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If you’re serious about learning how to get back up, about being your own hero, about stepping up instead of stepping out, this book is for you. Bring commanding confidence to your work, to your venture, to your purpose. Feel the power, surge forward with resilience, knowing that you will get knocked down in this life, but you will never stay down. You have the unstoppable power of persistence. You embrace the optimism and challenge of always getting back up. You can enjoy the journey of a fully-lived life.

This is legendary 17th century swordsman Miyamoto Musashi’s exposition of sword fighting, strategy, and Zen philosophy. Required listening for any martial artist, business person, or student of strategy, this audiobook includes the one hour Zen inspired soundtrack, The Mysterious Sound of Wind in the Bamboo, performed on authentic Japanese instruments.

In life, moments arise when you have to decide your next move. When choosing whether to accept a new job, purchase a house, attend a school, or start a relationship, how do you settle on which direction to take? Trey Gowdy has found that most consequential decisions boil down to three simple options: start, stay, or leave.

Are you prepared to elevate your leadership from effective to extraordinary? “The Art of an Organizational Leader” invites you on a transformative journey, challenging you to rethink conventional leadership paradigms. Dive into the secrets that distinguish the exceptional from the everyday leaders and unlock a future of unparalleled organizational success.

Do you often find yourself grappling with complex decisions, feeling overwhelmed by the barrage of information in today's world? Are you at a loss when faced with debates, unsure how to dissect arguments or counter misinformation? Perhaps you've realized that in your professional or personal life, clear and critical thinking is not just an asset, but a necessity. Today the ability to dissect, analyze, and reason effectively has never been more crucial. Yet, for many, these skills remain just out of reach. This audiobook offers a straightforward advice and practical tips.

What if charisma could be taught? For the first time, science and technology have taken charisma apart, figured it out, and turned it into an applied science: In controlled laboratory experiments, researchers could raise or lower people's level of charisma as if they were turning a dial.

Fascinating facts and first-person accounts highlight some of the most interesting jobs that take place behind the scenes in the music industry. Get a glimpse at what it takes to make it as a songwriter, producer, manager, and more and find out what goes on behind the glamour.

Compiled more than 2,000 years ago by a mysterious warrior-philosopher, The Art of War is still perhaps the most prestigious and influential book of strategy in the world. As a study of the anatomy of organizations in conflict, The Art of War applies to competition and conflict in general, on every level from the interpersonal to the international.

A practical guide to build your emotional intelligence and develop social skills to strike confidently the conversation of life! Through this audiobook, build your social skills and have a list of social skills blunders to avoid. Understand confidence and gravitas and more importantly ways improve these. Today, social anxiety or people declaring themselves introverted on the spur of the moment is quite common, and this is largely due to a lack of social skills on the part of the majority of people.

Art today is defined by its relationship to money as never before. Prices of living artists' works have been driven to unprecedented heights, conventional boundaries within the art world have collapsed, and artists now think ever more strategically about how to advance their careers. Artists no longer simply make art, but package, sell, and brand it. Noah Horowitz exposes the inner workings of the contemporary art market, explaining how this unique economy came to be, how it works, and where it's headed.

Creativity defines the human experience. It sparks achievement and innovation in art, science, technology, business, sports, and virtually every activity. It has fueled human progress on a global level, but it equally is the source of profound personal satisfaction for individual creators. And yet the origins of creative inspiration and the methods by which great creators tap into it have long been a source of mystery, spoken of in esoteric terms, our rational understanding shrouded in complex jargon. Until now.

Fascinating facts and first-person accounts highlight some of the most interesting jobs that take place behind the scenes in the entertainment industry. Get a glimpse at what it takes to make it as a talent agent, location scout, casting director, and more and find out what goes on behind the glamour

Fascinating facts and first-person accounts highlight some of the most interesting jobs that take place behind the scenes in the fashion industry. Get a glimpse at what it takes to make it as a retail buyer, stylist, fashion writer, and more and find out what goes on behind the glamour.

Do you want to avoid being a target of social influence and manipulation? Do you feel guilty for wanting to say no although you have not done anything wrong? Do you often find your decisions are based on assumptions rather than knowing the facts? Are you tired of repeatedly making the same mistakes? The solution is Critical Thinking and Dark Psychology Secrets 101, a valuable skill that you can use at work and in your personal life so you can regain control of your own thoughts, opinions, and behaviors.

In the late 1990s and early 2000s, the landscape of television began an unprecedented transformation. While the networks continued to chase the lowest common denominator, a wave of new shows, first on premium cable channels like HBO and then basic cable networks like FX and AMC, dramatically stretched television’s narrative inventiveness, emotional resonance, and artistic ambition. Just as the Big Novel had in the 1960s and the subversive films of New Hollywood had in 1970s, television shows became the place to go to see stories of the triumph and betrayals of the American Dream.

Have you ever wondered why it’s so easy to talk with some people and not with others? It’s simple - you speak the same language! This doesn’t mean that you both speak English or have a similar dialect. It means that you connect with them on some level. In selling, building trusting relationships is all about understanding people who are different from you and being flexible enough in your communication skills to relate to them. This is a learned skill!

Are you building a business or growing a team? There are different strategies to use when selling others on joining you in a business endeavor. It’s still a matter of selling, but you’re selling an opportunity instead of a product or service. And part of what people are buying is you - the opportunity to work directly with you.

If your people know you care about them, they will move mountains. Employee engagement and loyalty expert Heather Younger outlines nine ways to manifest the radical power of caring support in the workplace. Heather Younger argues that if you are looking for increased productivity, customer satisfaction, or employee engagement, you need to care for your employees first.

In a world where change is constant, The Art and Science of Organisational Change is your essential guide to navigating transformation with confidence and impact. This book blends practical methodologies, psychological insights, and leadership strategies to help organisations and individuals drive meaningful change.

Derek Sivers was a professional musician before he started a music distribution company that helped 150,000 musicians sell their music to over four million people. So after years of living the problems, he was able to learn the solutions.