Building Buildings

As a building and property development consultant, coach, mentor and trainer, Steve Chandler has much to offer in this book written to assist people to consider, plan and execute their building projects. Utilising his thirty years' experience in the building and property development industry, Steve provides an in-depth guide through the development process from your first thoughts about your project to concept design, cost management, risk management, project management, authority approvals, design management, tendering, superintendence and the defect rectification process. This book is ...

The incredible story of how a schoolteacher built a million-dollar portfolio, and how you can too.

Harness the power of mental toughness with these 7 easy steps... and turn your life into something you're proud and comfortable with! Everyone should embrace mental toughness, not just for athletes. Being mentally tough is a hat that looks good on everyone. Anyone can be mentally tough; its all about your dedication to self-improvement.

Ever since he got married, author and pastor Scott LaPierre has supported his family on a single salary while remaining debt-free. He’s witnessed the stress that accompanies financial insecurity, yet he’s learned firsthand that even those with a limited income can eliminate monetary worries when they abide by biblical principles.

Building Brands: What Really Matters demystifies the concept of branding, making the complex concepts within the marketing discipline simple to understand. The book covers branding in a way business people can easily relate to. Ed Burghard offers real-life examples of how he has successfully applied branding concepts to his work at Procter & Gamble over his three decade marketing career. The templates for developing a brand strategy are easy to understand and implement. While some branding experts seem to want to create a mystique around the branding of products and organizations, this book...

Simplify Your Life: $3 Solutions to Big Problems - Building Self-Confidence Edition Discover the secrets to unlocking your inner strength and building unshakable self-confidence with this practical and affordable guide. This $3 eBook provides actionable strategies and proven techniques to help you reframe negative thoughts, set achievable goals, and step outside your comfort zone to achieve personal growth. Inside, you’ll learn how to: Start small and celebrate your wins to build momentum. Reframe self-defeating thoughts into empowering beliefs. Surround yourself with positive influences ...

Presenting historical and cultural examples of ancestral veneration from around the world, Ben Stimpson shows you how to build a strong, healthy relationship with your ancestors. He teaches the concepts and considerations of this important practice, walks you through the ins and outs of ritual, and shares profound insight on building community. Ancestral Whispers provides exercises and journal prompts specially designed to help you develop an authentic living practice.

Discover the secret sauce to online stardom with "Building an Audience: Mastering the New Paradigm of Audience Engagement." This game-changing guide unveils the cutting-edge strategies that will skyrocket your digital presence and turn casual followers into die-hard fans. Dive into a world where AI meets authenticity, where micro-communities reign supreme, and where your next viral hit is just waiting to be created. From the Remora Strategy that lets you ride the waves of influencer success to the MrBeast Playbook that keeps your audience on the edge of their seats, this book is your ...

This story shows how prosthetics have changed over time in the way they have been created and allowed mobility. You will also learn how technology has allowed prosthetics to help even more people in ways than they ever have before. Prosthetics help people to walk and run, hear, eat, and to even help them stay alive!

You don't have to starve to be an artist. Build a career doing what you love. In this practical guide, professional artist Lisa Congdon reveals the many ways you can earn a living by making art - through illustration, licensing, fine art sales, print sales, teaching, and beyond. Including industry advice from such successful art-world pros as Nikki McClure, Mark Hearld, Paula Scher, and more, Art, Inc. will equip you with the tools - and the confidence - to turn your passion into a profitable business.

Dave Ramsey shares Biblical wisdom on the legacy we build with our wealth. What does the Bible really say about money? About wealth? How much does God expect you to give to others? How does wealth affect your friendships, marriage, and children? How much is "enough"? There’s a lot of bad information in our culture today about wealth - and the wealthy. Worse, there’s a growing backlash in America against our most successful neighbors, but why?

Muscle Building Foods - Secrets to Getting Lean Muscles Through a Natural Diet Plan Yep. You’re sick and tired of carrying around those itsy-bitsy, teeny weeny, terribly excuses for muscles, aren’t you? Not anymore, though. Why? Because you’ve been sucking down those muscle-building powders and pathetically lifting weights in your basement for months with no real results. Sure, your muscles might be tight but why are they so puny? So, have you decided you want a leaner and more muscular body but don't know the top natural foods to eat? This is where foods that build muscle comes in. ...

Are you a vegan/vegetarian that wants to build your muscles? Do you want faster results from your workouts while on a plant-based diet? Do you want to know the truth about most misconceptions about your diet?Nowadays many people choose plant-based diets. Some people make the choice based on environmental concerns, compassion towards animals or just as importantly, for the health benefits that the diet can offer. Unfortunately, there are still many misconceptions about the plant-based diets. One of the most common myths is that you cannot build muscle without animal protein. This is patently...

Niccolò Machiavelli famously wrote, "There is nothing more difficult to take in hand, more perilous to conduct, or more uncertain in its success than to take the lead in the introduction of a new order of things." That's what this book is about - innovation far more audacious than a new way to find a restaurant or a smart phone you can wear on your wrist. Harvard professor Amy Edmondson and journalist Susan Salter Reynolds explore how to bring into being systems that transform human experience and make the world more livable and sustainable.

“I love this book. Your story is fascinating.” —Jack Canfield, NY Times Bestselling Author From Play Golf Better Faster is a practical, inspiring, simplified guide to dramatically improving your golf game whether you are a relatively new player, have been playing for years or even aspire to go pro. In its pages Kalliope Barlis shares all the secrets she used to go from golf novice to pro golfer in just two years as well as the insights she developed during her twenty-year career teaching golf to her students. "This book is for anybody that wants to play the game easier and with more ...

Do you need a board of directors for your small business? What can a board add to grow and protect your business? How do you pay a board? What are the risks? What advice should I give my board? This is one of a series of eight short, easy to read books from the Small Business Success Collection, containing actionable insights from Dave Berkus, nationally recognized successful entrepreneur, angel investor and board member, serving over forty companies. Dave tells stories of successes and failures - of strategies that worked, and those that didn’t. He offers his insights for your business ...

Across American history, the question of whose lives are long and healthy and whose lives are short and sick has always been shaped by the social and economic order. From the dispossession of Indigenous people and the horrors of slavery to infectious diseases spreading in overcrowded tenements and the vast environmental contamination caused by industrialization, and through climate change and pandemics in the twenty-first century, those in power have left others behind.

These days, many of us find it easier to avoid face-to-face contact in favor of technological shortcuts. Why take the trouble to meet someone in person when we can simply send an email or a text? But as Michael Gelb argues in this compelling book, the meaningful relationships that come from real interaction are the basis of success. In The Art of Connection, Gelb offers listeners seven methods of developing better rapport in their professional and personal lives.

Step into the revolutionary sphere of tomorrow's architecture with "Building Tomorrow"—a visionary exploration that beckons the curious and the bold to discover the synergies between cutting-edge technologies and sustainable building practices. This digitally guided odyssey brings readers face-to-face with the most transformative advancements reshaping the foundation of architectural design, forever. "Building Tomorrow" delves deep into the responsive architecture that breathes with life—dynamic structures that shift and adapt, beckoning an age where buildings are not merely passive ...

Tech pioneer Chris Dixon has long advocated for a technology that can revive the dream of an open, entrepreneurial internet: blockchain networks. Often dismissed, sometimes vilified, these networks have until recently been dominated by amoral speculators and get-rich-quick schemes. But, more quietly, a group of visionaries have been using them to build the future. In Read Write Own, Dixon draws on 25 years at the vanguard of tech innovation to explore how blockchains will change the internet.