A guide to the wisdom of business and commerce includes tip lists from such business leaders as Charles Schwab on mutual funds, Peter F. Drucker on leadership, and Andrew Carnegie on business success.

Successor to: The book of business wisdom / edited by Peter Krass.

Part I.Management principles -- My little commandments of management / Lee Iacocca -- New rules for the age of information / Bill Gates -- The competitive edge / Michael S. Dell -- Sync or swim : seven steps to being the best / Charles B. Wang -- Management principles / John Erik Jonsson -- Succeeding in a business career / Harold S. Geneen -- Part II. Leadership secrets -- The art of leadership / T. Boone Pickens -- Leading a revolution / John F. Welch, Jr. -- No-no's / Robert Townsend -- Principles for idea-conveying / John H. Patterson -- The American businessman / John D. Rockefeller -- Six principles for winning / J.C. Penney -- Part III. Qualities for personal advancement -- Qualities I admire / David Ogilvy -- The road to business success / Andrew Carnegie -- How to sell anything in five minutes or less / John H. Johnson -- Shut up and listen / Jo Foxworth -- The making of a businessman / Theodore N. Vail -- What an employer wants / Henry Ford II -- Managing your own career / Andrew S. Grove -- Part IV. Wall Street wizards -- Investment principles / Warren E. Buffett -- The time-tested maxims of the Templeton touch / Sir John M. Templeton -- My investment philosophy / Bernard M. Baruch -- Twelve pillars of wisdom / John C. Bogle -- Twelve commandments for speculators / Philip L. Carret -- The bottom line on mutual funds / Charles Schwab -- The study of the stock market / Henry Clews -- The final checklist / Peter Lynch -- Part V. Gunslingers and the entrepreneurial drive -- You can make a million today / J. Paul Getty -- Some outlandish rules for making money / E.W. Scripps -- Barnum's rules for success in business / P.T. Barnum -- Sam's rules for building a business / Sam Walton -- Principles of service / Henry Ford -- Basic components for success / Robert Mondavi -- The man-in-the-mirror test / Victor Kiam -- Are you an entrepreneur? / Lillian Vernon -- Part VI. The gurus -- Five key skills / Warren Bennis -- Be a leader / Dale Carnegie -- Lessons for leading people / Peter F. Drucker -- Eight attributes of innovative companies / Tom Peters -- Thirteen common success factors / Joseph Juran -- Ten keys to transformation / Stephen R. Covey -- Part VII. Builders of culture -- Our aspirations / Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield -- Starbucks mission statement / Howard M. Schultz -- The knows, the keeps, the takes, the gives / John Wanamaker -- Dave's rules for successful harassment / Dave Thomas -- The ten most toxic lies in business / Mark McCormack -- Creating a productive climate / Rene C. McPherson -- Treat people fairly / Mary Kay Ash -- What growth and change have taught us / Thomas J. Watson, Jr. -- Part VII. Maxims for life -- An S.O.B.'s ten secrets to success / Al Neuharth -- Twenty tips for success / Kemmons Wilson -- Seven principles for personal and business growth / Carley Fiorina -- There is an art to living / Conrad Hilton -- Imagine your future / Kenry J. Kaiser -- Keys to success / B.C. Forbes -- Thirteen virtues / Benjamin Franklin.