Development Plan

It's time to quit your day job. Anyone with the desire can start a side hustle, and there are more opportunities now than ever before. YouTube personality and personal finance guru Ryan Scribner went from a dead-end job to the limitless potential of self-employment by harnessing the power of the...

It doesn’t matter if you have $100, $10,000 or $1,000 -Eric Tyson’s Investing for Dummies show you how to maximize your investment-the fun way. This hands-on down to earth reference cuts through the jargon and provides you with the techniques and strategies you need to make sound investment...

Ugly Americans is the true story of John Malcolm, a Princeton graduate who traveled halfway around the world in search of the American dream and pulled off a trade that could be described as the biggest deal in the history of the financial markets. Without speaking a word of Japanese, with...

Since its publication in 1993, this groundbreaking book has persuaded countless parents, teachers, and managers that attempts to manipulate people with incentives may seem to work in the short run, but they ultimately fail and even do lasting harm. Drawing from hundreds of studies, Kohn demonstrates that we actually do inferior work when we are enticed with money, grades, or other incentives—and are apt to lose interest in whatever we were bribed to do. Rewards and punishments are two sides of the same coin—and the coin doesn't buy much.

There is a massive amount of shame that comes with negative thinking. You blame yourself for the intrusive thoughts that blindside you. You feel guilty for not being more optimistic. It’s time to stop. Negative thinking isn’t as simple as looking at the glass half empty. It is a debilitating mindset that seeps into every area of your life. Negative thinking happens automatically–it’s not your fault. You tell yourself that today will be a better day, but your brain tells you the opposite, and you slip back into old negative habits.

For years, government bureaucrats have been looking for ways to destroy small businesses. With coronavirus, they finally had their chance. In 2020, the American economy suffered the biggest financial collapse in history. But while Main Street suffered like never before, the stock market...

Diagnosed with a terminal illness, a leading marketing consultant discovers that what he has learned about persuading others might help him save his own life. Ray Edwards was one of the top marketers and copywriters in the business with A-list clients like Tony Robbins, Jack Canfield, and...

You discovered your kid is cutting, leaving you with a sinking feeling in your stomach. Cutting is the behavior that tells you something is definitely wrong and that your kid needs immediate understanding and help. Dr. J.J. Kelly has been working with teens and young adults for the last 15 years, and she is the person whom other professionals send their self-harm patients to.

A fitness and nutrition program that offers serious results designed by Kim Kardashian’s most celebrated personal trainer, Melissa Alcantara, aka Instagram star Fitgurlmel. What do you want? To have biceps, a butt, and defined abs? To wear anything? To feel resilient and capable?These things...

In The High Performance Entrepreneur, Subroto Bagchi draws from his own experiences to offer guidance from the idea stage to the initial public offering level. This includes deciding when one is ready to launch an enterprise, selecting a team, defining the values and objectives of the company...

“Readthis book to learn how to create a company as powerful as Apple.”—Guy Kawasaki,former chief evangelist of Apple InEscape Velocity Geoffrey A. Moore, author of the marketing masterwork Crossingthe Chasm, teaches twenty-first century enterprises how to overcome thepull of the past and...

A life-changing, research-based program that will end food allergies in children and adults forever. The problem of food allergy is exploding around us. But this book offers the first glimpse of hope with a powerful message: You can work with your family and your doctor to eliminate your food...

Caregiving can be a positive experience if families better understand aging, understand the disease their loved one has, learn how to improve family communication, and have an aging plan. The Invisible Patient provides inspiration, encouragement, and step-by-step guidance to ease the caregiving journey. The author leaves no stone unturned, providing personal anecdotes and scenarios about the caregiving process, and includes numerous references and resources in this guide to caring for the caregiver.

The innovative guide that reveals how eating more fat—the smart kind—is the key to health, longevity, and permanent weight loss. For years experts have told us that eating fat is bad. But by banning fat from our diets, we’ve deprived ourselves of considerable health benefits—and have...

A USA Today New and Noteworthy Title “You’ll tell me if it ever starts getting genuinely insane, right?”—Elon Musk, TED interview Hamish McKenzie tells how a Silicon Valley start-up's wild dream came true. Tesla is a car company that stood up against not only the might of the...

A leadership and learning expert shows you how to change your behavior, develop soft skills, and achieve personal and professional growth through a series of small experiments she calls “Flexing.” A personnel shift at your organization puts you into a leadership role you don't feel...

In Working Together, a fascinating and invaluable look at why great partnerships succeed, former Disney CEO Michael Eisner discusses how professional partnerships have contributed to his success. In addition, Eisner tells the stories of nine other highly successful business collaborations...

It's no secret that life doesn't always go as planned. One minute, everything can be going smoothly, just as you expected, and the next, seemingly out of nowhere, a storm of challenges comes thrashing in. However, the storm itself is not what's important. After all, stopping the challenges of life is often out of your control. While you can't control the storms of life, you can control your approach to surviving them and still thriving.

Avoid bankruptcy, foreclosure, and identity theft All the tools you need to build, rebuild, and maintain great credit Need to clean up your credit? This up-to-date resource is packed with action plans for repairing a bad report, paying down debt, and repairing a bad credit report. You'll...

The only user-friendly beginner’s guide to Six Sigma Six Sigma is the most common—and perhaps least understood—methodology for streamlining processes in manufacturing, service delivery, management, and almost any other business activity. For business leaders seeking increased efficiency...