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I guess trying to catch the bus with your laces undone isn’t such a smart decision after all… One fatal collision later, and I’m facing my judgment. As it turns out, I’ve been a lazy sob, and my short, uneventful life of playing games and getting up late wasn’t worth much. And so I don’t qualify to move on to the afterlife. I try to argue to the goddess in front of me that I do have skills, that it was hard work playing those simulation and management games. But she will not concede. In the end, I manage to get the benefit of the doubt, and a wager is made.

The Quiet Legacy Series – Book Two What if your brand wasn’t just a marketing tool but a leadership act? Building Brands and Inspiring Futures is a bold, insightful guide for executives, entrepreneurs, and thought leaders who are ready to align their personal brand with their deeper purpose. In this second volume of the Quiet Legacy Series, Candace Sinclair helps you uncover the voice, values, and vision that shape how others experience your leadership and your legacy. Whether you’re launching a new initiative or repositioning your message, you’ll find frameworks, real-world case ...

How can we practice being fair, optimistic, and tolerant? How can we show respect and empathy and help resolve conflict? These are just a few ways to build good character. These inspiring and engaging titles cultivate a growth mindset and reinforce social and emotional learning in young listeners. They will learn positive character traits and how to implement them in their daily lives. This volume includes Resisting Bullying, Resolving Conflict, Showing Generosity, Showing Kindness, Showing Perseverance, and Showing Respect.

Employees that don't take ownership of their work. Friction between departments. Inconsistent results. These are the top challenges that face most businesses today. These common issues create high turnover and force managers into crisis mode where they're consumed putting out daily fires. Over time, the very nature of the business changes and a new culture emerges; one shaped by the lowest level of acceptable behavior.

Building Wealth for Building the Kingdom is a simple, practical guide to help LDS families organize their personal financial plans to meet their unique goals. The book provides simple answers to questions like: How much should I be saving each month for my son's mission? How much should I be saving each month for my children's college education? How can I save enough to be able to retire while I'm healthy enough to serve a mission? Avoiding tips on pinching pennies, the book focuses on opportunities to save thousands or tens of thousands of dollars by making smart moves with big decisions, ...

With a nation seemingly more divided than ever, many worry that Americans risk losing ground on solving the complex, interrelated problems the country faces - including rising inequality, the specter of climate change, astronomical health care costs, and economic stagnation. The renowned economist Jeffrey D. Sachs offers a practical approach to move America toward a new consensus: sustainable development.

Sharing personal stories of his journey to build multiple brokerages, Sean Moudry will walk you through each step that you must take to build a profitable and rewarding real estate brokerage. It’s a challenging business and much different than a typical service or retail business. Learn how to prepare for and navigate difficult choices like business models, company branding, necessary staffing, software, and budgeting. This book was a collaboration with the real estate media company The Close. The Close is providing the supplemental charts, downloads, and many other resources to ensure ...

In Building Relationships That Last a Lifetime, Ron Rice reveals the secrets he has learned in his fascinating, entrepreneurial journey to success. He examines the key strategies he used to identify, develop, and maintain both professional and personal relationships over the course of his career. Beginning as a traveling salesman, Rice navigated up through business opportunities and relationships to obtain the American dream for himself and his family.

The best way for people of color to reach the pinnacles we strive for is through financial literacy. It's the best way to create generational wealth and pass on a legacy of knowledge and financial freedom to choose our own path and foster a NEW wave of financial confidence and influence. Every chapter of this book dissects how money passes through our community, the concepts and principles of wealth building, and most importantly, how to build wealth at every stage in your life. If you're ready to take action, plan your future and generate wealth for your family and community, pick up The ...

In Empires of Trust, Professor Thomas F. Madden explores surprising parallels between the Roman and American republics. By making friends of enemies and demonstrating a commitment to fairness, the two republics - both "reluctant" yet unquestioned super-powers - built empires based on trust. Madden also includes vital lessons from the Roman Republic's 100-year struggle with "terrorism."

Where power is measured in cards, Arthur stands among the elite as a Legendary card wielder now forever linked to a frighteningly powerful dragon. Or Brixaby will be once he grows from the size of a parrot. Before that can happen, a chance encounter whisks Arthur and Brixaby away to a place they never thought possible: A new dragon hive outside the kingdom. This Free Hive doesn't suffer from the scourge that's infected the rest of the planet. It's a place where crafting using card powers is king.

Written by award-winning science writer John Emsley, this informative and highly enjoyable book explains the what, the why and the wherefore of the elements. Arranged alphabetically, from Actinium to Zirconium, it is a complete guide to all the elements that are currently known, with more extensive coverage of those we encounter in our everyday life. The entry on each element reveals where it came from, what role it may have in the human body, the foods that contain it, how it was discovered, its role in human health, the uses and misuses to which it is put, and its environmental role.

Building Bounce with Kids is designed to resource families and communities who want to build resilient kids. Life is filled with adversity. Emotional capacity is the key to navigating adversity well. The good news is that no matter how old we are, we can learn to be more resilient. The more resilient our families and communities become, the more resilient our children will be. Written simply and easy to understand, you will finish this book with a robust understanding of how to build strong, healthy attachments with children and walk with them through difficult emotions.

Have you ever been interested in finding the best and simplest way to get started on a path to building more muscle, with an efficient training guide, that is easy to follow and guarantees results? Maybe you have previously considered joining a gym and trying to build muscle before, but have put off the idea, and you are keen to get started on your very own fitness journey.

Acting as a critical pillar for those seeking to build a rock-solid financial foundation, Financial Literacy for All is a must-have book for working professionals, blue-collar workers, members of young families, and established businesspeople looking for a better, more secure future for themselves and the ones they care about.

Building Distinctive Brand Assets is for anyone with a brand logo, font, or color scheme, and is essential listening for those who have wondered if (or have been told) it's time for a change. Listeners will learn how to set up a long-term strategy to build a strong brand identity, and how to make use of knowledge, metrics, and management systems in order to build and protect a brand's Distinctive Assets. Building Distinctive Brand Assets is divided into three sections that capture the processes involved in brand asset creation, implementation, and ongoing management.

When it comes to learning a new language, studies have actually found that memorizing words doesn't work in the long term. But then, why does the traditional education system still follow this gut-wrenching pattern of memorizing words when it only sets students up for failure? As we keep looking for an answer to that question, it’s time for you to try a new approach - one that will finally stick...

In the magic lands of the Fae Wild, the Goblin King's virility is the lifeblood of the realm. But an insidious curse has put the kingdom on the precipice of a population panic. Enter Thomas Stone: architect, engineer, and unknowing half-blood heir to the goblin throne. Whisked away to a world where baby-making makes the world go round, Thomas finds himself in a pickle thicker than goblin stew. Birth rates are dropping faster than a fairy on a bad flight path, and it’s up to Thomas to save the fae from themselves.

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. ...

Thealos Quickfellow, a Shae from the kingdom of Avisahn, has left his homeland to learn first hand of the threat of the Bandit Rebellion. His life is forever changed when he meets the mysterious Sleepwalker known as Jaerod. For Thealos himself is one of the keys that can open a door to a Silvan artifact which can tame the forbidden side of the Everoot.