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This comprehensive guide will help you navigate the complex process of end-of-life planning. You will learn what documents you need to keep handy, what important information you need to have written down, and anything you may still have left to do.

The New Dentist’s Playbook, written by Jennifer Loyall, founder and CEO of leading insurance firm Loyall Group, is a warm, straight-talking audiobook that will show you how to thrive in this hour and how to surround yourself with the right guidance that can effectively navigate you through these changing times without risking burnout.

Having money doesn’t make people happy. It’s what we do with it that matters. And yet the wealth-generating industry of investing and financial planning focuses almost exclusively on using wealth to create more wealth. Is that really the point of life? To see how rich you can be when you die? In Memory Royalties, Todd Rustman shines an evocative light on the very concept of investing, inviting you on a journey to change the way you look at wealth itself—not as a goal, but as the tremendous potential to generate a life of depth and meaning.

In Retire Like the 1%, Stephen McFarlane reveals how the world’s wealthiest approach retirement—and how you can apply the same timeless principles, no matter your income. Retirement isn’t the end of your story; it’s the beginning of your greatest chapter.

American baby boomers are aging, and 15 million of them never had children. Who will take care of them? Unprecedented in US history, this demographic will create challenges for these individuals, as well as for society. This book is a passionate exploration of the path ahead for "Solo Agers". Author Sara Zeff Geber takes listeners on a journey, starting with the choice for childlessness and then suggests ways in which Solo Agers can mitigate the absence of adult children by relationship-building and rigorous planning for their future.

Over the last four decades, debt, bankruptcy, and home foreclosures have risen to epidemic levels, and the personal savings rate has sunk dangerously low. Why, in the richest nation on Earth, can't Americans hold on to their money? First published in 2008, Stuart Vyse's Going Broke described the epidemic of personal debt that existed in the years leading up to the Great Recession and anticipated the home mortgage crisis that started it. Ten years later, this fully updated new edition tackles the post-recession era of economic recovery.

The rich are not only getting richer, they are becoming more dangerous. Starting in the early 1980s the top one percent broke away from the rest of us to become the most unstable force in the economy. An elite that had once been the flat line on the American income charts - models of financial propriety - suddenly set off on a wild ride of economic binges. Not only do they control more than a third of the country's wealth, their increasing vulnerability to the booms and busts of the stock market wreak havoc on our consumer economy, financial markets, communities, and government finances.

Each year thousands of people die waiting for organ transplants. Many of these deaths could have been prevented were it not for the almost universal moral hand-wringing over the concept of selling human organs. Author and bioethicist Mark Cherry reasserts the case that health care could be improved and lives saved by introducing a regulated transplant organs market rather than by well-meant, but misguided, prohibitions.

A passionate polemic in favor of pausing to think, not blink. What do these scenarios have in common: a professional tennis player returning a serve, a woman evaluating a first date across the table, a naval officer assessing a threat to his ship, and a comedian about to reveal a punch line? In this counterintuitive and insightful work, author Frank Partnoy weaves together findings from hundreds of scientific studies and interviews with wide-ranging experts to craft a picture of effective decision making that runs contrary to our brutally fast-paced world.

For more than 30 years, Hank Cardello was an executive and adviser to some of the largest food and beverage corporations in the world. For more than 30 years, he watched as corporate profits - and America's waistlines - ballooned: fattening consumers meant fattening profits. Now, in this fascinating and timely book, Cardello offers a behind-the-scenes look at the business of food.

Neuroscientists estimate that over 90 percent of our operating systems - beliefs, behaviors, patterns - are unconscious. Since the surface story determines less than 10 percent of our decisions, how can we illuminate the shadow story responsible for over 90 percent of what we do each day? Once we systematically understand our relationship with money, can we overcome the mind and brain’s resistance to change? Especially when so many of the current popular strategies for change are contrary to the way the mind and brain work?

In "Dark Psychology & Mind Control Tactics for Making More Money," Dan Cohen explores the murky realms of mind control and psychological manipulation. This captivating book offers the keys to being a great persuader in the commercial and financial worlds. Cohen, a well-known behavioral psychology specialist, breaks down intricate ideas and gives listeners a toolkit of nuanced strategies that can swing any negotiation in their favor.

Have you ever wondered why so many people fail in business when there are so many great tools and expensive programs out there? Do you believe that the "Money Making Market" is already crowded and that it's hard to start and succeed in real estate or any other business? Would you like to create your wealth without working in a "hustle mode" the whole time, hoping that you'll be rich and happy one day?

Sick of asking your parents for money? Learn how to master money management in 30 days without boring lectures—even if you know nothing about finance. Managing money doesn’t have to be stressful, confusing, or only for the "grown-ups." You just need the right plan—a step-by-step guide to bring clarity, confidence, and control to your money. This book has everything you need to build the skills to set you up for a lifetime of financial independence and success. It’s relatable, easy to follow, and packed with practical tools to help you start wherever you are.

The notion of planning for one's death is intrinsically at odds with our human instinct to avoid considering our own mortality. Although we may contemplate the grief that our life's impermanence would cause to our loved ones, we seldom consider the myriad of emotional and legal issues that can arise afterward.

Health-Wealth for You: 11 Steps to Save Big & Live Healthy teaches individuals and families a series of measurable money-saving tactics that will reduce spending on health care. Dr. Luke, a long-time hospital CEO, simplifies 11 proven steps that Americans can take to reduce health-care spending and improve access to doctors and other providers.

Can money buy happiness? Is income a reliable measure for life satisfaction? In the West after World War II, happiness seemed inextricably connected to prosperity. Beginning in the 1960s, however, other values began to gain ground: peace, political participation, civil rights, environmentalism.

Interest in psychology extends well beyond the walls of academia. Sigmund Freud, Carl Jung, and William James are just a few examples of the many people in psychology whose works remain, popular sellers, demonstrating an ongoing vast interest in this field. From students looking for a...

Do you want to know the truth? - Everyone struggles. Yup, it's as simple and honest as that! Sometimes it seems there's no shortage of challenges to overcome in a variety of personal development areas in life. Generally, we know what we should do, or learn, but we don't take enough action because the answers seem too hard to come by, or too complicated. Or it would take too long, or it's too expensive to master, or we don't have the resources or the right support system - the list goes on. There's no denying some people are born with certain knowledge-based advantages.

You’re likely to live longer than you think. Today’s 50-year-olds could have an astounding 36 or more years of life. What’s your dream life for your later years? When We’re 64 is a friendly, practical guide to preparing for what could be the best years of your life - from the essentials on work and how to fund retirement to volunteering, where to live and what kind of housing you’ll need. It covers how to stay healthy - and still live a full life if you get a health condition - and reveals how your attitude to ageing could actually increase your lifespan.