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The Power to Shape Your Destiny: Seven Strategies for Massive Results


Anthony Robbins - 2012
    What is it you’re truly after? Do you want a more fulfilling career, economic freedom, or more passionate relationships? Do you want to have the time for extraordinary vacations? Would you like to travel the world? Would you just like to be closer to a certain friend, relative, or loved one? What's been holding you back from living your dreams? If you want to change it all, this is the program to make it happen. The Power to Shape Your Destiny shows listeners how to make it happen.

Think Like a Winner


Walter Doyle Staples - 1991
    Never before has a motivational book been so highly acclaimed by so many recognized authorities.

Team Secrets Of The Navy Seals: The Elite Military Force's Leadership Principles For Business


Anonymous
    From his learned wisdom as a veteran SEAL, the author guides the reader through the keys to leadership success and the role of a leader in building a well-organized, competent, resourceful group of professionals who work together creatively to achieve results.The business world can be ruthless, but with the team secrets of the best of the best you can expect fast results, improved cooperation, and production.

The Comfort Trap (or What if You're Riding a Dead Horse?)


Judith Sills - 2003
    You know there's something missing from your marriage and you have a feeling what's missing is you, but you can't bear to rock that comfortable old boat. You're stuck. And, as bestselling author Judith Sills would say, you know the horse is dead. Get off! We all have our comfort zones'your coffee bar, your preference for half hazelnut/half decaf very light no sugar, your seat on the 8:24, your same old fight over the holidays with your parents' and, indeed, they're what make life possible. But the time comes when your comfort zone isn't so comfortable anymore, when it's keeping you from having a happier, more meaningful, and fulfilling life. If the Horse Is Dead, Get Off! is for anyone whose life has temporarily run aground, whether you're stuck in a dead-end relationship, in a soul-killing job, or when your life just seems to have become one long summer rerun. The rewards for escaping your comfort zone are enormous. And Sills, who has helped thousands with her sage advice, dispensed in her signature go-get-em style has come up with a brilliant, excuse-busting seven-step plan that points a clear, inspiring way out.

The Thin Book of Soar: Building Strengths-Based Strategy


Jackie Stavros - 2009
    SOAR takes the Appreciative Inquiry philosophy and applies it to provide a strategic thinking and dialogue process. The authors have been instrumental in developing this process and will share the concept and case studies to give you the confidence to try SOAR.

Useful Belief: Because It's Better Than Positive Thinking


Chris Helder - 2015
    Sometimes things in life are not positive. Sometimes bad things happen to good people. If you've had a nightmare of a year, the last thing you want to hear is "Be positive!" Instead, you need an actual strategy to dig yourself out, and a truly useful guidebook to show you where to go next. This is that guidebook.Through the engaging tale of a business traveller and the three significant encounters on his journey, this book takes you on a journey of your own to self awareness, and an improved approach to business, parenting and relationships. You'll learn how thinking "useful" is better than thinking "positive," and you'll uncover the utility of your past, present and future challenges. You'll undergo a major shift in the way you solve your problems, and you'll learn how to navigate your way out of ambiguity and toward success.If you have challenges at work right now, just deciding to "be positive" will not fix them. Useful belief and strategy will. This book shows you how to frame your challenges to make them surmountable, and how to formulate an action plan for getting where you need to be.Learn a simple self-awareness strategy that turns problems into plans Discover the truth about "truth" and the importance of "useful" Go beyond positivity to actually fix personal and professional problems Uncover the valuable lessons you've learned from the challenges you've overcome Everything that has ever happened to you has happened for a reason. It doesn't matter if it's true, because it's useful to believe it is true. Useful Belief leads you toward the self-awareness and strategic outlook you need to achieve personal fulfillment and professional success."

The Five Dysfunctions of a team Summarized for Busy People


Patrick Lencioni - 2014
    This summary explores the fundamental causes of organizational politics and team failure.