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Do you struggle to form meaningful relationships because you lack communication skills? Do you want to enhance your communication skills, but aren’t sure where to begin? If you’ve answered yes to the questions above, this audiobook is for you!

Frank Altman, a legendary figure in the Community Development Finance industry, offers a systematic argument for why and how American capitalism can be extended to people from every walk of life, including those from low-income census tracks. He explores the history and cultural realities that have created an unequal financial playing field, particularly for BIPOC communities and how innovative approaches can create sound investment devices and exponential growth in minority and women-owned businesses and increase levels of home ownership.

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.

The 3rd Paradigm provides a framework for businesses and individuals alike to innovate breakthrough solutions through a process of Co-Creation. Backed by original research involving more than 4,000 business professionals, the authors present the three paradigms of business, the five types of Co-Creation, and a four part step-by-step model that allows you to make the radical shift toward the 3rd Paradigm of Co-Creation—where all stakeholders play a meaningful part in greater success.

Stakeholders don't invest in AI because they understand the tech―they invest when its business impact is clear and undeniable. In Show AI―Don't Tell It, AI executive and business strategist Dr. Lisa Palmer reveals how to use visual storytelling to make AI's value tangible, turning complex ideas into clear business outcomes that drive buy-in, adoption, and scale. Instead of vague theories and hype, this book provides clear frameworks, practical tools, and proven visualization techniques to help leaders secure funding, accelerate implementation, and maximize AI's impact.

Véritable livre de coaching, ce guide vous propose un accompagnement sur-mesure pour développer votre efficacité professionnelle. Riche d'outils concrets et de conseils pratiques, il vous permettra de mieux gérer votre temps, de préparer, planifier et piloter vos projets d'une main de maître, mais aussi de construire une relation de confiance avec votre manager. Organisation, management, leadership, communication... Les experts de la célèbre Harvard Business Review vous donnent toutes les clés pour optimiser vos performances au quotidien et ainsi progresser dans votre vie professionnelle.

Welcome to the exciting world of AI-driven entrepreneurship, where innovation knows no bounds, and financial constraints need not deter your dreams. In this chapter, we embark on a journey that explores how you can harness the power of AI and ChatGPT to create a thriving business with minimal financial investment.

Having spent over twenty years building her hugely successful beauty empire, Maria Hatzistefanis managed to achieve all her childhood dreams and goals. Whilst this life of glamour and success is exhilarating, Maria is shocked to find that the happiness it brings is fleeting. This leads her to realize that her life needs a new focus. In this easy-to-follow guide, Maria asks the fundamental question: "What is happiness?" Brimming with good sense, great advice and clear tips, How to Live Your Best Life will equip you with the tools you need to be in control of your own destiny.

Are you stuck in a valley of self-limiting beliefs, looking for inspiration to get past your fears and advance your entrepreneurship journey? Here’s a chance to create your dream life on your terms–you’ll find all the tools, tricks, and tips for a successful entrepreneurship journey right inside.

Organizational Muscle is a business operating system developed to organize knowledge and leverage activity to its maximum value. It’s all the stuff needed to build, grow, and improve a thriving organization that endures for the long haul! This system offers owners, leaders, and entrepreneurs the freedom to enjoy their lives, employees, and businesses.

Why did Albert Einstein discover the general theory of relativity, Jane Goodall advance our understanding of primatology, and Steve Jobs change the way we think of computers and phones, while many other people live lives of quiet imitation? What are the components that contribute to an original and brilliant life? In this highly innovative new book, Arjuna Ardagh shows us how brilliance can become more of a predictable outcome and less of an accident: when four very different kinds of activity and focus co-exist together.

Leading Life and Career Coach Allison Maslan will guide you to personal and professional transformation. The burning question is “Do you want to be in the same place you are now in 10 years, or even five years?” The truth is that you will be asking yourself that same question in another decade if you don't take action now. There is a completely fulfilling life just waiting to be claimed as your own. The next question is “What are you waiting for?”

Simple, effective techniques for developing a healthier attitude toward life and finding the confidence you need to achieve your goals. Offering simple, time-tested techniques for zeroing in on and rewriting negative, self-destructive patterns of thought and behavior that a person can acquire over a lifetime, cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) is a powerful therapeutic approach that has been proven to be highly effective in helping overcome an array of psychological and behavioral problems, from eating disorders and drug addiction to low self-esteem and phobias.

In the wake of economic downturn, foreign competition, spiking oil prices, and even war, American business throughout this decade has been thrust into crisis. To improve their performance, corporations everywhere have adopted a wide range of tools and techniques, yet many continue to struggle. Going Lean points to a better way.

Working from home on the Web is a dream that resides in the hearts of millions of people across the world. But, it's also a dream that's realized by only a small percentage of the population. That's because most people simply don't know where to turn when it comes to working on the Web. They get sucked into one get-rich-quick scheme after another. They chase empty promises and live unfulfilled lives as their once vivid dreams of working for themselves slip further and further away.

In the past, investors mostly wrote checks and attended board meetings. More recently, they’ve built elaborate support systems to assist the tech start-ups they back. But a next-generation tech incubator goes even further—it engages with start-ups at every stage of growth. These incubators develop deep connections across the ecosystem, enabling not just direct investments but also co-investments. They also build powerful support systems, including marketing teams that can thrive in competitive, open-market environments.

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...

Building a business can be confusing. Entrepreneurs aren't sure whether to keep control or delegate and automate, say yes or say no, work all hours or prioritize work-life balance. They take advice from all directions and wind up feeling overwhelmed and overworked without a finish line in sight. Ten Year Career turns that premise upside down and argues that it doesn't have to be that way.

For over 15 years, consultants, both internal and external, have relied on Peter Block's landmark best seller, Flawless Consulting, to learn how to deal effectively with clients, peers, and others. Using illustrative examples, case studies, and exercises, the author, one of the most important and well known in his field, offers his legendary warmth and insight throughout this much-awaited second edition.

Did you know that a lot of the videos, pieces of training and books from today's famous productivity and self-help gurus like Tony Robbins and Tim Ferris are based on the practical advice of the ancient stoics? Both gurus credit their current success on embracing stoic principles in their life and business. It's safe to say that Stoicism survived the test of time.