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Book Blogging – One of the Best Hobbies in the World! Join thousands of book bloggers in expressing your joy of reading! Are you a book blogger or do you want to be one? Are you having trouble handling the technical details of blogging? The Book Blogger Platform can be a “user manual” for your blog! A book written by a book blogger for book bloggers and one that answers all your questions! The Book Blogger Platform covers topics such as: 1. What a book ...

The #1 national bestseller and New York Times bestseller that examines how people can champion new ideas—and how leaders can fight groupthink. “Reading Originals made me feel like I was seated across from Adam Grant at a dinner party, as one of my favorite thinkers thrilled me with his insights and his wonderfully new take on the world.” —Malcolm Gladwell, author of Outliers and The Tipping Point “Originals is one of the most important and captivating books I have ever read, full of surprising and powerful ideas. It will not ...

What’s your verdict on Book Blog Tours? Great idea…or a waste of time and money? Not sure what a book blog tour can do for your visibility as an author or the promotion of your book? Are you considering trying out a Book Blog Tour to market your newest release? Do you want a primer that will help you take confident steps into the book promotion world? Book Blog Tours teaches you about Tours (either hired or DIY) from the point of view of a ...

Finalist for the 2016 Los Angeles Times Book Prize, the 2016 J. Anthony Lukas Book Prize, and the 2015 Financial Times and McKinsey Business Book of the Year A New York Times Editors’ Choice ONE OF THE YEAR’S BEST BOOKS: The Washington Post • The Financial Times • Slate • The Atlantic • Time • Forbes “[How Music Got Free] has the clear writing and brisk reportorial acumen of a Michael Lewis book.”—Dwight Garner, The New York Times What happens when an entire generation commits the same crime? How Music Got Free is a riveting story ...

Authors, creating buzz for your book and your career just got easier. The Author’s Platform will help you create, understand, and use a powerful author platform to sell your books. Social Media and WordPress Consultant Barb Drozdowich will steer you through the technology behind book marketing without all the confusing techno-speak. She has helped many authors build an author platform that engages readers and builds sales. This book will help you decode the mystery behind building a powerful author brand and navigating the social media ...

Have you always wanted to be your own boss? Do you have a great business idea? Do you want to have your own business? Do you need help writing a business plan? The techniques presented in this effective guide will help you transform your idea into a working business plan. Not only will this book help you test your idea, it will also help you learn about business fundamentals. Whether you have an existing business, or are starting a new business, any startup enthusiast can ...

“Not negotiating can be more costly than you think…a 25-year-old who negotiated a starting salary…will earn $634,000 more than a non-negotiator [in their lifetime].” – Who Asks and Who Receives in Salary Negotiation This book teaches the skills, strategies, and scripts to negotiate without fear, prove your value to your employer, and get paid what you’re worth. Companies are more ready than ever to attract and hold on to talent, but only if employees ASK FOR IT. Most people still treat negotiation as some complex ...

In the financial markets, the “smart money” is sophisticated and savvy, and the “dumb money” is unknowing and exploitable. So why do high schools and colleges require students to take courses in English, math, science and history, yet have absolutely no requirements for students to learn about personal money management? Unfortunately, books on the subject tend to be overly complicated, and lengthy. This book includes just the most important financial principles needed to quickly enhance any individual’s money management acumen. Unlike many of the personal ...

Have you always wanted to have your own business yet never had the perfect idea? Maybe you did, but just did not notice it was just the right one? Whether you are an idea machine or struggle to find new ideas, this book help you build a great list of potential business ideas. In this short read, all of the key things you need to help you come up with a list of excellent business ideas for a great business plan are covered in a ...

It’s finished! The voices in your head have quieted down and you’ve typed “THE END!” Are you ready to self-publish? Find an agent? Or are you asking yourself “What’s Next?” How do you transform your words on the page into a product that sells? The most effective way is to focus as much attention on the publishing process as you did in crafting your story. A well written novel is only part of the secret to a successful book. Making and keeping promises to readers ...

Holacracy is a revolutionary management system that redefines management and turns everyone into a leader. Holacracy distributes authority and decision-making throughout an organization, and defines people not by hierarchy and titles, but by roles. Holacracy creates organizations that are fast, agile, and that succeed by pursuing their purpose, not following a dated and artificial plan. This isn’t anarchy – it’s quite the opposite. When you start to follow Holacracy, you learn to create new structures and ways of making decisions that empower the people who ...

In The Power of Habit, Pulitzer Prize–winning business reporterCharles Duhigg takes us to the thrilling edge of scientific discoveries that explain why habits exist and how they can be changed. Distilling vast amounts of information into engrossing narratives that take us from the boardrooms of Procter & Gamble to sidelines of the NFL to the front lines of the civil rights movement, Duhigg presents a whole new understanding of human nature and its potential.

An instant New York Times bestseller: Sent to the most violent battlefield in Iraq, Jocko Willink and Leif Babin’s SEAL task unit faced a seemingly impossible mission: help U.S. forces secure Ramadi, a city deemed “all but lost.” In gripping firsthand accounts of heroism, tragic loss, and hard-won victories in SEAL Team Three’s Task Unit Bruiser, they learned that leadership—at every level—is the most important factor in whether a team succeeds or fails.Willink and Babin returned home from deployment and instituted SEAL leadership training that ...

The leadership enterprise is enormous, with billions of dollars, thousands of books, and hundreds of thousands of blogs and talks focused on improving leaders. But what we see worldwide is employee disengagement, high levels of leader turnover and career derailment, and failed leadership development efforts.