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DECEMBER 3, 2001
The BusinessWeek Best-Seller List David Owen's slender volume on Tiger Woods, The Chosen One (Simon & Schuster, $21), is a worthy companion to another best-seller, Woods's own How I Play Golf (Warner Books, $34.95). What we learn from New Yorker writer Owens is that, in raising an exceptional child, Tiger's parents instilled no out-of-the-ordinary values. They stressed such Boy Scout virtues as honesty, courtesy, patience, and discipline. "Tiger was made to be a good person," says his father. The moral: If you want to play the way Tiger does, you better get conventional parents. So whence Tiger's unusual stature? As you might already expect, Owen believes that his gift is the product of relentless practice, drive--and, of course, the thing that can never be learned, talent. Even if the book holds few surprises, Wood-ites will still enjoy Owen's account, which also explores such themes as greatness and its burdens, race, athleticism, and Tiger's impact on the golfing profession. 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Ken Blanchard, Sheldon Bowles (Morrow -- $20) How Walton Works No. 2 fired up its employees. Last Month: 8, Months on List: 31 8. THE ROAD TO WEALTH Suze Orman (Riverhead -- $29.95) Questions and answers from the queen of personal-finance counseling. Last Month: 5, Months on List: 4 9. THE 21 IRREFUTABLE LAWS OF LEADERSHIP John C. Maxwell (Thomas Nelson -- $22.99) A minister's down-to-earth rules. Last Month: 13, Months on List: 13 10. TWIN TOWERS Angus Kress Gillespie (Rutgers -- $26) The politics, physics, and popularity of the World Trade Center. Last Month: 6, Months on List: 2 11. NICKEL AND DIMED Barbara Ehrenreich (Metropolitan -- $23) How the working poor live. Last Month: --, Months on List: 1 12. THE AGENDA Michael Hammer (Crown Business -- $27.50) Nine notions to fuel success in the customer economy. Last Month: --, Months on List: 1 13. RAVING FANS Ken Blanchard, Sheldon Bowles (Morrow -- $20) Turning customers into your biggest boosters. 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THE ONE MINUTE MANAGER Kenneth Blanchard, Spencer Johnson (Berkley -- $12.95) Management techniques in story form. Last Month: 7, Months on List: 62 6. THE LEXUS AND THE OLIVE TREE Thomas L. Friedman (Anchor Books -- $15) Globalization and its discontents. Last Month: 6, Months on List: 11 7. RICH DAD'S CASHFLOW QUADRANT Robert T. Kiyosaki, with Sharon L. Lechter (Warner -- $17.95) Move from job security to independence. Last Month: 9, Months on List: 19 8. BUILT TO LAST James C. Collins, Jerry I. Porras (HarperBusiness -- $16) How 3M, Wal-Mart, and others became standouts. Last Month: 10, Months on List: 47 9. THE 9 STEPS TO FINANCIAL FREEDOM Suze Orman (Three Rivers -- $13.95) Learn to save. Last Month: 5, Months on List: 11 10. LINCOLN ON LEADERSHIP Donald T. Phillips (Warner Books -- $13.95) Maxims drawn from the life of Honest Abe. Last Month: --, Months on List: 1 11. WHAT COLOR IS YOUR PARACHUTE? Richard Nelson Bolles (Ten Speed -- $16.95) The enduring job-search bible. Last Month: 4, Months on List: 12 12. THE MILLIONAIRE NEXT DOOR Thomas J. Stanley, William D. Danko (Pocket Books -- $7.99) The simple ways of the wealthy among us. Last Month: 8, Months on List: 38 13. RICH DAD'S GUIDE TO INVESTING Robert T. Kiyosaki, with Sharon L. Lechter (Warner -- $19.95) Becoming rich, not merely comfortable. Last Month: 14, Months on List: 17 14. THE E-MYTH REVISITED Michael E. Gerber (HarperBusiness -- $16) Starting and maintaining a small business. Last Month: --, Months on List: 9 15. THE GOAL Eliyahu M. Goldratt, Jeff Cox (North River -- $19.95) Eliminating bottlenecks. Last Month: 11, Months on List: 25 BusinessWeek's Best-Seller List is based on a survey of chain and independent booksellers that carry a broad selection of books on economics, management, sales and marketing, small business, investing, personal finance, and careers. Well over 1,000 retail outlets nationwide are represented. 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