The Skinny On Books

Jim Randel, www.JimRandel.com a Columbia University College School of Law graduate, has made his living as an entrepreneur. During his 30-year career, Jim has been the lead investor in many business deals. He has been a guest speaker at the Harvard and New York University business schools, annual conventions for national organizations and investor sessions in every large city in the United States. He has also appeared on numerous networks as an expert on investing.

Throughout his career, Jim’s passion has been to teach and write. His first book, The Real Estate Game (CCH), was published in 1986 and received national recognition from investors and critics. From 1988 to 1990, he was a daily commentator on the Financial News Network (now CNBC). In 2006 he wrote Confessions of a Real Estate Entrepreneur (McGraw-Hill), which reached number one in several Amazon categories.

In 2008, Jim founded Rand Media Company, which, under the imprint of The Skinny On™ www.TheSkinnyOn.com, publishes a revolutionary line of illustrated, nonfiction books that help individuals quickly learn about the real world.

The Skinny On Credit Cards
Jim Randel

This book is clear, concise and comprehensive on the subject of credit cards. It is helpful to everyone, from the young adult getting his or her first card to the older adult who has used cards for years and never really understood the rules of the game. This text is a compilation of relevant books and articles written about the subject, presented in an entertaining and easy-to-digest fashion.

The Skinny On Time Management
Jim Randel

This book summarizes expert opinions about time and time management. It explains exactly what needs to be known to find the time to accomplish your goals. This book addresses not only techniques for creating additional time but strategies for making more impactful and effective use of your time. Learn how to:

  • Resist the impulse to procrastinate.
  • Create a goals-step-time analysis.
  • Focus, focus, focus.
  • Make the most of gaps.
  • Improve your memory and speed-reading.
  • “Multi-task.”
  • Make your use of time powerful.
  • Create a time journal and prioritize.
  • Triumph over distractions.
  • Batch for effectiveness.

The Skinny On Success
Jim Randel

Using his unique format of telling a story through stick people, Jim helps readers see success in a new light. Learn the tools to become victorious in goal accomplishments. This book explains how to:

  • Learn a three-step process that leads to success.
  • Recognize the importance of passion, action and persistence.
  • Determine what role talent plays in becoming successful.
  • Be inspired by the narrative examples of successful people who overcame rejection to find huge triumphs.
  • Benefit from the author’s compilation of key findings from other illuminating books about success.