The Burden of Bad Ideas By Heather Mac Donald

 

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Overview

Critics have attacked the foolishness of some of today's elite thought from many angles, but few have examined the real-world consequences of those ideas. In The Burden of Bad Ideas, Heather Mac Donald reports on their disastrous effects throughout our society. At a Brooklyn high school, students perfect their graffiti skills for academic credit. An Ivy League law professor urges blacks to steal from their employers. Washington bureaucrats regard theft by drug addicts as evidence of disability, thereby justifying benefits. Public health officials argue that racism and sexism cause women to get AIDS. America's premier monument to knowledge, the Smithsonian Institution, portrays science as white man's religion. Such absurdities, Ms. Mac Donald argues, grow out of a powerful set of ideas that have governed our public policy for decades, the product of university faculties and a professional elite who are convinced that America is a deeply unjust society. And while these beliefs have damaged the nation as a whole, she observes, they have hit the poor especially hard. Read more at The Burden of Bad Ideas. Credit: Manhattan Institute.

Focal Point By Brian Tracy

 

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Overview

The true secret of high achievers is that they know how to find their "focal point," the one thing they should do, at any given moment, to get the best possible results in each area of their lives. 

Bestselling author and motivational speaker Brian Tracy brings together the very best ideas on personal management into a simple, easy-to-use plan. Focal Point helps readers analyze their lives in seven key areas and shows them how to develop focused goals and plans in each.

This best-selling guide provides timeless truths that have been discovered by the most effective people throughout the ages, answering questions like:

In Focal Point, Tracy provides timeless truths that answers questions such as:

- How can I get control of my time and my life?

- How can I achieve maximum career success and still balance my personal life?

- How can I accelerate the achievement of all my goals?

Focal Point shows you how to develop absolute clarity about what they want, and how they can achieve supreme satisfaction, both personally and professionally.

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People Buy You (Sales Gravy)

 

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Overview

What is most important to your success as a sales or business professional? Is it education, experience, product knowledge, job title, territory, or business dress? Is it your company’s reputation, product, price, marketing collateral, delivery lead times, in stock ratios, service guarantees, management strength, or warehouse location? Is it testimonials, the latest Forbes write up, or brand awareness? Is it the investment in the latest CRM software, business 2.0 tools, or social media strategy?

If you want to know the real secret to what matters most in business, just look in the mirror. That’s right, it’s YOU. Do these other things matter? Of course they do, but when all things are equal (and in the competitive world we live in today, things almost always are) People Buy You. Credit: Excerpt, People Buy You; Jeb Blount.

Slow Productivity By Cal Newport

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Overview

  

Our current definition of “productivity” is broken. It pushes us to treat busyness as a proxy for useful effort, leading to impossibly lengthy task lists and ceaseless meetings. We’re overwhelmed by all we have to do and on the edge of burnout, left to decide between giving into soul-sapping hustle culture or rejecting ambition altogether. But are these really our only choices? Read more here. Credit: Cal Newport.

First Things First

 

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Overview

Time management tips: Stephen R. Covey's First Things First is the gold standard for time management books. His principle-centered approach for prioritizing gives you time management tips that enable you to make changes and sacrifices needed in order to obtain happiness, and retain a feeling of security. First Things First: The Interactive Edition takes Dr. Covey's philosophy and remasters the entire text to include: videos, infographics, analysis and more. Credit: Stephen R. Covey; First Things First.

Killing Kryptonite By John Bevere

 

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 Overview

What’s your kryptonite? For so many Christians, frustration and fatigue set in as they try time and again to get free from what holds them back. God never intended for it to be this way. He destined you to be victorious in every area of your life, and more than that, He gives you the power to overcome whatever comes against you. In Killing Kryptonite, best-selling author John Bevere opens up about his own story, revealing key biblical truths that moved him from a life of struggle to a life of breakthrough. You can enjoy a life of intimacy and connection with God. You can have a vibrant, powerful faith that impacts the world around you. But first, you have to face off with spiritual kryptonite. This book is not for the faint of heart. But if you’re ready to embrace a journey of radical transformation, this message is for you. Are you ready to kill your kryptonite and step into the life you were born for? Credit: Messenger International; Amazon.

This is Marketing By Seth Godin

 

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Overview

Seth Godin has taught and inspired millions of entrepreneurs, marketers, leaders, and fans from all walks of life, via his blog, online courses, lectures, and bestselling books. He is the inventor of countless ideas that have made their way into mainstream business language, from Permission Marketing to Purple Cow to Tribes to The Dip. Now, for the first time, Godin offers the core of his marketing wisdom in one compact, accessible, timeless package. This is Marketing shows you how to do work you're proud of, whether you're a tech startup founder, a small business owner, or part of a large corporation.

Great marketers don't use consumers to solve their company's problem; they use marketing to solve other people's problems. Their tactics rely on empathy, connection, and emotional labor instead of attention-stealing ads and spammy email funnels. Credit: This is Marketing.

Lean Thinking

 

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 Overview

Expanded, updated, and more relevant than ever, this bestselling business classic by two internationally renowned management analysts describes a business system for the twenty-first century that supersedes the mass production system of Ford, the financial control system of Sloan, and the strategic system of Welch and GE. It is based on the Toyota (lean) model, which combines operational excellence with value-based strategies to produce steady growth through a wide range of economic conditions.
In contrast with the crash-and-burn performance of companies trumpeted by business gurus in the 1990s, the firms profiled in Lean Thinking -- from tiny Lantech to midsized Wiremold to niche producer Porsche to gigantic Pratt & Whitney -- have kept on keeping on, largely unnoticed, along a steady upward path through the market turbulence and crushed dreams of the early twenty-first century. Meanwhile, the leader in lean thinking -- Toyota -- has set its sights on leadership of the global motor vehicle industry in this decade. Instead of constantly reinventing business models, lean thinkers go back to basics by asking what the customer really perceives as value. (It's often not at all what existing organizations and assets would suggest.) The next step is to line up value-creating activities for a specific product along a value stream while eliminating activities (usually the majority) that don't add value. Then the lean thinker creates a flow condition in which the design and the product advance smoothly and rapidly at the pull of the customer (rather than the push of the producer). Finally, as flow and pull are implemented, the lean thinker speeds up the cycle of improvement in pursuit of perfection. The first part of this book describes each of these concepts and makes them come alive with striking examples. Credit: Lean Thinking.

"Think This, Not That" By Dr. Josh Axe

 

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Brief Overview

The key to a more meaningful life? It's right there in your mind. That's where it all begins. If you've been living with false narratives in your head, they've been keeping you locked up in a prison of unfulfilled dreams and untapped potential. But here's the game-changer: you can cultivate a brand new mindset, one based on what's actually true. Dr. Josh Axe, in Think This, Not That, is your guide to this amazing journey. He’ll help you unpack those top twelve mental barriers that have been holding you back from becoming the person you're meant to be. For each barrier, Dr. Axe presents a brand new empowering mindset. Credit: Dr. Josh Axe.

The 15 Commitments of Conscious Leadership

 

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Overview

You’ll never see leadership the same way again after reading this book.These fifteen commitments are a distillation of decades of work with CEOs and other leaders. They are radical or provocative for many. They have been game changers for us and for our clients. We trust that they will be for you too.Our experience is that unconscious leadership is not sustainable. It won’t work for you, your team or your organization in the long term. Unconscious leadership can deliver short term results, but the costs of living and leading unconsciously are great.Fear drives most leaders to make choices that are at odds with healthy relationships, vitality and balance. This fear leaves a toxic residue that won’t be as easily tolerated in an increasingly complex business environment.Conscious leadership offers the antidote to fear. These pages contain a comprehensive road map to guide you to shift from fear-based to trust-based leadership.

Once you learn and start practicing conscious leadership you’ll get results in the form of more energy, clarity, focus and healthier relationships. You’ll do more and more of what you are passionate about, and less of what you do out of obligation. You’ll have more fun, be happier, experience less drama and be more on purpose. Your team will get results as well. They’ll be more collaborative, creative, energized and engaged. They’ll solve issues faster, and once resolved the issues won’t resurface. Drama and gossip will all but disappear, and the energy and resources that fueled them will be redirected towards innovation and creativity.Any one of these commitments will change your life. All of them together are revolutionary. 

Leaders who practice the 15 commitments:· End blame and criticism· Speak candidly, openly and honestly, in a way that invites others to do the same· Find their unique genius· Let go of taking everything—especially themselves and their problems—so seriously· Create win for all solutions· Experience a new relationship to time and money where there is always enough. What do you need to bring to the table?Be curious.Sounds so simple, and yet in our experience it’s a skill few have mastered. Most of us are far more interested in being right and proving it, than we are in learning, growing and shifting out of our old patterns. By default we gravitate towards the familiar. We’re asking you to take a chance and explore the unfamiliar. You’ll get scared and reactive. We all do. So what? Just stay curious and let us introduce you to a whole new world of leadership. Credit: 15 Commitments of Conscious Leadership; Conscious Leadership Group.

"Mind Wiping" - Eliminate Destructive Emotions

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Overview

What erases with Mind Wiping? 

"All negative, destructive emotions. We've yet to find a negative emotions that refuses to be erased using Mind Wiping. Many do not realize that they made a decision an instant before feeling a negative emotion. An emotion is always attached to a painful experience. First we decide, then we feel. Mind Wiping erases only the emotion. The decision will stay in the subconscious mind until it is erased. Later we'll go back and erase any negative decisions, but it takes another technique(s) to do that. Which is why we keep track of the emotions we erase."  Credit: Mind Wiping; Learn more about the authors Sarah and Jessica Meredith. 

Explore Mind Wiping and purchase the book here.

People Buy You

 

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If you want to know the real secret to what matters most in business, just look in the mirror. That's right, it's YOU. Do these other things matter? Of course they do, but when all things are equal (and in the competitive world we live in today, things almost always are) People Buy You. Your ability to build lasting business relationships that allow you to close more deals, retain clients, increase your income, and advance your career to rise the top of your company or industry, depends on your skills for getting other people to like you, trust you, and BUY YOU.  This break-through book pushes past the typical focus on mechanics and stale processes found in so many of today's sales and business books, and goes right to the heart of what matters most in 21st century business. Offering a straight forward, actionable formula for creating instant connections with prospects and customers, People Buy You will enable you to achieve a whole new level of success in your sales and business career. Credit: Read more here.  Meet the Author Jeb Blount.

The Power of Moments

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 Overview

The New York Times bestselling authors of Switch and Made to Stick explore why certain brief experiences can jolt us and elevate us and change us—and how we can learn to create such extraordinary moments in our life and work. Many of the defining moments in our lives are the result of accident or luck—but why would we leave our most meaningful, memorable moments to chance when we can create them? This book features captivating stories of people who have created standout moments: The owners who transformed an utterly mediocre hotel into one of the best-loved properties in Los Angeles by conjuring moments of magic for guests. Relief workers who beat a deadly health practice in one village by causing the locals to “trip over the truth.” The scrappy team that turned around one of the worst elementary schools in the country by embracing an intervention that lasts less than an hour. Excerpt Credit: The Power of Moments; Chip Heath; Dan Heath (HeathBrothers.com).

Peale - The Father of Positive Thinking

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The Power of Positive Thinking was birthed due to Peale's concern for the pain faced by mankind, providing the readers with tools and techniques to bring about peace of mind. This will enable them to lead a constructive life. The readers are guided into the secrets of positive thinking, which will help them move fast their past failures and achieve the goals they've set. Peale throws light on certain techniques that are geared towards preventing readers from accepting defeat over the things that affect their lives. These techniques will also help them experience an improvement in their physical health as well as their energy levels. Peale moves on to talk about individuals who have put these tips into practice and have achieved tremendous results in their lives. He explains that difficulties in life can only impact the well-being of an individual if they're allowed to. Explore more here. 

Spiritual Marketing

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A Proven 5-Step Formula for Easily Creating Wealth from the Inside Out

 

Explore The Art of Copyrighting with Kara Stokes

 

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Meet Kara Stokes

Kara Stokes is an Australian SEO Copywriter for fitness and wellness brands. With over five years of copywriting experience and decades of hobby writing tucked into her backpack, she’s a master at creating engaging stories. When she’s not whipping up fresh, attention-grabbing messages for her clients, Kara loves to watch, read and write fantasy stories. She lives in stunning WA and spends her free time floating on the ocean, adventuring with her three kids and husband, or getting stronger in the gym. Learn more about Kara here.

The Miracle Morning by Hal Elrod

 

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Overview

What if you could miraculously wake up tomorrow and any - or every area of your life was transformed? What would be different? Would you be happier? Healthier? More successful? In better shape? Would you have more energy? Less Stress? More Money? Better relationships? Which of your problems would be solved? What if I told you that there is a "not-so-obvious" secret that is guaranteed to transform any - or literally every area of your life, faster than you ever thought possible? What if I told you it would only take 6 minutes a day? Enter The Miracle Morning. What's now being practiced by thousands of people around the world could perhaps be the simplest approach to creating the life you've always wanted. Are you ready? The next chapter of your life - the most extraordinary life you've ever imagined - is about to begin. You deserve an extraordinary life. It's time to wake up to your full potential. Credit: The Miracle Morning

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Meet Speaker, Educator & Author Joseph Giampapa

 

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Meet Joseph Giampapa

A nationally known Speaker and Educator, Joseph Giampapa holds a Masters Degree in communication and affiliations in three countries. He has been named to the Entertainment Industry Council Speakers Bureau's "Roster of Celebrities" with such Board Member notables (past and present) as Frank Sinatra, Tim Conway, Lucille Ball, and Jack Anderson to name a few. He specializes in the areas of "Self-Empowerment", Effective Communication, Self-image and making positive impacts in peoples' lives. 

He was raised in the suburbs of Chicago . By the time he was eighteen, he was working for the Red Cross entertainment service as a "stand-up comedian. Using "family humor" and coming from a family of eleven, he was never at a loss for material. When he was in Europe , he wrote, directed and produced various road shows for our servicemen overseas. Later in the states, as a teacher with a background in Communication and Sociology, he always made sure his students were getting their money's worth. He created high energy projects such as burying a "time capsule" in front of city hall and helped supply a school being built in the Philippines through the Peace Corps. Joe has been labeled a leader in the field of interpersonal communication and maintained a private practice for years, helping individuals "reprogram" their lives for success. He has developed programs for both the corporate and private sectors and has served on and chaired many community boards. He has developed television programs for preschoolers to bolster self-worth and has had White House staff recommend one of his programs with possible implementation in the future.

Joseph holds with the philosophy that everyone was meant to be someone. His own list of titles include: Professor, Playwright, Director, Producer and Lecturer. He is dedicated to helping each of us communicate more effectively. He introduces us to our own personal "tools for life" enabling each of us to empower ourselves to achieve greatness. Credits: Credits: Joseph Giampapa, Joseph Giampapa Books; What I Will I Can

Hustle Harder with 50 Cent

 

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Overview

For the first time, Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson opens up about his amazing comeback—from tragic personal loss to thriving businessman and cable’s highest-paid executive—in this unique self-help guide, his first since his blockbuster New York Times bestseller The 50th Law.

In his early twenties Curtis Jackson, known as 50 Cent rose to the heights of fame and power in the cutthroat music business. A decade ago the multi-platinum selling rap artist decided to pivot. His ability to adapt to change was demonstrated when he became the executive producer and star of Power, a high-octane, gripping crime drama centered around a drug kingpin’s family. The series quickly became “appointment” television, leading to Jackson inking a four-year, $150 million contract with the Starz network—the most lucrative deal in premium cable history.

Now, in his most personal book, Jackson shakes up the self-help category with his unique, cutting-edge lessons and hard-earned advice on embracing change. Where The 50th Law tells readers “fear nothing and you shall succeed,” Hustle Harder, Hustle Smarter builds on this message, combining it with Jackson’s street smarts and hard-learned corporate savvy to help readers successfully achieve their own comeback—and to learn to flow with the changes that disrupt their own lives. Credit: Hustle Harder Hustle Smarter

Lies My Doctor Told Me

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“The most powerful and most deceptive medical lie of all, is that your doctor knows everything there is to know about your health, or about medicine in general.” - Quote, Dr. Berry

Book Overview

Has your doctor lied to you? Eat low-fat and high-carb, including plenty of “healthy” whole grains—does that sound familiar? Perhaps this is what you were told at your last doctor’s appointment or visit with a nutritionist, or perhaps it is something you read online when searching for a healthy diet. And perhaps you’ve been misled. Dr. Ken Berry is here to dispel the myths and misinformation that have been perpetuated by the medical and food industries for decades. This updated and expanded edition of Dr. Berry’s bestseller Lies My Doctor Told Me exposes the truth behind all kinds of “lies” told by well-meaning but misinformed medical practitioners. Nutritional therapy is often overlooked in medical school, and the information provided to physicians is often outdated. However, the negative consequences on your health remain the same. Advice to avoid healthy fats and stay out of the sun has been proven to be detrimental to longevity and wreak havoc on your system. In this book, Dr. Berry will enlighten you about nutrition and life choices, their role in our health, and how to begin an educated conversation with your doctor about finding the right path for you. This book will teach you: how doctors are taught to think about nutrition and other preventative health measures, and how they should be thinking how the Food Pyramid and MyPlate came into existence and why they should change the facts about fat intake and heart health the truth about the effects of whole wheat on the human body the role of dairy in your diet the truth about salt—friend or foe? the dangers and benefits of hormone therapy new information about inflammation and how it should be viewed by doctors Come out of the darkness and let Ken Berry be your guide to optimal health and harmony! Credit: Dr. Ken D Berry