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Residential Tourism: (De)Constructing Paradise offers the first in-depth, critical exploration of the foreign retirement/expatriate communities proliferating in both size and number throughout Latin America. Amidst the widespread development and promotion of international destinations of residential "paradise" intended for retirement, leisure, and experiences of exotica, this book draws on a diversity of perspectives in order to analyze the social...
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While ninety percent of the world's millionaires are men, only ten percent are women, making it difficult for women to wield the economic power that will create lasting equality. Rachel Rodgers, founder of Hello Seven, a company that coaches women in scaling their businesses and their lives to seven figures, says it's time for a change.
Women deserve the economic power and equality that comes with wealth, and we all have it in us to be millionaires....
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How To Use Speaking to Promote Your Coaching is a comprehensive guide that takes coaches of all specialties through the steps and techniques of becoming a successful speaker. It will grow your speaking skills and confidence in front of audiences of any size and help you avoid the hidden traps that can bring you down and destroy your confidence.In How to Use Speaking to Promote Your Coaching you'll find:Help to overcome speaker anxiety.How to get started...
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William Walter Atkinson explores the mental forces needed for success in business in everyday life. Included are such topics as "How the Thought Force Can Aid You," "Direct Psychic Influence," "The Power of the Eye," The Magnetic Gaze," "Character Building by Mental Control," "The Art of Concentering," and much, much more. A New Thought Classic.
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Roller coasters took Dick Kinzel slowly to the top and a $1.24 billion acquisition ultimately, lead to his direst years. During his 39-year career (25 as president and CEO) with Cedar Point and Cedar Fair parks, he built the world's first 200, 300, and 400-foot tall roller coasters. He is responsible for adding more than 35 multi-million dollar scream machines to the company's 11 amusement parks. It was he, who delivered the first shot in the coaster...
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The must-read summary of Geoff Colvin's book: "Talent Is Overrated: What Really Separates World-Class Performers from Everybody Else".
This complete summary of the ideas from "Talent Is Overrated" explains that talent is not born, it is made, and exposes how to make it. In this useful summary, the concept of 'deliberate practice' is exposed, as well as its 5 key elements and the ways in which it can be implemented, both at a personal level and at...
31347) Sácale partido al feedback constructivo: Los trucos para aprender a criticar y a ser criticado
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Aprende a dar y recibir críticas de manera apropiada
Este libro es una guía práctica y accesible para sacarle partido al feedback constructivo, que te aportará la información esencial y te permitirá ganar tiempo.
En tan solo 50 minutos podrás:
• Aprender a analizar tu entorno y a elegir el tipo de feedback que vas a utilizar en función de tu interlocutor
• Descubrir la importancia de una comunicación honesta y constructiva que mejorará...
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Thomas D. Wilson's Charleston and Savannah is the first comprehensive history of Charleston and Savannah in a single volume that weaves together the influences and parallels of their intrinsic stories. As two of the earliest English-speaking cities founded in America, Charleston and Savannah are among the nation's top historic sites. Their historic characters, which attract millions of visitors each year, are each a rich blend of cultural, environmental,...
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This is a short e-booklet of about 25 pages. You and your colleague have been at the same company for three years, in the same role, and you both have impressive college degrees and work really hard. You're both ready for the next step up. Yet your colleague gets contacted for really sexy jobs by executive recruiters a couple times a month, while you....well, almost never. What's going on? My guess is that your colleague has a Linkedin profile that...
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The must-read summary of Lowell Bryan and Claudia Joyce's book "Mobilizing Minds: Creating Wealth from Talent in the 21st Century Organization".
This complete summary of the ideas from Lowell Bryan and Claudia Joyce's book "Mobilizing Minds" shows that a company's existing workforce is the key to its growth - not its technology, systems or any other assets. In their book, the authors explain that the central theme of your corporate strategy should...
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The must-read summary of Ron Ricci and John Volkmann's book: "Momentum: How Companies Become Unstoppable Market Forces".
This complete summary of the ideas from Ron Ricci and John Volkmann's book "Momentum" shows that, in the marketplace of digital products, consumers make buying decisions based on the viability of the company offering the products or services. They don't want to buy products that cannot be upgraded in the future, or services that...
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Assuming that a woman retires today at 65, she can expect to have another 20 productive years before slowing down. The central theme of Every Woman's Guide to Retirement is that doing some planning, financial, housing and social, will lead to a more rewarding retirement phase.
Women retirees face different issues to male retirees. They retire with less superannuation than men, but they live longer and are the main carers for parents, grandchildren...
31353) Easy Money
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Wish you could find a money book that doesn't make your eyes glaze over or your brain hurt? Easy Money is for you.
Gail knows you work hard for your money, so in her usual honest and practical style she will show you how to make your money work for you. Budgeting, saving, and getting your debt paid off have never been so easy to understand or to do. Follow Gail's plan and take control of your money. This book is a quick and easy read for people on...
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Calling all visionary entrepreneurs and rebel-spirited changemakers!
It's time to break the chains, step away from the "shoulds," and let the REAL you out to play!
Claiming your rockstar identity and embracing your authenticity is the key that will unlock everything you desire in your life and work, and Amber Swenor, founder of Soul Seed and frontwoman in the band Morningstar, is here to show you how to do it in total alignment with your soul.
With...
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A funny and touching story about how to deal with the struggles of adulthood, how to live a good life, and how money can complicate it all.
Michael Baughman's hope was to send his oldest grandson off to his first year of college in the fall of 2012 with an informed and thoughtful attitude toward what has long been a powerful American fixation: the frantic quest for money. Complicating the issue was the fact that income disparity in America was increasing...
31356) Stop Worrying; Start Selling
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Do you want to sell more books? Terrified at the prospect of marketing and 'self promo'? Confused by author branding? Are you wondering whether it's worth all the time and money? Bestselling novelist and host of the Worried Writer podcast, Sarah Painter, felt exactly the same way... Until she changed her mindset around marketing, money and selling her work. From worried debut novelist with a traditional publisher to happy and empowered hybrid author,...
31357) Disrupting Sacred Cows: Revealing the Sacred Truths for a Life of Prosperity, Love and Legacy
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During the 2008 financial crisis, wealth strategist Garrett Gunderson made his timely debut into the literary world with his groundbreaking book, Killing Sacred Cows, where he exposed the ingrained fallacies and destructive myths surrounding money and wealth. This New York Times Bestseller provided a fresh and thoughtful approach to debunking many of our archaic beliefs and misguided traditions within the world of personal finance at a time when our...
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Are you looking to turn your passion for herbal tea into a successful business? Or perhaps you're already in the industry and want to take your business to the next level? Whatever your goals, our book on starting and growing a herbal tea business is the ultimate guide you need to achieve success.With our comprehensive and practical advice, you'll learn everything you need to know about identifying and sourcing high-quality herbs, blending and formulating...
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This volume explores the relationship between tourism and travel texts and contemporary society, and how each is shaped by the other. A multimodal analysis is used to consider a variety of texts including novels, brochures, blogs, websites, radio commercials, videos, postcards and authentic tourist pictures and their meaning-making dynamics within the tourism discourse. The book looks at the ways in which these different texts have influenced how...
31360) The Life-Changing Power of Gratitude 7 Simple Exercises that will Change Your Life for the Better
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Gratitude works! Do you want to become happier, healthier and wealthier?Do you want to turn yourself into a magnet for everything you desire including money, opportunities, and people?Do you want to enjoy your life more and feel better every day?Do you want to improve the relationships with your spouse, confidants, friends, and everyone you get in touch with from this day on? In his new book "The Life-Changing Power of Gratitude" international bestselling...
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