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LIFE IS FULL OF CHOICES AND CONSEQUENCES. CHOOSE WISELY AND WITH NO REGRETS! Taking Chances, Making Choices is the honest, humble, and sometimes raucous tale of Kathy Stone¿s evolution from an overly serious, risk-averse, independent young woman to an entrepreneur, business leader, thrill-seeker, wife, mother, and friend who dares to not only dream big, but to make those dreams a reality. Raised in a small South Texas town, the Southern Baptist Church, and a conservative family, Kathy Stone was taught to always do what was right and proper, to follow the rules, and never cause a scene. Kathy¿s courage to open herself to taking risks, to being silly even when others are watching, to understanding that we must accept the consequences of our choices¿so choose wisely!¿set her on an adventurous path of raising three boys, building a multi-million-dollar business with her husband, finding friends in unexpected places, traveling the world, finding an unparalleled freedom in skydiving, and helping others more than she ever imagined possible. All while holding tight to her personal values and letting her faith lead the way. And in Decide to Dream, she shows you how you, too, can live the life yoüve always dreamed of.

The ability to execute projects successfully has become an unparalleled source of competitive advantage and a vital business competency in a highly competitive, dynamic marketplace. Intended for project managers in any industry or field, The Project Success Method is designed to make planning and controlling projects simple and successful-and fast. For over twenty-five years, this proven methodology has been used successfully by a diverse group of companies in more than twenty-five countries on six continents. Author Clinton Padgett, a project management expert, uses real-world case studies to identify and explain the core elements of great project management, providing the missing links between strategy and implementation. Padgett also clearly identifies and explains the essential core elements of project management, and how to plan and control projects successfully. Even better, the Project Success Method is designed to be implemented fast. In less than a week, this proven methodology will put you and your teams in position for continued, long-term success. You'll master all the essentials of world-class project management: Defining project scope and objectives Analyzing work content Organizing teams and assigning responsibilities Developing realistic, actionable schedules Building resource plans Designing useful budgets Monitoring and controlling performance Many strategic initiatives fail, but it doesn't have to happen to you. The Project Success Method gives you a blueprint to define, plan, and control your strategic projects for superior performance that leads to real competitive advantage. Straightforward and easy to implement, this is a proven system for project success-for any project, in any business.

DISCOVER HOW IS TIED TO DIVERSITYIn the Black offers a compelling account of T. Dallas Smith's experience as a young Black man trying to break into the commercial real estate industry in the 1980s. Against the odds, Smith became the first Black broker at the Atlanta outpost of Cushman & Wakefield and then built a successful career at the helm of his own commercial real estate company. Smith's account is at intervals provocative, humorous, and inspiring. Throughout the twists and turns of his narrative, the central message remains clear: there is much work yet to be done diversifying the faces of the commercial real estate industry. Smith's business success story poses a direct challenge to the very community in which he's cut a path to success: it's well past time to hire, train, and mentor more Black brokers. This book takes a step in that direction by introducing young Black men and women to a field they may not have previously considered. For Smith, increasing industry exposure is the first in a series of necessary changes that includes sharing knowledge, establishing networks and relationships with contacts and mentors, and, ultimately, moving the industry itself to recognize and reward interest, hard work, and enthusiasm for the field.

UNLEASH YOUR TRANSFORMATION is an empowering read for business leaders. Change is the new norm as organizations need to stay ahead in an ever-faster-changing world. However, changing the status quo is hard and challenging. So how do you succeed? Unleash Your Transformation offers a unique holistic and pragmatic approach-The Transformational Flywheel-to make change at scale happen. It's not only based on decades of hands-on leadership experience in business, private equity, and consulting, but also on the latest research and inspiring case studies. The Transformational Flywheel consists of twelve wings (The 12 Ps) which need to be powered up. For each wing, you will find clear descriptions of what, why, and how, illustrated by case studies and supported with practical tools. If you want to shift gears, Unleash Your Transformation provides you with the insights and inspiration you need.

What the values in this book are all about are instilling the core values that allow us to create an organization that is devoted to both selflessness and to prosperity. We can do both, and the Third Federal Way is one of the paths to creating a business that provides more for an associate while also giving them the cultural tools to do more.This book, while being a business guide, is also a chronicle of all the great people who have helped Third Federal to prosper-it's written with the belief that you, too, will find that Third Federal's core values and leadership philosophy are a way for you to find more in your life.

Investing for Impact: Working Together We Can Create an Economy that Works for AllAmerican capitalism has built an economy of abundance unrivaled in human history, but along the way it has stumbled. Private enterprises working only to maximize profits has contributed to a crisis of societal and environmental problems. Recent events - the murder of George Floyd, the severe market disruptions caused by COVID-19, the growing acceptance that markets will be transformed by global climate change - have sparked social upheavals that have exposed the fragility of financial markets and the inequities that have always been present within them.Building on a career of innovative market approaches that create opportunity to fund businesses and housing for those often left behind, Frank Altman has written a book that can help markets survive recent turmoil while doing good for far more people. Moreover, Altman has proven that good can be accomplished while preserving highly profitable investment opportunities. A New Capitalism is a must-read book for those in the financial sector, filled not just with thoughtful analysis but with pragmatic market solutions. From an industry leader who was shaping market responses to ESG (environmental, social, and governance) investing long before it was a recognized term, A New Capitalism is the book that can lead the financial industry into the future and expand the reach of capitalism.

WHEN LIFE COMES KNOCKING, who will be there for you?THE POWER AND TRANSFORMATIVE FORCE OF RELATIONSHIPSWhen reflecting back on his life as a legacy for his children, author and attorney Neal Goldstein discovered something very powerful-that it is other people who have helped shape who is today. On that journey of self-discovery, he found that there are five behaviors anyone can adopt to foster quality relationships: find your people, acknowledge the need for each other, listen more than you talk, recognize the value of face-to-face contact, and find common ground. In Who's in the Waiting Room? Building the Relationships that Define a Successful Life, Neal shares with readers how the pain of his youth became his power and o ers actionable success moves to help anyone recognize their own "others" and how strengthening those relationships can lead to a far more successful life.

"'I've had a successful career, and I'm financially comfortable--but it still seems like something is missing.' You're not alone. Jeff Bernier has seen countless people in this situation--they seem to be living the American Dream, but they find themselves missing out on joy and a sense of purpose. In The Money and Meaning Journey, Bernier imparts some of the wisdom he has gained from over thirty-six years of being a financial advisor who understands that the goal of financial planning should not be to outperform the market, but to fund your dreams. This book outlines a goal-focused and evidence-based process that focuses on the rate of return you need to fulfill those dreams. Sure, you'll read about risk management, retirement planning, investments--but more importantly, you'll receive guidance on discovering the larger, more significant purpose that all of these subjects serve. This is a new kind of finance book: one that doesn't separate your bank statement from your inner life, your spiritual quest from your material needs, or your money from your life's meaning"--

I NEVER WORKED A DAY IN MY LIFE With hundreds of stores coast to coast, Service Merchandise was a retail leader in its day. At its helm for much of that time was Raymond Zimmerman, whose parents opened a five-and-ten-cent store in 1934 in a small Tennessee town and built the business into a national chain of thriving catalog showrooms. In this memoir, the longtime CEO takes us from his boyhood as a helper in that tiny store to a manhood devoted to leading a booming enterprise as it faced the retail challenges of the twentieth century and into the new millennium. The people who made it all happen, Zimmerman emphasizes, were the employees, the vendors, and the countless loyal customers who delighted in the catalog shopping experience. They were, and are, the Service Merchandise family. I Never Worked a Day in My Life is Raymond Zimmerman's love letter to that family. It comes straight from the heart of a veteran businessman with an abiding passion for retail.

In the first section of this book, LIFE, you will find that the focus is on you and your life as a maximized entrepreneur, or "ME. " You will find angles and insights with which to judge where you are in business and in life, and what the indicators say about the phases ahead in your entrepreneurial career. The second section, LEADERSHIP, provides you with proven decision-making tools to strategically align every axis of your life for maximal impact. Secondly, it aligns you and your leadership team toward reaching full potential in your company or companies. And finally, it will enable scaling your entrepreneurial and organizational leadership development ... by RETHINKING DELEGATION. The hardest question I will put in front of you, again and again, is that crazy-simple one: "What's next?!"

Most books that teach you how to build and grow a business are organized around the functional areas of business, such as people, finance, operations, and marketing. Those things are important and necessary-no question- but what is missing is an overarching methodology that systematically reels in every aspect of building and growing a successful company and creates a repeatable process to execute on the activities that will lead to BIG growth in your company. In his first book, Make BIG Happen, Mark Moses outlined the four questions that formed the foundation of CEO Coaching International, an executive coaching firm that has helped over 875 companies reach extraordinary revenue and EBITDA growth. Now, in Making BIG Happen, CEO Coaching International's proven set of best practices have been translated into a simple three-step process, supported by over 30 tools, to show leaders how to achieve extraordinary business growth.

How do you build the capacity for change in yourselves and your organizations? What is coaching powerfully, and how does it teach people to grow and learn? How do you build coaching programs aligned with organizational strategy? With examples of coaching programs from around the world, Building the Core Competencies of Change ¿ exposes the underlying emotions, values, and mindsets that can thwart or empower change; ¿ explains the techniques of coaching that build the competencies for growth and change; ¿ provides examples of organizations that catalyzed change with the use of strategic coaching programs; and ¿ outlines the coaching types, tools, and models used to build core competencies of change in individuals, teams, and whole organizations.

In Project Orienteering, Denise Brinkmeyer introduces the idea that project management is first and foremost an exercise in leadership communication. The ability to engage stakeholder groups based on their differing needs requires careful listening and communication skills, a capacity for real-time problem solving, the ability to adapt nimbly to changing circumstances, and the desire to facilitate others' success. By approaching every project as a journey, Brinkmeyer emphasizes the necessity of good communication and the importance of setting out with as good a map as possible, knowing full well that exploration along the way will influence both the level of detail the map acquires and the travelers' capacity to anticipate the nature and quality of as-yet-unexplored territory.

Tap the power of purpose to transform your business-and the world. Business is changing. The call for business leaders to address the world's problems has never been more urgent. As a business leader, you spend much of your time dedicated to guiding the growth of your company. This step-by-step guide gives you tools to apply the same focus to improving the lives around you - by igniting your company's purpose into action. This book helps chart your course to leaving a legacy of impact and using your company's powers for good. As corporations make up a growing segment of the global economy, business leaders are increasingly tasked with solving the world's toughest problems.You may be searching for that perfect formula: to use the capabilities of your business to strengthen communities while driving value back to your business. Your company's superpowers, or the very thing that cause your customers and employees to shout your praises, also creates transformational social impact when channeled effectively. Magnify Your Impact gives you a blueprint for social impact that drives real business results. We have been behind the curtain with the world's most well-known brands, as well as emerging brands just charting their course. In our work with hundreds of companies, one thing is clear: social impact-the living, breathing manifestation of your company's core purpose-must be part of the DNA of your business strategy. At any stage of your business, with profit as the engine of your company and purpose as the jet fuel, you can create a lasting legacy, and long-term returns.

Cosmetic dentistry is the ultimate union of art and science, and thanks to new technology, one that keeps evolving all the time. In New Smile, New You!: Creating a Happier, Healthier You With Cosmetic Dentistry, cosmetic dentist Gary Michels, DDS, helps readers understand the dozens of technologies and techniques available to improve their smile, empowering them with the knowledge they need to achieve the best possible results. Using his forty years of experience as a dentist as a guide, Dr. Michels shares his take on both cutting-edge and tried-and-true technologies in whitening, orthodontics, veneers and crowns, and dental implants. He explains the link between dental problems and appearance, how early intervention can stop issues in children before they start, and what you need to know to choose the right dentist to transform your smile.

Praise For Beyond The Superhero "Jason brings to life many of the best lessons of positive psychology. He not only knows the research, he lives it. The insight and support he offers to you as a new senior executive will accelerate your success, and you'll have more fun on your journey. Beyond the Superhero is a must-read for leaders."--MICHELLE GIELAN, Positive Psychology researcher and Best-Selling Author Of Broadcasting Happiness "At the Rutgers Business School Center for Women in Business, we work to remove barriers and empower women to succeed as business leaders. Jason provides rich stories and practical advice to help new leaders transcend the impostor syndrome that affects so many of us, women in particular. It's refreshing to see an executive make such a clear connection between ensuring the success of the company and ensuring the success of the people on his team.">"Jason gives vivid examples of the behaviors that make a winning CEO of a private equity-owned company: building a strong team, communicating with both candor and optimism, and installing a deep sense of accountability and personal ownership throughout the organization. Beyond the Superhero shares a great, results-oriented mindset that's especially valuable to emerging leaders and to those that are interested in the path to exceptional achievement."--NICHOLAS A. PETERS, Managing Director, Parallel49 Equity

Dr. Christopher H. Chung shares 100 essential knowledge keys about braces in this orthodontic answer book. A welcoming question-and-answer format grants easy access to the same expert advice he gives his in-office patients daily. Arranged in quick-to-read sections for preteens, teens, and adults, the book can be read in sequence or by jumping directly to a topic of interest. Either way, you'll discover a wealth of information to help you make the best treatment choices for yourself or your children. You'll learn about simple, wearable devices that can save children from jaw surgery, sleep apnea, and even attention deficit issues. Although many think orthodontics is just cosmetic or too expensive, this book dispels such myths and shows why fixing a bad bite is just as vital as a beautiful smile. Based on his twenty-plus years in practice, Dr. Chung's answers provide trustworthy guidance you can put to use right away. --

For healthcare providers, the key to bonding with patients is to have a greater awareness of cultural differences. The more you know about your patient's culture, the easier it is for them to feel comfortable-with you and their treatment. You don't want to lose a patient because you said something that you didn't even know was offensive or that was simply mistaken for meaning something else. In Pulling Wisdom: Filling the Gaps of Cross-Cultural Communication for Healthcare Providers, Dr. Cathy Hung shares tips for seeing beyond cultural stereotypes, raising your cultural competency, and bridging the communication gaps between you and your patients to improve your practice success. She also introduces concepts and tools such as The Amalgamation Scale, which can predict and assess potential obstacles based on the cultural and language barriers between provider and patient.

For years, Marcy Eisenberg and her company, Pathoras, have seen firsthand projects that meandered with no purpose or relevance-wasting billions of dollars, years of precious time, and resources that were already limited. Quality and quantity faltered, and the downstream effects were devastating-confidence lost in an organization, reputations damaged. All because of projects that missed critical marks that actually mattered to a team or organization. In her book The Relevance Path(TM)¿, Eisenberg presents her secret sauce-the seven steps on the path to relevance-that edges teams and organizations beyond the competitive odds, ensures strong organizational reputations, and builds a brand of unparalleled confidence. If you want to save time and money, identify project needs and goals with greater clarity, implement greater efficiencies and productivity, or recalibrate a project so that its ROI exceeds expectations, then this book is for you.

What matters more: nature or nurture? Both, this book teaches us--although the question is flawed. Before we can nurture people to achieve their best, we must attend to their needs, which are the missing link between nature and nurture. When human needs go unmet, people engage in off-putting, self-destructive, and financially ruinous behavior. But if leaders, managers, and facilitators attend to six simple human needs--clarity, connection, contribution, challenge, consideration, and confidence--we can create stronger teams and business powerhouses. Instead of endlessly wrangling our teams and using bland engagement exercises to inject life into our people, we can create teams with intrinsic motivation and unstoppable drives for success and excellence. Human beings are our most valuable business assets. If you read this book and follow the directions it outlines about people, then there's no limit to what your business can achieve. Harness the power of your Human Team.

It's Not the Score, It's the Trip tells the tale of a man who was driven, smart, and eager to be wealthy, from his early days with his, by most standards, huge family, led by a father who was his guide, mentor, and hero. He fell in love, twice: once with college friend Nancy Tofanelli and later with the insurance industry. Both relationships were defined by compassion, and each came to define his life. Brian O'Hara is an ordinary man who landed at a place and time in history that gave him the opportunity for an extraordinary life, and who recognized where he had landed and took the lead during some of the most remarkable years in the history of the financial services world.

TOOLS TO CREATE A WORKPLACE YOU LOVE Imagine, for a moment, a workplace where you and your co-workers: - Share a clear and common purpose.- Conduct open and respectful conversations.- Easily build commitment to new ideas and approaches.- Use simple tools to guide decisions, actions, and accountability.- Find opportunities to innovate, learn and grow.>This workplace does exist--a workplace where people think differently and achieve their goals, crush the competition, turn customers into enthusiastic fans, and love going to work every day. It's called a Collaborative Workplace and it starts inside this book. Follow the story of an almost fictitious finance grad as he experiences four different workplaces. You are likely to find your own workplace among them. Then, get the Breakthrough Tools you need to make the shift to a Collaborative Workplace wherever you are and regardless of your job title. Creating a Collaboration Breakthrough is not only doable, it is essential in today's highly chaotic, competitive, uncertain, and ever-changing business landscape. The only question is: Do you have the courage to make it happen?

BECOME A FORCE FOR GOOD Are you longing to make the world a better place? Would you like to make a difference in the lives of your family, friends, and colleagues? Do you want to be happier and more fulfilled? Successful businessman and motivational speaker Troy Nix will show you how. Drawing on three decades of reflection and positively influencing people, Troy shares his unique philosophy that will inspire, inform, motivate, and empower you. With a mix of compelling stories, humor, and practical advice, he shows you how to makes changes to positively affect more people. In these pages you'll learn how to: - Lead by example - Live a life of integrity - Find your purpose - Inspire others - Motivate yourself and others - Persevere through difficulty Studies show a sense of meaning and purpose in your life is directly linked to longer, happier life spans. If that's something you're after (and who isn't?), then this book is for you.

IT TAKES A VILLAGE... It takes a village to coach youth sports. If you're the head coach, your role is village chief. You are responsible for bringing out the best in you, the assistant coaches, the parents, and the league, to help teach young people to work together. Coach Steve Cleland has coached youth sports teams for three decades, winning a few trophies and accolades along the way. In this practical and easy-to-apply book, Coach Cleland shows you how to become your village's chief, and why that role leads to the most positive outcomes for all. He covers winning on and off the field, showing you what it takes to make a difference in each team member's life. His guidance is tried-and-true, and he has helped dozens of teams of all ages across North America. Whether you coach five-year-olds on a neighborhood soccer team, an All-Star team of ten-year-olds, or sixteen-year-olds on a travel team, this book has everything you need to become the chief your village needs.

THE DOS AND DON'TS OF ORTHODONTICS It can be prohibitively expensive, time-consuming, and painful to have orthodontic work done-- for yourself or someone you love--but it doesn't have to be that way! Far too many orthodontists: - don't fully inform consumers about their options - perform unnecessary orthodontic work > Lies, Truths, and Myths about Braces and Invisalign will arm you with the information you need to find an orthodontist who has your best interests in mind. This book will teach you: - which procedures have been proven necessary, efficient, and effective, so you don't spend thousands of dollars for no reason - what kind of questions to ask any potential orthodontists, so you understand how knowledgeable and up-to-date they are >Don't go to an orthodontist unprepared! Take Dr. Nelson along with you, and you'll get the best, most economical, most effective, and least painful treatment possible.

PATIENTS FIRST There has always been a metaphorical curtain that prevents patients and doctors from communicating with each other effectively. What is it that dentists need to understand to put patients first? And what should patients know when looking for a dentist who satisfies their needs? Though the technology and techniques are constantly changing and evolving in the field of dentistry, one value should remain constant in any dental practice: treating patients right. Dr. Rick Mars wrote The Big Smile: The Principles of Modern Dentistry--For Dentists and Patients to remind dentists how blessed they are to serve in the profession--and also to help patients build strong relationships with their dentists. Dr. Mars's mission is to bridge the gap separating dentists and patients--to peel away that metaphorical curtain and show that dentistry is about more than giving patients healthy and beautiful smiles--it's about changing and transforming lives.

HOW DO YOU CREATE A COMPELLING BUSINESS CAPABLE OF HYPER GROWTH THAT CAN TRULY MAKE A DENT IN THE UNIVERSE? BUILD A TEAM OF COMPETENT, CAPABLE PEOPLE THAT LOVE WHAT THEY DO AND LOOK FORWARD TO MONDAY. Inside these pages, Adam Witty will show CEOs and executives how he made the culture of his company the top priority and won big, creating a profitably growing enterprise that has him and his team members looking forward to Mondays. Specifically, you will learn ... * Why a great company starts with you *How to craft a noble purpose, core values, and BHAGs that cause company-wide excitement and anticipation * How to translate your purpose into a comprehensive plan that creates buy-in and alignment for every employee * How to recruit and retain the best people * How to invest in your people and love 'em to bring out their best