modern American business. Brad's easy to read, conversational style, plus his humorous, sometimes unbelievable "interludes" add a flavor to the book that puts it into the same category as "Surely You Must be Joking," Mr. Feynman and other "life story" books that have been well received by the reading public over the years. This deeply personal memoir deals with some of the more interesting times Brad experienced while creating the training organization at Atari during the time the company went from 350 million to 2 billion in annual sales. Then he shares how it all ended, how the fastest growing company in history crashed and brought the entire video game industry down. Brad leaves Atari and training to begin a new career as a producer. These are the early years in this industry and they are highly creative ones. Nobody knows its limits. Brad takes advantage of the situation and leads the development of many new and wonderful products. Brad's stories of this time speak to us all, including the "World's Greatest Easter Egg" and "I Loved the Movie, Let's Do the Game!." We meet Brodie Lockard, a programmer with the same physical handicap as Chris Reeves, who refused to accept defeat and developed Shanghai, one of the most successful computer games of all time. Learn how computer card solitaire was created and became the most played computer game in the world. And learn of many other wonderful products, not as well known, that brought joy and entertainment to the lucky few who discovered them. Brad's openness as he talks about his own mistakes, the challen! ges he overcame, and the courage he exhibits each time he starts over, is thought provoking and inspirational in its own way. In the end we find out just how lucky he is and discover that we, too, can be Lucky That Way.

Lucky That Way: Stories of Seizing the Moment While Creating the Games Millions Play

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Gregger, Brad

Psychology & Counseling

Sunstar Pub Ltd

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