Career Family

Throw on a pair of running shoes and join Dave, Jim, Winville, Alan, and Julie on their midday run as they converse about life and the complex world of family-owned businesses. Running, planning, and transitioning the ownership of a business is hard, particularly when it requires the maintenance of family relationships as well. Negotiate the pavements and streets with them, and learn from real-life experiences as they unpack a toolbox of useful strategies that can be utilized everywhere from the boardroom table to the dining table.

Max Harrison begins his journey as an eager intern at WLGF, a small-town radio station in Greenfield, where he quickly becomes captivated by the energy of live broadcasting—and by Evelyn Porter, the station’s warm and confident receptionist. Their connection grows from late-night chats in the studio to genuine friendship, and soon, love. Together, they navigate the excitement of building careers at WLGF and the challenges of starting a family, finding comfort in small moments like dancing to vinyl records at home and sharing quiet confessions under the stars. Over the years, Max’s ...

With an enlightening combination of real-world advice and relatable examples, this guide introduces communication skills that can facilitate the development of long-lasting business relationships and, in turn, increase sales results exponentially. Following an examination of the three critical elements of the entrepreneurial conversation, the narrative details how to think, speak, and listen like a successful entrepreneur.

Lesson I, The Master Mind: You Can Do It if You Believe You Can!, is a course on the fundamentals of success. Success is very largely a matter of adjusting one's self to the ever-varying and -changing environments of life, in a spirit of harmony and poise.

We humans are a stubborn lot. We don't like anyone telling us what to do, so we resist outside advice. There is only one person we respect enough to actually take counsel from, and that is our self. No wonder, as we are the only one holding our own personal priorities, formed of the unique set of data we alone have accumulated. In Paul Kasch's latest work, the reader will be shown how to get in touch with their future self for help with life's most important matters today. The advice you solicit from yourself will take place at the point where you have finally set your clearest priorities ...

Growing up in a single parent home with a father that inspired perseverance and fairness, Marques Ogden learned how to define his values and set goals. Ogden attended Howard University from 1998-2002, where he played Division I football. He followed his dream and his brother Jonathan's footsteps, eventually getting drafted into the NFL in 2003. Overall, he played for five years as an offensive lineman with the Titans, Bills, Ravens and Jaguars. Even during the off season, Ogden helped train football players in Europe, both physically and mentally. At the age of 27, he founded a construction company called Kayden Premier Enterprises, a business that grew rapidly in its first few years, but Ogden and the business eventually went bankrupt, after Ogden loss almost two million dollars on one project in a time period just under 90 days. At his darkest point, the NFL came in and helped Ogden restructure his life. With hard work and determination, he became a motivational speaker and marketing leader, helping to build others up to succeed. Through it all, Ogden dealt with his own personal demons of drinking and gambling to make it regardless of obstacles that were in his path!

When Dolly had her children, the idea of returning to work felt daunting. The thought of having to combine the challenges of career and family was unfamiliar yet, despite it being the experience of so many millions of women, she struggled to find material to help galvanise and reassure her; and to make her feel that anything was possible. In this book, Dolly aims to change all of that and provide women with practical advice, as well interweaving her own personal experiences.

Currently, in the United States alone, nearly 250,000 women under age 40 are living with breast cancer. This year, approximately 11,000 women under age 40 will be diagnosed with breast cancer, and close to 1,300 will die. For women in their twenties and thirties, being diagnosed with breast cancer is a vastly different experience than for their older counterparts. I'm Too Young considers how breast cancer affects young women's lives: their career goals, health insurance coverage, career changes, education, and shifting work/life priorities.

In his search to understand Man, Ron discovered that there is a single common denominator to existence: Survive! No matter the varied experiences or activities of individuals, everyone is seeking to survive and that is the only common denominator to all life. Then, examining life still more closely, he further discovered that survival subdivided into eight separate urges or drives, known as the Eight Dynamics.

There was a time, in the not-so-distant past, when families were expected to give up everything in order to achieve the financial security they craved. In the intervening years, the divorce rate climbed, fathers lost touch with their families and died of heart attacks and strokes at an alarming rate. When these men retired, they felt useless and unproductive. Then women entered the workforce in earnest and joined the rat race.

Communication is the exchange of information between two or more people. This can be verbal, for example when two people converse, or it can be non-verbal, like the information we perceive through facial expressions or gestures that us know if a person is angry or cheerful. Within non-verbal communication, physical communication is of great importance: A kiss, a handshake, or a hug transfers a lot of information. Communication can be positive, negative, effective or ineffective.

In Mission Entrepreneur Jen Griswold, veteran, CEO, and mentor, shares the journey that led her from 20 years in the military to over $20 million in annual sales. As a wife and mother with a full-time career, Jen watched her peers as they experienced the struggles of keeping their careers afloat while managing family, relocations, and the demands of a busy life. The lessons she learned from her time in the military can be applied to start-ups, to help you launch your business, build wealth, and find happiness.

Why life is harder on American families than it's been in decades? This book takes the blame away from moms and puts it where it really belongs. Pressed for time and money, unable to find decent affordable daycare, wracked with guilt at falling short of the mythic supermom ideal-working and non-working American mothers alike have it harder today than they have in decades, and they are worse off than many of their peers around the world. Why? Because they're raising their kids in a family-unfriendly nation.

Ignite will help you in any small group setting you are in, whether it be a Bible study, church, or just hanging out with friends. Each time you meet, use the check-ins to help you assess eight areas of your life, set action steps, and share it with others for accountability. This is a life-changing tool that will help you become aware and recognize areas in your life that may be weak, then asking God to help you change them to glorify Him. You will begin to change as you set your action steps and follow through.

In her book Put Comfortable Shoes in My Coffin, Jennifer McCloskey and her mother and writing partner Mary Rey Girardi share a treasure trove of small stories with huge heart. Jen has been a motivational speaker and trainer across the country since 1986, and she created this book as a reminder of the numerous heroes surrounding us.

Angie Elliot loves her home on an outback station, and intends to stay and marry Rick, the manager. But her widowed mother has definite plans for her youngest daughter, and they don't include letting her marry a local stockman. Angie is persuaded to leave all she loves. Estranged from her family, she learns the power of friendship. She discovers her own interests, and, growing in self-confidence, defies her mother. When she returns home, her hopes and plans fail. She must choose a different future. Persuading Outback Angie is a title within the Series Jane Austen in Contemporary Australia

This fresh, empowering, and fully comprehensive guide is the must-have handbook for every working mom! Caitlin Friedman and Kimberly Yorio have helped readers find their dream jobs, be a boss without being bitchy, and even start companies of their own. But what happens when a career girl becomes a mom and her world turns upside down? Can you maintain your ambition and momentum at work while still being the kind of parent you want to be? Of course you can!

This audiobook will walk you through the necessary steps to setting up as a freelance mum, from deciding on your freelance career path to launching a website, social media, getting your name out there and perfecting your brand. There is a comprehensive guide to the childcare options available to freelance mums, daily routines for optimum productivity, and tips on establishing and maintaining healthy work-life boundaries.

Roman Gaida – Vater von vierjährigen Zwillingen und Topmanager – zeigt, wie man Karriere und Familie verbinden kann, ohne sich selbst, die Partnerin, die Kids oder den Job gänzlich zu vernachlässigen. Die Kunst dabei ist, die eigene Einstellung und individuelle Situation richtig zu durchdenken: Was sind jetzt die richtigen Karriereschritte? Was bedeutet Erfolg für mich? Was ist wichtig, was nice-to-have und wie finde ich den richtigen Arbeitgeber?

Balanced living in God’s eyes isn’t the same as what the world considers it to be. It is more important to surrender every area of our lives to God rather than trying to keep it balanced on our own. This book will help you look at each area of your life to set goals based on what God wants for you.