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The Wall Street Journal business bestseller with over 50,000 copies sold! The true secret of high achievers is that they know how to find their "focal point" - the one thing they should do, at any given moment, to get the best possible results in each area of their lives. In Focal Point, Tracy brings together the very best ideas on personal management into a simple, easy-to-use plan. Focal Point helps readers analyze their lives in seven key areas...

100% of the proceeds of this book will be going back to Workforce Development programs. Many people are hurting due to a loss of employment. Some more vulnerable people have it worse than others so if you want to help someone else during your own journey we would encourage a voluntary donation. We have listed the book as the name of your own price so you can contribute as much or as little as you can!Getting America Back to Work in a COVID-19 world...

Grow is a practical field guide for creative people with great ideas for independent projects who want to achieve success and sustainability. Drawing on her years of experience helping people succeed with do-it-yourself projects based in independent publishing, music, food, art, craft, activism, and community work, Eleanor Whitney empowers you to clarify your vision, get organized, set goals, create a plan, raise funds, market, and manage your do-it-yourself...

"Conquering the North Face: An Adventure in Leadership is about a new kind of leadership in business and in life. Founder and 20-year CEO of The North Face, Klopp presents an irreverent and iconoclastic challenge to conventional ideas about leadership, and offers an invitation to create a wide-open, have-fun approach to business. Using stories and metaphors from his personal involvement in the world of adventure, Klopp explains not only how to lead...

Money is the number one taboo topic of conversation. Courageous Money is a fun way for you to learn how to talk about money by identifying when and where you learned the value of money, and how these experiences impact your life. Everybody has a relationship with money! Courageous Money helps you to understand where your early money messages came from and how they drive the majority of your behaviors and interactions. The book will take you on an...

You know there is a novel locked inside of you—chock-full of conflict, humor, irony, enthralling events and fascinating characters. What you don't know is how to set it free.Practical Advice, Hands-On HelpRespected author and professional writing instructor Lou Willett Stanek's New York workshops have enabled scores of aspiring novelists to realize their dreams of completing credible and compelling manuscripts. Here, in a positive, "user-friendly"...

-- The Everything Guide to Starting an Online BusinessDetermining what kind of business to createDeveloping a smart business plan and online presenceTransitioning from brick and mortar to the virtual worldUsing vendor sites like EtsyPromoting the business with social media Perfect for part-time entrepreneurs who want to make some extra cash or for full-timers who want one income stream, -- will help you get your businesses off the ground and onto...

The world's most popular job-search book is updated for 2013 to tailor its long-trusted guidance with up-to-the-minute information and advice for today's job-hunters and career-changers. Career expert Richard (“Dick”) N. Bolles has now written forty-one books all with the same title: What Color Is Your Parachute? A Practical Manual for Job-Hunters and Career-Changers. In order  to tailor his authoritative guide to the current job- market, Bolles...

Imagine being able to finally find your passion and have complete clarity about what you were meant to do. There is a short-cut to finding your passion and that is asking the right questions. Einstein once said, “If I had an hour to solve a problem and my life depended on the solution, I would spend the first 55 minutes determining the proper question to ask; for once I know the proper question, I could solve the problem in less than five minutes."...

This Special Report is the third in this series on the evolution and impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic in Latin America and the Caribbean. The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic has severe health effects and serious implications for economic growth and social development. It has arrived in Latin America and the Caribbean in a context of low growth —as analysed in the previous special reports on the subject— and, above all, of marked inequality...