Career Motivation

Peaks and Valleys is a story of a young man who lives unhappily in a valley until he meets an old man who lives on a peak, and it changes his work and life forever. Eventually, he comes to understand how he can use the old man's remarkable principles and practical tools in good and bad times and becomes more calm and successful himself.

In Chingona, Mexican American activist, scholar, and podcast host Alma Zaragoza-Petty helps us claim our inner chingona, a Spanish term for "badass woman." Working for change while preserving her spirit, a chingona repurposes her pain for the good of the world. She may even learn that she belongs to a long line of chingonas who came before her—unruly women who used their persevering energy to survive and thrive.

The problem with best-selling leadership, innovation, and business books on the market is that they are geared toward executive leadership. Rebel at Work is for the employee who does the actual work. Change only happens from the inside out. It happens when valuable employees get fed up with leadership's vague direction and conflicting priorities. Rebel at Work will allow you to finally take matters into your own hands.

The Best Life Stories by Reader's Digest are 150 of the best hand-picked real-life tales of resilience, joy, and hope - all in 150 words or less! My blond ponytail swings, and my rescued Great Dane waits by my side as I load my rifle and shotgun into my truck.

In Think Big, Brian Tracy will explain a series of simple, practical, proven methods, techniques, and strategies used by all high-achieving men and women in every field to accomplish far more than they or the people around them have ever dreamed possible. It’s time to break the bonds of limited conventional thinking and expand your mind and your ambitions to the point where you can greatly exceed any goal that you’ve ever set for yourself.

The ultimate guide to pivot with purpose, reinvent your career, and produce your best life. The career that once inspired you no longer fits your life, and a nagging voice inside tells you there’s something more. When your mind, heart, and dreams no longer align with your current path, it’s time to start your second act. Shannon Russell, a former TV producer turned entrepreneur and career/business coach, understands the fears of disrupting your carefully planned career and taking the leap into something more.

This audiobook is your own personal life coach! Let Marcia show you how to find "The Secret Inside You", "How to Tap into Your Inner Wisdom", "The "Seven Simple Steps to Success", "The Dream Formula", "How to Build Your Dream Circle", and much, much more.

Our Iceberg Is Melting is a simple fable about doing well in an ever-changing world. Based on the award-winning work of Harvard's John Kotter, it is a story that has been used to help thousands of people and organizations. The fable is about a penguin colony in Antarctica. A group of beautiful emperor penguins live as they have for many years. Then one curious bird discovers a potentially devastating problem threatening their home - and pretty much no one listens to him.

Amazon best-selling author Thibaut Meurisse wants you to develop rock-solid confidence so you can finally go after the things you really want. His latest book, Master Your Beliefs offers a clear and concise walkthrough that demonstrates how you can use belief to transform your life. Using these straightforward instructions, you’ll learn how to use the power of belief to turn your thoughts into reality and achieve more than you ever thought possible.

Simpleology is the cutting-edge speed-learning psychology that governs success or failure in every endeavor. It provides the explanation for those who succeed in life - because, consciously or unconsciously, they have been following the five laws explained here. Those who fail have been breaking at least one of these laws on a regular basis.

Unexpected income, unexpected business, and unexpected solutions to your most pressing problems - in just two weeks or less? This is the author’s promise and it is not a promise made lightly. Thousands have applied her simple but powerful teachings, based on mental and spiritual laws, to manifest such striking results. Now she’ll teach you how to “put the Universe on speed dial”. Marilyn Jenett’s Feel Free to Prosper, destined to become a classic, is a simple, fast, and practical approach to prosperity.

Steve White's path from the housing projects to president of Comcast West was punctuated by defining - and often heart-wrenching - moments. Moments that helped him identify what matters most and how he positively made a difference in his life and in those around him.

The true story of a man, who at age 10, ran away from home and for five years, he survived on the streets of Kampala, Uganda, a city of 1.5 million. One man saw potential in him, supported Peter through school, and forever altered Peter's outlook in every possible way. Since then, Peter's turn-around story only becomes more remarkable. In Now I Am Known, Peter reveals the transformational power of taking risks, learning to forgive, overcoming self-doubt, and believing in a better future marked by optimism and purpose.

The Wall Street powerhouse and author of Expect to Win offers a new way to conceptualize career strategies and gives us proven tools for successful change. Whether we're starting out, striving toward a promotion, or looking for a new opportunity, the working world isn’t what it used to be. Wall Street veteran Carla Harris knows this, and in Strategize to Win she gives listeners the tools they need to get started.

So many of us feel lonely, unfulfilled, or trapped—in our roles and relationships, in cycles of self-sabotage and bad decisions, by our patterns and misguided attempts to feel happy or to feel something. According to existential psychotherapist Sara Kuburic, it doesn’t have to be so difficult. Really. The answer is found in facing ourselves—whatever version that might be, regardless of whether we like the person we see reflected back to us. It’s about accepting full responsibility for the choices and actions that create our reality.

Dr. Joseph Murphy was an Irish born, naturalized American author and New Thought minister, ordained in Divine Science and Religious Science. In this audiobook, Nuclear Religion, he states that your mindset allows you to be rich or be poor. You think positive thoughts if you are a person with a lot of money or you come up with a lot of sorry excuses for not having as much as you desire. It is all in the mind. You can be a person who lives in a ditch or one who lives in a penthouse, it is all up to you.

God's word is life and healing to you. The Bible promises God's children perfect health, so you don't have to be sick another day of your life. As a Christian, you have all of God's authority to change your world with your words. And when you speak the word of God, it is just as if God is speaking. God's Creative Power of Healing by Charles Capps is the perfect resource to equip you with teaching and healing scriptures in order to receive your promised healing.

Cal Newport's clearly written manifesto flies in the face of conventional wisdom by suggesting that it should be a person's talent and skill - and not necessarily their passion - that determines their career path. Newport, who graduated from Dartmouth College (Phi Beta Kappa) and earned a PhD from MIT, contends that trying to find what drives us, instead of focusing on areas in which we naturally excel, is ultimately harmful and frustrating to job seekers.

We've combed through the ideas, insights, and best practices from the past year of Harvard Business Review to help you get up to speed fast on the relevant concepts driving business today. Discover new ideas and sample the latest thinking of our vast array of management experts. Revisit these topics now to make sure your organization is incorporating the best, most up-to-date practices, or keep this book as a reference so you can turn to these memorable pieces when you need them the most.

If you've ever felt stuck trying to find that sweet spot between a hustler's work ethic and a seeker's focus on self-care and fulfillment - you're not alone. If you're hustling, you're not seeking, and if you're seeking, you're not hustling. We're told it isn't possible to chase our dreams while achieving the peace we crave. But that's a lie. Discover the life-changing truth in this dynamic guide from Tommy Baker designed to help you: merge "doing" and "being" in life and business; know exactly when to step on the gas or let go; and be grateful for what you have while wanting more.