Dan Strutzel - 30 Days to a More Powerful Business Vocabulary

DAYS TO A MORE POWERFUL BUSINESS VOCABULARY DAYS TO A MORE POWERFUL BUSINESS VOCABULARY The 500 Words You Need to Transform Your Career and Your Life DAN STRUTZEL Published 2020 by Gildan Media LLC aka G&D Media www.GandDmedia.com Copyright 2020 by Dan Strutzel 30 DAYS TO A MORE POWERFUL BUSINESS VOCABULARY: THE 500 WORDS YOU NEED TO TRANSFORM YOUR CAREER AND YOUR LIFE. Copyright 2020 by Dan Strutzel. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form, by any means (electronic, photocopying, recording, or otherwise), without the prior written permission of the author. No liability is assumed with respect to the use of the information contained within. Although every precaution has been taken, the author and publisher assume no liability for errors or omissions.

Neither is any liability assumed for damages resulting from the use of the information contained herein. Certain elements of this book were previously published in a book titled Word Power for Business, published by Gildan Press. Front Cover design by David Rheinhardt of Pyrographx Interior design by Meghan Day Healey of Story Horse, LLC Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data is available upon request eISBN: 978-1-7225-2428-9 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Contents Banking and Finance
PART ONE (Day 1, Day 21) Negotiation
PART ONE (Day 5, Day 23) Marketing
PART ONE (Day 9, Day 25) Sales
PART ONE (Day 13, Day 27) Entrepreneurship
PART ONE (Day 15, Day 28) Human Resources
HIRING AND FIRING (Day 18, Day 29) Foreword Welcome to this book, and to a learning experience that can change your life forever. With what you discover in the pages ahead, you will learn more, earn more and get promoted faster than perhaps you ever thought possible Im Brian Tracy, personal development speaker, and author of more than over 86 books. I have produced more than 1000 audio and video learning programs, including Eat That Frog and No Excuses: The Power of Self-Discipline. Over the past 45 years, Ive given more than 5,000 talks and seminars to more than five million people in 84 countries.

I have had the privilege of teaching some of the most successful professionals across the globe how to achieve greater success and happiness in their careers and personal lives. Throughout these years, I have noticed that nearly all of them, with very few exceptions, share a common trait. Its the trait that my late friend and mentor, Earl Nightingale, called The One Thing You Cant Hide. That special trait is an extensive vocabulary. They have a collectionthink of it as a great tool chestof words that they use to become a world-class communicator, and to achieve the goals that they strive to achieve in life. They use these words to negotiate great deals, persuade their customers to make buying decisions, inspire their employees to achieve their companys mission, connect in an intimate way with their spouse, and to encourage their children to have faith in themselves.

A great vocabulary contains the building blocks you need to build a great career. And thats why Im so excited to introduce you to this all-new book, published by G&D Media: 30 Days to a More Powerful Business Vocabulary: The 500 Words You Need to Know To Transform Your Career and Your Life. The author of this book, Dan Strutzel, is a man Ive known for over twenty-five years, and a long-time veteran of the personal development industry. As the Vice President of Publishing at The Nightingale-Conant Corporation, Dan was responsible for publishing some of my most successful audio and video programs. In addition to myself, Dan has worked up close and personal with several hundred personal development authors and speakerssome of the most gifted communicators in the world. As a result, Dan has had a unique opportunity to study their communication styles.

As a person with a great vocabulary and ability to communicate himself, he was responsible for making those top communicators even better. And Im convinced that hell be able to do the same for YOU as well. As a graduate of The University of Notre Dame, and the President of Inspire Productions, Dan is uniquely qualified to inspire you to build a rich and dynamic vocabulary of your own. I had the pleasure of introducing you to Dans first vocabulary book, 30 Days to a More Powerful Vocabulary, which has become a national best-seller. In this all-new book, focused specifically on the business world, youll learn the words you need to advance to the next level in your careerwhether you are a leader, a manager, a top executive, an entrepreneur or a solo-preneur. The words youll learn to master here, with Dans unique 30-day learning system, will give you a leg up on your competition and help you to advance to the next level in your career.

This book even includes a new chapter on Remote Working to help you to master the vocabulary of a post-pandemic business world. And now, its my pleasure to introduce you to my friend, Dan Strutzel. Brian Tracy Introduction Hello and welcome to 30 Days to a More Powerful Business Vocabulary, an introduction to the vocabulary of business. As we look at the language business people use, the words they say and how they say them, we will gain insights into how business works today. And by focusing intensely on this goal of improving your business vocabulary over a 30-day period, you can not only achieve your goal more efficiently, you will establish a habit of enhancing your vocabulary-building muscles that, with commitment, will last a lifetime. Business is just like any sector or topic with its own language, customs, codes, and terminologies.

Different aspects of business can have their own distinctive terminology, which can also overlap, For instance, words and phrases from the realm of sales can also apply to management or finance under a variety of circumstances. This book presents five hundred words and short expressions from a variety of different business categories. Some of these words and phrases will no doubt be familiar to you, at least in the sense that you may have heard them before. Others may be entirely new. But theres a good chance you may be encountering this material for the first time in a business context. Some terminology may seem academic and technicalyet this is also important to understand for anyone who really wants to see how the worlds of money and commerce function.

Each chapter of the book introduces approximately twenty-five words. First presented is an informal conversation using the vocabulary in context. Then we discuss each word or phrase and its definition. Finally, we reinforce the word and its meaning with another example in a sentence. There are four chapters on banking and finance, four on marketing, and four on negotiation. Other chapters focus on sales, entrepreneurship, human resources, e-business, leadership, and remote working.

The books intention is to be entertaining, informative, and inspirational and to encourage you to learn more about the topics that are covered. There certainly is a lot more to discover. You will hear familiar words appearing in a new context along with strange or technical sounding words and phrases. This is certainly not the last word, so to speak, on the vocabulary of business, but its a good start toward a wider and deeper understanding. If you return to the book more than once and gain some real familiarity with the language, you can go on to use terms like SWOT matrix and roll the tortoise in your own everyday vocabulary. Along with the informative effect of these chapters, one other aspect of the book deserves special attention.