Work Motivation

Achieving 30 consecutive pull-ups is an incredible show of strength that very few ever manage to accomplish. Want to hear a secret? It’s actually really easy to get there if you’re willing to put in the work.

There will come a time when you must decide to lead the life someone else has chosen for you…or the life you want. According to legend, when a young boy asked the great Renaissance artist Michelangelo why he was working so hard hitting the block of marble that would eventually become his...

Have you ever struggled to convince someone of something you felt passionate about? No matter how hard you try to convince them, they just don't get it. Or, maybe, you've been stumped in a job interview where you're being asked to sell yourself and your capabilities to the interviewer, but you just don't know how.

Barber Victor Fontanez turned a pair of clippers and a garage into a stage that would touch millions. Now he shows readers that greatness doesn’t require a spotlight—it just needs to be rooted in something deeper than yourself. Victor Fontanez (aka "VicBlends")—celebrity barber...

In What Do You Really Stand For? Columbia Business School professor Paul Ingram reveals how clarifying your values can transform your choices, relationships, and leadership. With engaging stories, practical tools, and over two decades of research, Ingram shows that values aren't just a moral compass—they're an advantage that can boost our performance and well-being.

Are you winning at work but losing at life? Garrett Maroon was. From the outside, he had it all—a top-performing real estate team, industry accolades, and a calendar packed with closings. But behind the scenes? Eighty-hour weeks, mounting pressure, and burnout that could have cost him his marriage, health, and faith. The Balanced Breakthrough is your invitation to rewrite the rules of success. In this book, Garrett opens up about the toll of hustle culture and how he chose a different path—one that honors God, family, and a sustainable business model.

A pep talk in your pocket, this short audiobook will fill you to the brim with happiness, positivity, well-being and, most importantly, success! Andy Cope and Andy Whittaker are experts in the art of happiness and positive psychology and The Art of Being Brilliant is crammed full of good advice, instructive case studies, inspiring quotes, some funny stuff and important questions to make you think about your work, relationships, and life.

Ready to achieve what so many want, but so few have? Achieving 200 consecutive lunges is an incredible show of strength that very few ever manage to accomplish. Want to hear a secret? It’s actually really easy to get there if you’re willing to put in the work.

After spending the first 10 years of his career climbing the corporate ladder, Jeff Gothelf decided to change his approach to staying employed. Instead of looking for jobs, they would find him. Jeff spent the next 15 years building his personal brand to become a recognized expert, consultant, author and public speaker.

Lara Lekutat kennt die Schattenseiten des Schulalltags nur zu gut. Über Jahre hinweg hat die Lernexpertin Werkzeuge entwickelt, um mit Sorgen, innerem Druck und der ewigen Selbstkritik umzugehen. Sie teilt persönliche Erfahrungen aus ihrer eigenen Schulzeit, gibt wertvolle Tipps für Lernen und Freizeitausgleich und zeigt, wie sich Schüler von der Angst nicht mehr aufhalten lassen. Lara weiß, wie Motivation gefördert werden kann, was gegen Selbstzweifel hilft und dass Versagensängste oft dann leiser werden, sobald man merkt: Man ist damit nicht allein.

What does it mean to 'be a leader'? What does true leadership look like in the 2020s, when we're facing complexity and challenges in every direction - from climate disaster to political division, and inequality to consumer mistrust? And how can we be part of the solution, while crafting a...

In Inflection Points: How to Work and Live with Purpose, renowned executive coach and speaker Matt Spielman delivers an energizing and hands-on existential navigational tool that walks you through how to identify what really matters in life and how to achieve it.

Can’t see the woods for the trees? Which best describes the working you? New to it all and feeling a bit lost? Stuck in a never-ending work loop? Coasting aimlessly, needing direction and motivation? Exhausting, isn’t it? Never-ending background noise from the social media jungle would have you believe that your life should be sorted, your goals set firmly in place and that you should be feeling fulfilled and grateful. But instead, you’re scratching your head and asking yourself…it wasn’t meant to feel like this and where do I really fit into the business world?

Written by Harvard-trained ex-law firm partner Liz Brown, Life After Law: Finding Work You Love with the J.D. You Have provides specific, realistic, and honest advice on alternative careers for lawyers. Unlike generic career guides, Life After Law shows lawyers how to reframe their legal experience to their competitive advantage, no matter how long they have been in or out of practice, to find work they truly love. Brown herself moved from a high-powered partnership into an alternative career and draws from this experience, as well as that of dozens of former practicing attorneys, in the audiobook.

Fully revised second edition. Since Breaking Through Bias was published in 2016, the #MeToo movement has exposed just how pervasive sexual harassment is in the workplace; the increase in public misogynistic comments has made clear that explicit gender bias is not a thing of the past; and stay-at-home orders and school closings due to Covid-19 have brought into even sharper focus the discriminatory impact of the unequal division of child care and household responsibilities between most couples.

To succeed in business today, you must be strong, smart, competitive, resilient, tenacious, and fearless. If you want to be heard at work, you must speak up. If you want to drive change, you need an action plan. If you want to keep your job in an increasingly competitive world, you must show on a daily basis how you add value to your company. In short, if you want to succeed, you need good, old-fashioned backbone.

Too many people in their forties and fifties (Gen X) are trapped in work that bores them, drains them of energy, stresses them out, threatens their relationships or simply feels meaningless. This rebellious generation has been tamed by the corporate master and trained into submission. Lucia Knight challenges you to step back, look at what you wanted, where you are now and what you want to create next. It is possible to take control of your own career and work story. BUT Without a clear understanding of how to do this effectively you risk everything.

Scientific research has found that your ability to resist the damaging effects of stress - your hardiness - can reduce stress-related illness and strengthen your ability to thrive under pressure. Hardiness, written by respected clinical and research psychologists, will help develop your psychological hardiness which, in turn, enables you to enjoy more of life's rewards. Mastering the 3 C's of hardiness - commitment, control, and challenge - is essential to increasing hardiness and responding effectively to stressful situations.

In Grow like Tech, explore the captivating world of big tech companies like Meta, Google, Amazon, Apple, and TikTok. This book takes you on a journey through the unprecedented rise of these tech giants, revealing the code of their profound impact on business and society at large. Learn about their business practices, employee cultures, and the driving forces behind their exponential growth. Gain insights into their approach to product development, market competition, and the unparalleled speed at which they operate.

Many organizations approach the issue of employee engagement and motivation by tapping into age, gender and other stereotypes. Motivation and Performance challenges these notions, bringing together evidence that group differences are often exaggerated and that getting to the heart of what really motivates individuals is what's most important. This book is a practical guide to ensuring that organizations consider all motivators - job security as well as the need for personal growth - to improve employee satisfaction, boost organizational productivity and reduce staff turnover.