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We've seen the negative impact of self-serving leaders in every sector of our society. Not infrequently, they end up bringing down their entire organization. But there is another way. Servant leaders lead by serving their people, not by exalting themselves. In this collection, edited by legendary business author and lifelong servant leader Ken Blanchard and his longtime editor Renee Broadwell, leading businesspeople, best-selling authors, and spiritual leaders offer tools for implementing this proven - but for some, still radical - leadership model.

The Coffee Bean is an inspiring tale that follows Abe, a young man filled with stress and fear as he faces challenges and pressure at school and home. One day after class, his teacher shares with him the life-changing lesson of the coffee bean, and this powerful message changes the way he thinks, acts, and sees the world. Abe discovers that instead of letting his environment change him for the worse, he can transform any environment he is in for the better.

Written by the creator of MacGyver, The MacGyver Secret book details everything you need to experience breakthroughs in your creative problem solving. It teaches you the three simple steps to connect with your Inner MacGyver, guides you through the science by co-author Colleen Seifert, PhD of why it works so well, shares tips about how to apply it in both personal and work situations, and gives you real world examples of how people like you are using it every day. It's a radical new approach to creative problem solving!

*THE HIGHLY ANTICIPATED FOLLOW UP TO THE POWER OF LETTING GO* John Purkiss, the bestselling author of The Power of Letting Go, sets out the crucial next steps for a transformed life. Discover the Power of Moving On... What do I want, why don't I have it, and how can I make it happen? The Power...

The most successful women are often not the most talented, the most gifted, or even the most experienced. What these women have is a knack for communicating that opens doors and gives them influence. Gleaning from powerful research, best-selling author and life strategist Valorie Burton unearths practical insights you can put to work in your life immediately.

Hard work is necessary for a job but not sufficient for career growth. Given that workplace dynamics are ever-changing, one needs to anticipate and prepare for the impending twists and turns in one's career. Lack of understanding of managing key relationships can lead to frustration in one's career. Being in a hurry to rise, people often ignore to hone this skill, focusing too much on their subject matter expertise.

Helping is a fundamental human activity, but it can also be a frustrating one. All too often, to our bewilderment, our sincere offers of help are resented, resisted, or refused - and we often react the same way when people try to help us. Why is it so difficult to provide or accept help? How can we make the whole process easier?

Society was not built with the needs of Black women in mind. As a result, we learn that the only way to feel good about ourselves is to prioritize everyone else's needs over our own. We find our value in being the perfect partner, mother, daughter, employee, and friend. But that is exhausting. Instead of feeling good about how dope we are, we only feel good about what we do for others. In Drink Water and Mind Your Business, Dr. Donna Oriowo helps listeners understand the basic foundations of self-esteem and offers real, meaningful solutions.

Chaque jour, vous devez négocier. Que se passera-t-il demain ? Allez-vous gagner ou perdre ? Si vous souhaitez augmenter vos chances de gagner, donnez-vous une longueur d’avance et écoutez ce livre. Que vous vouliez influencer un client, un fournisseur, un enfant, un employé ou votre conjoint, vous trouverez dans cet ouvrage des réponses aux questions que vous vous posez depuis longtemps. Voici enfin regroupées dans un volume intéressant, facile à comprendre et rempli de trucs, les bases du succès interpersonnel. Vous aurez à négocier demain... Êtes-vous prêt ?

Learn how to think like the rich do. You can actually live out your dreams. Knowing that there is a mindset that millionaires live by is another way of saying that that can live that way and also become a millionaire in time. After all, a millionaire is a normal person who has stuck with the principles of financial success. If you can stick with it, you can make it right to the very top.

Don't waste a minute: 1,440 minutes. That's how many minutes there are in a day. How are you spending those precious minutes? Do you feel drained at the end of the day or look back and can't figure out where the time went? If you're not feeling fired up and fueled by your lists, Paula Rizzo, best-selling author and Emmy-award winning television producer, delivers the solution in Listful Living. You can learn to tap into your own productivity style to get more done; curate your list making to best serve the lifestyle you want to lead, and more.

Whether you're trying to communicate your business idea to an investor, encourage your children to embrace your moral values, or break an addiction to endless web surfing - if you lack the skill of influence, you will be unable to convince yourself or anyone else. The human mind is like a titanium lock. If you communicate poorly - through endless talking, inattentive listening, or over-the-top pressure - it's like spinning the numbers on the lock over and over uselessly. But if you develop the key skills of influence, it's like knowing the exact combination to that lock.

Ever feel like running a business is just… shoveling s**t? You’re not alone. This brutally honest book takes you inside the messy reality of entrepreneurship. No one shovels more $h!t than entrepreneurs. Dig in! In 2023, entrepreneurs started a record 5.5 million new businesses in the United States, lured by the siren call of life-changing wealth. But entrepreneurship is hard. Brutally hard. And instead of swimming in seas of cash, many founders find themselves buried under mountains of crap.

The Power of Consistency lays out the Personal Prosperity Plan, a simple process to create meaningful results by unleashing the power of focus and your subconscious mind. Taking you step by step through the FEAR process - focus, emotional connection, action, and responsibility - this audiobook will teach you: How to get focused on what you want; How to become deeply emotionally committed to achieving your goals.

Before he passed away in December 2009, Jim Rohn had influenced more than 5 million people in all corners of the world. He was counted as a mentor by thousands including the likes of Tony Robbins, Les Brown, Harvey Mackay, Mark Victor Hansen and others.

Sport psychologist Dr Josephine Perry spends her life working with exceptional performers. She has identified 10 psychological pillars that the ultra-successful have ingrained within their approach. And the good news is that we can all learn these mental building blocks. In this book you’ll hear those who have excelled in their field discussing their route to success and learn how you can emulate them.

In a refreshing departure from today's celebrity worship cultivated by reality television, tabloid photos, and celebrity twittering, award-winning novelist W.D. Wetherell's On Admiration celebrates the heroes and heroines who have peopled his life from his earliest years.

Effective business communication is a skill that anyone can develop. From interview strategies to high-stakes negotiation tactics, 10 Skills for Effective Business Communication offers practical strategies to improve communication skills and help you succeed in your career. Equal parts research and actionable advice, this book applies effective strategies from the world’s most successful professionals to common workplace scenarios.

I studied over 200 of the best TED talks. I broke each TED talk down in terms of structure, message, and delivery. Here's what I discovered: After studying over 200 TED talks, the one commonality among all the great TED talks is that they contain stories. Discover the 23 storytelling secrets of the best TED talks! In this short, but powerful, guide you're going to learn how to use stories to make your presentations engaging and entertaining.

In a world of distractions, The Eisenhower Matrix offers a lifeline: a simple yet powerful decision framework that helps you live with clarity, not chaos. Drawing on the wartime wisdom and calm discipline of Dwight D. Eisenhower, Ron Watt Jr. revives the classic urgent/important matrix as a modern tool for leadership, productivity, and personal growth. This book is a field guide to combat modern chaos by blending real stories with real strategy.