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Competition Resources
by Ron Kurtus (revised 8 January 2006)
The following websites and books are resources and references on winning in competitions.
Websites
Business
Fierce Business Competition - New Economy Index article
Manufacturing A Way To Defeat Competition - Business Solutions article
Establish Your Voice in the Crowd Defeating the Competition Through More Effective Communication - Recharger Magazine article
Art of Business - Tactics and strategies
Ancient Chinese War Strategies - The New Corporate Game Plan? - Article in Warton College Journal
Gambling and games
Compers News - Winning retail competitions and slogan contests
Play Winning Poker - Strategies to win games
Personal
Competition Freaks - Los Angeles Times article on competitive people
Sports
School
Books
You can buy the following books from Amazon.com or at your local bookstore.
General competition
Top-rated books on Competition
Top-rated books on Winning Competitions
Top-rated books on Winning Strategies
Top-rated books on Gamesmanship
No Contest: The Case Against Competition by Alfie Kohn; Mariner Books (1992) $15.00 - Contending that competition in all areas of school, family, sports and business is destructive, and that success so achieved is at the expense of another's failure; instead should restructure competition into cooperation
Embracing Victory: Life Lessons in Competition and Compassion by Mariah Burton Nelson; William Morrow & Company (1998) $23.00
Business competition books
Top-rated books on Business Competition
Top-rated books on Business Strategies
Competitive Advantage: Creating and Sustaining Superior Performance by Michael E. Porter; Free Press (1998) $37.50 - Concepts of business and corporate strategy
Competition Demystified: A Radically Simplified Approach to Business Strategy by Bruce Greenwald, Judd Kahn; Portfolio Hardcover (2005) $26.95 - Business Strategy for executives to show how their markets work, where there competitive opportunities lie, and how to develop and protect them
Michael E. Porter on Competition by Michael E. Porter; Harvard Business School Press (1998) $39.95 - Noted authority on competition and corporate strategy shows that a successful company must not only adopt the best practices available but also differentiate itself from its rivals
Sun Tzu and the Art of Business: Six Strategic Principles for Managers by Mark R. McNeilly; Oxford University Press (2000) $17.95 - Application of Sun Tzu classic to business competition
Small business and sales competition books
How to Get Your Competition Fired (Without Saying Anything Bad About Them): Using The Wedge to Increase Your Sales by Randy Schwantz; John Wiley & Sons (2005) $24.95 - Selling system that tackles the challenge of breaking the prospect's relationship with your competition
Balls!: 6 Rules for Winning Today's Business Game by Alexi Venneri; John Wiley & Sons (2005) $19.95 - America's small and midsized businesses face unique challenges as they struggle to reach the kind of long-term business goals achieved by larger companies
Sports and games competition books
Top-rated books on Sports Strategies
Top-rated books on Coaching Winners
Top-rated books on Coaching Secrets
Top-rated books on Gambling Strategies
Winning Ugly: Mental Warfare in Tennis--Lessons from a Master by Brad Gilbert, Steve Jamison; Fireside (1994) $12.95 - Winning is dictated by mental and physical conditioning giving tips on how to think about each point with winning in mind
Winning Chess Strategy for Kids by Jeff Coakley; Chess'n Math Association (2000) $24.95 - Comprehensive chess course written for children 7 to 13 years old
Train Tough the Army Way: 50 Sports Strategies to Out-Think, Out-Train, and Out-Perform Your Competition by Mark Bender; McGraw-Hill (2002) $16.95 - No-nonsense guide offers athletes the proven mental-training techniques developed by the military to prepare warriors for battle and meet any athletic challenge, crush the competition and have a great time doing it
The Mental Edge by Kenneth Baum; Perigee Trade (1999) $13.95 - Why seemingly average athletes can excel at their sport while athletes with great potential will at time never reach their goals
Critical Moments During Competition: A Mind-Body Model of Sport Performance When It Counts the Most by Roland A. Carlstedt; Psychology Press (UK) (2004) $27.95 - Why some professional athletes tend to deliver in critical situations, while others are less dependable
War and competition among nations books
Top-rated books on Warfare Strategies
Victory: The Reagan Administration's Secret Strategy That Hastened the Collapse of the Soviet Union by Peter Schweizer; Atlantic Monthly Press (1996) $13.00 - President Ronald Reagan and his advisers mapped out a systematic strategy to hasten the demise of the Soviet Union by attacking its fundamental economic and political weaknesses
The Art of War by Sun Tzu; Running Press Book Publishers (2003) $4.95
The Prince by Niccolo Machiavelli, Daniel Donno; Bantam Classics (1984) $4.50 - Classic on political and military strategies and competitions
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