Great Business

Wallace Delois Wattles (1860-1911) was a New Thought author who researched the writings of Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel and Ralph Waldo Emerson, and recommended the study of their books to those who wished to understand the monistic theory of the cosmos. Wattles’ "The Science of" Trilogy comprises books on attaining and maintaining good health, creating wealth and being the best that you can be.

Based on over 100 CEO interviews and a survey of nearly 14,000 employees, renowned leadership thought leader and futurist Jacob Morgan shares candid stories and original research that shows how leaders can tap into vulnerability to transform themselves, their teams, and their organizations. This book will show you why it's so crucial to lead with vulnerability and how to do it well.

How would you like to achieve unimaginable success, attain unspeakable wealth, and be successful in life and relationships? Listen to this digitally mastered collection and learn how you can enjoy the life that you want, experiencing all of the success and happiness that you envision, by controlling and managing your thoughts and actions.

We're now entering the winter season of the 80-year four season economic cycle. It's during this season that we'll clear the decks with a devastating crash and debilitating deflation. The economy and markets will shed the excesses created during the preceding fall bubble boom season and prepare the soil for new blossoming in innovation and a spring boom. After the blustering bull market of 2009-2015, we are now preparing for a shakeout more painful than anything we've seen before.

For anyone who enjoys spending time in the great outdoors: hikers, mountain climbers, snowboarders, kayakers, campers, beach-lovers, tree-huggers, and more! Stories of adventure are complemented by tales of introspection and quiet moments that focus on the exhilaration of bonds created outdoors and the beauty of natural landscapes.

The undeniable principles provided in Champions’ Creed separate the good from the great. Writing from a deep been-there experience, author Marke Freeman takes you on a journey to discover your champion within. She provides unpopular and unknown actionable strategies to separate you from your counterparts and deliver the results you seek. With authentic examples and results-proven knowledge, Marke shares and unpacks the nine essential characteristics needed to achieve greatness.

You could decide to have G.R.E.A.T. processes. When you have those, these kind of problems perhaps don’t go away completely, but they can be dramatically reduced. Everyone can have an easier life, with less stress, wasted effort and better outcomes for employees, the business and its customers. So the big question you probably have is “well, how do we make that happen?”

Cloud Services in a Month is a step-by-step, no-nonsense guide to building an extremely profitable cloud service business for the SMB (small and medium business) market. Filled with practical advice based on the author's experience over more than a decade, this audiobook will show you how to achieve success in the cloud.

I was a boy who started with nothing and finished with more than I ever wished for. I want to inspire others to do the same and to learn from my experiences. As a young man, I always questioned if I'd be able to make my mark in the world because I didn't have the smarts or grades that most of my classmates had. I wasn't a good athlete, which is what counts in grammar and high school, and my parents didn't have a lot of money. I did understand though that if I didn't do it for myself, there was nobody else to do it for me. Today, I consider myself the luckiest person in the world.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE WASHINGTON POST, NPR, AND KIRKUS REVIEWS A scathing portrait of an urgent new American crisis Over the last two decades, America has been falling deeper and deeper into a statistical mystery: Poverty goes up...

Most people are blown off-course by unexpected events. Top performers, by contrast, know how to navigate our unpredictable world. Not just that: they know how to thrive in it. You can acquire this essential skill, too. In Mastering Uncertainty, investor and serial entrepreneur Csaba Konkoly and award-winning business author Matt Watkinson reveal the shortcomings of conventional business thinking and the advantages of developing a "probabilistic" mindset that turns uncertainty from a source of fear into an incredible and exciting advantage.

In The Great Stupidification, Kevin Whitworth takes you on a hilarious, infuriating, and eye-opening ride through a world that has traded critical thinking for clickbait, abandoned practical skills for pointless credentials, and elevated fake expertise to a global sport. From brain-melting corporate jargon to the rise of fake gurus, from the productivity theater of endless meetings to the social media circus where outrage is currency, this book exposes how we got so stupid—and why it’s getting worse.

With talented and dedicated people, any business can succeed. Without great people, every business will fail. Yet many managers recruit only when they have a job opening, often settling for those who are only “good enough”. Yet hiring the right people is an ongoing process, not a one-time activity. Unfortunately, many managers often hire those who are most like them instead of who are best suited for the open position. But great managers “hire slow, fire fast.” They interview effectively and check a candidate’s past performance before making an offer.

Use this guide to storytelling as a sturdy foundation to change how you use stories. You can build solid stories to support your goals in business and life. The provided examples are from some of the world's greatest speakers, storytellers, with advice from leading experts. From best-selling authors to generation-changing motivational speakers, this audiobook covers all the fundamentals of outstanding storytelling. It will help you deliver stories to audiences that will leave them personally affected and motivated.

Worldwide, in companies of every size, there is an urgent need to align product management success approaches with modern product enterprise trends. As a result, there are changes that are driving the need to reconsider product success management paradigms. This audiobook covers these changes and much more from a 360-degree perspective.

In life, we have many opportunities to win or to lose. We are faced with a constant choice: we can become more or we can remain the same. It doesn't matter whether you are eight or 88 - ordinary can become extraordinary with just a little extra effort, thought, planning, and perspective. Are you living a life on its way to being great or a life that will fall short of your ultimate destiny? In Be Great Before It's Too Late, Jerry Meek dives into the stories of some of the most inspiring men and women in history and explores both their valleys and peaks.

We all have immense potential within us. Whether we have discovered it yet or not makes all the difference. The key to becoming your best version is to develop healthy daily habits to get rid of any bad habits. When you engage in the same behavior or action repeatedly, habits are formed. The good news is, since you have formed a habit, you have the power to break free of it, as well. You have the power to attain your goals and live the life you desire by learning to think efficiently and getting rid of bad habits.

In The Culture Solution, business consultant and The New York Times best-selling author of The Dream Manager and Off Balance presents the six enduring principles of a dynamic culture, designed in a way that is both intensely practical and inspiring. If you want to grow your business; attract, grow, and retain top talent; learn the key to hiring in the 21st century; teach every person in your organization that they have a role to play in making the culture better today than it was yesterday, this book is for you and every person on your team.

It's not how good you are. It's how well you tell your story. Big corporations might have huge marketing and advertising budgets, but you've got a story. Your brand story isn't just what you tell people. It's what they believe about you, based on the signals your brand sends. The Fortune Cookie Principle is a brand-building framework and communication strategy consisting of 20 keys that enable you to begin telling your brand's story from the inside out.

Here's the problem: In my work as a speaking coach people tell me all the time how much they dislike, even hate, speaking before others. And is it ever obvious when I sit in on their presentations... the shaky voices, the tense and uninspiring delivery, the red faces and off-putting body language.