Business Genius

When we're kids, our parents tell us that being creative is fun, fun, fun. But when you decide to turn art into your career, whether that's painting, writing, drawing, or sculpting Edgar Allan Poe out of earthworms, that's when things get tough. In this insightful and heartfelt guide, artist and speaker Phil Hansen shares his hard-won wisdom from the front lines of life as a professional creative. Hansen provides advice for the difficult moments - the slumps, the creative blocks, the times when something you love doesn't resonate with the world - and gives you the pep talk you need....

Although each instance of creativity is singular and specific, Kyna Leski tells us, the creative process is universal. Artists, architects, poets, inventors, scientists, and others all navigate the same stages of the process in order to discover something that does not yet exist. All of us must work our way through the empty page, the blank screen, writer's block, confusion, chaos, and doubt.

You are guaranteed continued vision and cycles of success from the principles in this book. Productivity is yours if you do what you learn in this book. It is great to be successful in your life or profession … but what about continuous cycles of success? And … what about fresh revelation and organic vision to dumbfound your enemies and bless those around you, including those in need. I’m talking about creativity that wakes you up at night. You not only need to—but you will want to—color outside the lines. Do what this book teaches you and you will find yourself continuously "...

When you’re building something that’s never been done before, there’s no roadmap. You’re responsible for meeting the needs of your team, clients, and partners…and of course, your investors and board members. You’re juggling growth targets, internal misalignment, and raising capital—often all at once. And the whole time, you’re deeply aware of the pressure from all sides. Your drive to push forward—to build, solve, and create—is unstoppable, but it can often feel like everything is on your shoulders, and you’re hiking up a steep mountain buried in a fog.

Each of us is born brilliant. Then we spend the rest of our lives having our brilliance buried by people, circumstances, and experiences. Eventually, we forget that we ever had genius and special talents, and our brilliance is locked away in a vault deep within. So we settle for who we are, instead of striving for who we were meant to be. Release Your Brilliance provides the combination to the vault where your brilliance is kept.

You deserve getting what you want only if you know how to ask for it rightly. Master the art of dealing with people effectively, learn how to get what you want every time without giving in, and create a life of abundance and joy. Negotiation is not something that is only for selected few or endowed on some gifted people. Anyone can learn and master this crucial skill to get what they want in life personally or professionally. The Art of Negotiation is written to help listeners understand and master the most common strategies used by successful negotiators.

Chocolate Covered Money is for anyone who eats chocolate, has shopped for chocolate as a gift, or has wondered what really goes on at the chocolate store "in a mall near you." Chocolate is a big business, and makes a lot of money. This book "pulls the curtain back" for a behind-the-scenes look at the people who own chocolate companies, how they make chocolate, and their celebrity friends.

There is untapped brilliance in you. Genius, in fact. It’s tangible, available talent and skill that lies dormant for most people. What about you? The world needs more of your genius, now. Not a genius defined by IQ, but that brilliance you know you haven’t fully accessed; the very best of you you’ve been longing to express. Having guided thousands to achieve breakthrough successes, David Martin is deeply schooled in people and their potential. Let him show you how the very best “free their genius” so you can, too.

Knowing how to negotiate and persuade your client or boss to say yes to what you want is no longer difficult, if you follow the step-by-step strategy in this guide to position yourself in a win-win situation. Unlike other guides, this one will provide key negotiation and persuasion techniques to start right away to strengthen your ability to influence people to achieve your desired outcome with greater success.

The book covers numerous tech entrepreneurial founders and software developers, and the exciting brands or products that they created. It goes deep on a handful of them, narrowly divulging exactly how a few software developers and startup founders created breakthrough tech products like Gmail, Dropbox, Ring, Snapchat, Bitcoin, Groupon, and more. It highlights and unpacks the general hero-worship that the media and our own minds practice about tech founders and tech entrepreneurs.

When it was founded in 1993, Long-Term was hailed as the most impressive hedge fund in history. But after four years in which the firm dazzled Wall Street as a $100 billion moneymaking juggernaut, it suddenly suffered catastrophic losses that jeopardized not only the biggest banks on Wall Street but the stability of the financial system itself. The dramatic story of Long-Term's fall is now a chilling harbinger of the crisis that would strike all of Wall Street, from Lehman Brothers to AIG, a decade later.

Much work-based training is a waste of time and money because the majority of people are neither emotionally ready nor practically inclined to apply their learning to the way they behave. Power Up Your Mind offers a new model of learning which will revolutionise the way you learn and perform.

Para mí, enseñar es una vocación, y eso está lejos de ser un cliché. ¡Los educadores desarrollan la capacidad humana de hacer lo inimaginable! Lo que activa el aprendizaje no es ni la ubicación geográfica de la escuela, ni el currículo, ni una app genial ni el sistema de calificaciones. Lo que permite que los estudiantes encuentren la motivación para aprender durante toda la vida es comprender y usar un proceso de aprendizaje efectivo. Así es como los educadores comprometidos pueden impactar las vidas de sus estudiantes y contribuir para crear un mundo mejor.

We are about to enter a new age of creativity that will require a new set of superheroes to help the world thrive. This audiobook will make you one of those creative superheroes by unleashing new creative superpowers to help you solve your biggest business problems. This is the modern skillset for creative problem solving.

What propels some individuals to reach extraordinary creative heights in the earliest years of life while others discover their passions decades later? Are prodigies imbued with innate talent? Do late bloomers reveal their talents because their skills require life experience and contemplation? Through engaging storytelling and intriguing historical and cutting-edge scientific research, best-selling author and acclaimed journalist Claudia Kalb explores these questions to uncover what makes a prodigy and what drives a late bloomer.

High-achieving introverts feel the intense tug between the drive to achieve more and the need for solitude, between going out to conquer the world fighting with the desire to simply be alone. And there is an Achilles heel that every high-achieving introvert has: a keen sensitivity to inner critics, those voices telling us we aren’t enough of something - not good enough, qualified enough, attractive enough, smart enough.

Thompson and Ware, nationally known consultants in the fields of management and leadership, offer a practical guide that focuses on the skills G.W. Bush has used throughout his career and in the White House. Each useful chapter highlights one of his leadership lessons. From identifying core values to getting results, this clearly written guide is filled with timeless and time-tested advice.

Estás a cinco sencillos pasos de experimentar y vivir el genio de la productividad. En esta guía te comparto herramientas que podrás implementar a partir del día de hoy, sin excusas. Este audiolibro está dirigido a hombres y mujeres que sienten que no están avanzando o progresando; desean desarrollar una mayor productividad a fin de avanzar a voluntad, hacia sus mayores sueños y objetivos; están dispuestos a derrotar el hábito destructivo de postergar; y desean conocer un método sencillo y práctico que podrán implementar de inmediato.

Whether this approach to work is due to feeling unrecognized for your work, being a cog in a corporate machine, or the influence of apathetic coworkers, there is something you likely forgot along the way—you are the one in the driver’s seat of your career. Making the switch from a passive observer to being the driver isn’t easy and there are no one-size-fits all means of achieving this. Your Career On Purpose offers various groundbreaking strategies to get more out of your work—including viewing yourself as a business owner and your place of work as the client.

Just Get Up teaches you how to capture your own life's dreams by exposing your inner genius. This guided tour of self-development will teach you how to unlock your life's true treasures. It will appeal to all people seeking a real-life inspirational story of overcoming adversities. Along your journey you will find the limelight spot effect, the 27-month plan, and the octagon way as you build your own success through his "Just Get Up" program.