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Beyond the Rut is a fascinating motivational book that will inspire you to re-examine your life. This book lays out some of the manageable steps that you can follow in creating a more fulfilling personal and professional life.

Sure, there are plenty of parenting books out there. But as working moms and dads, we've never had a trusted, go-to guide all our own - one that coaches us on how to do well at work, be the loving and engaged parents we want to be, and remain true to ourselves in the process. Enter Workparent. Whether you're planning a family, pushing for promotion during your kids' teenage years, or at any phase in between, Workparent provides all the advice and assurance you'll need to combine children and career in your own, authentic way.

No one wants to feel like a failure, especially when the pressure and expectation of others is weighing you down. You want to make yourself and others proud and prove that you can do anything you set your mind to, so what’s holding you back? It’s that little voice inside saying, “Are you crazy? Of course, you can’t really achieve your goals.” No, you most certainly can. You are in a world where you choose the life you want to live. You deserve freedom and happiness.

When Melissa Cruz falls hard for a dreamy-eyed photographer named Jake, she can’t resist the urge to run away with him. The problem is that she already has a boyfriend, a rising star in his family’s crime organization. Betrayed and humiliated, Chris isn’t going to just let her go. To find Melissa, Chris turns to Lucky Wilson, one of his family’s professional assassins. But Lucky has his own problems. After years of lying about his day job, his marriage is in shambles and he suffers from relentless panic attacks. He’ll do this job if Chris will let him out of the killing life.

Family Business Management provides an accessible overview of the core aspects of family business, with an international, practice-based perspective. Structured in four parts, the book covers key topics such as family firm goals, conflict management, human resources, strategy, financial management, family and business governance, and succession planning. A wide variety of cases and examples are used throughout the book to highlight cultural and institutional differences between family businesses in contrasting contexts.

From opening his first hot dog stand in 1961 to growing his business to over three hundred restaurants nationwide, John Galardi wholeheartedly shared each new success with his loved ones, his friends, and the many people who helped him realize his vision. His journey to achieve the American dream shows his struggles and triumphs, his disappointments and determination, and the hard work and imagination required to build the world’s largest hot dog chain.

It’s no great secret that women have trouble maintaining the picture-perfect balance the world tells us we should. That’s where the Fairy God Doctor comes in. The Fairy God Doctor’s Guide to a Good Life: A Prescription for the Working Woman offers essential guidance on how to prioritize and avoid maternal fatigue while also juggling the balls that modern life requires. This revolutionary guide, ideal for successful women, transforms how to approach self-care activities for women in today's demanding world.

Brian and Mary Jo Sullivan learned how to balance faith, family, and a business the hard way. Brian had three young children at home when he started his engineering firm. He knows the challenge of working more than one hundred hours a week, having his children wonder if he lives at the office, and attempting to live out his faith all at the same time.

It’s been zero days since I realized I’m in love with Leander Knight. Lee, or Knightley as everyone calls him, is my brother’s best mate, and he’s always treated me like his kid sister. Okay, so he might not put cockroaches in my lunchbox and lizards down my neck anymore, but even though we work together every day at Hartfield Wildlife Hospital, he’s never seemed interested in me in that way. And then something changed. Maybe it was when I walked past him in my bikini, and he lost the power of speech. Or perhaps it was when I found out that an old girlfriend nicknamed him Twice ...

As home life and work life become increasingly integrated in contemporary life, success (or failure) in either has an undeniable effect on the other. And while the profound events that began the 21st century have intensified the desire to focus on what matters most to us, there is still often a substantial gap between what we say matters most and the way we actually spend our time and money. Our credit-card and checking-account statements may clearly reflect this. But it is possible to keep both areas moving forward in positive ways.

Grant Botma provides a step-by-step guide to help you harmonize the personal and professional parts of your life so family and career work together and complement one another. Most books about balance tell you how to work less. In this audiobook, Grant provides practical examples you can use to cultivate harmony, respect, and love among you, your family, and your job. Your work is meaningful not just because it helps you provide for those you love, but because it’s important to you.

Whether you’re an inspiring entrepreneur, or a well-established business owner this book is for you! Whether you have a desire to be a mommy or are an already seasoned parent, this book is for you! Mommypreneur is an elaborate mixture of my influences and my takeaways. It’s my version of a handbook teaching you how to raise your babies and your bank account and enjoy the journey while you do it! Mommypreneur talks about the people and experiences from childhood to adulthood that molded my initial belief system.

Leaders like you have the knowledge, curiosity, and imagination that goes into successfully coaching executives...but how do you create a successful business doing meaningful work and be fully present in your children’s lives? If fear and doubt keep you stuck in the safety zone, then Passion Purpose Profit is the key to becoming a leader who transforms lives. You can help others fulfill their potential by modeling an integrated life. The best reward? Your children will chase their passions too!

Her perfect date? Veronica Grant needs a man to take to her cousin’s wedding in order to keep her matchmaking mother at bay. A man like Fergus Kavanagh. He’s perfect—rich, charming and sexy. If he accompanies Veronica, her mother won’t mention marriage for weeks! Luckily, Fergus has matchmaking relatives of his own he wants to avoid, so he proposes a pact: he will be Veronica’s pretend lover if she becomes his! Now he just needs to remember it’s all an act…even though their sizzling chemistry feels oh-so-real!

Would you like to be an ace communicator who can connect with just about anyone, from potential business associates to friends and strangers alike? How about being a brilliant negotiator, conflict resolver, and a person who can get anyone to say a “yes” all the time? This is a handbook for everyone who is looking to win the communication game in all walks of life.

The Future Leader is a business fable that serves as a practical resource, offering guidance to prepare for leadership while navigating the unique challenges of family dynamics and business responsibilities. Follow a candid dialogue between Jordan, a new successor, and Kelly, a family friend who has years of firsthand experience in the trials of succession.

All business leaders need to make smart decisions. They require data-driven insights and expertise. Family business leaders drive over 65% of GDP and job growth- in EVERY corner of the world and EVERY sector. Sadly, many of those leaders are confused. Younger family business leaders need to know HOW to avoid conflict and gain career clarity. Next Gen leaders in their 20s to 50s are well educated, digitally trusting, and impatient. They need this SUCCESS PLAYBOOK based on tactics that they can practice immediately.

This dynamic program, founded on cutting-edge psychological research, enables you to deconstruct and deal with stress head-on. Stress: The Psychology of Managing Pressure helps you identify external and internal sources of stress in your life and reframe unhelpful patterns of thought into powerful psychological solutions that you can apply every day. Underpinned by psychological theory, with relevant findings from psychologists, doctors, and teachers, this audiobook will help you smash the shadow of stress in any area of your life.

Best Book Awards Women's Fiction Finalist 2024 Indies Today Finalist 2024 Readers' Favorite 5 star review Toni Agosti is having a midlife crisis at age thirty-five. Unsurprising, since she hasn’t achieved her dream job of becoming a cellist in the Los Angeles Philharmonic and, instead, is trapped teaching music all day. She’s also barely surviving in her shaky marriage to former soulmate and new Mr. Condescending, uh…Christian. When she learns about her ancestor leaving Italy to reestablish his winery in early 1900s LA, she longs to awaken the freedom-filled family legacy and escape ...

In Enjoy the Ride, Fritz Grupe shows how the same principles that form the basis for personal happiness - having a strong faith, a commitment to health, and rich relationships with family, friends, and business partners - create the foundation for professional success and build resilience in the face of failure.