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Have you ever felt as if you're in a mental prison and want to break free? After analyzing a number of successful people who broke the shackles and achieved greatness, Steven Nickolas' The Art of Getting Out of Your Head shows the techniques he's used to take himself from a broke kid from Brooklyn living below the poverty line to a multimillionaire in a matter of months. The techniques revealed in his awe-inspiring book reshapes the mind and how we think about the mental prison, becoming a zen master, remaining disciplined, and breaking out of the mental prison.

Whether you are starting a career for the first time, ready to break free from an occupation that feels unsuitable for you, or trying to improve your current workplace experience, Career Dharma: The Natural Art of Work can help. The guidance system presented in this book presents a coherent framework based on ancient wisdom while successfully addressing the challenges in today's world.

In Joy on Demand, Chade-Meng Tan shows that you don't need to meditate for hours, days, months, or years to achieve lasting joy - you can actually get consistent access to it in as little as 15 seconds. Explaining joy and meditation as complementary things that naturally reinforce each other, Meng explains how these two skills form a virtuous cycle and, once put into motion, become a solid practice that can be sustained in daily life.

From her troubled childhood to her time as a young editor at Vogue to her partnership with cobbler Jimmy Choo to her very public relationships, Tamara Mellon offers a gripping account of the episodes that have made her who she is today. The result is a must listen for entrepreneurs, fashionistas, and anyone who loves a juicy true story about sex, drugs, money, power, high heels, and overcoming adversity.

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The incredible true story of how a creative girl built a sustainable living doing all of the creative things she loves! And how you can too! Create your own journey as a skilled artisan, craftsperson selling wholesale and/or retail to owning your own boutique or retail store. Angela Catirina takes you on her own journey from starting as a child doing a craft show, to launching a successful wholesale artisan jewelry studio with $5 worth of beads and string from the clearance section of the craft store and television in the backseat of her car to pawn in case of emergencies. She made the ...

With this audiobook, the listener will become a student of Bob Proctor as he teaches lessons and presents jewels of wisdom on living an extraordinary life. Listeners will marvel at Proctor's miraculous way of disseminating his decades of business wisdom into easy-to-understand parables and learn lessons on what our creative faculties are and how to use them, why we need to unlearn most of the false beliefs we've been indoctrinated with our whole lives, and how our intellects have the ability not only to put us ahead in life but also to be our biggest detriment.

This practical resource offers the foundational skills and tools needed by new coaching educators, as well as presenting an overview of the knowledge and theory base behind the practice. Established coaches will find numerous ways to deepen and refine their coaching practice. Principals and others who incorporate coaching strategies into their work will also find a wealth of resources. Aguilar offers a model for transformational coaching which could be implemented as professional development in schools or districts anywhere.

The co-founder and longtime president of Pixar updates and expands his 2014 New York Times bestseller on creative leadership, reflecting on the management principles that built Pixar’s singularly successful culture, and on all he learned during the past nine years that allowed Pixar to retain its creative culture while continuing to evolve.

Since antiquity, people have been asking themselves what it means to live a good life. How should I live? What constitutes a good life? Find out.The Art of the Good Life is a toolkit designed for practical living. Here you'll find 52 happiness hacks - from guilt-free shunning of technology to gleefully paying your parking tickets - that are certain to optimize your happiness. These tips may not guarantee you a good life, but they'll give you a better chance (and that's all any of us can ask for).

How does a musician with acute hearing loss, a refusal to perform live, and no industry connections carve a path to millions of followers and lucrative royalty checks? In Make Your Own Rules, Andrew Huang shares stories from his two decades as a music industry misfit and offers advice on both the artistic and business sides of working as a creator in our digital era.

Whether you're a financial services expert or novice, you understand the business. You've worked hard to gain your product knowledge. You study industry trends. But do you know how to talk to clients so they'll listen? The How to Master the Art of Selling Financial Services live audio seminar shows you how to gain the trust of others quickly and get them to like you, take your advice, and become long-term clients, which is the foundation for every successful business.

Some people think that in today’s hyper-competitive world, it’s the tough, take-no-prisoners type who comes out on top. But in reality, argues New York Times bestselling author Dave Kerpen, it’s actually those with the best people skills who win the day. Those who build the right relationships. Those who truly understand and connect with their colleagues, their customers, their partners. Those who can teach, lead, and inspire.

Have you always wanted to put your thoughts and feelings into the form of musical lyrics but couldn't quite make the transition? If so, then How to Write Lyrics for Beginners in 24 Hours or Less: A Detailed Guide is the book you have been waiting for. Inside you will find everything you need to walk you through the lyrics-writing process to ensure you go from novice to maestro in no time flat.

In this star-studded autobiography, Clive Davis shares a personal, candid look into his remarkable life and the last 50 years of popular music as only a true insider can. In the history of popular music, no one looms as large as Clive Davis. His career has spanned more than 40 years, and he has discovered, signed, or worked with a staggering array of artists: Whitney Houston, Janis Joplin, Simon and Garfunkel, Barry Manilow, Patti Smith, Lou Reed, Dionne Warwick, Carlos Santana, The Grateful Dead, Alicia Keyes, Kelly Clarkson, Jennifer Hudson, and Aretha Franklin, to name a few.

Discover the lucrative world of commercial carpet cleaning and turn your passion into a profitable business with "The Art of Carpet Cleaning" - your comprehensive guide to building and scaling a successful carpet cleaning enterprise! Dive headfirst into this exciting and rapidly growing industry with an insightful introduction that sets the stage for your journey. Learn how to identify your target market and zero in on the lucrative sub-niches of medical facilities and office buildings. Grasp the numerous benefits of carpet cleaning for commercial spaces and utilize this knowledge to craft ...

William Randolph Hearst, known to his staff as the "Chief", was a brilliant business strategist and a man of prodigious appetites. By the 1930s, he controlled the largest publishing empire in the United States, including 28 newspapers, the Cosmopolitan Picture Studio, radio stations, and 13 magazines. He quickly learned how to use this media stronghold to achieve unprecedented political power. In The Chief, David Nasaw presents an intimate portrait of the man famously characterized in the classic film Citizen Kane.

The, Art, Science and Business of Aromatherapy is a complete guide to aromatherapy written by an industry insider, Kayla Fioravanti. It is packed with uncommon essential oil information that makes this book a must have for essential oil enthusiasts, candle makers, soap makers and cosmetic manufacturers of any level or experience. Inside, you will find something for everyone, whether you have just discovered aromatherapy or have been in the industry for years. Kayla discovered aromatherapy in 1998 and has been in the aromatherapy industry as an aromatherapist, supplier, educator, speaker, ...

Achieve the champion mindset for peak performance. Reach new levels of success and mental toughness with this ultimate guide. Learn the "Science of Success" and prepare to excel. In this concise and highly acclaimed training guide, Peak Performance Coach DC Gonzalez teaches a blend of unique mental training technologies, sports psychology essentials, and peak performance methods that are effective and motivational. Get ready to increase your self-belief, self-confidence, and mental toughness using this powerful guide designed to help you reach new levels of success, sports performance and personal development.

Unlock the Secret to Transforming Time-Wasting Meetings into Productivity Powerhouses! Are you tired of sitting through endless, unproductive meetings that seem to go nowhere? Do you wish there was a way to make meetings not just bearable but actually enjoyable and highly effective? Sharif George, with over thirty years of project management experience, shares the ultimate guide to revolutionizing your meetings in “The Art of Productive Meetings.” This dynamic and energetic book reveals tried-and-tested strategies to transform any meeting into a productivity powerhouse. Whether you’re...