A compilation of short essays, musings, and reflections written by experts and celebrities from all walks of life--including Garrison Keillor, Erica Jong, Harold Bloom, and Suze Orman--this book comprises a veritable instruction manual on how to turn 50. All royalties will be donated to cancer research.
"This dramatic memoir recaptures William Seabrook's experiences during an eight-month stay at a Westchester mental hospital in the early 1930s. Seabrook, who was a renowned journalist, voluntarily committed himself for acute alcoholism. His account offers an honest, self-critical look at addiction and treatment in the days before Alcoholics Anonymous and other modern programs. William Seabrook is most famous for introducing the word Zombie to Western culture"--
In his classic book, The Five Dysfunctions of a Team, Patrick Lencioni laid out a groundbreaking approach for tackling the perilous group behaviors that destroy teamwork. Here he turns his focus to the individual, revealing the three indispensable virtues of an ideal team player. In The Ideal Team Player, Lencioni tells the story of Jeff Shanley, a leader desperate to save his uncle’s company by restoring its cultural commitment to teamwork. Jeff must crack the code on the virtues that real team players possess, and then build a culture of hiring and development around those virtues. Beyond the fable, Lencioni presents a practical framework and actionable tools for identifying, hiring, and developing ideal team players. Whether you’re a leader trying to create a culture around teamwork, a staffing professional looking to hire real team players, or a team player wanting to improve yourself, this book will prove to be as useful as it is compelling.
You were born to be the best of you; otherwise, you wouldnt have been born at all. Your Creator has more important things to do than creating wasted humans that will fail Him in accomplishing the best He had set for them and had prepared for them even before the foundation of the world. To now see that in todays world only less than 10 percent of us actually attain the best of us not only saddens me, but it creates in me a heavy burden and an agonizing pain far beyond the one that any word can describe. I am a work in progress myself. I have messed up so much and failed so many times that I have even stopped counting. This book narrates all the areas of my life where I have failed and what I would have done differently to bring out the best of me. This book gives you all the practical ways of becoming the best of you. It is a ten-volume series designed and written to help you become the best, and nothing but the best.
This attractive hardcover gift edition is a revision of our bestselling compilation of inspiring essays. Written by some of the most brilliant achievers of the day including: Garrison Keillor, Suze Orman, Bobbi Brown and Marianne Williamson, these essays celebrate a momentous event with inspiring, humorous, and thoughtful commentary. The popular trade paperback edition has sold over 110,000 copies.
Every company wants their product to stand out from the competition. So why shouldn’t every man want the same thing? Men should strive to separate themselves from the competition too, and win what they are fighting for, whether this is a new job, a promotion, a business partnership, or a girlfriend. Branding is everything. That’s why all serious companies invest in their brand. Unfortunately, too many men with great potential invest virtually nothing in their personal brand. You will never cash your real worth with a poor or an average image. Science has proven that a successful personal image is important for our self-esteem and confidence. Studies also show that any first impression is profoundly influenced by the way we look. This book is a complete guide for every man who does not want to settle for mediocrity, but who wants to build a better version of himself and cash his worth. All men can learn from this guide, no matter their age, experience, position, or status. By paying attention to a few easy-to-follow steps, this guide describes how to build an outstanding personal brand image, allowing you to stand out in any personal or professional situation. If you could be better, wouldn’t you want to be?
Is there a real connection between cleverness, good governance and good luck? The answer may not be so simple and direct. That is why the author of this book – an experienced editor – has painstakingly ploughed through anecdotes, news, history, and reasoning to blend a masterful piece that manages to be funny, witty, pragmatic and eye-opening all at once. The primary foci of the book are issues relating to the 2011 presidential elections in Nigeria but the book goes on to open up a typical Nigerian soul in an uncommonly down-to-earth manner. Nigeria is Africa’s most populous country, often touted as the “Giant of Africa” and “Heart of Africa”. The incumbent president goes by the first name Goodluck – a name which has seemingly always put him in the right places at the right times over the years. Would the Nigerian nation be electing a harbinger of good fortunes if they elect him as president in 2011? This “crazy” book broaches on that sensitive question whilst dwelling more on extant issues that perennially afflict the Heart of Africa and relentlessly taunt the Giant of Africa.