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Can you sell with integrity and still make a profit? Yes!In Selling Ethically: A Business Parable Connecting Integrity with Profits, author Joel Malkoff--a.k.a. the Ethics Giver--reveals the powerful and surprising link between business ethics and profits.Drawing on the wisdom of biblical sages, modern thought leaders, and the tenets of Malkoff's faith, this heartfelt and relatable business parable is inspired by experiences from the author's own business career.Having generated more than a half-billion dollars in sales, Malkoff proves that ethical business conduct isn't just the right thing to do--it's essential for:• building better customer relationships • selling more products and services via customer referrals • increasing your sales revenue and profits In Selling Ethically, business executive David King, the parable's protagonist, has a near-death experience; he suddenly finds his life--and his business career--on trial in a heavenly court. There, he fights not only to defend a

Flow To Learn offers weekly ideas for parents & educators to encourage the flow state of optimal learning in children and themselves.Flow To Learn is an uplifting, illustrated guide with 52 weeks of insights into flow states, mindful support, and practical suggestions to create inspiring play and learning environments. Child-led learning opportunities readily entice children to focus deeply, which boosts their love for learning, creativity, and well-being while freeing up the adult’s time.Have you seen your child focus so deeply that they lose themselves in a task?When did you last lose track of time because you were having so much fun?What did you spend hours doing as a child? Do you remember that feeling?Flow is the focused, fulfilling state of learning that children and adults naturally experience during play, movement, and hands-on activities they love. In flow, we feel alive, we are authentically interested and deeply absorbed—and this is how we learn best and achieve more!FLOW (in ord

Coping with cancer is hard. It is an emotional ordeal as well as a physical one, with known and somewhat predictable psychological responses. And yet, patients often feel isolated and alone when dealing with the stress, anxiety, depression, and existential crises so typical with a cancer diagnosis.The Big Ordeal, written in collaboration with a psychologist and two oncologists, tackles the emotional side of the experience head-on, to help newly diagnosed patients and their loved ones anticipate, understand, and deal with the psychological turmoil ahead. Based on interviews with scores of patients and experts across a variety of fields, combining patient stories with medical insights and advice from those who have been there, and structured around the typical phases of the process, this book is an accessible resource for anyone who receive a cancer diagnosis.Link to the book on AmazonLink to the book on Barnes and Noblebooks, book podcast, author reading, author, podcast, self-help, nonfiction, health and well

Two worlds are set to collide. Only one will remain.Life has been anything but easy for veteran Brady Sullivan this summer. Marital difficulties pushed him out of his house and set him on a collision course with a powerful crime syndicate in the area.Alone for the season at a Sandusky campground, Brady runs afoul of aspiring crime lord Randy Gorey. Gorey runs the underground in Ohio’s largest tourist area, providing illicit services to those in need. It is a dark secret giving him unprecedented power.Trying to pick up the pieces of his shattered life, Brady is in for the most harrowing experience of his life. Survival is anything but assured. It will take every ounce of knowledge and cunning, and the help of an unexpected ally, for Brady to have a shot at turning the tables and reclaiming his life.Sandusky Burning is the explosive new thriller from author and veteran Bryan W. Conway.Link to the book on AmazonLink to the book on Barnes and Noblebooks, audiobooks, author, book podcast, author reading, fict

"Our baby weighed 450 grams. I learned that day that there are 454 grams in a pound." Life had been good to Karen and Bob Krech. They had traveled the world as overseas teachers. They were blessed with a strong marriage, a nice house, great jobs, and a happy, healthy, two-year-old son. Was God a part of their lives? Some. But He was about to reenter in a very big way through a very small baby.Link to the book on Amazonbooks, book podcast, author reading, memoir, nonfiction, author

It's easy to feel stuck in the grind, struggling to simply get through the day, especially as we all try to define a new normal. But what if you could start achieving your goals and living with purpose? Authors Dustin Hillis and Ron Alford can show you how.As record-breaking business coaches and sales leaders, Hillis and Alford have helped thousands of people realize their dreams, including hundreds of top leaders and executives. They share their proven formula for goal setting and personal success in their book Redefining Possible: Proven Strategies to Break Belief Barriers and Create Your New Normal.The authors' seven success strategies will provide you with a blueprint for creating a happier and more fulfilling life. You'll redefine your potential with strategic activities and actionable tools. Learn how to get unstuck by using the RAFT technique. Uncover and break belief barriers by rewiring your inner dialogue with positive self-talk and targeted affirmations. And be inspired with relatable anecdotes fro

Corey Logan was set up by a ruthless killer, Nick Season, who's running for state attorney general. Coming out of prison all she wants is to be with her son. To get him back, she needs to make a good impression on the psychiatrist evaluating her, Dr. Abe Stein. Dr. Abe Stein doesn't believe Corey was framed-until his well-heeled mother falls for the charming state attorney general candidate, Nick Season.The last man that Corey -- strong, fearless, at home on the street and able in wild country -- could ever imagine having a relationship with is Dr. Abe Stein. He's distracted. He sideswipes cars. He sets fires in ash trays or in waste baskets, where he carelessly throws lit matches from his pipe, but he's a master of emotional complexity. Abe and Corey must find a way to stop Nick Season together.As the dogs of war are unleashed, Corey and her son run for their lives, taking her boat up the Pacific Northwest's remote Inside Passage. Abe finds her and convinces her to take down Nick Season. Together they c

Why do some people achieve seemingly limitless success while others drift from day to day? How do some, despite extremely challenging circumstances, rise up to make a big impact or achieve great things and others, given the benefit of significant talent or opportunity, end up settling for so much less? What makes the difference?This book was written for those, young and old, who simply don’t want to settle for the status quo or for “good enough” and have dreams they want to chase, not give up on.Based on research of accomplished people and his own personal experiences of successes and failures, Peter G. Ruppert provides a step- by-step guide to help readers positively impact the trajectory of their own future. Filled with real life examples for each step, extra learning resources to dig deeper, and a workbook style recap after each chapter, Ruppert provides a simple yet powerful program so readers can launch their own limitless life.All net proceeds will be donated to the Fusion Scholarship Foundati

A kinder, more compassionate world starts with kind and compassionate kids. In Raising Good Humans, you’ll find powerful and practical strategies to break free from “reactive parenting” habits and raise kind, cooperative, and confident kids.Whether you’re running late for school, trying to get your child to eat their vegetables, or dealing with an epic meltdown in the checkout line at a grocery store—being a parent is hard work! And, as parents, many of us react in times of stress without thinking—often by yelling. But what if, instead of always reacting on autopilot, you could respond thoughtfully in those moments, keep your cool, and get from A to B on time and in one piece?With this book, you’ll find powerful mindfulness skills for calming your own stress response when difficult emotions arise. You’ll also discover strategies for cultivating respectful communication, effective conflict resolution, and reflective listening. In the process, you’ll learn to examine your own unhelpful patterns and ingrain

The Walk-On Method features 31 underdog athletes who parlayed their college experience into habits that led to career and business success. While each walk-on’s individual path is unique, the mindset, skills, and behaviors they developed and the post-college outcomes they achieved are similarly remarkable. These athletes applied The Walk-On Method first to college football, basketball, rowing, golf, or track & field, and then they parlayed that behavior pattern into success in business ownership, engineering, coaching, law, finance, broadcasting, medicine, insurance, film, management, education, banking, acting, and ministry. These former walk-ons were behaving subconsciously, unaware that scrambling to make a college sports team and fighting to keep their roster spot was foundational to their life’s work. Going the extra mile in their profession is second nature, and they wonder why others don’t take that same (and seemingly obvious) path. Most people don’t realize they’re in control of their career traj

Our world has increasingly become fear-based, but when we don't understand the sources of this fear, we can't heal them. We each hold collective fears, like dying in a pandemic, and individual fears, many of which we aren't aware of because they arise from conditioning and deeply embedded beliefs.We are meant to live in joy, not in fear. Even if everyone around us is in fear, this doesn't have to be our personal experience. By taking us on a treetop journey through quantum physics, psychology, philosophy, spirituality, and more, A Book On Fear gives us tools and awarenesses to see where our fear comes from. When we see how our belief systems were created, how they limit us, and what we have become attached to that creates fear, we will come to know ourselves at a deeper level. Then we can make different choices to transform our fears.The end of each chapter includes a suggested simple exercise that can be done quickly but that will shift the reader into an immediate higher state of awareness about that chapte

Research in cognitive science over the last 30 years shows much of what we know about culture in the business world is based on myth, wishful thinking, outdated science, or is just plain wrong. This is why culture-shaping and change programs in organizations often amount to little more than sloganeering with minimal impact on the lived experience of employees.This book bridges the gap between the latest research on cognitive science and culture, providing a valuable guide for change leaders, CEOs, and practitioners on how to sustainably work with and change this important resource. It answers many of the major questions that have plagued culture work, such as:Why so many CEOs and management consultants preach culture change when so few culture interventions actually succeedWhy CEOs persist in believing "culture starts at the top" when virtually no research in anthropology supports that claimWhy most culture shaping approaches have no answer for how to affect culture in global companiesWhy culture doesn’t

It's official. For the first time, the World Health Organization has classified burnout as a health problem. Renowned motivational speaker Eileen McDargh proposes that to tackle it, we must learn to break out of energy-draining thoughts and behaviors.Resilience, she argues, is strictly a matter of energy management--by better managing your energy, you can both build resiliency and overcome burnout. Breakthrough happens when our energy is consciously distributed to what matters most in our lives. So after a short survey that will tell you where you fit in a burnout and resiliency profile, McDargh helps pinpoint the causes of your burnout and examine the energy demands that keep you from refueling and recharging. She provides an in-depth energy analysis and gives you the keys to master the four dimensions that can give you a resilience breakthrough: head, heart, hands, and humor.McDargh guides the reader through the process of identifying energy drains and implementing strategies for handling them, whatever pha

The nation has transformed. The calls for racial equity are loud and insistent and they are now being listened to. And yet, companies across the country are still far behind when it comes to equity in the workplace. For decades, we've heard variations on the same theme on how to increase diversity and inclusion and we have still not moved. If we want equity to matter inside and outside the workplace, if we want to be real allies for change, then we need a new approach. We need to stop following trends. We need to lead change.In Authentic Diversity, culture change expert and diversity speaker, Michelle Silverthorn, explains how to transform diversity and inclusion from mere lip service into the very heart of leadership. Following the journey of a Black woman in the workplace, leaders learn the old rules of diversity that keep failing her and millions like her again and again, and the new rules they must put in place to make success a reality for everyone. A millennial, immigrant, and Black woman in Americ

A vivid account of life in the NFL—and an inspiring story of everything that comes after.Against seemingly impossible odds, Sean Conley became the starting kicker for the University of Pittsburgh in his senior year. A year later, he suited up for the Detroit Lions. But when he joined the New York Jets soon after, Conley’s injuries caught up to him, and his lifelong dream came crashing down in a crisis of denial and fear.The Point After is an all-access look at the NFL, one of the most intense workplaces in sports. Conley describes pushing through pain at NFL training camps, surrounded by rookies, All-Pro veterans, and long-shot undrafted free agents, all hell-bent on staying in the game. He recounts the insecurities he dealt with on and off the field, and the despair that overtook him when his career ended.But while Conley thought life was over, it was just beginning. Transcending football, this is the story of an ex–football player who discovered the true meaning of sports and life, and found happiness

Too many people associate creativity solely with the arts, even though to be an incredible scientist, engineer, or entrepreneur requires immense creativity. And it's the key to developing breakthrough products and services. Natalie Nixon, a creativity strategist with a background in cultural anthropology, fashion, and service design, says that in the fourth industrial revolution a creativity leap is needed to bridge the gap that exists between the churn of work and the highly sought-after prize called innovation.Nixon says that since humans are hardwired to be creative, it is a competency anyone can develop. She shows that it balances wonder (awe, audacity, and curiosity) with rigor (discipline, skill-building, and attention to detail), and that inquiry, improvisation, and intuition are the key practices that increase those capacities. Drawing on interviews with fifty-six people from diverse backgrounds--farming, law, plumbing, architecture, perfumery, medicine, education, technology, and more--she offers ill

Many of us live paycheck-to-paycheck. We dream of a better and brighter life; but never achieve it. We hope and pray for a better job or pay; but never reach our goals. We never seem to feel financially independent or free. Living the American dream is a myth for most of us. Mom to Millionaire explains how an individual, who had all the odds stacked against her, became successful in life. It was not an easy journey, but she did it, and so can you and everyone else. In this book, you will learn:•The paths to financial freedom•How to increase your net worth•How to create generational wealth•How to gain control of your life and thoughts•How a regular job cannot guarantee financial peaceLink to the book on Amazon: https://amzn.to/3l5AqaDbook podcast, author reading, books, audiobooks, memoir, finance, nonfiction

They had been friends who fought side by side for better things. Now both were running from crimes neither could have imagined of themselves just a few days ago . . ."A thrilling work of serpentine intrigue and crisp characterization" --Kirkus Reviews (starred review).Heartsick that the towering trees that once sheltered him are being cut, Rinn van Ness commits a minor felony on a remote Alaska island. A woman he once loved, Kit Olinsky, is arrested for his crime--and the murder of a Tlingit elder broken by the loss of the Native way of life.Out on bail, Kit fights a scorched-earth battle in the state legislature to save the Alaska she loves. It's not a battle she can win. But she will fight to the end even if she has to betray her secret lover, a Tlingit fighting desperately for what was promised to his people a generation ago.Rinn slips out of the forest to protect Kit, never suspecting that he has more at stake than a lonely prison cell.Heath's plotting is taut and propulsive, and the pages seem

As the diversity, equity, and inclusion wave widens and deepens its reach, introversion is becoming a natural part of that movement. After all, about half the population identify as introverts, but many organizations are stuck in traditional extrovert-centric workplace cultures that reward people for speaking up publicly, expect them to log face time, and employ hiring and promotion practices rooted in the past. This ultimately discourages introverts from contributing and reaching their full talent potential, which could have a major impact on the bottom line."Champion for introverts" Jennifer Kahnweiler offers a road map for everyone in the workplace--including leaders, human resource managers, and team members--to create inclusive, introvert-friendly cultures. Kahnweiler provides an assessment to determine how introvert friendly your organization is and looks at every aspect of organizational life--hiring, training, leading, communicating, meeting, designing workplaces, and more--through an inclusive lens.Y

Leading futurist Bob Johansen shows how a new way of thinking, enhanced by new technologies, will help leaders break free of limiting labels and see new gradients of possibility in a chaotic world.The future will get even more perplexing over the next decade, and we are not ready. The dilemma is that we're restricted by rigid categorical thinking that freezes people and organizations in neatly defined boxes that often are inaccurate or obsolete. Categories lead us toward certainty but away from clarity, and categorical thinking moves us away from understanding the bigger picture. Sticking with this old way of thinking and seeing isn't just foolish, it's dangerous.Full-spectrum thinking is the ability to seek patterns and clarity outside, across, beyond, or maybe even without any boxes or categories while resisting false certainty and simplistic binary choices. It reveals our commonalities that are hidden in plain view. Bob Johansen lays out the core concepts of full-spectrum thinking and reveals the role that