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Ever wondered what the most common hurdles are to achieving your passion? Ever wanted to know how to leave security? Have you had family or respected friends tell you it's not possible?

Here's your personal guide to your possibilities. In these pages you will find examples, stories and strategies of how you can turn your vision into a reality. Barry Nicolaou explains what it takes to drive personal change and achieve the mindset needed to follow our vision for success. This Book is designed to shift mental roadblocks, negativity and personal doubt to discover a new world of...

Attitude can be sexy-- a practical and inspirational guide for using kindness and positivity as a winning strategy from Celebrity Apprentice champion, Hollywood veteran, and New York Times bestselling author Leeza Gibbons.

We live in a winner-take-all world, in which only the toughest thrive. On the surface, from the living room to the boardroom, it's certainly no place for nice. Civility and kindness are often the price of admission, and empowering communication is checked at the door.

Leeza Gibbons is a culture changer who doesn't "mess with mean." She has...

Finalist for the National Business Book Award

National Bestseller

In Bet On Me, leading entrepreneur Annette Verschuren lays out her surprising and inspiring philosophy for what it takes to lead and succeed in today's economy: tenacity, the willingness to embrace risk and an unwavering commitment to remain true to yourself, no matter how unorthodox you may seem. Drawing on her experiences as a Cape Breton farm girl who went on to lead Home Depot Canada's expansion from 19 to 179 stores, among other business ventures, Verschuren...

Steve Case--a pioneer who made the Internet part of everyday life--was on the leading edge of a revolution in 1985 when he co-founded AOL, the first Internet company to go public and the most successful business of the 1990s. Back then Case was an entrepreneur in...

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Born from a hobby of sewing clothes for her daughters, Brandi Temple's Lolly Wolly Doodle has grown into one of the largest online retailers of children's and family clothing. Brandi's transition from a full-time mom to selling in flea markets to establishing a wildly successful e-Bay store and Facebook presence to becoming founder and CEO of a successful company was by no means easy, but each hardship only strengthened her resolve. Along the way, Brandi has kept both her faith and family at the forefront, while maintaining the positive attitude she is best known for.

A business...

For 80 years, Pinewood Studios has made dreams a reality. Billions of people across the globe, of all ages, from all walks of life have read six words on cinema or television screens: -Made at Pinewood Studios, London, England.- From hosting super spies and superheroes, Pinewood has been home to a galaxy far, far away, helping create the movies that have made audiences laugh and cry in equal measure. Some of the most glittering careers on both sides of the camera have been launched behind the iconic gates of Pinewood. From James Bond to Star Wars, the modern age of Marvel and...

Ever wondered what the most common hurdles are to achieving your passion? Ever wanted to know how to leave security? Have you had family or respected friends tell you it's not possible?

Here's your personal guide to your possibilities. In these pages you will find examples, stories and strategies of how you can turn your vision into a reality. Barry Nicolaou explains what it takes to drive personal change and achieve the mindset needed to follow our vision for success. This Book is designed to shift mental roadblocks, negativity and personal doubt to discover a new world of...

Twists & turns in the world's roads to oil and golf ....

This book takes you there

* World cultures; people and places tourists do not typically see

*Oil business risk and wildcat wells

*Rebels, jungle, desert and offshore

*Golf in strange places; even if your caddy speaks no English

"JR Ewing in Dallas, Daniel Plainview in There Will Be Blood--fictional oil men live over-sized lives. David Allard lived a life in oil but the glamour was different--early morning shifts on a rig in the South China Sea, a handful of...

In the 1960s and '70s, a wave of Indian immigrants came to North America, each with eight dollars in their pockets. How did they become one of the most educated, entrepreneurial, and philanthropic immigrant groups ever to assimilate?

Here, at last, are their stories--told in their own words. From technology innovators to community activists, these seventeen energetic, unstoppable immigrants worked tirelessly to effect change in both India and North America. Some founded tech start-ups that revolutionized the way technology was designed and how data centers operated. Others devoted...