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Entrepreneurs and leaders face big questions every day: What’s the most important place to focus your effort, and how do you start? What will your idea look like in real life? How many meetings and discussions does it take before you can be sure you have the right solution? Now there’s a surefire way to answer these important questions: the Design Sprint, created at Google by Jake Knapp. This method is like fast-forwarding into the future, so you can see how customers react before you invest all the time and expense of creating your new product, service, or campaign.

Martha and Becky Blackwater are more than sisters - they're each other's lifelines. When Martha finds herself struggling to balance early motherhood and her growing business, Becky steps in to babysit her niece, Layla, without a second thought, bringing the two women closer than ever. But then the unthinkable happens, and Becky is charged with murder. Nine months later, Becky is on trial and maintains her innocence - and so does Martha. Martha sets out to uncover exactly what happened that night and how things could have gone so wrong.

Discover everything you need to know to generate the capital you need to take the real estate investing world by storm. Ninety percent of millionaires in the United States invest in real estate. Why? Because each and every one of them has done their homework, and they understand that investing in real estate is one of the best ways (if not the best way) to generate passive income in something that will only appreciate in value.

This book will help you flourish. With this unprecedented promise, internationally esteemed psychologist Martin Seligman begins Flourish, his first book in 10 years - and the first to present his dynamic new concept of what well-being really is. Traditionally, the goal of psychology has been to relieve human suffering, but the goal of the Positive Psychology movement, which Dr. Seligman has led for 15 years, is different - it’s about actually raising the bar for the human condition.

l have taken every single lesson, strategy, and tactic learned and distilled them into one 4-step blueprint. It's called the "Law Firm Growth Acceleration Model." And it's the key for exponential revenue growth without wasting your time, your money, or working 100+ hours in your practice. In this book, you'll discover:

You don't have to be a mechanical genius to be an inventor. Anyone can invent - a parent wrestling with a baby sling...a coach frustrated with slick-soled running shoes...an office worker determined to keep the computer cords untangled. Inventing is simply finding clever solutions to everyday challenges. Author and inventor Patricia Nolan-Brown has turned common annoyances into ingenious and money-making products.

Are you ready to turn your business idea into a thriving, profitable venture? Whether you're a first-time entrepreneur or a seasoned business owner looking to scale and dominate your market, this powerful 2-in-1 guide provides everything you need to succeed.

Keeping skin healthy is a booming industry, and yet it seems like almost no one agrees on what actually works. What one person says is vital another says is toxic. We have not cured acne or eczema, allergies keep getting worse, and autoimmune conditions are becoming increasingly common. In Clean, doctor and journalist James Hamblin explores how we got here, examining the science and culture of how we care for our skin today.

One Page Talent Management shows you how to quickly identify high-potential talent without complex assessments; increase the number of "ready now" successors for key roles; generate 360-degree feedback that accelerates change in the most critical behaviors; and significantly reduce the time required for managers to implement talent-building processes.

An internationally bestselling novelist, Matthew Dicks has also spent ten years consulting with individual clients and organizations ranging from startups to Fortune 500 companies. In Stories Sell, Dicks shows people in business how to get their message across without relying on cookie-cutter presentations or stodgy case studies

Of course worry can be an important asset when it forces our attention on problem solving. But anxious worrying can cause us to unnecessarily focus on threat, to retreat and avoid, and to seek reassurance and safety - which is no way to foster a life of growth and excitement. In his fifth published book, Dr. Reid Wilson proposes a groundbreaking, paradoxical approach to overcoming anxiety and worry by moving away from comfort, confidence, and security and willingly moving toward uncertainty, distress, and discomfort.

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.

From Thomas Edison to Steve Jobs, the "nail it then scale it" method is based on pattern recognition of the timeless principles and key practices used by successful entrepreneurs to repeatedly innovate. These processes and principles have now been distilled into a handbook to guide entrepreneurs and innovative product managers to victory. Stop following conventional wisdom, and join the few entrepreneurs that can consistently take their innovative idea all the way to a successful company launch.

Let these 15 leadership skills help you overcome the challenges of today so that you can lead for a better tomorrow. Stepping into the shoes of a leadership or managerial role is never easy. It’s a challenge that constantly puts you face to face with conflicts, disagreements, decisions, and people – all of which need to be brought together to work like a well-oiled machine. But the biggest challenge is the thoughts in your own mind that bring you down, especially those of the confidence-busting, imposter syndrome variety.

This is a book about common sense—what it is, how to make it, and how to put it into practice across all contexts of leadership and life. It's also a book of stories from my leadership journey across continents, cultures, and contexts (e.g., combat, business, and government). In this book, you’ll learn what I learned and what many other common-sense leaders across the ages have learned before us.

In this book, business coach Bill Bishop explains how to succeed as a financial advisor in the new economy. He explains how to create a business that will take full advantage of new technology and provide a new level of value to your clients; value they cannot get from a robo-advisor or a fin-tech company. If you want to succeed in the coming years of disruption, this book is a must read.

The old economy is shattered and gone forever. It’s never coming back as it was, and in its place a generally tougher, more demanding marketplace is emerging. However, when it comes to wealth, one instrumental reality is unchanged: No matter the economic conditions - booms or recessions, including the fast-emerging New Economy - there is wealth. And who better to show you how to lure, bait, attract, and become a magnet for it than “Millionaire Maker” Dan S. Kennedy?

The classic guide to business communications...updated for a new generation of media-savvy leaders.

Robert Prechter proposes a new science called socionomics. It's the study of how humans interact and how that interaction determines the course of the economy, culture, and history.

From a TechCrunch founder and award-winning strategist comes the most comprehensive guide to the newest fundraising options for today's entrepreneurs.