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"You've been in an accident. We're taking you to the hospital." Words none of us ever want to hear. And yet, in one afternoon my life changed forever. My motorcycle accident sent me on a journey of discovery with the ultimate goal to Get Out The Door!
My journey may be unique to me, but I believe our stories are similar, and we all want to go to places we've never been. We all want to achieve things when others may doubt our ability or commitment....
82) The Standout Experience: How Students and Young Professionals Can Rise, Shine, and Impact When It Ma
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Students and young professionals are growing up in the most amazing time in history but they are also facing more challenges, uncertainty, and competition than ever before. The current education system and early career development do not prepare them for success and happiness across life's many dimensions, nor does it help them be the one chosen in life's most critical moments.
The Standout Experience provides the clarity, simplicity, and certainty...
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William, son of Hector, a successful businessman in the food trade and distribution business. Pampered and accustomed to doing just what he wants, has lived abroad for a few years at the expense of his father, but needs to return to face the death of the patriarch and then that of his mother.
Between one loss and another, the young man suffers an accident while surfing and significantly compromises his spine. All of this in less than three months.
The...
84) Friend of a friend: understanding the hidden networks that can transform your life and your career
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"Burkus shows that most of your best connections do not come from close friends but rather from distant, even long-forgotten contacts; that it's the colleagues and influential acquaintances of your best friends who will play a major role in developing your connections; and that your most valuable network in business has much more to do with how you develop these secondary sources in order to springboard your career"--
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Anyone who opts for self-employment quickly learns that succeeding as your own boss is no walk in the park. While professional freedom has many, many joys, it also involves significant risks. If you're considering self-employment, or you're already self-employed, “The Self-Employment Survival Guide: Proven Strategies to Succeed as Your Own Boss” alerts you to the challenges involved and provides proven strategies for surmounting these obstacles...
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Sally Hogshead believes the greatest value you can add is to become more of yourself.
Hogshead rose to the top of the advertising profession in her early 20s, writing ads that fascinated millions of consumers. Over the course of her ad career, Sally won hundreds of awards for creativity, copywriting, and branding, and was one of the most awarded advertising copywriters right from start of career, including almost every major international advertising...
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Negotiation without fear, for everyone, everywhere
Nicknamed "the negotiator" as a child, Fotini Iconomopoulos has been honing her skills her entire life. As a sought-after expert, for more than a decade she's been empowering Fortune 500 executives and their teams to achieve their objectives, guiding them through high-stakes scenarios in industries such as consumer packaged goods, retail, professional services, energy, telecommunications, tech and...
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A New York Times business journalist explains why it's important for people to pursue big creative projects, and identifies both the obstacles and the productive habits that emerge on the path to completion-including her own experience writing this book.
Whether it's the Great American Novel or a groundbreaking new app, many people want to create a Big Thing, but finding the motivation to get started, let alone complete the work, can be daunting....
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The first step to success: really, truly and ultimately know thyself.
What if you never procrastinated again? What if you knew your priorities with crystal clarity and were always aware of the path to achieve your goals? What if you discovered all obstacles and struggles in advance and prepared for them? What if you were always motivated to hustle along a success path?
Amazon bestselling author Michal Stawicki presents an easy self-analysis process...
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Have you found yourself receiving similar feedback in each job you have? With each boss you report to? With friends? With those you love?
It is human nature that when we are unhappy with an outcome, we blame the outside world for the circumstances we are in. It is in those times that it is most important to step back and take time to reflect on ourselves and explore the reasons why certain patterns show up in our lives. Often we can feel this internal...
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You're an accomplished Mompreneur who can do it all. So why do you often feel like such a hot mess?
The truth is, as successful as we are as working moms, we all sometimes feel like a hot mess. We take care of our businesses, clients, staff, and projects, and then return home to take care of the demands there. At the end of the day, so many responsibilities fall on our shoulders. At times we screw up, but we do the best we can. And that is wonderful!...
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"You aspire to lead with greater impact. The problem is, you're busy executing on today's demands. You know you have to carve out time from your "day job" to build your leadership skills, but it's easy to let immediate problems and old mindsets get in the way. Herminia Ibarra-renowned leadership expert at London Business School-shows how individuals at all levels can step up to leadership by making small but crucial changes in their jobs, their networks,...
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Introducing his simple Principles of Persuasion, the media guru and Award-winning correspondent shows business leaders how to craft the right message and deliver it using the right language - both verbal and nonverbal - to get what they want. --Publishers description.
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Vision: Your Pathway to Victory is deeply intelligent, yet simplistically easy guide that exhibits how to obtain specific results. Using a unique process known as Strategic Visionary Planning, readers will become the author of their destiny. The content is inspirational, and reads like a recipe that arranges the reader's hopes and dreams into an abnormally gratifying reality.
96) Ganar-Ganar
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Tenemos más capacidad de la que creemos para ser mejores. Y generar beneficios es una de las fuentes principales. La meta no es alentarte a que alcances la perfección, sino a que logres un equilibrio que puedas mantener y disfrutar el resto de tu vida.
Aquí encontrarás un nuevo paradigma para convertirte en el mejor tomador de decisiones. Uno que pueda obtener los resultados esperados durante una negociación, sin restar bienestar a nadie. Es...
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An adventure-packed biography of a dynamic entrepreneur, whose exciting career sees him scoring win after win against dangers, setbacks and adversities.
Fred sets off on the adventure of a lifetime, surviving a near hurricane in the Navy and seeing parts of the world he could only dream of, growing up in a small Irish town during World War II.
Through his life, Fred faces new and exciting challenges: a career in Shell Petroleum leads to his building...
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Domenic Presutti a toujours été fasciné par la façon dont les gens atteignent l'excellence. Les nombreux grands leaders qu'il a rencontrés au cours de sa vie, de même que ses quinze années d'expérience en leadership et en constitution d'équipes, l'ont éclairé à ce sujet. Ce livre vous présente la somme de ce qu'il a appris sur le leadership. Les leaders et aspirants leaders des différents domaines de l'industrie, regroupements, associations...
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We succeed in business and in life when we influence how others think, feel, and act: getting them to accept our point of view, follow our lead, join our cause, feel our excitement, or buy our products and services. The act of influencing is such a part of our daily lives that we often don't even realize when we (or others) are doing it. But to succeed, we need to know how influence works...and how to use it. Influencing effectively requires adaptability,...
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David Asensio asienta, en 'Liderazgo Canalla', las bases de un nuevo estilo de liderazgo personal y empresarial basado en la disrupción, la autenticidad, la responsabilidad, la creatividad y los valores, y que cuestiona el actual status quo imperante en la sociedad y el mundo del management actuales.
Para ello se sirve de su propia experiencia personal y profesional, y de las más de 250 entrevistas que ha realizado a personalidades nacionales e...
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