Systems don't just happen. They take intensive work and focus to build. In The System is the Secret, James Butler will help you put together systems that will turnaround or transform your business whether you are a brand new entrepreneur or have been in business for decades. This book outlines what you must do to build and improve sixteen specific systems with specific task lists designed to help you know what to do next. This book will help you develop better systems and get this profitable work in your business done now before you lose money and clients. Get ready to see your business more objectively with better systems so you can make a quantum leap in your business as a result. What Others Are Saying About The System is the Secret: "The System is the Secret is such a valuable book for entrepreneurs....If you need to have better and more efficient systems in your business, get and apply what's in this book!"-Lee Milteer, author of Success is an Inside Job, www.milteer.com "BY FAR the best book I've read on this subject. Butler explains not only the reasons why every business MUST put systems into place, but also provides step-by-step guidance and real-world fill-in-the-blanks charts to help every small business owner, entrepreneur and sales professional improve his or her income and remove stress and uncertainty."-Steve Sipress, Founder and CEO, Successful Selling Systems, Inc. "The System is the Secret is an extraordinary and must-read (and implement) blueprint for business success in the 21st century. Long gone are the days of ad-hoc marketing efforts and customer management. Jim Butler knows the essential keys to success in this day and age are grounded in the owner's ability to systematize and automate their business. The book you're holding in your hands shows you exactly how to do this and profit from it."-Michael Capuzzi, Founder of CopyDoodles.com "I can't imagine attempting to grapple with the concept of business systems without The System is the Secret. What Jim has compiled here is a must-read for every entrepreneur. And the best part is, he doesn't just tell you what to do but reveals how to do it each and every step of the way. Make an investment in your future and get this book."--Jeff Brown, Award-winning Broadcaster and Host of Read to Lead Podcast "The content in Jim's book is amazing and logically laid out. It's a fascinating read with real-life practical advice. He's a true marketing genius. As a serious marketing student myself, I have to tell you that I learned a tremendous amount from his book. If you want to take your marketing and your business to the next level, you need to read, study and implement Jim's content...it's that good!"-Gerry Oginski, Esq., Founder, Lawyers Video Studio If you own a business and don't have all the customers or clients you want, grab a copy of The System is the Secret, and study it cover to cover....Jim Butler takes the mystery out of developing a sustainable, profitable business by giving you the exact steps you need for putting the right systems in place. As you respond to the thought-provoking questions, assessments and worksheets included in the book, you'll never think about your business in the same way again. And if you apply the insights you get, you should see positive results in your marketing, sales and bottom line."--Meredith Bell, President, Performance Support Systems, Inc. "The Secret is the System is a great book for business owners. Butler hits the nail right on the head. As a printer, direct mailer and marketing services company, we have a lot of moving parts in our business and it is absolutely critical that systems are followed to ensure that mistakes aren't made and that we keep our clients happy. This is the best book on systems creation I have ever seen. Get it, study it, and implement its powerful principles." --George R. Platt. President, Harty Integrated Solutions.

The tenth-anniversary edition of the book that changed lives in profound ways, now with a new foreword and afterword. In 2006, a groundbreaking feature-length film revealed the great mystery of the universe—The Secret—and, later that year, Rhonda Byrne followed with a book that became a worldwide bestseller. Fragments of a Great Secret have been found in the oral traditions, in literature, in religions and philosophies throughout the centuries. For the first time, all the pieces of The Secret come together in an incredible revelation that will be life-transforming for all who experience it. In this book, you’ll learn how to use The Secret in every aspect of your life—money, health, relationships, happiness, and in every interaction you have in the world. You’ll begin to understand the hidden, untapped power that’s within you, and this revelation can bring joy to every aspect of your life. The Secret contains wisdom from modern-day teachers—men and women who have used it to achieve health, wealth, and happiness. By applying the knowledge of The Secret, they bring to light compelling stories of eradicating disease, acquiring massive wealth, overcoming obstacles, and achieving what many would regard as impossible.

“Either you can decide to compete on price alone and pray you can maintain a cost structure to generate a profit, or you can provide magical moments that create value for your guests. . . . Throughout Secret Service, DiJulius demonstrates how to transform bland customer service standards into memorable customer experiences.”— from the foreword by Bill Capodagli and Lynn Jackson, coauthors of The Disney Way and Every Business Is Show Business How many successful businesses provide the kind of unforgettable client experience that keeps customers coming back time after time and year after year? John DiJulius has built his award-winning business around a customer service approach that has earned comparisons to Disney, Nordstrom, and other legendary customer experience pioneers. In Secret Service DiJulius reveals how to develop behind-the-scenes systems that will enable your business to * develop a great corporate culture that shows in the dedication and passion of your front-line people * “go deeper” with your existing customers * turn complaints into positive experiences * make each customer feel welcome, comfortable, important, and understood. DiJulius will teach you all the techniques that have catapulted his business to the top, making him one of the most sought-after service experts in America. By quantifying and examining each phase of the Customer Experience Cycle, Secret Service reveals clever, practical ideas that can be transformed into repeatable best practices in any organization and at every level. Packed with examples applicable to a wide range of industries, this book provides practical, realistic ways to reap the benefits of greater customer loyalty, exponentially expanded referral networks, lower employee turnover, and stronger bottom-line results.

"Colbert has long been celebrated as Louis XIV's minister of finance, trade, and industry. More recently, he has been viewed as his minister of culture and propaganda. In this lively and persuasive book, Jake Soll has given us a third Colbert, the information manager." ---Peter Burke, University of Cambridge "Jacob Soll gives us a road map drawn from the French state under Colbert. With a stunning attention to detail Colbert used knowledge in the service of enhancing royal power. Jacob Soll's scholarship is impeccable and his story long overdue and compelling." ---Margaret Jacob, University of California, Los Angeles "Nowadays we all know that information is the key to power, and that the masters of information rule the world. Jacob Soll teaches us that Jean-Baptiste Colbert had grasped this principle three and a half centuries ago, and used it to construct a new kind of state. This imaginative, erudite, and powerfully written book re-creates the history of libraries and archives in early modern Europe, and ties them in a novel and convincing way to the new statecraft of Europe's absolute monarchs." ---Anthony Grafton, Princeton University "Brilliantly researched, superbly told, and timely, Soll's story is crucial for the history of the modern state." ---Keith Baker, Stanford University When Louis XIV asked his minister Jean-Baptiste Colbert---the man who was to oversee the building of Versailles and the Royal Academy of Sciences, as well as the navy, the Paris police force, and French industry---to build a large-scale administrative government, Colbert created an unprecedented information system for political power. In The Information Master, Jacob Soll shows how the legacy of Colbert's encyclopedic tradition lies at the very center of the rise of the modern state and was a precursor to industrial intelligence and Internet search engines. Soll's innovative look at Colbert's rise to power argues that his practice of collecting knowledge originated from techniques of church scholarship and from Renaissance Italy, where merchants recognized the power to be gained from merging scholarship, finance, and library science. With his connection of interdisciplinary approaches---regarding accounting, state administration, archives, libraries, merchant techniques, ecclesiastical culture, policing, and humanist pedagogy---Soll has written an innovative book that will redefine not only the history of the reign of Louis XIV and information science but also the study of political and economic history. Jacket illustration: Jean Baptiste Colbert (1619–1683), Philippe de Champaigne, 1655, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of the Wildenstein Foundation, Inc., 1951 (51.34). Photograph © 2003 The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

More than anything, Ida Bidson wants to become a teacher. To do that, she must finish eighth grade, then go on to high school. But her dream falters when the one-room school in her remote Colorado town shuts down. Her only hope is to keep the school open without anyone finding out. Yet even a secret school needs a teacher. Ida can't be it. . . . Or can she? In the spirit of The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle, Newbery Medal winner Avi creates an inspiring story of a headstrong girl determined to control her own destiny.

Everyone in theatre knows his name but only a few know Stanislavsky's last work. He died before writing any of his final discoveries for print. Only his colleagues and their pupils knew them. They are the ones, since 1938, who have been refining Stanislavsky's final ideas of modern theatre. Now, finally this book summarises these last concepts in an orderly text for teachers and students. In six comprehensive chapters the authors reveal Stanislavsky's method to help actors to transform themselves into believable and fascinating stage characters.