Introduction / Louis Kraar -- I. Dreaming. 1. History Belongs to Dreamers. 2. My Philosophy of Life: Why I'm a Born Optimist. 3. How to Have Creative Dreams. 4. Work Is My Hobby. 5. It's a Big World Out There. 6. The Creative Minority. 7. Who Will Wake the Sleeping Genius? 8. What Is True Happiness? -- II. Managing. 9. Management by Objective Is Not Enough: Making Decisions on the Spot. 10. A Lesson in Making Decisions. 11. The Toughest Sale I Ever Made. 12. How to Avoid Long Business Meetings, or How to Absorb Information Quickly. 13. No One Eats Off the Floor: The Secret of Good Job Placement. 14. Why I Promote Executives from Within the Company. 15. How to Find the World's Best Assistant, or How to Have the Best Training Program. 16. What to Do with an Employee Who Gambles Away the Company's Money. 17. How to Energize Lazy Executives. 18. The Importance of Innovation -- and How to Do It. 19. Think As If You Own the Company. 20. Beware of the Suitability Syndrome: Why Just Getting By Never Works.

21. How to Choose Profitable New Markets. 22. A Sure Way to Profit: Help Others -- III. Growing. 23. Opportunities Come from Adversity, or Why Crisis Is Good for You. 24. Strive to Be Best. 25. How to Make the Most of Your Time. 26. How to Become a Wizard. 27. An Exercise for Building Your Self-confidence. 28. My Secret Formula for Good Health. 29. Four Ways to Find Your Greatest Teacher. 30. Six Keys to Success in Starting a Business Career. 31. Just Visualize What You Want to Accomplish. 32. How to View Your Competitors. 33. The Dangers of Complacency. 34. Advice to Youth: Live from Within. 35. The World Is Yours. 36. People Who Influenced Me Most. 37. A Lesson from the World of Spiders -- IV. Leading. 38. What Makes a Leader. 39. Money Is Neutral. 40. The Best Kind of Chief Executive. 41. How to Make Money and Use It Well. 42. Why Executives Should Live Below Their Means. 43. Why I Work Like a Madman. 44. Proud to Sweat It Out in Africa. 45. Does Hard Work Harm Your Family Life?

46. The Rewards of Awards. 47. The One Thing You Cannot Afford to Lose. 48. Getting Ordinary People to Do Extraordinary Things. 49. The Haves Are the Problem in a Consumer Society. 50. Is America Losing Its Pioneer Spirit? 51. Why You Cannot Profit at the Expense of Others. 52. My Eight Steps for a Full Life: A Final Word to the World's Youth.