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Millions of people around the world are struggling to maintain balance, happiness and strength in the face of unexpected challenges. Through five basic principles supported by the authors' own compelling story and guided exercises, this book gives readers the tools necessary to rewire their emotional reaction to any challenging situation, recognizing and acting on the exciting opportunities that each "setback" presents. As a result, they not only will survive, but actually thrive in their lives going forward.

Paul David Walker often says, "The job of a poet is to travel into the unknown and come back and make a report." These poems are his reports, both deeply personal and full of mystery. These poems "come to" Paul and are written to create a personal exploration of what is deep in our hearts, yet unknown, or may have been glimpsed and forgotten. Paul makes sense of the relationship between heaven and earth, light and darkness, our fears and connection with the divine. As Paul says, these poems are meant to "leap up out of readers like laser beam lamps reaching into the dark sky."

Gallup Organization research has concluded that only 29 percent of employees are truly engaged in the work they do. That's like an engine running at less than one-third of its power! How can a team reach its potential, or even come anywhere close, with that level of engagement? Now imagine the impact of injecting more passion into your team. Imagine a company where eight out of ten people are truly engaged. What would this mean to your team's productivity, morale, retention, and ability to recruit top talent? Revised and enhanced from the popular first edition, Performance Breakthrough reveals the four secrets for creating a more passionate, productive, and profitable organization. You'll find that the ideas discussed are not expensive. In fact, many can be executed without spending a dime. This book's message is communicated in the form of a fictional story to help make these ideas real and implementable, as opposed to fuzzy concepts. That is augmented by valuable new case studies, summaries, checklists, and other tools that will help you create positive energy, find passion, and achieve your own Performance Breakthrough! Mike Goldman is a nationally recognized speaker and consultant with over twenty-five years of success at coaching organizations of all sizes and missions, from the local entrepreneur to the Fortune 500. Throughout his career at Accenture and Deloitte Consulting, he has helped Verizon, Disney, Polo Ralph Lauren, Chanel, Kmart, Dillard's, Liz Claiborne, Levi Strauss, and numerous other outstanding companies. In 2007, Mike founded Performance Breakthrough to help mid-sized companies break through the inevitable, predictable barriers to growth. www.performance-breakthrough.com

Utilizing the insights of twenty successful business leadersinterviewed exclusively for this book - CEOs, chefs, city managers,nonprofit directors, and entrepreneurs - author Paul David Walker providesa roadmap that everyone, from from people beginning to plan their lives, tothose in the halls of power and influence, can use to achieve higher levelsof mastery in the art of inventing the future and achieving great success.

Micromanagement is a killer. Surveys indicate that 79% of workers believe that they have been micromanaged, with 71% reporting that it has interfered with their ability to perform their job. The impact: micromanagement keeps most organizations from attaining optimal success, or sometimes from achieving any success at all. Fortunately, you have the solution. Flip the Pyramid shows you how to supercharge the efficiency of your organization, creating a powerful tribal culture that not only engages, aligns and empowers the talents of every last employee, but ultimately transcends the company itself to fully engage your customers. Flip the Pyramid turns the traditional org chart on its head, showing how to fully engage the innovation and power in each individual to take your company to the top.

How do you find freedom from outmoded and destructive patterns of behavior that keep you from achieving success in your roles as partner, father, husband, leader, and friend? Most men aren't aware that the old model of masculinity is outdated and ineffective in today's culture. The absence of a healthy, functioning model of masculinity often causes emotional pain that is unbearable, demanding significant life changes and generating the proverbial "wake-up call." Wake Up, Man Up, Step Up: Transforming Your Wake-Up Call Into Emotional Health and Happiness provides an insightful and practical seven-step Roadmap for how you can transform large or small crises into opportunities for better relationships, happiness, and success. You'll learn to: - Rise above any challenging life transition. - Rewrite your future as an emotionally healthy and contributing man. - Become the man you aspire to be. Using the tools in this book, you will be able to achieve the relationship success you seek, and serve as a positive role model for the next generation of men.