Writing the Economics Research Article
You've done the research. You have the results. Now you have to write the paper - and nobody taught you how.Most economics undergraduate and graduater programs assume you'll absorb writing conventions by osmosis: read enough papers, attend enough seminars, and eventually you'll figure out how an Introduction works. Writing the Economics Research Article makes the implicit conventions explicit. Drawing on a corpus of 149 published economics and econometrics articles (over 815,000 words spanning macro, labour, development, finance, health, trade, econometrics, and more), it reveals what published writers actually do, section by section, sentence by sentence.The findings are specific and immediately actionable. For example, Economics Introductions account for roughly 38% of the paper, which is far more than in the sciences. 68% of papers preview their results in the Introduction. Conclusions average just 504 words. Research gaps are created primarily through adversative connectives like however, not through phrases like "little research has examined." Only 8% of papers follow a standard IMRDC structure; the rest use a mix of functional and thematic headings that reflects the discipline's distinctive approach to argument.Thirteen units take you through every section of the paper: from architecture and framing (Introduction, Conclusion, Abstract) through the body sections (Model, Data, Estimation, Results) to the cross-paper features that reviewers notice even when you don't: hedging calibration, tense consistency, citation strategy, etc.Every unit follows the same practical structure. First, a set of conceptualisation questions to answer before you write. Then, corpus frequencies showing what published writers do. Then, real example sentences from published articles. Not invented models, but actual language from peer-reviewed work. Finally, a revision checklist you can apply to your own draft.This book won't tell you what to argue or how to do your econometrics. It will show you how to present your work in the form that reviewers and readers expect. Written for students drafting their first paper, researchers entering economics from other disciplines, and non-native English speakers writing for economics journals. If you've ever stared at a blank screen wondering how your Introduction should begin, how much hedging is enough, or whether your Conclusion is too long - this book gives you the numbers.
The ME Factor
Four million new books enter the market every year. Visibility in that chaos requires more than tactics-it requires strategic clarity. And your unfair advantage isn't another platform or promotion trick. It's you. THE ME FACTOR: Your Secret Weapon for Author Visibility provides the framework authors have been missing. Instead of starting with tactics, Lisa Towles begins with identity: the ME Factor formula that defines your authentic author positioning. From there, she guides authors through market intelligence, brand positioning, platform analysis, and content strategy-translating business frameworks into real tactics authors can use. Perfect for self-published authors drowning in tactics, traditionally published authors seeking platform growth, and business executives writing their first book. Towles' background brings a rare trifecta: an MBA, 18 years in corporate communications, and 14 published books. Bridging business rigor with creativity, she understands sophisticated marketing, business frameworks, and what authors need most. This isn't another marketing checklist. It's Identity meets Market Intelligence - which will make you not just visible but memorable to the readers who matter most - to your book, your brand, and your legacy. If you loved the tactics in Your First 1000 Copies and StoryBrand but are searching for a framework, The ME Factor delivers-the strategic WHY and permission to show up as yourself. Visibility without facade. Impact without pretense. "A system that helps authors understand who they are, what they offer, and why that matters. This book is pure gold!" - Leo Bottary, Founder of Peernovation, Author of Peernovation 365
It's All About Relationships
Every high-performing company has a CEO who understands one truth: success is relational before it's financial. After building and selling companies, serving on public and private boards, and advising hundreds of CEOs for over twenty-five years, Eddy Arriola has seen one principle hold true: every breakthrough in business starts with a breakthrough in relationships. It's All About Relationships reveals the six arenas every CEO must master--from the boardroom to the customer--and introduces a systemic, practical method for turning relationships into a measurable strategic advantage. This isn't about being more "likable." It's All About Relationships doesn't waste your time with vague platitudes. This is a playbook for CEOs--an actionable guide for leading with clarity, building alignment, and creating the trust that drives results.
Global Voices Shaping the Future
In a world defined by rapid change, leadership demands more than experience. It requires perspective. Global Voices Shaping the Future brings together 31 selected international leadership experts, each sharing proven insights shaped by their field, culture, and lived experience.Organized into three focused sections-Leadership, Team Building, and Future Readiness-this book offers practical guidance for navigating complexity, strengthening collaboration, and preparing organizations for what lies ahead. Grounded in real-world practice, each chapter delivers actionable insights for leaders who want to build trust, develop resilient teams, and lead with clarity in an increasingly complex world.Contributing Authors: Laura Baxter - Monique Blokzyl - Trudi Boatwright - Tim BorysPhilippe Boulanger - Bob Bradley - Eksteen de WaalCharlotte du Payrat - Trish Goodfield - Adam HarrisGijs Hillmann - Franziska H繹hne - Katie Horner - Tony HunterMohamed Isa - Michael Brian Lee - Michaela MerkAlly Nitschke - Antonio Ortiz - Olatunji Pariola - Joni PeddieBavani Periasamy - Nathalie Plamondon-ThomasMorgane Rollando - Silva Schr繹der - Richard Seidl - Mel SherwoodLana Starchuck - Christian Thiele - Penny Vilagos - Azadeh Yaraghi
The Strategic UX Toolkit
Your team discovered Design Thinking or Continuous Discovery, got energized, implemented it exactly as prescribed... and six months later, all your research sits unused.The frameworks aren't bad. They just weren't designed for EdTech.EdTech breaks every assumption those frameworks make. You can't launch when ready-school years don't wait. Users can't switch mid-year-lock-in periods kill iteration. You have seasonal access barriers. And the people who buy aren't the people who use, who aren't the people who control adoption.This book teaches you to build your own toolkit by selecting methods from different frameworks based on YOUR specific constraints-not what worked for a SaaS company with different realities.You'll learn: Why standard frameworks fail in EdTech (and contexts with similar constraints)How to assess your context before choosing research methodsWhich tools from which frameworks actually fit seasonal access, lock-in periods, and three-user dynamicsHow to build stakeholder buy-in throughout research, not surprise them with findingsTask-based design focused on complete workflows, not disconnected featuresThis book is for: EdTech founders, product leaders, and UX designers tired of frameworks that assume you can iterate freely and launch whenever.This book is NOT for: People looking for a step-by-step playbook. I'm teaching strategic thinking, not giving you a new checklist.
When Valuations Misfire
Why is corporate truth stranger than fiction? Why do billion-dollar dreams so often turn into billion-dollar nightmares?From Wall Street boardrooms to India's startup corridors, this book unravels the dramatic stories of corporates that soared on hype, only to stumble under the weight of their own illusions. Tesla's puzzling projections, Kingfisher's glamorous downfall, Paytm's IPO crash, Byju's education empire wobbling on debt, Reliance IPO failure-the narratives are gripping, the numbers sobering.Corporate valuations are stories in disguise-sometimes heroic, sometimes reckless. Through sharp storytelling and forensic detail, When Valuations Misfire exposes how greed, ambition, betrayal, deception, deceit, lust, and misplaced faith distort value, leaving investors and employees to pay the price.Each incredible story is a cautionary tale and a mirror, forcing us to ask: in the race for the next unicorn, are we mistaking mirages for markets?
The Compassionate Entrepreneur
The Compassionate Entrepreneur shows that true business success takes time. It is earned through patience, ethics, and integrity. Dr. Navdeep Chawla shares how he grew Psychotropics India Ltd. from a humble start to a global pharmaceutical company. Through stories of resilience and principled leadership, he demonstrates how compassion and honesty form the foundation of lasting success.This book provides entrepreneurs with practical strategies to build lasting enterprises centered on purpose, people, and perseverance. Readers will learn actionable lessons in building an organization defined by heart and resilience. Dr. Navdeep Chawla clearly outlines real challenges of entrepreneurship and presents practical solutions, equipping entrepreneurs with the tools they need for business and personal success.Discover the winding routes of entrepreneurship and how integrity and patience act as a spear and shield to protect you on your journey.
The Compassionate Entrepreneur
The Compassionate Entrepreneur shows that true business success takes time. It is earned through patience, ethics, and integrity. Dr. Navdeep Chawla shares how he grew Psychotropics India Ltd. from a humble start to a global pharmaceutical company. Through stories of resilience and principled leadership, he demonstrates how compassion and honesty form the foundation of lasting success.This book provides entrepreneurs with practical strategies to build lasting enterprises centered on purpose, people, and perseverance. Readers will learn actionable lessons in building an organization defined by heart and resilience. Dr. Navdeep Chawla clearly outlines real challenges of entrepreneurship and presents practical solutions, equipping entrepreneurs with the tools they need for business and personal success.Discover the winding routes of entrepreneurship and how integrity and patience act as a spear and shield to protect you on your journey.
Let's Get You Fired
What if the secret to scaling your business to 8 figures comes down to two words: Fire Yourself.If you've built a seven-figure business-or you're on the way-you already know the weight of carrying it alone. You've hustled and sacrificed. But somewhere between your payroll, client demands, and late-night "just one more" emails, you've started to wonder if it's all worth it. In Let's Get You Fired, Julia Carlson reveals the counterintuitive truth that all business owners need: scaling to 8 figures is easier than hitting 7-when you stop running your business like everyone else and lead in a way that breaks the status quo. Through powerful stories, proven strategies, and her Entrepreneurial Spiral(TM) framework, Julia shows you how to shatter mental glass ceilings, build a business that thrives without your constant presence, and step fully into the visionary leadership role your company needs most.This isn't about scaling for its own sake. It's about leading smarter, trusting deeper, and building a legacy you actually get to live. Julia's mission is to help 1,000 entrepreneurs scale to 8 figures while generously giving $1 million each to causes of their choice. That's $1 billion back into the economy-for good.This is more than a business playbook. This is a movement.
Advertisers Anonymous
There are no shortcuts to advertising wisdom, but there is a fast lane. Ron Huey spent 30+ years in the creative trenches at some of the nation's top creative shops before launching his own award-winning agency. These 12 steps are more than theory; they're lived experience from someone who's been in the room, on the hook, and shows up believing great creative ideas matter.Advertisers Anonymous explores twelve character traits that separate creatives who thrive from those who flame out: Perseverance. Diligence. Ambition. Trust. Humility. Perspective. Honesty. Initiative. Discipline. Ingenuity. Gratitude. Acceptance.Ron delivers over 100 bite-sized insights into creating work that stands out, wrangling clients, charting your career path, and knowing when and how to fight for an idea. What worked, what didn't, and why - short lessons for thick skin and long careers."Advertising has a way of testing your faith. Ron Huey's Advertisers Anonymous reminds us why we fell in love with the work in the first place and how to survive it with our integrity, humor, and curiosity intact." -Diane Cook-Tench, Founder, VCU Brandcenter, Hall of Fame EducatorWhether you've been in the business for 10 days or 10 years, this is a career accelerator if there ever was one.
Habits of High Performers
A powerful book that decodes how the very best do it.' - Robin Sharma, #1 worldwide bestselling author of The 5AM ClubIn Habits of High Performers, renowned strategist, mental skills coach, and award-winning podcaster James Laughlin uncovers the seven musts of a high-performing life.This collection of principles is a game-changer for anyone wanting to earn more, be healthier, grow, or the best at what they do.Habits of High Performers will show you that high performance is hormonal and plays a massive role in your ability to perform at your best. Cortisol, dopamine, and oxytocin all influence how we handle stress, stay motivated, and build connections. This book will also show you that high performers focus on their strengths, take their MEDs, supercharge their belief systems, understand that desire is to a result what fuel is to a fire, and when your why is clear, your how is easy.Habits of High Performers is a roadmap for everyday people to achieve extraordinary things.'A must-read for those seeking to enhance their performance.' - Samuel Whitelock, world-cup winning All Black.'An inspiring read for anyone who wants to gain that high-performance edge.' - Sir John Key'The journey to becoming number 1 is as much about leading oneself as it is about skill and strategy. James's book distils the essence of this journey, offering invaluable insights into the personal leadership that defines champions.' - Jason Stacy, coach to world no 1 tennis player, Aryna Sabalenka'This book is your ticket to the inner circle of high performers.' - Scott O'Neil, CEO of LIV Golf, former CEO of Merlin Entertainments, former CEO of Madison Square Garden, the 76ers and NY Knicks'With a compelling blend of personal anecdotes and evidence-based strategies, James equips readers with the tools to transform their approach to personal development. This book is a treasure trove of wisdom for those aspiring to craft a life of fulfillment and excellence beyond the conventional metrics of success.' - Nabeela Elsayed, CHRO IKEA USA. Former COO Walmart Canada
30-Something Millionaire
About the BookEVERYBODY WANTS TO BE A MILLIONAIRE BY THE TIME THEY ARE 30. THIS BOOK TELLS YOU HOW.We've all learnt compound interest in high school mathematics. Its application in life? Not many of us! For most of us would be millionaires, if we did. Yes, it's (almost) that simple. How the habit of compounding in life, learnings and experiences make us achieve anything and everything we set out to. Simply put: Consistency, Discipline and Patience ... both in personal and professional life! 30 Something Millionaire ... How Not to Ace the Rat Race is a self-help book and memoir, taking the reader along Chawla's path to financial independence, a self-made millionaire as a 30-something-year-old and how anyone across age groups can emulate a similar path in their lives based on learnings and life lessons shared. These learnings are structured across three buckets: personal life (habits, decisions, savings and investments), professional life (thought process, execution strategies) as well as timeless wisdom, learnings from experiences of some of the most successful people across domains, that is, standing on the shoulders of giants.About the AuthorMohit Chawla runs his investment office, Bimtek group, in India. Bimtek is focused on capital markets (public, private equities), real estate (commercial, residential), infrastructure (logistic parks, warehouses) and early-stage venture (start-up) investments. Read more about Bimtek here: www.bimtek.co.in.Mohit comes with around two decades of diverse experience and skill set across business sectors and geographies, having worked in the financial markets (both on the sell side: investment banking, and buy side: private equity, hedge funds) across Europe, the US, the Middle East and India; in real estate design, development and consultancy across India and Europe; and is a 2X entrepreneur having successfully built, scaled and exited venture-capital backed start- ups with operations across Europe, Americas and India.
Under Exposure
Performance does not change gradually. It changes when conditions change.As speed increases, consequences become visible, fatigue accumulates, and repetition is no longer forgiving, familiar explanations for performance begin to fail. Confidence, focus, preparation, and experience stop accounting for what is observed. Execution breaks down in ways that training did not predict.Under Exposure examines the conditions under which performance reorganises. Rather than offering techniques, drills, or psychological strategies, the book defines the threshold at which performance becomes exposed-when systems are tested rather than supported.This is not a manual and not a motivational text. It does not attempt to fix performance. Its purpose is diagnostic: to clarify why many established models of performance explanation stop working when pressure becomes real.Written as a concise foundational work, Under Exposure establishes the conditions that make deeper structural analysis necessary. It functions as a boundary text-separating stable performance from exposed performance-and provides the conceptual groundwork for a larger body of work examining execution under consequence.This book is intended for athletes, coaches, performance professionals, and decision-makers operating in environments where outcomes matter and errors are visible.
Habits of High Performers
A powerful book that decodes how the very best do it.' - Robin Sharma, #1 worldwide bestselling author of The 5AM ClubIn Habits of High Performers, renowned strategist, mental skills coach, and award-winning podcaster James Laughlin uncovers the seven musts of a high-performing life.This collection of principles is a game-changer for anyone wanting to earn more, be healthier, grow, or the best at what they do.Habits of High Performers will show you that high performance is hormonal and plays a massive role in your ability to perform at your best. Cortisol, dopamine, and oxytocin all influence how we handle stress, stay motivated, and build connections. This book will also show you that high performers focus on their strengths, take their MEDs, supercharge their belief systems, understand that desire is to a result what fuel is to a fire, and when your why is clear, your how is easy.Habits of High Performers is a roadmap for everyday people to achieve extraordinary things.'A must-read for those seeking to enhance their performance.' - Samuel Whitelock, world-cup winning All Black.'An inspiring read for anyone who wants to gain that high-performance edge.' - Sir John Key'The journey to becoming number 1 is as much about leading oneself as it is about skill and strategy. James's book distils the essence of this journey, offering invaluable insights into the personal leadership that defines champions.' - Jason Stacy, coach to world no 1 tennis player, Aryna Sabalenka'This book is your ticket to the inner circle of high performers.' - Scott O'Neil, CEO of LIV Golf, former CEO of Merlin Entertainments, former CEO of Madison Square Garden, the 76ers and NY Knicks'With a compelling blend of personal anecdotes and evidence-based strategies, James equips readers with the tools to transform their approach to personal development. This book is a treasure trove of wisdom for those aspiring to craft a life of fulfillment and excellence beyond the conventional metrics of success.' - Nabeela Elsayed, CHRO IKEA USA. Former COO Walmart Canada
Airbnb Listing Tips and Tricks
This book provides a structured overview of how Airbnb listings are created, managed, and presented within the short-term rental ecosystem. It examines the practical elements that influence listing visibility and guest perception, including property presentation, communication practices, pricing considerations, and day-to-day management tasks. The content is based on common hosting scenarios and focuses on how individual decisions shape the overall performance of a vacation rental listing. The book is intended for property owners, hosts, and small-scale investors who manage or plan to manage short-term rentals and want a clearer understanding of how Airbnb listings function from both an operational and organizational perspective. It is suitable for beginners as well as hosts seeking to refine existing practices without relying on platform-specific guarantees or promotional claims. The approach is practical and descriptive, combining step-by-step explanations with real-world hosting topics such as amenities, guest interaction, listing optimization, and advertising methods. Rather than offering theoretical models, the book presents everyday hosting considerations and examples that reflect how vacation rental listings are typically maintained and improved over time.
An Introduction to Sustainability Reporting Frameworks
Sustainability reporting has become a core part of how organizations communicate value, manage risk, and build trust. Yet the growing number of frameworks can make the landscape feel complex and overwhelming. An Introduction to Sustainability Reporting Frameworks offers a understanding of the most widely used ESG and sustainability disclosure standards shaping today's corporate reporting. Written for students and professionals, this book explains what each framework is, why it exists, and how it is used in practice. This book reflects the belief that sustainability reporting should support understanding rather than add complexity. Whether you are new to sustainability reporting or looking to strengthen your understanding of the evolving global standards, this book serves as a practical starting point.
The Efficient Frontier of Teaming
Are you leading a team or just managing one?Your team isn't failing because you lack talent or strategy. It's underperforming because you lack the systems and courage to unlock what's already there. You can't separate performance from psychology.In The Efficient Frontier of Teaming, Bryan Powell and Tom Reynolds seek to raise the standard of what it means to be part of a team where everyone's voice is appreciated, heard, and respected. This is your guide to: Create a safe place that helps your team feel comfortable operating more efficientlyLead with vulnerability and authenticity so your team is not afraid to make mistakes and learn from themBuild your team from merely functioning to performing optimallyIt is time to design a team that doesn't just perform daily tasks but consistently innovates, collaborates, and transforms the way each team member expresses their unique thoughts.Don't just manage routines. Lead innovation, starting today.
Rich Man
Rich Man: Legacy Edition is an independent editorial publication for men who build, lead and create on their own terms. This edition features an in-depth cover story with Stanley Slaczka, award-winning author of The Structure of Perseverance, whose journey from poverty to military service to national recognition defines what it means to keep going when the structure around you falls apart. The Legacy Edition brings together profiles of leaders, entrepreneurs and original thinkers whose work and character represent the values this publication was built to celebrate. Published by Rich Man, edited by Dr Marina Nani and Darie Nani, and distributed internationally in print and digital formats.
AI Marketing
Traditional growth is failing, but not because you aren't doing enough. The model itself is obsolete.In AI Marketing, Jason Y. Liu explores why the familiar "Marketing Funnel" has become a graveyard for companies in the age of intelligence. As AI takes over user judgment and attention becomes a scarce resource that can no longer be simply purchased, businesses must shift from a Traffic Economy to an Intent Economy.This book is not a collection of abstract concepts but a "Growth Operating System" (Growth OS) designed for the next decade of business. It provides an architectural blueprint for the Autonomous Enterprise, built on three core pillars: The Content Engine: Transitioning from artisanal handcrafting to an industrial-scale "Content Factory" using the original Talk to Create workflow.The Advertising Engine: Mastering the "Black Box" of algorithmic distribution through Signal Engineering and saturation testing.The Private-Domain Engine: Deploying AI Agents as super-salespeople to eliminate decision friction and automate trust-building 24/7.Featuring 12 specific AI Growth Playbooks derived from the practices of global giants like Amazon, Netflix, Coca-Cola, and Haier, this guide walks leaders through omnichannel dominance, GEO (Growth Engine Optimization), and the revolutionary shift toward A2A (Agent-to-Agent) Marketing.Whether you are a CMO looking to become a Growth Architect or an entrepreneur building a "Unicorn of One," this book is your survival manual for the dawn of the intelligent civilization
An Introduction to Sustainability Reporting Frameworks
Sustainability reporting has become a core part of how organizations communicate value, manage risk, and build trust. Yet the growing number of frameworks can make the landscape feel complex and overwhelming.An Introduction to Sustainability Reporting Frameworks offers a understanding of the most widely used ESG and sustainability disclosure standards shaping today's corporate reporting. Written for students and professionals, this book explains what each framework is, why it exists, and how it is used in practice.This book reflects the belief that sustainability reporting should support understanding rather than add complexity. Whether you are new to sustainability reporting or looking to strengthen your understanding of the evolving global standards, this book serves as a practical starting point.
A.U.T.H.E.N.T.I.C. Leadership
Enhance your leadership self-awareness to be a dynamically amazing, outstanding, and impactful leader. Being an AUTHENTIC leader is founded on nine critical competency components - agile, unique, trustworthy, heartful, empathetic, navigational, trustful, integrity, and creative. Leaders need to use their unique attributes and skills to influence future organizational successes. So, read and do a personal self-review of one's leadership abilities and learn from self-discoveries.
Opportunity at Risk
Opportunity at Risk offers a groundbreaking approach to preserving family wealth across generations by integrating proactive risk management with traditional asset planning. Drawing from decades of experience advising high-net-worth families, the authors reveal why most wealth disappears within three generations and how to prevent it. Using real-world examples, including the decline of families from the original Forbes 400 list, the book introduces the concept of financial gravity, the cumulative force of taxes, inflation, lawsuits, and lifestyle pressures that quietly erode net worth over time.At the heart of this strategy is the Total Family Balance Sheet by Higginbotham(TM), a comprehensive framework that evaluates risk across six key asset silos: Investment Portfolios, Real Estate, Family Operating Businesses, Private Equity, Personal Assets, and Family Human Capital. The book challenges the siloed, asset-only focus of traditional planning by exposing off-balance sheet liabilities, the hidden threats most families never see coming.This practical guide empowers families to align their emotional and financial risk tolerance, coordinate across advisors, and protect their legacy with intention. For those who have built wealth and want to preserve it, Opportunity at Risk is a must-read roadmap to financial resilience and generational continuity.
Family Reunions
Family reunions are not simply events to attend-they are intentional acts of preservation.In Family Reunions: For Such a Time as This, Eastmond Buckner presents a compelling case for why family gatherings matter now more than ever. Drawing from his own family's history-from the plantation era to modern-day conventions-Buckner weaves together biblical principles, generational storytelling, and structured planning strategies to show how reunions can restore unity, transfer values, and create long-term fulfillment.This book moves beyond sentiment. It offers a practical framework: - Establishing leadership and structure - Funding and financial accountability - Building communication systems - Preserving spiritual, cultural, and ethical heritage - Creating meaningful, age-inclusive programming - Developing long-term sustainabilityAt its core, this is a call to action. In a culture marked by fragmentation and digital distance, Buckner argues that intentional, organized family reunions serve as anchors-spaces where legacy is reinforced and the next generation is strengthened.Whether your family gathering includes twenty people or two hundred, the principles remain the same: unity, continuity, and fulfillment must be cultivated deliberately.This is more than a planning guide. It is a declaration that family still matters.
Connect to Close
Do you do everything you've been trained to do but still get ghosted or struggle to hit the sales numbers you're aiming for? Do you hear a voice of doubt when you place cold calls or follow up, telling you that you're bothering prospects? Do you feel like your nerves get the best of you in meetings or presentations sometimes? Why is that? Nationally recognized keynote speaker and sales trainer Amy Reczek knows exactly why. After 17 years as a high-level corporate sales executive, Amy founded Sales & Presence to fix the disconnect in modern selling. With a background in psychology and certification in body language training, she doesn't just teach you to sell; she teaches you the science of human connection.Most sales books are missing the mark. They tell you to build relationships, but they don't teach you how to establish credibility and trust with your clients. Amy bridges that gap with the BREW Method: a no-nonsense framework that turns so-called "soft" skills into tangible, repeatable actions that help you stand out and stand in your power. Through science-backed insights, personal stories, and scripts to reframe voicemails, emails, meeting openings, presentations, and more, Connect to Close helps you ditch the outdated sales advice and start creating a more impactful client experience, moment by moment. In this book, you'll learn: How to interrupt the communication patterns that lead to getting ghostedWhy your non-verbal presence matters more than your pitch-and how to master itWhat it takes to build authentic confidence (without having to be the loudest voice in the room)How to leverage human psychology to build instant credibility and momentumPractical "Espresso Shot" tips you can put into play immediatelyYou don't need to overhaul your entire personality to be better at sales. You just need to learn small, impactful shifts to help you get out of your own way, own the room, and communicate in a way that makes people want to say YES.If you are ready for straight-shooting advice, actionable strategies, and a dose of business sass, this is the guide you've been waiting for.Buy Connect to Close today and discover how to communicate with power, build momentum, and drive results!
Crystal Ball Recruiting
In a world where 50% of sales hires fail and the average tenure is just 17 months-and falling, hiring the wrong salesperson can cost you more than just lost revenue.Crystal Ball Recruiting offers a proven framework to predict sales success before the interview even begins. Jason Howes, Managing Director and sales optimisation expert, reveals how to combine data-driven assessments, automation, and strategic outreach to consistently recruit the top 20% of sales talent-without relying on gut instinct. Whether you're scaling a sales team, replacing underperformers, or launching into new markets, this book gives you the tools to: Identify high-potential candidates using predictive analytics Avoid costly hiring mistakes by decoding sales DNA Build a repeatable in-house system for recruiting salespeople who actually "can sell" Reduce external recruitment spend by up to 50%, or moreIf you're tired of hiring salespeople who can't close, Crystal Ball Recruiting will help you build a team that can. You'll discover how to attract elite sales hunters and leaders, filter out pretenders, and build a team that consistently grows revenue.As Brendan O'Shea, National Sales Manager at Knotwood, says: "It's like being given the answers to the exam before youeven walk into the room."
The Conversation Doctor
Have you ever left a conversation with an uneasy feeling, without quite knowing why? Would you like to learn how to stay connected with others, even in difficult situations, without losing yourself? Or are you curious about the impact of safety in conversations-for yourself and for those around you, both in private life and in a professional context? In The Conversation Doctor, Leen Vermeersch takes you on a fascinating journey through the science of our conversations. With her unique perspective as a neurodivergent thinker, her many years of experience as a lobbyist, coach, and strategic storyteller, and her deep concern for humanity, she uncovers what really happens in our minds and bodies during the conversations we have. Leen Vermeersch approaches conversations as processes with their own underlying laws, and as part of a broader system. In addition, she offers practical tools to improve our conversations through techniques such as Nonviolent Communication. This book is not a feel-good plan, but a feel-real guide: accessible, evidence-based, and immediately applicable. You will learn how our nervous system sits at the table with us, why some conversations derail, and what you yourself can do to restore calm, clarity, and connection - even when tension fills the room and makes you feel restless.
A.U.T.H.E.N.T.I.C. Leadership
Enhance your leadership self-awareness to be a dynamically amazing, outstanding, and impactful leader. Being an AUTHENTIC leader is founded on nine critical competency components - agile, unique, trustworthy, heartful, empathetic, navigational, trustful, integrity, and creative. Leaders need to use their unique attributes and skills to influence future organizational successes. So, read and do a personal self-review of one's leadership abilities and learn from self-discoveries.
Opportunity at Risk
Opportunity at Risk offers a groundbreaking approach to preserving family wealth across generations by integrating proactive risk management with traditional asset planning. Drawing from decades of experience advising high-net-worth families, the authors reveal why most wealth disappears within three generations and how to prevent it. Using real-world examples, including the decline of families from the original Forbes 400 list, the book introduces the concept of financial gravity, the cumulative force of taxes, inflation, lawsuits, and lifestyle pressures that quietly erode net worth over time.At the heart of this strategy is the Total Family Balance Sheet by Higginbotham(TM), a comprehensive framework that evaluates risk across six key asset silos: Investment Portfolios, Real Estate, Family Operating Businesses, Private Equity, Personal Assets, and Family Human Capital. The book challenges the siloed, asset-only focus of traditional planning by exposing off-balance sheet liabilities, the hidden threats most families never see coming.This practical guide empowers families to align their emotional and financial risk tolerance, coordinate across advisors, and protect their legacy with intention. For those who have built wealth and want to preserve it, Opportunity at Risk is a must-read roadmap to financial resilience and generational continuity.
Target Supply Chain
Everyone praises efficiency until a port closes, a licence is pulled, or a single missing component holds an entire product line hostage. In that moment, it becomes painfully clear who really controls the routes, warehouses, and approvals your business depends on. This book is for leaders who suspect that what looks lean on paper may in fact, be dangerously exposed.It shows how modern logistics has turned into a contested field of power, where states and firms use ports, data, and regulations to shape who can trade and who must wait. You will learn how to build supply chain resilience without simply throwing money at excess stock, and how a sharper logistics strategy can protect growth plans rather than quietly undermine them. Through clear explanations and grounded examples, it demystifies freight markets and the way capacity disappears just when you need it most.Chapters walk you through mapping supplier networks, spotting chokepoints and routes, and understanding how export controls, sanctions, and trade dynamics can alter your options overnight. You will see how supplier risk management and smarter warehousing and inventory decisions can reduce dependence on ultra-fragile just-in-time risk models. Along the way, you will also learn how emerging geopolitical supply chain pressures are reshaping what counts as a safe bet.The result is a practical, sober playbook for organisations that want to stay in the game when the easy assumptions of globalisation no longer hold. It will not remove uncertainty, but it will give you a clearer map, stronger options, and fewer surprises when the next disruption hits.
Crypto Crises
Markets do not merely rise and fall; they teach. This book shows how crypto's greatest booms and busts reveal crypto market cycles driven by market psychology as much as code. It is for readers who want fewer sleepless nights and better decisions, not hot tips. Across crisp case studies and calm explanations, you will learn to spot common tells in exchange risk, understand stablecoin design, and read investor behavior without getting lost in jargon. You will see how defi risks often bundle leverage in friendly packaging, why scam detection begins with incentives, and how to build risk management habits that travel from bitcoin history to newer experiments. The result is a practical way to create a long term strategy you can actually follow. No forecasts, no promises, just a clearer mental model for volatile assets and a simple operating manual for the next cycle.
DeFi Risk & Reward
Markets without gatekeepers are exhilarating until the safeguards are missing. This book shows how to keep your head when code moves money, yields look effortless, and timelines compress from quarters to hours. You will learn how decentralised protocols actually produce fees, why defi risk management begins with incentives not charts, and how smart contract security and oracle design shape outcomes. With plain-language models for liquidity pools explained, yield farming guide trade-offs, and stablecoin peg risk, it turns volatility into practical choices: when to size down, when to step away, and which controls travel with you. You will build a repeatable approach to governance tokens, evaluation checklists, and an on-chain due diligence habit that survives bull and bear cycles. Written for thoughtful participants, operators and analysts, it offers a position sizing framework and a simple crypto portfolio checklist you can adapt to your context. No promises, no scare tactics - just a clear playbook for slower, better decisions in a fast market.
Web3 Simplified
You should not have to trade convenience for control. If platforms feel effortless but fragile, and Web3 feels powerful but confusing, this book closes the gap. It offers a clear, patient guide to web3 basics so readers can move from rented accounts to portable identity, assets, and communities they actually understand. Learn how digital ownership works in practice, why decentralized identity matters beyond logins, and where nfts explained becomes memberships, credentials, and provenance. See when a tokenization guide adds real utility, how blockchain identity travels between apps, and what a humane metaverse strategy looks like for creators, teams, and neighbourhood projects. Along the way, you will build habits that protect keys, reduce risk, and keep choices reversible. Designed for thoughtful beginners and busy professionals, this is a field manual for user sovereignty: set up crypto wallets with sensible recovery, assess governance with simple questions, and take small steps that compound. No hype, no promises, just grounded patterns for on-chain governance and everyday use. The result is confidence: you will know what you hold, why it matters, and how to leave any system with your dignity intact.
Stablecoins Explained
When money becomes software, stability is the feature that makes it useful. This book explains how stable digital currencies are built, tested, and trusted in the real world, and how they connect decentralised rails to bank accounts and shops. You will learn how stablecoins maintain value, why peg mechanisms succeed or fail, and where liquidity management matters most. Clear frameworks show the trade-offs between tokenised cash, digital currencies, and public options such as CBDCs, including the tensions in cbdc vs stablecoin debates. Practical chapters map adoption across crypto payments, merchant bridges, and fiat on-ramps, with a focus on controls, disclosures, and user experience. Written for product builders, treasurers, policy thinkers, and thoughtful investors, it equips you to evaluate regulatory risk, compare designs, and plan rollouts for cross-border settlement without getting lost in jargon. The result is a grounded guide to programmable money that privileges plain English, resilient design, and trust.
The Liberated Leader
The Liberated Leader is a revolutionary leadership guide that cuts through the noise of traditional leadership development to deliver raw truth about what it really takes to lead with authentic impact. This isn't another feel-good leadership book filled with motivational quotes and corporate speak. Instead, it's a compassionately confrontational guide that challenges leaders to strip away pretence and step into their genuine leadership power.At its core, Dale Monk addresses a fundamental problem: we've been forcing a one-size-fits-all leadership model for decades without success, leaving countless capable professionals feeling trapped between their technical expertise and their leadership potential. Leadership isn't about becoming someone new, but rather about removing the layers that hide your authentic leadership genius.Taking readers on a transformational journey through three powerful pillars: liberation of self, leadership purpose, and liberation of impact, the book begins with the critical foundation of self-leadership and understanding others. It then progresses through finding clarity in uncertainty and harnessing the power of storytelling, before culminating in pioneering leadership that creates lasting change.What sets The Liberated Leader apart is its unflinching rejection of "leadership porn," defined as the endless consumption of theories that never translate to real-world results. Instead, it delivers practical, action-orientated guidance rooted in over 15 years of senior leadership experience. Readers are challenged to embrace discomfort as a compass for growth, to communicate with clarity that cuts through corporate jargon, and to build environments of trust rather than control.The book speaks directly to overwhelmed leaders across all sectors, from newly promoted technical experts to seasoned managers feeling stuck in outdated paradigms. It's designed as an interactive experience, requiring readers to engage with journal work and dedicated reflection time, transforming passive reading into active liberation.With its provocative insights and no-nonsense approach, The Liberated Leader positions itself as both a practical handbook and a rallying cry for authentic leadership transformation in an age of corporate conformity.
The Spirit Economy
When care becomes a discipline, everything moves with less friction. Teams coordinate faster. Customers stay longer. Communities get stronger. This book shows how to turn compassion into a repeatable operating system, drawing a clear line from everyday behaviours to resilient value. You will learn why moral economics treats trust as a productive asset, how social capital compounds, and where trust in business is created or destroyed. Practical chapters make empathy at work concrete through listening habits, repair routines, and legible processes. Leaders seeking purpose driven business will find design patterns for incentives, hiring, and governance that align conviction with craft. If you care about conscious capitalism but avoid empty slogans, this is a grounded playbook for ethical leadership and a healthier stakeholder economy. Whether you run a shop, a co-op, or a scaling team, you will leave with a simple toolkit: daily disciplines, generosity loops, and small metrics that nudge behaviour without killing meaning. Use it to grow community wealth the patient way and to embed values based strategy in the details that matter most.
Bitcoin vs. Banks
A struggle over the rules of value is unfolding in plain sight. On one side sit institutions that manage risk through hierarchy; on the other, a neutral network that clears value without permission. This book explains what is at stake when bitcoin vs banks becomes more than a slogan: it becomes a question about citizenship, autonomy, and the architecture of trust. Clear, grounded chapters unpack central banking history, the mechanics of banking power structures, and why a decentralised currency can both empower and expose. Readers seeking perspective on institutional adoption and the regulation of bitcoin will find a practical lens rather than hype. You will learn how incentives shape custody, how narratives move boardrooms, and how design choices hardwire rights into payment rails. For investors of ideas, policy watchers, and builders, this is a field guide to economic sovereignty and the future of money. It offers language to debate monetary policy debate with confidence and tools to imagine financial system reform without naive promises. The result is clarity: who gains control, who bears risk, and how your money's pathways define your freedom.
The Crypto Gender Gap
A technology built to remove gatekeepers often rebuilt them. Here is a clear-eyed guide to what happens when women design the rules of decentralised systems and measure success in lives changed, not charts refreshed. It shows how women in crypto are turning philosophy into practice: safer wallets, fairer governance, and tools that help money move where it matters. You will learn how to evaluate any project through ethical governance, blockchain design, and real-world use. Expect playbooks for web3 adoption, hiring for purpose, and building inclusive fintech that respects everyday constraints. The book explains decentralised finance without hype, centres financial inclusion as infrastructure, and maps pathways for digital empowerment across borders. Whether you are a founder, policymaker, investor, or curious reader, you will leave with crisp tests: who decides, who benefits, and how harm is handled. If you want fewer slogans and more usable patterns for crypto leadership and gender in tech, this is your field manual for making decentralisation work for people.
Bootstrap Empire
Start, fund, and scale your business with expert advice from a proven entrepreneur In Bootstrap Empire: The Definitive Guide to Building a Viral Brand From Scratch, Natalie Holloway, co-founder of the hit fitness equipment brand, Bala, delivers the ultimate guide to successfully transforming your best business idea into a thriving enterprise. The book is a start-to-finish playbook for building a brand that rises above the competition and the noise, explaining the mindset you need to develop, the mistakes you must avoid, and giving you the tools you need to succeed. You'll learn how to pitch, budget, finance, market, and hire for your new company. Holloway relies on the tried-and-tested methods she used to grow Bala from an initial $5,000 investment to a fitness juggernaut doing $30 million in annual sales. The author shares the insights she gained from building a company that caused a 5-way bidding war on the hit show Shark Tank and earned investments from Mark Cuban and Maria Sharapova. You'll also discover: A comprehensive roadmap to growing your new company, including the mindset, toolkit, step-by-step guidance, and long-term strategy necessary to make your idea a reality Hands-on techniques for bootstrapping your business, with or without existing funding, and strategies for demolishing common obstacles to success Specific tips for how to conduct early-stage marketing, knowing when to start hiring, how to pitch effectively, and how to take advantage of momentum Perfect for aspiring entrepreneurs and founders, Bootstrap Empire is a must-read guide for everyone interested in finding the most effective and efficient way to entrepreneurial success.
Leading with Strategy
A powerful collection of over 50 adaptable strategy frameworks to solve today's most complex business challenges In Leading With Strategy: Using Your North Star to Guide Decision-Making, veteran executive coach and strategy consultant for Fortune 500 firms Timothy Tiryaki delivers a transformative guide that clarifies the complex tradeoffs in today's AI-enabled business environment. Dr. Tiryaki explores the contemporary maze of undiscussed leadership dilemmas that have been surfaced by the latest generative AI technologies and provides unique perspectives on strategic thinking and leadership. At the core of Leading With Strategy are 50 practical visual frameworks. They're dynamic tools designed as adaptable tools for creatively tackling diverse challenges and obstacles. These frameworks go beyond staid, one-size-fits-all approaches to common business problems and help you master essential strategic thinking and execution skills. Inside the book: Dozens of illustrated frameworks and models designed as "thinking hats" to help you reflect on and solve complex problems Original insights that encourage you to build your awareness and ask the right questions in the right situations Expert techniques to scope a situation, gather relevant evidence, collaborate with others, co-create alignment, and make informed decisions Perfect for managers, executives, entrepreneurs, founders, and other business leaders, Leading With Strategy is a must-have collection of problem-solving tools you can adapt to virtually any obstacle, challenge, or problem you encounter in the workplace.
The Inner Path of Leadership
This book gathers the realisations and moments of clarity that come when a leader finally stops pushing and starts listening within. Written in an easy, free-flowing, and poetic style. The Inner Path of Leadership is an invitation to pause, to reflect, and to lead with deeper presence and purpose.
Managing Chaos
Managing Chaos is a practical field guide for navigating messy work and modern life with clarity.When everything feels urgent, reactive, or overwhelming, most advice adds more complexity. This book does the opposite.Built from real-world experience in creative production, operations, and leadership, Managing Chaos breaks down uncertainty into simple, repeatable systems you can actually use.Inside you'll find: - clear frameworks for decision-making under pressure- tools to reduce overwhelm and regain control- ways to prioritise what matters (and ignore what doesn't)- practical thinking models for complex environments- short field notes designed for quick reference, not theoryCompact, calm, and direct, this isn't a motivational book - it's a working manual.Part of the Field Notes series, each volume is designed as a tool you return to whenever things get noisy.For operators, creatives, founders, and anyone responsible for making things happen in the real world.
The More Mindset
Publishers Weekley and USA Today BestsellerA bold mindset that crushes self-doubt, fear and awakens the unstoppable force within you Filled with perspective-shifting insights, The More Mindset: Break Mental Limits and Step into Extraordinary Results delivers a roadmap for your future. Pagano gives readers the tools and techniques, backed by science and neuroplasticity, that transformed her life and the lives of many she's coached throughout her career as an action-driven mindset coach. Pagano shares relatable stories from her own life that will leave you inspired and ready to take action. This book is a testament to the inspiration that can emerge from life's challenges. In this book, readers will learn how to: Harness the power of your thoughts so your beliefs build you up rather than break you down Recognize and conquer your fears that have been quietly running the show in your life Take bold, imperfect action with confidence and develop a daily state of gratitude Embody a winning mindset to gain momentum Build resilience and grit to become unstoppable Whether you're an entrepreneur looking for more, a business leader carrying the weight of others expectations, or juggling work and family while still holding onto big dreams, The More Mindset is your key to start living a life filled with purpose and fulfillment, the life that you've always dreamed of.
The Power of the Learning Mindset
Develop a passion for learning and adaptability to advance your career in the modern workplace. In an era of rampant technological change and economic upheaval, The Power of the Learning Mindset is a guidebook to open up new paths to career advancement by cultivating a new approach to adaptability, curiosity, and resilience. In this book, award-winning international scholar, speaker, and executive Dr. Lilian Ajayi Ore and Thinkers50 #1 Executive Coach and New York Times bestselling author Dr. Marshall Goldsmith reveal new, research-proven pedagogical techniques to succeed in the modern workplace, along with the tools you need to inculcate not only the ability to learn and adapt but also the passion that leads to exponential growth. Drawing on the expertise of Marshall Goldsmith--widely recognized as the world's #1 executive coach, with decades of experience advising global CEOs and senior leaders--and Dr. Ore's 17 years of experience working with Fortune 100 and Fortune 500 companies, along with more than a decade in talent development, this book explores topics such as: Tools and processes enabled by emerging research and human motivational theories, and how to separate real value from ephemeral trends The importance of soft skills, including emotional intelligence, in becoming a respected, effective leader Mindsets around learning, leadership, and coaching prowess Our past, present, future, and desired future selves, and how to enjoy the journey as one evolves into the next The Power of the Learning Mindset earns a well-deserved spot on the bookshelves of all executives and managers seeking to thrive in their current roles and set themselves up for success in the future as the world of work continues to undergo rapid transformation and change.
Cornered Office
The essential read for every manager, executive, and team leader who's exhausted from carrying it all―and is ready to take off the cape so they can finally get the support they need, too. Cornered Office: Why We Need To Talk About Leadership Mental Health is a call to action for leaders, and the World of Work, to recognize and prioritize LEADERSHIP mental health. This critical leadership development book proves the case of why leaders need to be supported at work too, instead of focusing solely on raising up the people they lead. Written by renowned Organizational Psychologist, mental health at work expert, and two-time author Melissa Doman, MA--this book provides fresh thought leadership insights, data, vetted research, candid real-world interviews, a realistic approach to help leaders personalize how they manage their mental health at work, and how companies can champion these efforts. This accessible, funny, and no-nonsense book will also help readers learn about: Why we need to challenge the powerful continued influence of out-of-date historical narratives surrounding leadership and emotional expressions of mental health struggles in the workplace The increasing complex demands from teams, company cultures, and society at large that impact leaders' mental health at work How the silence and exclusion of leaders in the mental health conversation can lead to deteriorating productivity, a negative impact on career path, and overall mental wellbeing Cornered Office: Why We Need To Talk About Leadership Mental Health is an essential read for all managers, executives, entrepreneurs, and business professionals seeking to understand and end unhealthy, unsustainable, and unproductive leadership self-sacrifice, shift the narrative around leadership mental health, and take steps to participate in the mental health at work conversation, for themselves, to achieve the support they deserve.
A Leader Worth Following
An exciting new approach to leadership grounded in proven experience management techniques and the latest research in human psychology In A Leader Worth Following, Chief Workplace Psychologist at Qualtrics and expert in experience management, Dr. Benjamin Granger, offers a transformative and exciting new approach to business leadership. Dr. Granger combines proven experience management principles with cutting-edge human psychology research to create a framework in which soft skills, characterized by emotional intelligence, human-centered behavior, and clear, compassionate communication, anchor your leadership style and help you earn followership. The book provides new and experienced leaders with a holistic blueprint for modern leadership. You'll find practical strategies that spur a powerful mindset shift that generates exceptional performance amongst your team members, even when facing rapid and unpredictable change. You'll also discover specific tactics you can implement immediately to master your mind and body and dramatically upgrade your communication skills and influence. Inside the book: Evidence- and research-based instructions to build your capacities for effective communication, empathy, listening, and body language Techniques to understand the world through the eyes of your collaborators, helping you internalize their perspectives and form genuine personal connections Mind-expanding thought experiments and explanations of the brain science that underpin the tactics discussed in the book Perfect for managers, executives, directors, and other business leaders, A Leader Worth Following is also a must-read for entrepreneurs, founders, and anyone with an interest in helping those around them achieve their full potential.
You Don't Know Sh*t About Leadership
Most leadership books hand you slogans, recycled stories, and frameworks that fall apart the moment real pressure hits. This isn't one of those books.You Don't Know Sh*t About Leadership is a straight-talking field guide for leaders who are tired of theory and want the truth. Scott McCarthy pulls back the curtain on two decades of leading soldiers, mentoring young officers, commanding complex organizations, and helping managers across every industry break out of the habits that quietly destroy team performance.This book isn't about pretending to have all the answers. It's about owning the fact that leadership is messy, human, unpredictable - and that you grow by stepping into the hard lessons most people avoid.Inside, you'll learn how to: Build a team they don't want to leave by creating clarity, trust, and disciplineCommunicate so your people actually listen, engage, and actMake decisions under pressure without second-guessing yourselfStop being the bottleneck and start empowering people to lead beside youRecognize when you are the problem - and how to fix itLead yourself with the level of discipline and honesty your team deservesThrough raw stories, practical tools, and leadership insights sharpened in real-world chaos, McCarthy shows you what leadership really looks like when the stakes are high and the excuses run out. You'll walk away with a clearer understanding of yourself, your team, and the kind of leader you're becoming - one tough lesson at a time.If you're ready to ditch the ego, cut the noise, and lead with purpose, this book will challenge you, push you, and give you the tools to become the leader your team actually wants to follow.Leadership isn't a destination. It's a lifelong pursuit. And none of us know sh*t - not fully. But after reading this book, you'll know a hell of a lot more than most.
Extraction From Chad
In this exciting and suspenseful real-life thriller, corporate security and safety expert Rui Amaral describes the hectic and dangerous, but ultimately successful, evacuation of an international team of oil and gas workers from a far-flung Canadian energy project in southern Chad as rebels descend on the region from the north and east and the collapse of an already corrupt, chaotic state seems imminent. The perilous, sometimes comical, adventures and misadventures of Ruiand his team will be of particular interest to other security professionals, workers in the oil and gas business, and anyone who has worked internationally in a stressful environment, but it alsomakes for an entertaining and fascinating glimpse into international security issues for anyone interested in conflict narratives and adventure travel.Target audience - oil and gas workers worldwide, adventurers, any individual and company working in high risk areas of the world, military personnel, security personnel, safety personnel, CEO and Operations Personnel.
The Gentleman's Dominion
The Gentleman's Dominion is a definitive modern guide for men who want to move through life with confidence, presence, and purpose. It addresses a problem many men face but few articulate: being expected to know how to act, speak, lead, and present themselves, without ever being taught how.Blending timeless etiquette with contemporary expectations, this book provides clear, practical guidance for professional, social, and personal situations. From conversation and networking to grooming, digital etiquette, and appreciation of wine, cigars, and social rituals, it equips readers with the tools to show up composed and credible in any setting.More than a book about manners, The Gentleman's Dominion explores core values such as integrity, emotional intelligence, and self-respect. It is written for men who want progress over perfection, polish without pretence, and confidence that feels earned rather than forced. Whether navigating a boardroom, a date, or a pivotal conversation, this book helps you walk in knowing you belong there.
