Business, Finance & Law Reference & Education Books
Reference & Education
Simplify Your Pursuit of Success (Six Simple Steps to Success Book 1)
Find the Success You've Been Searching For
What is it you've yearned to BE? A writer? An entrepreneur? A great parent? What is it you've longed to DO? Leave a legacy? Change a piece of the world? Change yourself?
Maybe you've come to believe that success is only for others, and not for you. Don't give up on your dreams! There's an easier way to find the success you've been searching for.
It doesn't have to be so difficult!
Using real-life examples and personal stories in this short series overview, best-selling author and coach, Michal Stawicki reveals how to:
Re-write your life into a story of change and plant your feet on your own path to success.
Stop understating your capacity for greatness, and discover what you're truly capable of.
Achieve your desires without figuring everything out on your own -- or starting from scratch again.
Change your life for the better -- at your own perfect pace and without overwhelm.
Hand-pick and tailor solutions that are sustainable for you.
Accomplish the desires of your heart, one by one, by mastering just a few simple disciplines.
Know that you have your own unique life purpose.
You'll also discover...
Why it's not your talent that counts (but what does).
Where your true power lies.
What your most precious asset is (this may surprise you!)
Why your willpower drains so quickly, and what you must use instead.
The 3 main ways we find meaning. (Which way is uniquely yours?)
The 6 "stepping stones" on your path to fulfilling your heart's desires.
Take your next step in creating the new, meaning-filled life you've hungered for. Simply click the Buy Now button at the top of the screen.
What is it you've yearned to BE? A writer? An entrepreneur? A great parent? What is it you've longed to DO? Leave a legacy? Change a piece of the world? Change yourself?
Maybe you've come to believe that success is only for others, and not for you. Don't give up on your dreams! There's an easier way to find the success you've been searching for.
It doesn't have to be so difficult!
Using real-life examples and personal stories in this short series overview, best-selling author and coach, Michal Stawicki reveals how to:
Re-write your life into a story of change and plant your feet on your own path to success.
Stop understating your capacity for greatness, and discover what you're truly capable of.
Achieve your desires without figuring everything out on your own -- or starting from scratch again.
Change your life for the better -- at your own perfect pace and without overwhelm.
Hand-pick and tailor solutions that are sustainable for you.
Accomplish the desires of your heart, one by one, by mastering just a few simple disciplines.
Know that you have your own unique life purpose.
You'll also discover...
Why it's not your talent that counts (but what does).
Where your true power lies.
What your most precious asset is (this may surprise you!)
Why your willpower drains so quickly, and what you must use instead.
The 3 main ways we find meaning. (Which way is uniquely yours?)
The 6 "stepping stones" on your path to fulfilling your heart's desires.
Take your next step in creating the new, meaning-filled life you've hungered for. Simply click the Buy Now button at the top of the screen.
Reference & Education
Goal Setting (Workbook Included): Goals & Motivation: Introduction To A Complete & Proven Step-By-Step Blueprint For Reaching Your Goals (Goal Setting Master Plan 1)
Do you want to learn how to achieve your goals but feel tired of all the over-hyped, positive thinking, self help stuff out there?
If you do, then download this FREE book today!
Only 8% of people who set goals actually achieve them. If you fall into the other 92%, you are probably familiar with the feelings of overwhelm, frustration and being stuck, that accompany the task of trying to achieve your goals.
After experiencing many common pitfalls himself, Martin Kaye, founder of the Better Self Academy, set out to find what prevented him from reaching personal success, and what really works. He dove deep into the scientific research field of behavioral psychology and applied psychology, specifically the research done by world leading researchers on the topics of willpower, habits, happiness, goal setting and motivation to create a complete, step-by-step, blueprint that includes all factors that impact your chances to achieve your goal.
Regardless of what your particular goal is, this book offers an evidence-based introduction to the world of goal setting and goal achievement, beyond New Thought ideas such as positive thinking, vision boards and affirmations. It will help you get started, and give you advice you can immediately put to practical use.
In this book you will learn:
The THREE problems with self-help advice and life coachesThe importance of using your strengthsHow to avoid the Rat RaceHow Motivation really worksWhy Positive Thinking leads to Negative ResultsHow to use two simple daily routinesYou also get a free goal setting workbook with the TEN proven steps to creating a plan that leads to real results, to download and print out and use as a tool when setting your goals, as well as a companion on your journey towards your goals. In addition you are granted access to the Better Self Academy, a growing community of like-minded people who want to learn how to become a little better each and every day.
You're about to discover a scientific approach to how to set and achieve your goals. Are you ready to take action?
Now scroll up and instantly get your hands on your FREE copy!
If you do, then download this FREE book today!
Only 8% of people who set goals actually achieve them. If you fall into the other 92%, you are probably familiar with the feelings of overwhelm, frustration and being stuck, that accompany the task of trying to achieve your goals.
After experiencing many common pitfalls himself, Martin Kaye, founder of the Better Self Academy, set out to find what prevented him from reaching personal success, and what really works. He dove deep into the scientific research field of behavioral psychology and applied psychology, specifically the research done by world leading researchers on the topics of willpower, habits, happiness, goal setting and motivation to create a complete, step-by-step, blueprint that includes all factors that impact your chances to achieve your goal.
Regardless of what your particular goal is, this book offers an evidence-based introduction to the world of goal setting and goal achievement, beyond New Thought ideas such as positive thinking, vision boards and affirmations. It will help you get started, and give you advice you can immediately put to practical use.
In this book you will learn:
The THREE problems with self-help advice and life coachesThe importance of using your strengthsHow to avoid the Rat RaceHow Motivation really worksWhy Positive Thinking leads to Negative ResultsHow to use two simple daily routinesYou also get a free goal setting workbook with the TEN proven steps to creating a plan that leads to real results, to download and print out and use as a tool when setting your goals, as well as a companion on your journey towards your goals. In addition you are granted access to the Better Self Academy, a growing community of like-minded people who want to learn how to become a little better each and every day.
You're about to discover a scientific approach to how to set and achieve your goals. Are you ready to take action?
Now scroll up and instantly get your hands on your FREE copy!
Reference & Education
The Art of Getting to YES: How Using Questions Correctly Inspires Action, Agreement, and Connection with Anyone
Do you consciously frame questions so the easiest answer is "Yes"? "We need to talk, can you meet me at noon?"Fear strikes the heart of most folks when they hear, "We need to talk..." from their boss or spouse. Heart rates soar, blood pressure rises, and concentration on anything else is pretty much toast. Unless the specific intent was to cause panic, one bit of questionable communication can ruin your day.
Effective communication is hard. Concise effective communication is an art. For those who don't have the gift, questions can even the playing field. That's how questions became the foundation of the author's career and inspired this short-read book.
People who ask brilliant questions are often more successful than people who give brilliant answers. It's like the old story about the difference between giving someone a fish or teaching them how to fish. One answer won't make your career, but skillfully asking the right questions might.
??? Personal and professional relationships are fed by trust. Properly using questions inspires trust.Most people look for a yes - action, obedience, or agreement - from customers, colleagues, families, and even horses. This short book addresses the reasons why you don't get the response you want and the unintended consequences of asking the wrong question.
Easy-to-understand and packed with illustrations, "The Art of YES" shares the 4 Types of Questions and teaches you to wield them effectively and responsibly. Has a question ever made you feel uncomfortable? If that wasn't the intent, what went wrong?
Written by Lynn Baber, best-selling author, World and National Champion horse trainer and breeder, and promoter of the concept of Message over Market. A serial entrepreneur, Lynn credits her success in large part to the savvy use of questions.
Scroll up, grab a copy, and unlock the power of questions today.
Effective communication is hard. Concise effective communication is an art. For those who don't have the gift, questions can even the playing field. That's how questions became the foundation of the author's career and inspired this short-read book.
People who ask brilliant questions are often more successful than people who give brilliant answers. It's like the old story about the difference between giving someone a fish or teaching them how to fish. One answer won't make your career, but skillfully asking the right questions might.
??? Personal and professional relationships are fed by trust. Properly using questions inspires trust.Most people look for a yes - action, obedience, or agreement - from customers, colleagues, families, and even horses. This short book addresses the reasons why you don't get the response you want and the unintended consequences of asking the wrong question.
Easy-to-understand and packed with illustrations, "The Art of YES" shares the 4 Types of Questions and teaches you to wield them effectively and responsibly. Has a question ever made you feel uncomfortable? If that wasn't the intent, what went wrong?
Written by Lynn Baber, best-selling author, World and National Champion horse trainer and breeder, and promoter of the concept of Message over Market. A serial entrepreneur, Lynn credits her success in large part to the savvy use of questions.
Scroll up, grab a copy, and unlock the power of questions today.
Reference & Education
Against Corruption: A book of essays
Corruption is the cancer at the heart of many of the world's problems. It destroys jobs and holds back growth. It fuels instability and terrorism. It traps the poorest in poverty. It even corrodes trust in the sports we love.
In this collection of essays leading politicians, activists, journalists and academics begin a global debate about how we can fight back.
In this collection of essays leading politicians, activists, journalists and academics begin a global debate about how we can fight back.
Reference & Education
Preparing to Set Up Your Limited Company (Starting and Running a Successful Limited Company Book 1)
Learn how to form a limited company for freelancing, contracting, or for your small business with this easy to understand, step-by-step guide.
Authored by the team at the accountancy firm inniAccounts, it contains a wealth of experience, knowledge and practical advice gained from supporting small businesses owners like you.
Download this book today and you'll learn: how to choose a name for your new company; how best to appoint directors and shareholders; how to protect your personal privacy; how to choose an accountant; how to form your company; how to open a business bank account and much more.
Authored by the team at the accountancy firm inniAccounts, it contains a wealth of experience, knowledge and practical advice gained from supporting small businesses owners like you.
Download this book today and you'll learn: how to choose a name for your new company; how best to appoint directors and shareholders; how to protect your personal privacy; how to choose an accountant; how to form your company; how to open a business bank account and much more.
Reference & Education
How to Stay Motivated and Reach Your Goals: A Guide for Students, Researchers and Entrepreneurs (Essay and Thesis Writing Book 9)
From bestselling author Grant Andrews, PhD
Practical steps to reach your potential and stay motivated on your path to success.
This guide offers the stories and advice from those who have overcome hardships to reach success. Learn how to understand your potential and to use your skills effectively to reach your goals.
If you need motivation as a student, researcher or entrepreneur, this book will inspire you to overcome obstacles and dare to dream big.
The guide is written by Dr. Grant Andrews, who has been teaching academic writing for years, and who works with university and corporate clients.
It is part of the Essay and Thesis Writing Series. You can find out more about the series at www.writeyourthesis.com.
Practical steps to reach your potential and stay motivated on your path to success.
This guide offers the stories and advice from those who have overcome hardships to reach success. Learn how to understand your potential and to use your skills effectively to reach your goals.
If you need motivation as a student, researcher or entrepreneur, this book will inspire you to overcome obstacles and dare to dream big.
The guide is written by Dr. Grant Andrews, who has been teaching academic writing for years, and who works with university and corporate clients.
It is part of the Essay and Thesis Writing Series. You can find out more about the series at www.writeyourthesis.com.
Reference & Education
Intrinsic Motivation: How to Motivate Yourself From Within and Achieve Your Goals With Blazing Speed
This book will provide you with several new insights, techniques, and strategies that you can use to motivate yourself from within. Please APPLY what you learn here today. It WILL change your life in a BIG way.
If at any time in your life you feel stuck, simply come back to this book to remind yourself of what you may need to do to get unstuck and re-motivate yourself.
Let's begin. Click the download button to start your journey to success.
If at any time in your life you feel stuck, simply come back to this book to remind yourself of what you may need to do to get unstuck and re-motivate yourself.
Let's begin. Click the download button to start your journey to success.
Reference & Education
Build A New Career!: How to redefine your skills for a full-blown career change and get a new job you really want – no matter where you’ve been. (Career Change Series Book 1)
Now fully updated in 2018!
Do you hate your job but feel like you're stuck in it for life? Want to change careers, but feel like your experience points you in the wrong direction? Do you feel like there are tons of other jobs you could do, but you have a resume that looks a million miles away from what you want?
You're closer than you think! In Build A New Career!, you'll learn how to re-package your experience into a resume and a sales strategy that will get you a new future, no matter where you're coming from. Even if you've held the same job for twenty years, you have a wealth of experience that can be molded into hundreds of different opportunities - you just need to highlight the right pieces.
Your experience is worth more than you might think - in Build A New Career!, you'll see just how easy it is to sell your talents the right way!
Interview with the author
Q - Aren't there lots of books about career change? Why do we need another one?
A - There are loads of career change books out there - I don't pretend this is the first! One of the problems with almost all career change books, though, is that they treat change as a one-off. "I hate my job, so if I make this one change, then everything will be great!"
But what happens if you don't like the second career either? If you go through a massive once-in-a-lifetime exercise, you can feel more demoralized than ever if it doesn't work out.
Q - So what makes the Career Change series different?
A - This Series isn't just about leaving the career you hate - it's about embracing an entirely new path for your future. In this book, you'll discover how to constantly repackage what experience you already have into a new career that you've never tried before. Then, when you grow tired of that, morph and adapt again - and again!
The Career Change series is about learning how to change as a normal course of habit. Once you learn how to navigate a new career, it becomes easier and easier to keep on changing. Because for high performers or anyone else who just wants to be happy in their careers: boredom is not an option.
Q - What makes you an expert in career change?
A - A lot of experts on career change are Human Resources (HR) pros who have studied what other people do. Not me.
I've worked over 60 jobs in my 39 years, reaching across a dozen industries, private and public sectors - and six countries. I went from fine arts to finance; hospitality to project management; client services to business process analysis. If there's a career out there, I've probably worked some role in it.
And that's what makes me uniquely qualified to talk about career change: I don't skim across theories that other people develop. I've lived it, I've done it.
Q - I want to love my job - how do I leave the job that I hate?
A - If you hate your job, you're in the clear majority! But the biggest mistake we can make is setting small targets for change. In this series you'll learn how to set BIG goals that seem ridiculously far away - but can be achieved way faster than you think. In no time at all, you'll be in a job that you love!
Q - In what order should I read the books?
A - Since the books build on a progressive set of ideas, you might be flying a bit blind if you jump out of sequence. To get the most of the Career Change series, you should probably read them in the following order:
1. Build A New Career! How to redefine your skills for a full-blown career change and get a new job you really want - no matter where you've been.
2. Get The Career You Deserve! How to build your network, leverage your connections, and sell your talents for a great new career change.
Do you hate your job but feel like you're stuck in it for life? Want to change careers, but feel like your experience points you in the wrong direction? Do you feel like there are tons of other jobs you could do, but you have a resume that looks a million miles away from what you want?
You're closer than you think! In Build A New Career!, you'll learn how to re-package your experience into a resume and a sales strategy that will get you a new future, no matter where you're coming from. Even if you've held the same job for twenty years, you have a wealth of experience that can be molded into hundreds of different opportunities - you just need to highlight the right pieces.
Your experience is worth more than you might think - in Build A New Career!, you'll see just how easy it is to sell your talents the right way!
Interview with the author
Q - Aren't there lots of books about career change? Why do we need another one?
A - There are loads of career change books out there - I don't pretend this is the first! One of the problems with almost all career change books, though, is that they treat change as a one-off. "I hate my job, so if I make this one change, then everything will be great!"
But what happens if you don't like the second career either? If you go through a massive once-in-a-lifetime exercise, you can feel more demoralized than ever if it doesn't work out.
Q - So what makes the Career Change series different?
A - This Series isn't just about leaving the career you hate - it's about embracing an entirely new path for your future. In this book, you'll discover how to constantly repackage what experience you already have into a new career that you've never tried before. Then, when you grow tired of that, morph and adapt again - and again!
The Career Change series is about learning how to change as a normal course of habit. Once you learn how to navigate a new career, it becomes easier and easier to keep on changing. Because for high performers or anyone else who just wants to be happy in their careers: boredom is not an option.
Q - What makes you an expert in career change?
A - A lot of experts on career change are Human Resources (HR) pros who have studied what other people do. Not me.
I've worked over 60 jobs in my 39 years, reaching across a dozen industries, private and public sectors - and six countries. I went from fine arts to finance; hospitality to project management; client services to business process analysis. If there's a career out there, I've probably worked some role in it.
And that's what makes me uniquely qualified to talk about career change: I don't skim across theories that other people develop. I've lived it, I've done it.
Q - I want to love my job - how do I leave the job that I hate?
A - If you hate your job, you're in the clear majority! But the biggest mistake we can make is setting small targets for change. In this series you'll learn how to set BIG goals that seem ridiculously far away - but can be achieved way faster than you think. In no time at all, you'll be in a job that you love!
Q - In what order should I read the books?
A - Since the books build on a progressive set of ideas, you might be flying a bit blind if you jump out of sequence. To get the most of the Career Change series, you should probably read them in the following order:
1. Build A New Career! How to redefine your skills for a full-blown career change and get a new job you really want - no matter where you've been.
2. Get The Career You Deserve! How to build your network, leverage your connections, and sell your talents for a great new career change.
Reference & Education
Positive energy: how to change the mentality of "not going up" and "Buddha": Positive energy (PersonalManagement Book 19)
How to gradually transition from the current living conditions to the vision that you really want to achieve.
Thus, every day of our lives has become a node in the realization of the dream.
Thus, every day of our lives has become a node in the realization of the dream.
Reference & Education
Take Back Your Life: Three Steps To Designing The Life You Really Want
If you're leading a life of "quiet desperation" rather than a vibrant, fulfilling life, and you want that to change, this book is for you.
Do you want more freedom in your life? More time to call your own? More energy? Work that you love?
Do you need inspiration to go after a dream? Wish you could get out of debt, maybe even retire much sooner than you ever thought possible?
None of that is easy, but it is much simpler than most people think. Developing that kind of freedom only requires three basic steps: setting your priorities, eliminating obstacles, and taking action. This book walks you through each of those three steps in detail. If you apply the information provided in this book, you will be able to make the changes in your life necessary to take back your life; that is, to make the positive changes that will lead to greater freedom for you.
If you don't like the way your life is going right now, and you're ready to do what it takes to change it, download this book now and read it from beginning to end. You've got nothing to lose.
Do you want more freedom in your life? More time to call your own? More energy? Work that you love?
Do you need inspiration to go after a dream? Wish you could get out of debt, maybe even retire much sooner than you ever thought possible?
None of that is easy, but it is much simpler than most people think. Developing that kind of freedom only requires three basic steps: setting your priorities, eliminating obstacles, and taking action. This book walks you through each of those three steps in detail. If you apply the information provided in this book, you will be able to make the changes in your life necessary to take back your life; that is, to make the positive changes that will lead to greater freedom for you.
If you don't like the way your life is going right now, and you're ready to do what it takes to change it, download this book now and read it from beginning to end. You've got nothing to lose.
Reference & Education
Building relationships with donors
This 6-hour free course explored approaches fundraisers can adopt and issues likely to be faced in providing opportunities for people to donate.
Reference & Education
Lead with Grace: This is The Shepherd Metaphor: Leading Community in Disruptive Times
Are you tired of listening to the repetitive rhetoric of untrustworthy leaders?
Are you worried that others see you as no different?
Here is your FREE Book to help guide you toward becoming a leader trusted by people - a person who leads with grace.
It contains links to more material including a FREE Leadership JOURNAL with Mandellas to colour.
The world is lacking leadership that inspires people to shine! We need people who lead with grace. Leaders who are empathetic, compassionate, courageous while being gracious and generous. Some leaders take! Take! Take! They do not seek to serve others only to exploit people for their benefit.
We are tired of hearing about the need for us to display authenticity, integrity, transparency and respect when the world's leaders display far less! It is time to say it as it is! Most world leaders suck!
To lead with grace is a call to action! The Shepherd Metaphor is a way to put grace-filled leadership into to practice. Moreover, it begins with you and me! It starts in the home, on the playing field, in the workplace and the quiet moments when we listen to ourselves.
We are all called to step up! Make sure when you do you lead with grace!
Are you worried that others see you as no different?
Here is your FREE Book to help guide you toward becoming a leader trusted by people - a person who leads with grace.
It contains links to more material including a FREE Leadership JOURNAL with Mandellas to colour.
The world is lacking leadership that inspires people to shine! We need people who lead with grace. Leaders who are empathetic, compassionate, courageous while being gracious and generous. Some leaders take! Take! Take! They do not seek to serve others only to exploit people for their benefit.
We are tired of hearing about the need for us to display authenticity, integrity, transparency and respect when the world's leaders display far less! It is time to say it as it is! Most world leaders suck!
To lead with grace is a call to action! The Shepherd Metaphor is a way to put grace-filled leadership into to practice. Moreover, it begins with you and me! It starts in the home, on the playing field, in the workplace and the quiet moments when we listen to ourselves.
We are all called to step up! Make sure when you do you lead with grace!
Reference & Education
Get The Career You Deserve!: How to build your network, leverage your connections, and sell your talents for a great new career change. (Career Change Series Book 2)
Now fully updated in 2018!
If you're looking for a big change - something that will really fulfill you and not just distract you - what's the easiest way to get it? Is it filling out job applications on-line, and waiting with a thousand other anonymous applicants for a complete stranger to pick you out of a lottery?
Not a chance.
In Get The Career You Deserve!, you'll learn how to sidestep the traditional hiring process and get the job you want faster than you thought possible. You'll learn to: build your network quickly and without much effort; line up casual interviews with complete strangers; and nail the interview so that they'll be begging you to join them.
Start a new career - and start loving your job!
Interview with the author
Q - Aren't there lots of books about career change? Why do we need another one?
A - There are loads of career change books out there - I don't pretend this is the first! One of the problems with almost all career change books, though, is that they treat change as a one-off. "I hate my job, so if I make this one change, then everything will be great!"
But what happens if you don't like the second career either? If you go through a massive once-in-a-lifetime exercise, you can feel more demoralized than ever if it doesn't work out.
Q - So what makes the Career Change series different?
A - This series isn't just about leaving the career you hate - it's about embracing an entirely new path for your future. In this series, you'll discover how to constantly repackage what experience you already have into a new career that you've never tried before. Then, when you grow tired of that, morph and adapt again - and again!
The Career Change series is about learning how to change as a normal course of habit. Once you learn how to navigate a new career, it becomes easier and easier to keep on changing. Because for high performers or anyone else who just wants to be happy in their careers: boredom is not an option.
Q - What makes you an expert in career change?
A - A lot of experts on career change are Human Resources (HR) pros who have studied what other people do. Not me.
I've worked over 60 jobs in my 39 years, reaching across a dozen industries, private and public sectors - and six countries. I went from fine arts to finance; hospitality to project management; client services to business process analysis. If there's a career out there, I've probably worked some role in it.
And that's what makes me uniquely qualified to talk about career change: I don't skim across theories that other people develop. I've lived it, I've done it.
Q - I want to love my job - how do I leave the job that I hate?
A - If you hate your job, you're in the clear majority! But the biggest mistake we can make is setting small targets for change. In this series you'll learn how to set BIG goals that seem ridiculously far away - but can be achieved way faster than you think. In no time at all, you'll be in a job that you love!
Q - In what order should I read the books?
A - Since the books build on a progressive set of ideas, you might be flying a bit blind if you jump out of sequence. To get the most of the Career Change series, you should probably read them in the following order:
1. Build A New Career! How to redefine your skills for a full-blown career change and get a new job you really want - no matter where you've been.
2. Get The Career You Deserve! How to build your network, leverage your connections, and sell your talents for a great new career change.
If you're looking for a big change - something that will really fulfill you and not just distract you - what's the easiest way to get it? Is it filling out job applications on-line, and waiting with a thousand other anonymous applicants for a complete stranger to pick you out of a lottery?
Not a chance.
In Get The Career You Deserve!, you'll learn how to sidestep the traditional hiring process and get the job you want faster than you thought possible. You'll learn to: build your network quickly and without much effort; line up casual interviews with complete strangers; and nail the interview so that they'll be begging you to join them.
Start a new career - and start loving your job!
Interview with the author
Q - Aren't there lots of books about career change? Why do we need another one?
A - There are loads of career change books out there - I don't pretend this is the first! One of the problems with almost all career change books, though, is that they treat change as a one-off. "I hate my job, so if I make this one change, then everything will be great!"
But what happens if you don't like the second career either? If you go through a massive once-in-a-lifetime exercise, you can feel more demoralized than ever if it doesn't work out.
Q - So what makes the Career Change series different?
A - This series isn't just about leaving the career you hate - it's about embracing an entirely new path for your future. In this series, you'll discover how to constantly repackage what experience you already have into a new career that you've never tried before. Then, when you grow tired of that, morph and adapt again - and again!
The Career Change series is about learning how to change as a normal course of habit. Once you learn how to navigate a new career, it becomes easier and easier to keep on changing. Because for high performers or anyone else who just wants to be happy in their careers: boredom is not an option.
Q - What makes you an expert in career change?
A - A lot of experts on career change are Human Resources (HR) pros who have studied what other people do. Not me.
I've worked over 60 jobs in my 39 years, reaching across a dozen industries, private and public sectors - and six countries. I went from fine arts to finance; hospitality to project management; client services to business process analysis. If there's a career out there, I've probably worked some role in it.
And that's what makes me uniquely qualified to talk about career change: I don't skim across theories that other people develop. I've lived it, I've done it.
Q - I want to love my job - how do I leave the job that I hate?
A - If you hate your job, you're in the clear majority! But the biggest mistake we can make is setting small targets for change. In this series you'll learn how to set BIG goals that seem ridiculously far away - but can be achieved way faster than you think. In no time at all, you'll be in a job that you love!
Q - In what order should I read the books?
A - Since the books build on a progressive set of ideas, you might be flying a bit blind if you jump out of sequence. To get the most of the Career Change series, you should probably read them in the following order:
1. Build A New Career! How to redefine your skills for a full-blown career change and get a new job you really want - no matter where you've been.
2. Get The Career You Deserve! How to build your network, leverage your connections, and sell your talents for a great new career change.
Reference & Education
Building Your Digital Marketing Platform
Learn How to Keep Your Digital Rights in the Era of No Net Neutrality
Authors in 2018 are waking up to the fact that they need full control over their electronic rights. This short book will show a new author how to profit from publishing "virtually." This means you will get all the benefits of being a published author without losing the control and profits of conventional publishing methods. No more middlemen distributors getting a slice of your pie. Full marketing and eBook distribution direct to your readers through their mobile devices. This is the distribution and marketing system for the future. Soon, all authors will be publishing virtually.
Authors in 2018 are waking up to the fact that they need full control over their electronic rights. This short book will show a new author how to profit from publishing "virtually." This means you will get all the benefits of being a published author without losing the control and profits of conventional publishing methods. No more middlemen distributors getting a slice of your pie. Full marketing and eBook distribution direct to your readers through their mobile devices. This is the distribution and marketing system for the future. Soon, all authors will be publishing virtually.
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SPORT FOR BUSINESS & BUSINESS FOR SPORT
Learn how business and sport are totally linked and how you can considerably improve one by addressing the other.
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For more information and to download a FREE eBook on Goals visit: www.play2urstrengths.com
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Books That Change Lives: A Sampling from Patagonia Books
A sampling of titles available from Patagonia Books. Patagonia Books is intended as a way to advance our love of books as well as nature and a reflective life. We publish a select number of titles on wilderness, wildlife, and outdoor sports that inspire and restore connection to the natural world. We also present books that raise awareness about not only the environmental challenges our world faces, but suggest ways that we can work together to slow the disintegration of our planet. This includes immediate activities, such as strategies to reduce our carbon footprint, as well as more in-depth examinations of the meanings of affluence, consumerism, and capitalism in the 21st Century.
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The Responsible Economy
We at Patagonia, like all business people, know that long-term income has to exceed long-term expense. To do otherwise is to go bankrupt, as Ernest Hemingway described,in the usual two ways: "Gradually, then suddenly."
Today we are using the equivalent resources of one and a half planets, yet we live on only one. All the indicators of earthly health are in decline: of water, air, arable land, fisheries and biodiversity. How do we reverse this decline in the quality of life (and attendant climate change) before it becomes sudden catastrophe?
Most conversations addressing that question hone in on technological solutions. Each year we attend sustainability conferences where the talk centers on innovation as the way to lower resource use and waste. But at these conferences, among decent people doing their best, there is always an elephant in the room, concealed behind a curtain few are willing to draw to the side. The elephant is growth-based capitalism, and the assumption that a growth economy equals prosperity and a healthy society. Yet we know we must consume less, and far more slowly - as well as innovate as quickly and ingeniously as we can.
What is a responsible economy? One that allows healthy communities, creates meaningful work, and takes from the earth only what it can replenish--one where all the indicators of health start to improve. What would make up this economy? What could a responsible economy look like? That's the question we'll explore with ourfriends and customers during the coming seasons.
Today we are using the equivalent resources of one and a half planets, yet we live on only one. All the indicators of earthly health are in decline: of water, air, arable land, fisheries and biodiversity. How do we reverse this decline in the quality of life (and attendant climate change) before it becomes sudden catastrophe?
Most conversations addressing that question hone in on technological solutions. Each year we attend sustainability conferences where the talk centers on innovation as the way to lower resource use and waste. But at these conferences, among decent people doing their best, there is always an elephant in the room, concealed behind a curtain few are willing to draw to the side. The elephant is growth-based capitalism, and the assumption that a growth economy equals prosperity and a healthy society. Yet we know we must consume less, and far more slowly - as well as innovate as quickly and ingeniously as we can.
What is a responsible economy? One that allows healthy communities, creates meaningful work, and takes from the earth only what it can replenish--one where all the indicators of health start to improve. What would make up this economy? What could a responsible economy look like? That's the question we'll explore with ourfriends and customers during the coming seasons.
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Clairvoyance and Occult Powers (Large Print Edition)
Clairvoyance and Occult Powers This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process. Though we have made best efforts - the books may have occasional errors that do not impede the reading experience. We believe this work is culturally important and have elected to bri... Full description
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Ethical Codes and Income Distribution: A Study of John Bates Clark and Thorstein Veblen (Routledge Studies in the History of Economics)
In contemporary non-mainstream economic debate, it is widely thought that the functioning of a market economy needs a set of rules (i.e. institutions) which bind agents in their behaviour, allowing efficient outcomes. This idea is contrary to the General Equilibrium Model (GEM) where markets are pictured as working in an institutional vacuum and where social and historical variables play no role. However, in more recent times, a large group of economists have begun to insert social and moral variables into standard models based on the rational choice paradigm, following the increasing interest - on the part of firms - in the possible positive effects of adopting ethical codes. In this key new text Guglielmo Davanzati studies this burgeoning view that ethics and economics can be compatible. Does 'morality' affect income distribution? And, if so, what are the effects of the widespread adoption of ethical codes on the functioning of the labour market? Central to Davanzati's efforts is the thesis that the roots of these new developments can be traced back to the pioneering work of Thorstein Veblen and John Bates Clark. Utilizing their contrasting works, Davanzati's text illuminates the propagation of ethical codes within the two opposing frameworks i.e. the neoclassical and the institutional. Davanzati's important book will be an invaluable reference for readers interested in history of economic thought, economics and moral philosophy.
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Transgovernance: Advancing Sustainability Governance
'Transgovernance: Advancing Sustainability Governance' analyses the question what recent and ongoing changes in the relations between politics, science and media - together characterized as the emergence of a knowledge democracy - may imply for governance for sustainable development, on global and other levels of societal decision making, and the other way around: How can the discussion on sustainable development contribute to a knowledge democracy? How can concepts such as second modernity, reflexivity, configuration theory, (meta)governance theory and cultural theory contribute to a 'transgovernance' approach which goes beyond mainstream sustainability governance? This volume presents contributions from various angles: international relations, governance and metagovernance theory, (environmental) economics and innovation science. It offers challenging insights regarding institutions and transformation processes, and on the paradigms behind contemporary sustainability governance.This book gives the sustainability governance debate a new context. It transforms classical questions into new options for societal decision making and identifies starting points and strategies towards effective governance of transitions to sustainability.
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Higher order thinking：Upgrade your workplace thinking: Workplace skills (PersonalManagement Book 11)
How many times have we been crying and shouting hard, thinking that we are moving, but actually only touched ourselves.
After crying and shouting, you are still ordinary. Wiping your tears, you can only look at the master.
Why are we working hard, but we can't be masters?
Because the master will not tell you that the root cause difference is not the degree of effort, but the way of thinking.
The masters are burdened and multi-faceted, but they can be all-inclusive, like fish and water; and we forget to eat and sleep, but we are doing a lot of things.
The masters clearly do not have a lot of time to study, but they can evoke strong knowledge and speak amazingly; and we have a deep and painstaking study, but the results are very small and difficult to see.
The masters are strolling in the air, but they can beat the snake seven inches, and they are killed by one stroke; and we are exhausted and do our best, and we may not be able to cultivate positive results and suffer hardships.
In daily life and work, we often say that this person is very powerful, can see through the essence of things at a glance, clear thinking, logical and careful, comprehensive thinking without losing focus.
After crying and shouting, you are still ordinary. Wiping your tears, you can only look at the master.
Why are we working hard, but we can't be masters?
Because the master will not tell you that the root cause difference is not the degree of effort, but the way of thinking.
The masters are burdened and multi-faceted, but they can be all-inclusive, like fish and water; and we forget to eat and sleep, but we are doing a lot of things.
The masters clearly do not have a lot of time to study, but they can evoke strong knowledge and speak amazingly; and we have a deep and painstaking study, but the results are very small and difficult to see.
The masters are strolling in the air, but they can beat the snake seven inches, and they are killed by one stroke; and we are exhausted and do our best, and we may not be able to cultivate positive results and suffer hardships.
In daily life and work, we often say that this person is very powerful, can see through the essence of things at a glance, clear thinking, logical and careful, comprehensive thinking without losing focus.