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THIS IS the LAST PERSONAL and PROFESSIONAL SUCCESS HOW-TO BOOK YOU''LL EVER NEEDHave you ever dreamed of becoming a sought-after talented individual: the fastest person on earth, an admired space explorer, or a visionary leader? Would you like to embark on a meaningful journey to master something you''ve always dreamed of doing, become a respected expert in your field, start a successful business, or be the role model you''ve always aspired to be? Whether you want to conquer the art of public speaking, be an inspirational leader, advance your career, make more money, learn a new language, or simply excel at what you love, you can stop dreaming and start mastering life-changing personal and professional skills.David Wray expertly guides readers through an exploration of their unique aspirations, and then adeptly directs on how to build a practical and original model of their ideal skill. With clear and actionable tips, techniques, tools, and his experience as an executive coach and leader, combined with your own life experience, you will be fully equipped to get ahead of the global competition to control your future with added prowess.The tried and tested methodology of The Power of Potential provides the answer to the problem of rapidly mastering new skills and will help you enjoy the rest of your life free of"what-if" regrets.

POLO IS NOT JUST THE GAME OF KINGS. IT''S A BLOOD SPORT IN THE PERFECT 10.The final of the US Open is just days away, and Juancito Harrington, the world''s best polo player, is found dead in a posh Palm Beach hotel suite.The good news is that Palm Beach P.D. quickly identifies the trophy wife of Juancito''s team owner as the primary suspect. The bad news is that everyone in polo knows that Kelly Dick doesn''t murder her lovers. She recycles them.Only one man can crack the case: Rick Hunt, a West Point graduate currently assigned to the White House. Hunt is no detective, but he''s a lifelong polo player who needs no introduction to the world''s top pros. Or his ex-fiancée. Or her new boyfriend, an old teammate with a score to settle.

Unleash Your Inner Company distills John Chisholm’s four decades of successful entrepreneurship in Silicon Valley into ten steps to discover, launch, and scale the ideal business for you. You will learn how to:• Mobilize your passions and perseverance to reinforce each other and achieve your goals• Discover unsatisfied human and customer needs in those areas where you have natural advantages• Match those needs with your resources and strengths (your “STARS”) to assess which needs fit you best• Improve those fits by acquiring and developing the right resources and strengths; differentiate yourself by being not better, but different, from competitors, even well-established ones• Innovate by combining things you already know in novel ways• Partner with firms and individuals so you and your business can focus on what you do best• Evaluate your options and choose the best one for you• Launch and scale up your successful business, uniquely tailored to you and your strengths.Along the way, you will discover:• That you have many more resources and advantages for success than you realize • How and when to choose a co-founder and team members• How to avoid competitors, and thus gain time and space to get established• How to find, nurture, and ride positive feedback loops within yourself, with your team members, and among your customers• How to build and maintain your self-confidence despite setbacks• If, when, and how to raise money• How to evolve and scale your business, no matter how modest, into a large enterprise, if you so desire• When to comply with, or circumvent, or oppose regulations that impede the formation or growth of your business• What you can learn from Apple, Google, Facebook, and Uber.You will learn from the author’s mistakes—as many as he was able to squeeze into the 400 pages of this book—so you don’t make the same ones.Regardless of your background, location, interests, and passions, the timeless and universal insights, principles, anecdotes, and exercises of Unleash Your Inner Company will inspire and guide you from your first steps, through every kind of obstacle, to the ultimate success of your venture.

Enable Your Buyers for Faster B2B SalesWhat drives B2B sales most effectively—focusing on what you do as a salesperson or on what your champion and the buying group does behind the scenes? The latest research makes it clear that the B2B buying process has become too complex and difficult and buyers today crave companies and experienced guides who make the process easier. Focus on making buying easier and your prospects will buy from you faster and more often.Sales teams can shorten the sales cycle by as much as 68% when they learn to equip their champion—the people promoting their solution inside the target account—using the DEEP-C™ buyer enablement framework: Discover, Engage, Equip, Personalize, and Coach. This book guides sales leaders and professionals through the process of moving from a sales-focused approach to a buyer enablement model that reduces buying friction and accelerates the purchase.

Gary Dickson is an inveterate traveler, an avid gourmet, and a Francophile sans merci. He received his B.A. degree in history while in the United States and then attended graduate school at l’Université de Lausanne, Faculté des Lettres to study l’histoire in Switzerland. In addition to his poetry, Gary has written two novels: An Improbable Pairing, a 1960s historical romance, and its romantic thriller sequel, A Spy with Scruples. Gary lives in Los Angeles with his wife Susie where he continues to write.

The unintended consequences of acing a test . . . or when all else fails, try blackmailIn July of 1964, after marrying in Paris, Desirée and Scott Stoddard are honeymooning in the South of France when their idyll is interrupted by a notice from Scott’s draft board advising him that his status is being reviewed. Desirée, the former French countess who is already three months pregnant, doesn’t understand why her new husband, an American, must traipse off to some military base in Germany to be tested. Scott’s remarkable scores on the tests attract the attention of the CIA, and Scott, much to his dismay, becomes part of their world of intrigue and deceit. How can he get back to the life that he and Desirée had envisioned? When all else fails, blackmail is the answer.A Spy with Scruples plunges readers into the complicated political world of Cold War Europe. From neutral Switzerland to the aristocratic salons of Paris to bombed-out Berlin, Scott ingratiates some and offends more. But he has a plan.

Written by Mia Iwama Hastings as told to her by her mother Mimi Iwama, this is the true story of the flower-mountain Hanaokayama, a loving mother with a tragic secret, and a nine-year-old girl who learned how to conquer fear.“Some books just speak to your soul and your heart. This is definitely one of the most moving and powerful books I have read in a long time.” Grant Leishman, Readers’ Favorite“The Height of Fearlessness is a spectacularly beautiful memoir, painted in a blend of picture-perfect detail and gorgeous prose.” Asher Syed, Readers’ Favorite"Hastings writes with delicate prose and strong imagery, bringing forth color, life, and emotion… an inspiring and powerful work that is sure to sweep you away.” K.C. Finn, Readers’ FavoriteLittle Mi-chan is a sensitive, thoughtful child with a delicate constitution and powerful love for nature rivaled only by the strength of her devotion to her mother. At the tender age of nine, Mi-chan dutifully leaves everything behind to follow her mother on a life-changing journey to the top of Hanaokayama, the little flower mountain. There, she eagerly studies the life lessons her mother finds everywhere in the natural world surrounding them: the courageous sacrifice of a fallen cherry blossom, the boundless freedom of the roiling sea, and the impermanence of all things—from the softest rays of morning sunlight to the mightiest trees on the face of the mountain.Mi-chan fills the pages of a notebook with the words and images her mother parcels out for her every day on the mountain, each one a precious meditation on the meaning of life, freedom, mindfulness and the power of perspective. Living carefree among trees and wildflowers so colorful they seem to have been painted onto the mountain itself, young Mi-chan cannot know that her mother’s lessons will be the only thing left standing between her and the all-consuming fear of the unknown.

Kelly Mills Johnson becomes restless in her thirty-ninth year. An appetite for more forces her to take stock of her middling middle-American existence and her neighbors’ seemingly perfect lives. Her marriage to a successful attorney has settled into a comfortable routine, and being the mother of two adorable sons has been rewarding. But Kelly’s own passions lie wasted. She eyes with envy the lives of her two best friends, Kathryn and Charlotte, both beautiful, successful businesswomen who seem to have it all. Kelly takes charge of her life, devising a midlife makeover plan.From page one, Kelly’s witty reflections, self-deprecating humor, and clever tactics in executing that plan—she places Post-it notes all over her house and car—will have readers laughing out loud. The next instant, however, they might rant right along with Kelly as her commitment to a sullen, anorexic teenager left on her doorstep tries her patience or as she deflects the boozy advances of a divorced neighbor. Readers will need to keep the tissue box handy, too, as Kelly repairs the damage she inflicted on a high school friend; realizes how deeply her husband, Patrick, understands and loves her; and ultimately grows into a woman empowered by her own blend of home and career.Here, Home, Hope will surely appeal to readers of chick lit and other women’s fiction titles who are ready to transition into something new in their own life.

A Balanced ApproachEmotional awareness is critical for entrepreneurs throughout every stage of the business life cycle. As their businesses begin and then mature, entrepreneurs face increasingly complex emotional challenges that they must navigate as they take their businesses from an idea to the maturation period of growth and expansion, to succession planning and divestiture, to the day they step aside. John Waldron has leveraged his own entrepreneurial experience and that of the hundreds of business owners he has counseled to build an essential framework that addresses the important balance between the tangible and intangible complexities of each stage of The Entrepreneurial Journey.To achieve the greatest level of success, you have to balance the technical with the emotional. The Entrepreneurial Journey will help potential entrepreneurs navigate both, so so that they may bring their businesses to their full potential.