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Overthinking isn't a personality trait. It's the sneakiest form of fear.
It steals time, creativity, and goals. It's the most expensive, least productive thing companies invest in without even knowing it. And it's an epidemic. When New York Times bestselling author Jon Acuff changed his life by transforming his overthinking, he wondered if other people might benefit from what he discovered. He commissioned a research study to ask 10,000 people if...
62) The affair
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When Rose McCarthy's staff at Mode magazine pitches a cover shoot with Hollywood's hottest young actress, the actress's sizzling affair with a bestselling French author is exposed. The author happens to be Rose's son-in-law, which creates a painful dilemma for her. Her daughter Nadia, a talented interior designer, has been struggling to hold her marriage together, and conceal the truth from their young daughters, her family, and the world. But Nicolas,...
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More than fifty trailblazing executive women who broke the corporate glass ceiling offer inspiring and surprising insights and lessons in this essential, in-the-trenches career guide from Joann S. Lublin, a Pulitzer-Prize winning journalist and management news editor for The Wall Street Journal.
Among the first female reporters at The Wall Street Journal, Joann S. Lublin faced a number of uphill battles in her career. She became deputy bureau...
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The co-founder of the Stanford d.School introduces the power of design thinking to help you achieve goals you never thought possible.
Achievement can be learned. It's a muscle, and once you learn how to flex it, you'll be able to meet life's challenges and fulfill your goals, Bernard Roth, Academic Director at the Stanford d.school contends.
In The Achievement Habit, Roth applies the remarkable insights that stem from design thinking-previously...
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Everyone, whether the new kid in a cubicle, the boss in the executive suite, or self-employed, has huge potential for greater productivity and fulfillment. Even very high performers in excellent organizations, large and small, for profit and nonprofit, report that 30 to 40 percent of their talent is untapped. Imagine what lies waiting. Take Charge of Your Talent details three keys for readers to develop and enjoy their abilities. Readers will discover...
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Logan Stout has been passionate about personal development since he was given his first personal-growth book at the age of seventeen. His entire career has been focused on helping people "do life better"--and his track record for success speaks for itself. Now, for the first time, Logan shares with readers the attribute they must have to reach their dreams in life: Grit. In Grit Factor, Logan explains what grit is--and what it is not. He explains...
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#1 Amazon Best Seller! What are the habits of successful people?The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People has captivated readers for 25 years. It has transformed the lives of Presidents and CEOs, educators, parents, and students — in short, millions of people of all ages and occupations have benefited from Dr. Covey's 7 Habits book. And, it can transform you. This twenty-fifth anniversary edition of Stephen Covey's cherished...
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A perfect gift for graduates! How Do I Find My Way in Life? Want to achieve more? . . . Make a difference? . . . Find a satisfying career with the right work-life balance? The problem is, too many of us get stuck in a rut in life, with our heads down and trying to survive. After her presidential bid, Carly Fiorina spent a lot of time consulting with Fortune 500 executives, middle managers, and leaders in nonprofits on how to solve real-world problems....
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THE PHILOSOPHY FOR ACHIEVEMENT AMONG THE MOST INFLUENTIAL AND PROVEN WORKS THE WORLD HAS EVER KNOWN. Napoleon Hill's Master Course is his ultimate gift to mankind. It is the easiest, most direct path to fulfilling your greatest potential, and one of the most complete self-improvement books available today. These never before published, original copyrighted lectures given by Napoleon Hill himself for the Master Course were delivered in Chicago in the...
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The author of the blockbuster bestseller The Millionaire Next Door: The Surprising Secrets of America's Wealthy shows how self-made millionaires have surmounted shortcomings such as average intelligence by carefully choosing their careers, taking calculated risks, and living balanced lifestyles while maintaining their integrity. Dr. Thomas J. Stanley also builds on his research from The Millionaire Next Door and takes us further into the psyche of...
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It's been nearly 25 years since Robert Kiyosaki's Rich Dad Poor Dad first made waves in the Personal Finance arena.
It has since become the #1 Personal Finance book of all time... translated into dozens of languages and sold around the world.
Rich Dad Poor Dad is Robert's story of growing up with two dads — his real father and the father of his best friend, his rich dad — and the ways in which both men shaped
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Ready to take the next step in your career, but not sure what's holding you back? Read on. Leadership expert Sally Helgesen and bestselling leadership coach Marshall Goldsmith have trained thousands of high achievers--men and women--to reach even greater heights. Again and again, they see that women face specific and different roadblocks from men as they advance in the workplace. In fact, the very habits that helped women early in their careers can...
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On the one hand we aren't surprised by the uncertainty of everyday life, but on the other we believe that success can be analyzed and planned for. It is a revealing paradox. The implications are explosive and they obliterate every common-sense notion we have about strategy and planning. The Click Moment is about two very simple but highly provocative ideas. The first is that success is random-far more random than we would like to believe. The second...
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A guide for ambitious women who want to succeed without losing themselves deconstructs the double standards that label and hold back women, sharing anecdotes and strategies for sidestepping regressive stereotypes, cultivating confidence, and balancing personal and professional values.
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Go for the win! Achieve excellence and be better than you've ever been!
In his years as a professional ice-skater, Olympic Gold Medalist Scott Hamilton learned to embrace the mind-set of working hard to "beat" the competition. But it seems competition has gotten a bad rap these days. We've bought into the belief that it is unfair to participants to rank performance. Yet competition is in fact a good thing because it's about working toward excellence.
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