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Event planning can be an exciting, rewarding, and fabulously fun vocation, but it takes more than just knowing how to throw a great party if you want to make it work. In Behind the Red Velvet Curtain, Cindy Y. Lo, DMCP, shares her insights and stories about how she built an international award-winning company, Red Velvet Events (RVE), and made it a roaring success. From Cindy’s triumphs—and from her mistakes—you’ll learn how to Unlock your creativity Find the right clients Handle finances Take risks Master networking Use social media as a powerful business tool Define your company ...

Demographics not only define who we are, where we live, and how our numbers change. For those who can read beyond the raw figures, they open up hidden business opportunities that lie ahead. What will happen when retiring Boomers free up jobs? How will Generation Y alter supermarkets? Which states will have the most dynamic workforces? Will American manufacturing rebound as Asia's population declines? Upside puts this powerful yet little-understood science to work finding answers.

When you hear the word retirement, you probably don't imagine yourself scrambling to pay your bills in your golden years. But for too many Americans, that's the fate that awaits unless they take steps now to plan for the future.

Marcus Bridgewater has been compared to Bob Ross and Mister Rogers for his soothing TikTok videos that relate botany to humanity. A gardener “who shares tips about caring for one’s plants and oneself” (New York Times) and “is not only a trove of information if you’re looking to flex your green thumb, but a balm for the pandemic-induced chaos happening in the world” (Vogue), his soothing observations on plants and life have made him a social media star. In caring for over 600 plants, Marcus has gained invaluable wisdom.

Ever wondered why you've read loads of material about manifesting joy in your life, yet so far failed to yield results? If so, consider this: Do the supernatural and paranormal also have an impact upon the here and now? In this thought-provoking text, John Gold looks at the evidence and outlines some surprising examples of inter-dimensional activity. This book is a mind shift away from the abundance of materials out there going over the same core principles behind the Law of Attraction. This is something new and more profound. Here, the author provides you with an introduction to a missing ...

In "The Prepared Business Owner," author Nick Newland offers a comprehensive guide to help entrepreneurs thrive in times of crisis. Drawing from their extensive experience, the author presents practical strategies and valuable insights that enable business owners to navigate unforeseen challenges with confidence. By emphasizing the importance of proactive planning, this book empowers readers to build resilience, make informed decisions, and steer their businesses towards long-term success.

As COVID has shown us, humans can spread viruses worldwide to billions of people in just a few weeks. While that’s alarming, here’s what even scarier: computers can spread viruses globally within minutes. In The Cyber Pandemic Survival Guide, cybersecurity expert Tom Kirkham explains how weak our governments and businesses—large and small—are in the face of the sort of cyber warfare we’re experiencing. He also demonstrates how woefully underprepared our society is for a large-scale, worldwide cyberattack, despite the fact that many security experts believe cyberattacks are an ...

This audiobook presents a new approach to risk management that enables executives to think systematically and strategically about future risks and deal proactively with threats to their competitive advantages in an evermore volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous world.

Introducing Project Management Mastery—the ultimate guide to mastering project planning and scope management. This comprehensive book is perfect for project managers, team leaders, and anyone responsible for managing projects of any size, complexity, or industry.

There is no CEO task more significant than leading change in an organization whose old business model needs updating. Large-scale change involves rethinking how to engage customers, partners, and suppliers with new technology and hard decisions about how to reorganize internal operations—plus the challenges of executing the transformation. Too many things can go wrong, from natural organizational resistance and inertia, to lack of strategic focus, to execution problems. And yet, organizations today must be more dynamic than ever before.

If you are a family business founder preparing for your next chapter, this book is your essential guide to family business succession, retirement planning for business owners, and developing a successful exit strategy for your small business. In The Five-Year Plan, Craig Toberman draws on years of experience as a wealth manager, CPA, and advisor to family business owners and retirees. He offers a clear, practical roadmap for succession planning for business owners who want to grow their net worth, protect what they have built, and preserve family harmony.

Small businesses often fail because owners are unaware of the many elements that can prevent the business from growing and being successful. Often, small businesses are organized around the manager's specific area of expertise, such as marketing, accounting or production. This specialized expertise often prevents the business owner from recognizing problems that may arise in other parts of the business. This guide will provide you, the small business entrepreneur, with the essentials for conducting a comprehensive search for existing or potential problems in your Financial Planning and Loan...

This concise audiobook is based on Mr. Drucker's summary of The Effective Executive done at the request of Harvard Business Review and is now one of their best selling published works. This article is a perfect way to learn about the subject broadly in a short period of time. Unlike many articles of this kind, summarizing a book's contents, this article was written and crafted by the author himself.

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...

How to Make $50,000+ a Year Without Breaking the Bank and Follow Your Passion for Food, Even If You’ve Never Managed a Restaurant Before Are you a food lover wondering how to put your creativity into action while making a decent paycheck? Have you always wanted to open a restaurant, but the high overhead costs, permits, and other expenses have held you back? What if there was a business you could start that would have you practicing your culinary prowess without running broke? If you’re reading this, you’ve taken the first step towards following your dream of opening a food business ...

Each of us has but one life to live on this earth. What we do with it is our choice. Are we drifting through it as spectators, reacting to our circumstances when necessary and wondering just how we got to this point anyway? Or are we directing it, maximizing the joy and potential of every day, living with a purpose or mission in mind? Too many of us are doing the former - and our lives are slipping away one day at a time. But what if we treated life like the gift that it is? What if we lived each day as though it was part of a bigger picture, a plan?

Robert Prechter proposes a new science called socionomics. It's the study of how humans interact and how that interaction determines the course of the economy, culture, and history.

In Reinvention, Brian Tracy reveals how every one of us is engineered for success, and with the right focus, can remake ourselves and put an end to the chronic stress, unhappiness, and dissatisfaction we might feel in our careers and lives.

Indexed Universal Life Insurance (IUL) is one of the fastest growing financial products on the market. There are a lot of ways to sell an IUL. As an agent, here is a simple system I used to sell Indexed Universal Life.

Managing Priorities is your guide to prioritizing anything-anytime and anywhere. Harry Max digs into the best practices for prioritization at Apple, DreamWorks, NASA, Adobe, Google, Microsoft, and beyond, and brings them together in a single, practical method that you can apply step by step.