Small Development

We either seize the opportunity or lose the chance to be great. We can spend all our lives preparing to be winners, working so hard for the glory of success in our careers, relationships, professional and personal lives, but often fear, anxiety and self-sabotages get in the way. Here is the good news! There are powerful ways to combat all that and everything else standing in the way of your goals. Gerard Shaw, a communication coach and creator of this powerful series, explores the science of success of people who discovered the secrets of winning through effective communication.

Hundreds of thousands of business leaders and aspiring professionals have profited from the wisdom and savvy of Lead the Field! Now you can, too. Lead the Field has often been referred to as the "Program of Presidents" because so many top executives and business leaders have incorporated Earl Nightingale's insight and guidance into their management philosophies. This landmark book is a practical guide on how to think and act like a success. The timeless stories Nightingale uses to make his points are as profound as they are accessible.

Part personal development guide, part adventure tale, Tribe of Millionaires teaches listeners six timeless lessons about the power of those around us to transform our lives.When Ethan Martinez receives a mysterious invitation after the death of his father, he embarks on an adventure not only to save his struggling business, but to discover his past.

You don’t need 100 rental properties for short-term rental success. Profitable Properties is about doing more with less. It’s about maximizing the ROI from each real estate investment. Written by a prior Airbnb employee, Superhost, guest of 2,000+ nights on Airbnb, and author of best-seller Optimize YOUR Bnb, Profitable Properties is an all-in-one guide for new and existing short-term rental owners and real estate investors. Other books talk about basics, but not Profitable Properties. Daniel Rusteen is intimately familiar with Airbnb and teaches you the details you need to optimize.

Every business leader and entrepreneur should strive for success as well as deep fulfillment and happiness. Few, however, if they are being honest, actually achieve their goals. This causes great disappointment and disillusionment. Many decide they must make a choice between these seemingly opposing states. Is it even possible to be spiritual, incredibly happy and fulfilled and wealthy - all at the same time?

How do you develop products that people will actually use and buy? This practical guide shows you how to validate product and company ideas through customer development research - before you waste months and millions on a product or service that no one needs or wants. With a combination of open-ended interviewing and fast and flexible research techniques, you’ll learn how your prospective customers behave, the problems they need to solve, and what frustrates and delights them

Around the world, a new generation is looking beyond greater profits, for meaningful purpose. But, unlike business, few social interventions have achieved significant impact at scale. Inspired by the modern innovation practices popularized by best seller The Lean Startup that have fueled technology breakthroughs touching every aspect of our lives, Lean Impact turns our attention to a new goal-achieving radically greater social good.

Many companies worry that expanding into emerging markets is a risky—and even dangerous—move. Professors Viva Ona Bartkus and Emily S. Block see things differently. They argue that by entering markets in the world's frontline regions—areas stuck in cycles of violence and extreme poverty—businesses can actually create stability and expand opportunity for communities and corporations alike.

If conversations feel awkward, forced, or exhausting, this book gives you the science-backed tools to finally feel normal, confident, and connected. No clichés. No “just be yourself.” Just practical psychology you can use immediately to stop overthinking and start clicking with people.

Do you wish you could walk into a room and start conversations with ease? Have you wanted to read people instantly, know what they mean, and feel confident instead of second-guessing yourself?

This audiobook is expressively for entrepreneurs and business owners who wear many hats - those who can't resist piling more responsibility onto his own shoulders, who has more great ideas than time and resources to take advantage of them, who runs (not walks) through each day. Serial entrepreneur Dan S. Kennedy delivers a fresh take on the mantra "time is money" as he shows you how to drastically re-engineer your entire relationship with time and, if applied faithfully, achieve peak personal productivity and make lots and lots of money.

Upstart sheds light on the many successes and some of the challenges involved in navigating a top creative business in an ever-changing technological landscape. While it provides insights for those within the industry, this book also offers broader lessons intended for all entrepreneurs and business leaders.

The Experience is a unique guide to mastering the art of customer service and service relationships, based on the principles employed at the renowned leader in customer experience - the Walt Disney Company. Co-author Bruce Loeffler spent 10 years at Disney World overseeing service excellence. He has partnered with Brian T. Church to show you how to bring that same level of care and value to your own organization.

Do you want to become more attractive to people, gain a magnetic personality, and harness the proven benefits of social to transform your mind, or want to make yourself more attractive and successful? If this describes you, you should get the Alpha Male Bible. This book will teach you about the legend of "alpha males", and how to feel more comfortable with yourself.

The author of the bestselling Bold and The Rise of Superman explores altered states of consciousness and how they can ignite passion, fuel creativity, and accelerate problem solving, in this groundbreaking book in the vein of Daniel Pink’s Drive and Charles Duhigg’s Smarter Faster Better...

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.

In this highly-anticipated sequel to Monetizing Innovation, Madhavan Ramanujam and Eddie Hartman unveil a battle-tested playbook for architecting profitable growth. Drawing from their experience advising over 400 companies―including 50+ unicorns―the authors dissect both legendary successes and costly failures. Packed with real-world case studies, hard-hitting insights, and nine breakthrough strategies, Scaling Innovation reveals how founders, executives, and investors need to navigate the critical transition from product-market fit to building an enduring, high-value business.

Aujourd'hui, en France, 354 personnes pèsent 1 000 milliards d'euros. Ce livre-enquête retrace les origines des plus grandes dynasties financières (Rothschild, Arnault, Bolloré, Wertheimer, Pinault, Rockefeller...). Il permet de comprendre à quel point elles ont influencé les transformations de nos sociétés. Oui, ces riches appartiennent à une élite planétaire qui se déplace en jet privé, collectionne les voitures de luxe, organise des fêtes somptueuses, multiplie les domiciliations aux quatre coins du monde, investit tous les marchés, domine tous les réseaux.

Growth has been both an unspoken and an explicit aim of our individual and collective striving. It governs the lives of microorganisms and galaxies; it shapes the capabilities of our extraordinarily large brains and the fortunes of our economies. Growth is manifested in annual increments of continental crust, a rising gross domestic product, a child's growth chart, the spread of cancerous cells. In this magisterial book, Vaclav Smil offers systematic investigation of growth in nature and society, from tiny organisms to the trajectories of empires and civilizations.

In this audiobook, Relationship Dynamics Specialist Dr. Arica Law helps you understand what disconnection is hiding. She guides you through the invisible unraveling that begins long before most couples ever separate.