The Radical Thread
Ever wonder what it would look like to weave a little bit of Heaven into your everyday work? To turn ordinary emails, meetings, and customer chats into something that feels... sacred? That's the heartbeat of The Radical Thread. This isn't just another customer service strategy. It's a completely different way of working-one built on a foundation of real faith, genuine love, and service that's led by the Spirit, not a script. The Radical Thread is a call to live out your discipleship right at your desk. To see that no task is too small when it's done intentionally, in the name of Jesus. Every single thing you do can carry eternal weight. It's time to stop managing your faith and start weaving it-into every thread of your business and your life. And honestly? The world is waiting for what you'll bring.
The Radical Thread
Ever wonder what it would look like to weave a little bit of Heaven into your everyday work? To turn ordinary emails, meetings, and customer chats into something that feels... sacred? That's the heartbeat of The Radical Thread. This isn't just another customer service strategy. It's a completely different way of working-one built on a foundation of real faith, genuine love, and service that's led by the Spirit, not a script. The Radical Thread is a call to live out your discipleship right at your desk. To see that no task is too small when it's done intentionally, in the name of Jesus. Every single thing you do can carry eternal weight. It's time to stop managing your faith and start weaving it-into every thread of your business and your life. And honestly? The world is waiting for what you'll bring.
Destination Unknown
Tourism: the good, the bad and the ugly. As one of the biggest industries in the world, tourism contributed ten percent of the world's GDP before the pandemic brought it to an historic standstill. Hailed as a smokeless industry, it was seen as a tool for development by serving as an income and job creator. The industry was expanding in oftentimes uncontrolled forms, reaching over one billion international travelers before the virus halted all travel. This edited volume highlights the issues the industry faces, including impacts on the environment, culture, and residents. As the industry rebounds post-pandemic, this book gives space to imagine a more equitable and ethical industry. Bringing together expert authors from around the world, contributions highlight possible ways the industry can be developed more beneficially for people and planet. From nature-based tourism in Africa which protects natural resources by involving local communities and offering cultural interpretation; to vernacular design of tourism buildings and ecolodges that honors and celebrates the local; to considering ways in which cruise ship tourism can offer meaningful encounters instead of contributing to overtourism; to taking a hard look at volunteer tourism and the ways in which it inadvertently prioritizes profit and traveler needs over the needs of local communities, and how it can be developed more ethically; to examining tourism as a tool to increase interculturalism and intercultural understanding; and to the sensitive issue of ethnic tourism to discover one's roots and identify and aid in community development. This book celebrates the ways in which tourism brings us together and can add to our personal and planetary well-being by consciously choosing the ways we travel and how we develop travel opportunities.
The Ethical Workplace
Most workplace ethics books tell you to be a good person and hope for the best. This one tells you how things actually work.The Ethical Workplace: A Survival Guide for Modern Professionals is a comprehensive guide to navigating the real ethical landscape of modern work, not the version described in compliance training, but the version you encounter every day. The version where HR exists to protect the organization, not you. Where age discrimination is pervasive and nearly impossible to prove. Where ordinary people end up inside serious wrongdoing not because they're bad but because the incentive systems around them made it the rational choice.Built on decades of real workplace experience and updated for the challenges of remote work, AI, social media, and the gig economy, this book covers the full range of what professionals actually face. How to build ethical teams and lead with integrity when the pressure is to do the opposite. How to handle a toxic boss, an unethical company, and the specific moment when you realize the problem might be you. When to go to HR and when going to HR will make everything worse. What whistleblowing actually costs and what staying silent actually costs. How to leave a job with your reputation intact, what you owe during a transition, and why declining an exit interview is a defensible professional choice.Five major case studies (Enron, Theranos, Wells Fargo, Cambridge Analytica, and Microsoft) trace the same principles through organizations that failed catastrophically and one that rebuilt its culture into something that works. The pattern is consistent: ethical failures don't come from bad people. They come from systems that reward bad behavior and punish honesty, built by leaders who either didn't notice or didn't care. Microsoft under Satya Nadella shows the reverse is equally true. When the person at the top builds different systems, the culture follows.The Ethical Workplace doesn't offer comfortable reassurance. It offers a framework for thinking clearly about hard situations, practical guidance for protecting yourself inside imperfect organizations, and the honest accounting of what ethical behavior actually requires, including the chapter nobody writes, about what to do when you're the one who crossed the line.For professionals at every level who want to navigate their careers with their integrity intact.
The Black Girl's Guide to Financial Freedom
True or False? "I earn a good salary, but I still don't have enough money for my goals."If that resonates, you are not alone, and you are not doing anything wrong. The financial advice most of us grew up with was never designed with Black women in mind. And if you have ever thought "I would love to retire early but it feels like a pipe dream," or "I keep trying to get ahead but something always comes up," this book was written for you.It does not have to be this way.In The Black Girl's Guide to Financial Freedom, nationally recognized financial educator Dr. Paris Woods gives you the wealth-building roadmap she wishes she had from the start. This guide has helped over 130,000 readers take control of their finances, build real wealth, retire early, and live life entirely on their own terms.Inside, you will learn how to: Get out of debt for good using a simple, proven payoff strategy that actually builds momentumRetire early and create a life where work is a choice, not a requirementStop earning less than you are worth and negotiate the salary and career your skills deserveStart investing with confidence, even if you are starting from scratch and afraid of making the wrong moveBuild a budget that works without feeling like you are punishing yourselfEliminate the financial traps that quietly keep Black women from building lasting wealthGo to college or graduate school without taking on crushing student loan debtCreate generational wealth that extends freedom to the people you loveBreak the financial setback cycle and build real stability for the long termDesign your dream life today, not somedayWho this book is for: This book is for Black women at every stage, whether you are just beginning to set financial goals or you are a mid-career professional who is tired of following advice that was never written for you. If freedom is your goal, this is your guide.The sooner you start, the more options you have.
Carpets and Rugs
This book is an invaluable resource for any creative with a great business idea. Starting your own business does not need to be a complicated and daunting process and serial entrepreneur, Dragon's Den investor and business educator Doug Richard, shows you how. He sets out a ten-point plan teaching creatives how to shape their startup business into a success. Written in plain English, without the dense text and technical jargon of other business books, and illustrated with visual cues to help the message stick, Doug's practical advice is accessible to all. Real-life case studies are interspersed throughout from successful creative startups that include, Tatty Devine, Paul Smith, Time Out and LoveFilm, which expand upon the theory and bring it to life. In 10 chapters, Doug asks the fundamental questions any aspiring creative entrepreneur must answer. By following the questions from start to finish, and working through the get your hands dirty activities, you will get the theory first and then apply that theory in a practical way to the real world and your own business. By the time you reach the last question, you will have the foundation of a very solid creative business. You will answer: What do we do or need that people need or want?Who is our customer?Who is our competition?What is our pricing model? And more! Doug walks you through the process for researching, answering and, ultimately, overcoming the challenges posed by these questions for your own business plan. Whether you are passionate about craft, design, advertising, antiques, film and video, music, performing arts, or any other creative field, this fantastic guide will help you start your business today
Getting You Ready for Power
Power is not about becoming someone else. It's about returning to who you've always been and choosing to lead from that place. Women don't lack ambition or talent; they lack permission. Permission to trust themselves, to take up space, and to lead without apology. In Getting You Ready for Power, Alexis Meruelo discusses the importance of being seen, supported, and encouraged to lead authentically. Blending personal insight with practical strategy, Meruelo guides you through the mindset shifts and tools required to move from self-doubt to self-belief. Along the way, you'll learn how to release limiting narratives, challenge systems that were never designed with you in mind, advocate for yourself with confidence, and build a community of women who elevate and support your growth. Drawing from her own career and pivotal experiences with women who led differently, Meruelo reveals how we have always been powerful, but we have simply been taught to doubt it. That moment of being seen, supported, and encouraged to lead authentically reshaped how she shows up and now informs how she mentors women to recognize their own strength and step forward with clarity and conviction. Written as a guide for women of all ages, backgrounds, and career levels, Getting You Ready for Power meets you exactly where you are-whether you're starting your career or taking the next step as a seasoned professional-and guides you with confidence as you achieve your dreams.You are ready.And the world is waiting for you to step into your power.
From Skid Row to CEO
Nothing is impossible when you learn to embrace your full potential. No one knows that better than John Quee.After a violent and abusive childhood, John started his adult life with nothing. He slept in the street and turned to the "work halls" on Skid Row to earn enough money to eat. Sleeping in a doorway one cold night, John had a vision that there could be more to his story. He was determined to turn his life around. Today, he is a multimillionaire CEO. In From Skid Row to CEO, John Quee outlines the strategies he used to transform his life. These tools will help you break through barriers, overcome career setbacks, and rise above personal failures to realize your greatest dreams. Whether you are feeling stuck and need direction, have seemingly impossible goals, or are just feeling defeated by the life you're currently living, this book has something for you. Failure is the beginning of your journey, but it's not the end. With the concrete strategies presented in this book, you can create a new path that leads to a more productive and fulfilling life.
The High Performance Manager
Pryor Learning is one of the nation's leading corporate training providers, offering in-person and online training to millions of individuals and organizations--from small and mid-sized businesses to governments and nonprofits to Fortune 500s. Their new book, The High Performance Manager focuses on the skills you need to be not just an administrator, but a top-notch manager who brings out the best in your employees. It will arm you with a powerful set of skills, strategies and techniques for dealing with the issues you will encounter as you move forward in your career. This supervisory training will not only show you how to positively influence the behavior of your employees, but will also reveal ways to handle any negative forces that come your way. You will learn how to: Retain your best and brightest emeloyees Conduct effective interviews and hire the right people Find creative ways to reward and motivate employeesEmbrace your role and responsibility as a manager or supervisor Deal with bad attitudes and negative behaviors Supervise off-site employees Handle the ten toughest conversationsTrack and document performance throughout the year Handle reviews with less stress and better performance Develop your coaching philosophyA manager is more than a supervisor, he is a coach. A coach gets paid to win and his two major roles are to train and inspire. And that's what a manager must do with his team. He must go beyond basic supervision and observe, anticipate, and plan. This book was specifically designed to address the needs of anyone who is managing others. and wants to effectively build a successful staff of high performers. These insights and tips will guide and inspire you to bring out the best in your team, and bring you the recognition you deserve.
The Seven Sacred Laws of Feminine Power
You Were Born Powerful; Now It's Time to Lead That WayWhat if the very things you've been told to hide, your intuition, your sensitivity, your unique gifts, are the keys to your greatest power?In The Seven Sacred Laws of Feminine Power, Theresa Ream, multi-company CEO, coach, and feminine power guide and mentor to women entrepreneurs, reveals a transformational framework to help you unlock your full potential. Drawing from her journey of building multimillion-dollar companies while guiding women leaders across the globe, she shows you how to embody your authentic self, align with your deepest desires, and lead with magnetic influence.Through real stories, reflective practices, and powerful laws you can apply immediately, you will learn how to: * Transform imperfections into your greatest assets.* Align your energy so it becomes your ultimate strategy.* Attract the right allies and set sacred boundaries.* Monetize your uniqueness and live your destiny with confidence.* Expand your influence by leading in your feminine power.This is not a book about doing more, it's a guide to becoming more of who you already are. The world doesn't need another woman dimming her light. It needs you, fully expressed, wildly aligned, and unapologetically powerful.Step into your feminine power. Your time is now.
The Optionality Playbook
When the world refuses to hold still, clinging to one job, one city, and one plan quietly raises the stakes on everything. This book is for readers who want to build career optionality without gambling everything on a dramatic reinvention. It shows how to add multiple income streams, cultivate geo mobility, and practise skill hedging in ways that fit inside a demanding life. Rather than asking you to burn bridges, it focuses on decisions that can be reversed or adjusted as reality changes. Instead of abstract theory, you will find simple ways to create a working liquidity buffer, define your own downside risk cap, and design clear decision gates around big moves. Short examples and exercises walk you through planning low cost probes that test new work, locations, or projects while keeping the damage from failure small. You are invited to map single points of failure, strengthen buffers, and gradually increase the range of moves available to you at any moment. The emphasis is on flexible life design, so that you can respond to change with more than one viable move. Whether you are mid career, between roles, or quietly planning your next chapter, this book offers a grounded, practical path to freedom through options. It will help you see where your current life is fragile, where it is already resilient, and where a few careful experiments could open up better futures. Checklists, reflection prompts, and short planning rituals are designed to fit into real weeks, not imaginary free days. The tone is calm, clear, and honest: no hype, no guarantees, just a playbook for buying yourself time, flexibility, and room to breathe.
Economic Indicators Relating to Rural Development
Rural development is one of the most complex and topical research areas, requiring interdisciplinary approaches and the proposal of multifunctional, sustainable economic development models grounded in both theoretical and empirical studies. Such studies emphasize socio-economic indicators that can improve policy approaches to analysis, evaluation, and decision-making. Shifts in rural development policies-from a sectoral to a multisectoral perspective and, more recently, to a territorial approach that embraces local community development-highlight the need for socio-economic indicators related to rural development opportunities generated by various domains (e.g., agriculture, tourism). Rural areas are among those experiencing the most profound transformations in recent years, driven by demographic challenges, economic fluctuations and uncertainties, environmental risks, and the impacts of climate change. These factors significantly increase population vulnerability worldwide in rural regions. Population growth and resource scarcity or depletion become even more acute when access to education, financial resources, or transportation infrastructure is limited by unbalanced investments and inadequate planning resulting from deficient administrative systems. Conversely, the rapid development of digital technologies-including smart agriculture, smart household technologies, and digital systems of education and administration-demonstrates clear opportunities for growth and development while improving resource accessibility for rural regions and among more vulnerable demographic groups.
Making the Zeros Count
What happens when your ATM balance suddenly grows an extra two or three zeros overnight?What do you do when you finally have "f-you money"... but absolutely no idea what comes next?Look, this isn't another book about how to get rich-you've got that part down already. This is about what comes next: how to use the resources you have to build a life that feels both stable and meaningful. It's about helping you rest easy, confident that you're making a real difference for yourself, the people you love, and for society as a whole.If you've experienced - or expect to experience - a massive, step-function wealth creation event, you already know the truth no one talks about: more money amplifies everything - freedom, yes, but also isolation, judgment, confusion, envy, and an unexpected compass-spinning "now what?" moment.Making the Zeros Count is the insider's field guide for founders, entrepreneurs, and first-generation wealth creators navigating eight, nine, and even ten-figure success. Written by Adam Katz - a wealth advisor, coach, and former founder who's personally lived this exact journey - this book distills thousands of conversations with 100+ entrepreneurs into frameworks ("Carries") you can use immediately to make better decisions, faster, with far more clarity.Inside, you'll discover: ● Why financial wealth is never the destination - only the gateway. Learn how to redirect your compass toward time wealth, autonomy wealth, and health wealth.● How numerators, denominators & the 3-Digit Rule rewire your relationship with money. Why you can't "see" anything past the first two-three digits of your balance sheet - and how this unlocks better spending, ● The Marginal Utility of a Dollar Why the next $1,000 - or $10,000 - means nothing to your denominator but can mean everything when deployed intentionally.● Carries: portable, pocket-sized frameworks to use every day. From Planting Seeds vs. Shaking Trees to The Two-Way Interview to redefining your real "units" of money, these Carries help you think clearer, act smarter, and feel grounded again.● How to navigate judgment, expectation & envy. And why being direct about your "why" prevents others from creating their own damaging narratives.● Surprising stories you'll actually remember. From blowing Bazooka-sized bubblegum dreams to outrageous wristband envy, to learning wealth's strangest lessons inside a Marshalls, every chapter is an insight disguised as a story.This isn't a textbook. It's not preachy. And it's definitely not boring. It's a sharp, honest, hilarious guide for people who can technically do anything, but want help figuring out what actually matters now.If you're preparing for a liquidity event, recovering from one, or simply aspiring toward major wealth, this book will give you the language, perspective, and mental models to navigate the rare air you now breathe.The next digit changes everything. The question is: will you let it change you intentionally - or accidentally?Make your zeros count. Start reading now.
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You Are Where You Sit
"Delightfully digestible and a spark of hope for future conversations." -Evelyn Johnson, author of The Way the Dust ClingsYou Are Where You Sit: Lessons in Compromise in a Divided Country is a comprehensive guide to achieving effective compromise in an increasingly polarized world. Author Rodger T. Kraft presents seven essential lessons drawn from historical examples, political negotiations, and business crises to demonstrate how compromise can resolve conflicts and bridge divides.Following the central premise that people's viewpoints are shaped by their circumstances, beliefs, and experiences-hence "you are where you sit," Kraft argues that the erosion of basic societal values, amplified by mass media and social media manipulation, has created entrenched positions that make compromise increasingly difficult. He contends that viable solutions typically lie in the middle ground between opposing sides.The seven lessons are illustrated through detailed case studies spanning decades of American history and contemporary events. Throughout these examples, Kraft demonstrates how applying or failing to apply these lessons leads to either successful compromises or costly confrontations. The book concludes with warnings about appeasement versus true compromise and reflections on how political extremism on both sides undermines democratic governance.
The Only Woman in the Room
The Only Woman in the Room invites readers into the real story of what it takes to lead as a woman when the rules weren't written with you in mind-but you're determined to win anyway.Women have spent decades forcing open doors that were never designed for us, and in 2026, we still find ourselves standing alone in rooms dominated by male discourse and decisions. If the glass ceiling was shattered long ago, why does it feel like the walls are closing back in, asking us once again to contort ourselves to fit spaces that refuse to evolve? If you've ever felt disillusioned, powerless, lonely, or frustrated by a workplace still built primarily for men-you're not alone, and you're not crazy. This book hands you the guidance you've been missing. A tech leader across government, academia, and corporate industries, Lisa Davis shares the battle-tested lessons she learned the hard way so you don't have to. Navigating the frustratingly persistent challenges of building a career and a family at the same time, her story offers a fresh look at female leadership at the highest levels and the pressure to perform without a roadmap. Drawing on four decades of breaking barriers in male-dominated industries, this book will teach you how to: Navigate power dynamics and bias with confidenceBuild influence without apologyAdvocate for the promotions you deserveLead with strength while staying true to who you areWe're living inside a system that won't transform overnight, no matter how badly we want it to. The Only Woman in the Room is a power playbook for winning anyway, learning how to navigate the rules as they exist while steadily applying pressure where it counts. System change takes time, and pretending otherwise only costs women ground. This book shows you how to claim influence, momentum, and leverage now, while helping push the tide in the direction it needs to go.
You Are an Abundant B
You Are an Abundant B is a transformational guide for women entrepreneurs who are done settling, done shrinking, and ready to step fully into the wealth they were born for. Blending science backed mindset work with energetic alignment and practical financial strategy, Audrey Faust, self-made multi-millionaire and the Manifesting CFO(TM), teaches women how to manifest money in a way that is grounded, repeatable, and aligned with how the brain actually works.At the heart of this book is the reminder that the B in You Are an Abundant B is intentionally open ended. It can stand for whatever powerful identity aligns with you whether that is Boss, Badass, Beauty, Babe, or anything that reflects the abundant version of yourself you are stepping into.Through honest personal stories, deep mindset shifts, powerful client breakthroughs, and the exact tools Audrey has used to help women grow profitable, purpose driven businesses, this book reveals why so many female entrepreneurs stay stuck at their current income level and what it truly takes to break free. Readers learn how subconscious beliefs shape their financial reality, how to regulate their nervous system to attract opportunities rather than chase them, and how to combine energetic work with financial clarity to generate sustainable success.Audrey introduces her signature "Dishing the T E A" Framework which stands for Thoughts, Energy, Alignment and is a simple yet powerful method for rewiring the mind and shifting into an abundance identity. Along with tapping practices, visualization techniques, brain priming, and her 70 Day Money Manifestation Activation, she shows readers exactly how to transform both their internal and external financial world.Ultimately, You Are an Abundant B is a magical meets practical guide to living in overflow. It empowers women to stop playing small, start trusting their power, and step into the identity of a confident, capable, financially abundant business owner. Audrey teaches that money does not respond to effort, it responds to energy, and when your energy changes, everything else follows.
You Are an Abundant B
You Are an Abundant B is a transformational guide for women entrepreneurs who are done settling, done shrinking, and ready to step fully into the wealth they were born for. Blending science backed mindset work with energetic alignment and practical financial strategy, Audrey Faust, self-made multi-millionaire and the Manifesting CFO(TM), teaches women how to manifest money in a way that is grounded, repeatable, and aligned with how the brain actually works.At the heart of this book is the reminder that the B in You Are an Abundant B is intentionally open ended. It can stand for whatever powerful identity aligns with you whether that is Boss, Badass, Beauty, Babe, or anything that reflects the abundant version of yourself you are stepping into.Through honest personal stories, deep mindset shifts, powerful client breakthroughs, and the exact tools Audrey has used to help women grow profitable, purpose driven businesses, this book reveals why so many female entrepreneurs stay stuck at their current income level and what it truly takes to break free. Readers learn how subconscious beliefs shape their financial reality, how to regulate their nervous system to attract opportunities rather than chase them, and how to combine energetic work with financial clarity to generate sustainable success.Audrey introduces her signature "Dishing the T E A" Framework which stands for Thoughts, Energy, Alignment and is a simple yet powerful method for rewiring the mind and shifting into an abundance identity. Along with tapping practices, visualization techniques, brain priming, and her 70 Day Money Manifestation Activation, she shows readers exactly how to transform both their internal and external financial world.Ultimately, You Are an Abundant B is a magical meets practical guide to living in overflow. It empowers women to stop playing small, start trusting their power, and step into the identity of a confident, capable, financially abundant business owner. Audrey teaches that money does not respond to effort, it responds to energy, and when your energy changes, everything else follows.
Full Stack Human
Your brain is running Stone Age software in a digital world--it's time for an upgrade. If you feel increasingly disconnected from what makes you human, you're not alone. Our brains today are exhausted from trying to keep up with endless change and relentless stimulation. Productivity hacks and wellness apps aren't working; they only treat the symptoms, not the root cause. As humans, we've evolved for a different world entirely. We'reo perating with paleolithic emotions, medieval institutions, and god-like technology--no wonder we can't keep up. Full Stack Human will transform how you navigate chaos and complexity at work and in daily life. Authors Dara Simkin (Australia's leading play-at-work specialist) and Tāne Hunter (data scientist and futurist) combine cutting-edge neuroscience, behavioural psychology and stories from the real world to show you how to rewire your mental operating system. Full Stack Human is your field guide for staying human when everything keeps accelerating. Learn how to: Turn obstacles into opportunity by embracing flexibility and serious play Combat confusion and despair by developing strategic hope and intelligent optimism Develop mindsets and practices to dig yourself out of existential dread Unleash dangerous curiosity to unlock breakthrough insights others miss Strengthen your adaptability and learn to bend without breaking Full Stack Human is a much-needed reset for professionals, entrepreneurs, and anyone who refuses to sacrifice their humanity for success. It's time to debug your human operating system and press play on your potential. This is the upgrade you've been waiting for.
Good Girl, Goodbye
Stop chasing gold stars and start chasing the life you really want. We've spent years being the good girl: saying yes when we mean no, shrinking ourselves to make others comfortable and prioritising everyone else's needs. Our conditioning to be 'good' runs deep. As children, we're praised for being polite, quiet and well-behaved. In the workplace, we're rewarded for compliance over confidence. The result? Chronic illness, burnout, buried emotions -- and a feeling that we're constantly performing for other people, rather than living a life that is true to us. In Good Girl, Goodbye, Caitlin Judd -- founder of the award-winning lady-brains podcast -- offers a bold roadmap to break the patterns keeping us small. Drawing from her work coaching thousands of women, interviewing Australia's best female founders, and her background in business and positive psychology, Judd shows women how to set fierce boundaries and build a life they love. You'll learn how to: Identify the 12 Good Girl archetypes stealing your peace, energy and confidence Say no without guilt and set healthy boundaries Stop sacrificing your truth to keep others comfortable Discover your strengths and reclaim your personal power Use practical tools and a change framework to define what true success means to you Good Girl, Goodbye is for the women who are tired of chasing gold stars in systems and institutions that don't value who they really are. Whether you're a perfectionist, a people-pleaser or a shapeshifter, this book hands you the permission slip you've been waiting for to choose yourself -- without apology.
2.5 Billion Heartbeats
"2.5 Billion Heartbeats is not just a leadership book-it is a wake-up call. A reminder that leadership has never been about titles, corner offices, or authority, but about influence, intention, and the posture of our hearts. Every human life is given roughly 2.5 billion heartbeats, and the question this book dares to ask is simple and unsettling: What are you doing with yours? In a world exhausted by pressure, performance, and empty definitions of success, this book challenges us to slow down long enough to remember that "leadership is not what you do to people, but what you awaken within them."Written for business leaders, parents, spouses, coaches, teachers, and everyday people who shape lives without ever holding a formal title, 2.5 Billion Heartbeats reframes leadership as deeply personal and profoundly human. This is a call to lead at work-but also at home. To understand that "who you are becoming matters more than what you are achieving," and that the way we show up for our families, our teams, and our communities leaves a legacy far beyond numbers or accolades. Through powerful stories, hard truths, and the H.E.A.R.T. leadership model, this book confronts the lie that leadership belongs to a few and boldly declares that "every heartbeat carries influence, and every life leaves a mark."At its core, this book is an invitation-to live, love, and lead differently. To stop chasing applause and start building trust. To move from burnout to purpose, from control to compassion, from success defined by profit to success defined by people. As the book reminds us, "One day the noise will fade, the titles will disappear, and what will remain is the way you made people feel." 2.5 Billion Heartbeats will challenge you, stir you, and ultimately call you to lead from the heart-starting today, with the life and influence you already have."
The Integrity Compass
In an era of AI, automation, cyber risk, and brittle infrastructure, technical excellence isn't enough. The real challenge is deciding what to build-and how to lead-when the stakes are human.The Integrity Compass: Leading with Ethics in a Changing World is a practical, readable guide to ethical decision-making for engineers, technologists, managers, policymakers, and students navigating complexity and pressure. Blending lived experience with clear frameworks, it shows how integrity becomes action-especially when deadlines, incentives, and power dynamics push the other way.Rather than treating ethics as abstract philosophy, this book gives you tools you can actually use: how to map risk, identify stakeholders, test assumptions, and spot the "quiet" choices that become tomorrow's headlines. Along the way, you'll learn from real-world case studies and deeply human dilemmas-moments in classrooms, boardrooms, and high-stakes settings where people must choose between convenience and courage.A standout section features letters to practitioners based on real situations in medicine, cybersecurity, innovation, and leadership-bringing you into the emotional reality of decisions that can affect safety, trust, and wellbeing.Inside you'll find: * Practical frameworks for ethical decision-making in fast-changing environments* Guidance for building an ethical culture inside teams and organizations* Case studies and lessons from technology, infrastructure, and public trustIf you've ever wondered, "What's the right thing to do-when it's complicated?" this book is your compass.
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
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.
Writing the Business Research Article
Most academic writing guides tell you what good writing should look like. This book shows you what published business researchers actually do.Drawing on a purpose-built corpus of 136 peer-reviewed business research articles (over 1,160,000 words) Writing the Business Research Article reveals the patterns, conventions, and rhetorical strategies that characterize successful writing in the discipline. Every frequency count, every pattern, and every example sentence comes directly from published work.The book is organized in thirteen units across three levels. Units 1-4 address paper architecture and framing: the overall structure of a business paper, the Introduction, the Discussion, and the Conclusion and Abstract. Units 5-8 cover the body sections: the Literature Review and Theoretical Framework, Hypotheses and Propositions, Methodology and Research Design, and Results and Findings. Units 9-13 examine cross-paper features that shift from section to section: hedging and boosting, tense and voice, citation practices, connectives and argumentation, and the rhetorical work of first and last sentences. A final unit synthesizes all previous analyses to show how the entire paper serves a single macro-argument.What makes this book different is its evidence base. Rather than prescribing rules or offering model paragraphs to imitate, it uses corpus analysis to work from the bottom up: examining what hundreds of published writers actually chose to do when facing the rhetorical challenges of business research writing. The result replaces intuition with frequency. You learn, for example, that 98% of introductions open with the world rather than a reference to the paper; that 90% use explicit contribution language; that Discussion sections appear in 58% of articles, and that business papers follow not one but five distinct ending structures. These are not rules; they are the accumulated choices of successful writers, made visible so you can make informed decisions about your own writing.The book is designed for two uses: as a guide during initial drafting and as a diagnostic tool during revision. Each unit includes a conceptualization stage: questions to answer before you consult the corpus evidence, followed by detailed analysis of conventions, corpus frequencies, example sentences, and a revision checklist. A structured five-step revision workflow helps writers systematically check their manuscript from macro-structure down to sentence-level features.Written for students writing their first business research paper, researchers moving into business from other disciplines, and second language learners looking to sharpen their writing, this book offers something no prescriptive guide can: a clear, data-driven picture of how business research articles actually work.
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.
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
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
From Skid Row to CEO
Nothing is impossible when you learn to embrace your full potential. No one knows that better than John Quee.After a violent and abusive childhood, John started his adult life with nothing. He slept in the street and turned to the "work halls" on Skid Row to earn enough money to eat. Sleeping in a doorway one cold night, John had a vision that there could be more to his story. He was determined to turn his life around. Today, he is a multimillionaire CEO. In From Skid Row to CEO, John Quee outlines the strategies he used to transform his life. These tools will help you break through barriers, overcome career setbacks, and rise above personal failures to realize your greatest dreams. Whether you are feeling stuck and need direction, have seemingly impossible goals, or are just feeling defeated by the life you're currently living, this book has something for you. Failure is the beginning of your journey, but it's not the end. With the concrete strategies presented in this book, you can create a new path that leads to a more productive and fulfilling life.
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.
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.
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.
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.
The Invisible Layoff
AI isn't replacing professionals overnight. Instead, it is quietly reshaping work - removing judgment, narrowing influence, and ending careers without ending jobs.The Invisible Layoff examines how roles erode without formal layoffs, why capable professionals often fail to recognize the shift until their options have already narrowed, and how authority can disappear while titles and pay remain unchanged.In many modern organizations, decisions once made through experience now arrive preformed by systems. Judgment is bypassed. Responsibility remains, but influence thins. Work that once created value slowly fades, without ever being formally removed.This book names that process.Rather than focusing on job loss, it explores the loss of relevance: roles that shrink without changing titles, responsibility that remains while authority disappears, experience reduced to oversight, careers that stall long before they officially end.Written without hype, technical jargon, or individual blame, the book offers a clear framework for understanding how AI-enabled systems are reshaping decision-making, power, and professional growth inside organizations.It includes a short diagnostic to help readers recognize whether their role is quietly losing influence, before the change becomes impossible to ignore.This is not a career guide and it does not offer false reassurance. Instead, it makes the invisible visible, giving language to a reality many professionals already sense but cannot yet articulate.For anyone who feels their influence shrinking despite continued employment, The Invisible Layoff offers clarity about what is already happening, and why stability can be more dangerous than disruption.
Unreachable
A Fast Company Press BookBe Unreachable to AI MachinesWe are living in a time where we must decide which side to stand on: AI-obsessed or AI-afraid. We surrender our critical thinking to the machine, or reject all things AI. But are these really the only two choices? There is a better way. Utilizing decades of CXO experiences and a storied career at the intersection of innovation and technology, Mohan Nair delivers a bold blueprint for thriving in the age of Gen AI without sacrificing the very traits that make us human. Research shows that by allowing Gen AI to think for us, we risk cognitive atrophy. Nair's surprisingly simple antidote? Exercise your aha moments and build scaffolding for your transformational ideas. Through research, field insight, and real-world case studies, Nair theorizes how to ignite your inner innovator by tapping into aha moments where original insight lives. You will command AI tools and create what machines cannot: the yet-to-be-created. Subdue AI-obsession and AI-fear. Become insight-powered and AI-enabled. Be UNREACHABLE.
Stellar Leadership
Stellar Leadership: Igniting Excellence Beyond the C-Suite is a comprehensive leadership guide for navigating today's complex, technology-driven, and people-centered workplace. Written for leaders at every level-not just executives-the book reframes leadership as a shared, service-driven responsibility rather than a title or hierarchy.Blending leadership theory, real-world case studies, academic research, and forward-looking insights, the book examines how modern leaders can build resilient organizations by prioritizing employee experience, inclusion, adaptability, and ethical use of AI. It highlights the shift from traditional top-down leadership models to collaborative, bottom-up, and network-based approaches that empower individuals and teams alike.The book takes readers on a journey through transformational leadership, inclusive workplace cultures, hybrid work strategies, and future-ready talent management. It emphasizes that sustainable success comes from aligning purpose, people, and technology-while fostering psychological safety, trust, and continuous learning.Ultimately, the book serves as both a strategic leadership manual and a reflective guide, helping readers assess their own leadership path and equipping them with practical tools to lead with integrity, empathy, and impact in the 21st century.
Always Rising
Always Rising is for women who have spent decades holding everything together, raising families, building businesses, supporting partners, while quietly disappearing from their own lives.For 35 years, Anissa Renae Kunda worked behind the scenes of a pioneering Australian tourism business, shaping industry standards, building systems, and carrying invisible responsibility. The success bore someone else's name, and for a long time, that felt acceptable. Until it didn't.This book is not a how-to manual or a glossy success story. It is a grounded, honest reflection on resilience, identity, and the quiet work of building something that lasts, without losing yourself in the process.Through lived experience, storytelling, and practical insight, Always Rising speaks directly to women who feel essential yet unseen; capable yet uncertain; accomplished yet quietly asking, Is this all there is?Inside these pages, you'll find: Stories of building a legacy from the shadowsReflections on identity erosion, resilience, and self-trustGentle insight for women navigating reinvention, visibility, and second chaptersReassurance that your contribution matters, and always hasAlways Rising is a reminder that success isn't a destination, it's a series of small, brave decisions to keep showing up as yourself.For the women who've carried more than anyone knows, this book offers recognition, clarity, and permission to rise in your own name, on your own terms.
Beyond Profit
Beyond Profit brings together the latest academic research on Purpose-Driven Leadership and Organizations to show how leaders can create a Wellbeing Economy that is aligned with a sustainable future where we innovate and protect collective long-term wellbeing through governance that works. It is a must read for all leaders wanting to implement a coherent roadmap to meet the needs of the world we want - it will help you ask critical questions, learn from inspirational stories, and be armed with an innovative approach to find answers that will lead to a better tomorrow. Leaders make decisions with real consequences that are not just local but national and even global - they impact matters of intense importance; decisions with environmental, economic, societal and moral implications. The reality of leadership in times of uncertainty and risk places an unprecedented challenge at the door of today's generation of leaders. As a leader, you may often feel locked into pursuing sustained growth and endless increases in financial returns - while held back by less resources and more challenges around employees, customers, and new technologies. Perhaps you feel overwhelmed and weighed down by responsibility - troubled by the legacy you are leaving behind. It doesn't have to be this way.
Embrace for IMPACT!
Society's been feeding you Truthrot, false ideals that hollow you out.Winners never quit. Never let them see you sweat. Outwork everyone.Following these falsehoods is like using a broken compass. Truthrot misleads leadership, fractures families, and poisons judgment. In Embrace for IMPACT!, John Fairclough introduces MyOS, your operating system for winning the inner war. Through eight counterintuitive paradoxes and the Be You! Manifesto, you will learn how to expose society's lies and align with your own definition of a truly good person.When you crack the MyOS code, your heart, mind, and hands work together. You gain: Clarity in your identityConfidence in your decisionsThe resilience and fortitude to be youThe impact is felt everywhere: stronger relationships, stable families, transformed businesses, inspired communities, and a more peaceful you.Join the movement to align one million leaders by 2028.When you are you, everything around you gets better.Become psychologically indestructible.
Aim High and Bounce Back
It's time to look at failure in a new light.Have you experienced failure at work? Serious setbacks can sting but can also be the best thing that ever happened to you if you turn them into stepping stones that help you reach new heights. Aim High and Bounce Back looks at why failure can be particularly devastating for women, sparking disappointment and embarrassment, and offers a three-step framework to turn career setbacks into a master class in what it takes to succeed. Authors Fiona Macaulay, an award-winning entrepreneur and adjunct faculty at Georgetown University's McDonough School of Business, and Deborah Grayson Riegel, an executive coach and leading business school instructor, tap into their vast, global network of resilient and high-profile professional women and share empowering examples of women overcoming failure and finding new paths to success using tools, strategies, and mindset shifts to embrace the powerful lessons that failure can bring. Aim High and Bounce Back is an essential guide for any leader who wants to raise her game professionally.
