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America has been through the biggest financial crisis since the great Depression, unemployment numbers are frightening, median wages have been flat since the 1970s, and it is common to expect that things will get worse before they get better. Certainly, the multidecade stagnation is not yet over. How will we get out of this mess?

What if charisma could be taught? For the first time, science and technology have taken charisma apart, figured it out and turned it into an applied science: In controlled laboratory experiments, researchers could raise or lower people's level of charisma as if they were turning a dial. What you'll find here is practical magic: unique knowledge, drawn from a variety of sciences, revealing what charisma really is and how it works. You'll get both the insights and the techniques you need to apply this knowledge. The world will become your lab, and every person you meet, a chance to experiment.

You're in sales. Whether you call it persuasion or sharing, it all boils down to the same thing: Your aim is to get other people to accept you, your product, or your idea. Within this audiobook are hundreds of ideas and essential sales phrases for doing just that. Tom Hopkins is unique in that he won't teach you any strategy that he hasn't proven to work successfully in real-life selling situations.

Transform your sales leadership with "The Strategic Sales Leader: Mastering the Art of Vision, Strategy, and Execution." This no-nonsense guide by a seasoned sales expert offers a powerful blueprint for those serious about achieving peak performance in the highly competitive sales arena. If you're looking for fluffy theories and untested hypotheses, this isn't your book. But if you're ready for a pragmatic, step-by-step guide that delivers results, keep reading. What This Book Delivers: Crystal-Clear Vision: Learn the art of crafting a vision so compelling that your team can't help but ...

Singer-songwriter. Trailblazer. Mastermind. The Beatles of her generation. From her genre-busting rise in country music as a teenager to the economic juggernaut that is the Eras Tour, Taylor Swift has blazed a path that is uniquely hers. But how exactly has she managed to scale her success—multiple times—while dominating an industry that cycles through artists and stars like fashion trends? How has she managed to make and remake herself time and again while remaining true to her artistic vision?

Few business leaders in the world have applied Lean strategy as successfully as Art Byrne has - and none has the ability to explain how to do it with such succinctness and clarity. Byrne has successfully implemented Lean strategies in more than 30 companies in 14 different countries. In The Lean Turnaround, this legendary business leader shares everything he has learned during his remarkable career and shows how anyone can achieve similar results.

The training to become a fighter pilot is among the most competitive and difficult in the world with less than one-in-a-thousand succeeding. Pushing a cutting-edge jet to its limits at over 1,000 mph means that every split-second decision can have catastrophic consequences. This extreme environment has forged a group of warriors who for the last 50 years have been considered at the apex of decision-making theory and practice. In The Art of Clear Thinking Hasard Lee distills what he’s learned during his career flying some of the Air Force’s most advanced aircraft.

Stop Selling, Start Asking: Unlock a Thriving Coaching Practice & Create Client Breakthroughs Through the Art of Transformative Questioning. Are you a talented coach tired of the endless "sales hustle"? Do you dream of attracting clients effortlessly and facilitating truly life-changing breakthroughs, but find yourself stuck in conversations that don't convert or go deep enough? Imagine a world where your initial conversations with prospects aren't pitches, but profound coaching experiences in themselves—where they have breakthroughs, and enthusiastically ask to work with you, no ...

Creating unique pieces of art comes easy to some people. Knowing the ins and outs of actually selling arts and crafts can sometimes be a little tricky. This book is designed to help those of you who want to sell your creations online or offline. It may be much more fun to create things than it is to do all of the research required to get you on the way to actually selling your arts and crafts.

Step into the world of P. T. Barnum, the master of showmanship and a pioneering entrepreneur, with his timeless classic The Art of Money Getting. This book is not just a guide; it's a treasure trove of wisdom and practical advice from a man who built an empire from scratch. Whether you're an aspiring entrepreneur, a seasoned business owner, or someone looking to improve your financial acumen, Barnum's insights will inspire and empower you to achieve your financial goals.

Ace your next Presentation Are you looking for a way to grab your audience’s attention and keep them engaged? If so, you’ll love this. Canva has a selection of Presentation templates, eBook cover templates, social media templates, marketing templates, Print On Demand business, and as well as personal branding graphics and templates. With Canva, you have the perfect way to deliver a sales pitch, showcase an assignment, or share your favorite holiday snaps. Simply pick a template, and customize it to suit your needs, and boom you are done! With this book, you get a step-by-step ...

Get the inside scoop on what it's like being a craft fair vendor. Every job has its advantages and disadvantages, but being a craft fair vendor is a little different. It is one job that you choose to start at a certain time in your life, and you control your work schedule. For many, this creative endeavor provides a supplemental income. Is being a vendor the right side hustle for you? This book may help you decide or may reinforce your decision and spark ideas if you are already selling your handicrafts. Like all entrepreneurs, you want to consistently improve your business. Craft Fair Life...

You didn’t leave your job to become your own worst boss. Most entrepreneurs start their business chasing freedom — only to find themselves drowning in client demands, late-night emails, last-minute requests, and non-stop availability that leaves them exhausted and resentful. The real secret to a profitable, sustainable, and joyful business isn’t working harder or saying yes to everything. It’s mastering gentle boundaries — clear, compassionate limits that protect your time, energy, and value without burning bridges or turning you into a robot. In The Art of Gentle Boundaries, real...

En El arte de la guerra, Sun Tzu hace análisis detallados y recomendaciones útiles sobre trece temas principales de la estrategia militar: la planeación, el reto, el ataque, el posicionamiento, la dirección, fuerzas y debilidades, las maniobras, la implementación de las tácticas, el avance, el terreno, las fases de una campaña, las armas y el uso de información.

In this book, Art Kleiner, a strategy expert; Jeffrey Schwartz, a research psychiatrist; and Josie Thomson, an executive coach, give a transformative explanation of how cutting-edge neuroscience can help business leaders set a course toward better management. Mapping the functions of a manager onto established patterns of mental activity, they identify crucial brain circuits and their parallels in organizational culture. Strategic leaders, they show, play the role of wise advocates: able to go beyond day-to-day transactional behavior to a longer-term, broader perspective....

Nationally recognized communication expert, keynote speaker and trainer and best-selling author Debra Fine reveals the techniques and strategies anyone can use to make small talk—in any situation. With practical advice and conversation cheat sheets, The Fine Art of Small Talk will help you learn to feel more comfortable in any type of social situation.

Algorithms. Artificial intelligence. Big data. No matter what your industry, you can't escape the influence of technology in every facet of your business. But in spite of their incredible potential, these and similar technologies are forcing us to face a vital question: are we in danger of gaining the world but losing our souls?

How to Persuade and Get Paid is a sales training program that combines information and entertainment to teach you exactly what it takes to create success in today’s challenging marketplace.

Si crees que las súper-luchas entre superhéroes no se pueden superar, es porque necesitas conocer la rivalidad entre las compañías que los crearon. Guerra de negocios: Marvel vs DC narra la batalla interminable entre las dos editoriales de comics más grandes del mundo por ganar el corazón, los sueños y los bolsillos de millones de personas.

The Art of Thinking Clearly by world-class thinker and entrepreneur Rolf Dobelli is an eye-opening look at human psychology and reasoning—essential listening for anyone who wants to avoid “cognitive errors” and make better choices in all aspects of their lives.