The oldest and most respected martial arts title in the industry, this popular monthly magazine addresses the needs of martial artists of all levels by providing them with information about every style of self-defense in the world - including techniques and strategies. In addition, Black Belt produces and markets over 75 martial arts-oriented books and videos including many about the works of Bruce Lee, the best-known marital arts figure in the world.
The author, a computer science professor diagnosed with terminal cancer, explores his life, the lessons that he has learned, how he has worked to achieve his childhood dreams, and the effect of his diagnosis on him and his family.
The oldest and most respected martial arts title in the industry, this popular monthly magazine addresses the needs of martial artists of all levels by providing them with information about every style of self-defense in the world - including techniques and strategies. In addition, Black Belt produces and markets over 75 martial arts-oriented books and videos including many about the works of Bruce Lee, the best-known marital arts figure in the world.
Can you succeed in business when your strength is more about sensitivity than swagger? If you're moved by meaning, more than manipulation? In other words: Can you succeed while still being you? Christine Kane is living proof that the answer is yes. Far too many of us have swallowed the notion that business owners have to be a certain way to be successful—strategy-obsessed, data-driven, and relentlessly aggressive. Bookstore shelves are lined with guides for entrepreneurs that urge them to "Crush it! "10X It!" or "Unf**k it!" Those who aren't crushers or unf**kers of anything are left wondering if something's wrong with them. Like,maybe they're just not cut out for business. A former songwriter and performer, and then founder of Uplevel YOU—a multi-million-dollar business coaching company—Christine Kane shows a new class of entrepreneurs another way. It's time to connect, not crush. In The Soul-Sourced Entrepreneur, Kane shares the insights that have helped thousands find success without losing themselves. In these pages, readers will find a practical plan to: • Toss out ineffective, old-school goal-setting models. • Reframe your intuition and sensitivity as valuable assets, not as flaws to hide. • Examine old patterns for clues as to what's been holding you back. • Clean up the spaces and distractions draining your energy and power. • Learn to confidently trust in your own wisdom. • Break free from fear-based decision-making that plagues most businesses. Throughout the book, you'll hear stories from other soul-sourced entrepreneurs, who employ their own reliable, unique set of best practices based as much in intuition and self-awareness as on specific skills and strategies. Forget business as usual. Your business is personal, and in this new era, authenticity, creativity, and sensitivity are what set businesses apart. The Soul-Sourced Entrepreneur is your unconventional plan to build the business of your dreams, and being wildly successful by being you.
What would it be like to recover from a hideous attack? What would it be like to sort out your life after the senseless murder of a loved one? Rage and yearnings for revenge naturally beckoned for this book’s two female victims. Each woman, however, eventually takes a road less traveled. Journey with Ellen and Linda as they work on recovery and healing from the worst types of physical and emotional trauma. This true story will captivate you with its twists and turns, inspire you as its protagonists seek justice, and surprise you with its unforeseen ending. Written in page-turning narrative style, There Is a Balm in Wichita Falls tells a stirring story of restoration from the direst of circumstances.
“Kills of the Father” The Misadventures of Max Mason What would you do if someone you loved was kidnapped and held for a price? Could you change your philosophy about killing someone to save that person? Max Mason is use to people trying to kill him over the years, but when Admiral Cartwright’s Halloween night birthday party turns deadly, he must rely on others to save his life including a female ninja; there bent on killing him herself. Max and Agent Karen Tyler's 3rd adventure has them following a pair of dead assassins to the beautifully wooded state of North Carolina; where they find a disgraced Colonel with an agenda, and the billionaire mother & son; owners of a high-profile telecommunications company working together to blackmail the world’s leaders through their “new app” for cell phones, about to go online. Nathaniel & Evelyn Covington’s unknowing mistake was employing Max’s brilliant “pacifist” son Jacob, and his computer skills; to unwittingly oversee their evil project. After the murder of a close friend Jake goes on the run with a flash drive that can ruin the Covington’s entire plan. Hoping to keep his family one step ahead of the murderous Colonel’s mercenary army he tries to lead them away eventually getting captured; not knowing his retired Navy SEAL father, and his highly-trained girlfriend have arrived in town to confront the Covington’s about something completely different. Jake is captured, tortured, and escapes to find out that the Colonel has kidnapped his five year old son Parker; willing to exchange him for the flash drive he no longer has. Meanwhile, matriarch Evelyn Covington has other ideas for the young boy now in their possession. Enlisting the help of Jake’s police officer wife Linda; Max & Tyler must avoid the Colonel’s trained mercenaries, a vengeful Japanese business mogul, and the Covington’s murderous electronic toys; in order to find Jake and rescue their little boy...Max’s grandson. Max, Tyler, and Linda must throw away their badges and reunite with Jake along with some unexpected, and surprising help to get Parker back. They must destroy the satellite signal, rescue the child, and get out alive; because sometimes the “Kills of the Father” are necessary to save a family.
Smart. Funny. Fearless."It's pretty safe to say that Spy was the most influential magazine of the 1980s. It might have remade New York's cultural landscape; it definitely changed the whole tone of magazine journalism. It was cruel, brilliant, beautifully written and perfectly designed, and feared by all. There's no magazine I know of that's so continually referenced, held up as a benchmark, and whose demise is so lamented" --Dave Eggers. "It's a piece of garbage" --Donald Trump.
From New York Times bestselling authors and renowned leadership consultants Adrian Gostick and Chester Elton comes a groundbreaking guide to building high-performance teams. What is the true driver of a thriving organization’s exceptional success? Is it a genius leader? An iron-clad business plan? Gostick and Elton shatter these preconceptions of corporate achievement. Their research shows that breakthrough success is guided by a particular breed of high-performing team that generates its own momentum—an engaged group of colleagues in the trenches, working passionately together to pursue a shared vision. Their research also shows that only 20 percent of teams are working anywhere near this optimal capacity. How can your team become one of them? Based on a groundbreaking 350,000-person study by the Best Companies Group, as well as extraordinary research into exceptional teams at leading companies, including Zappos.com, Pepsi Beverages Company, and Madison Square Garden, the authors have determined a key set of characteristics displayed by members of breakthrough teams, and have identified a set of rules great teams live by, which generate a culture of positive teamwork and lead to extraordinary results. Using a wealth of specific stories from the breakthrough teams they studied, they reveal in detail how these teams operate and how managers can transform their own teams into such high performers by fostering: Stronger clarity of goals Greater trust among team members More open and honest dialogue Stronger accountability for all team members Purpose-based recognition of team members’ contributions The remarkable stories they tell about these teams in action provide a simple and powerful step-by-step guide to taking your team to the breakthrough level, igniting the passion and vision to bring about an Orange Revolution.
