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The Researcher's Bible provides a short introduction to the major concepts and approaches used in the social sciences, especially in sociology, anthropology, leisure, recreation, and tourism. It is an ideal supplement to a more detailed text on research methods and a guide to choose which research methods to use in a study. It also provides an explanation of different options for company owners and managers of organizations, who might want to do research or hire a research company to conduct a study for them.

Over 100 Ways to Understand and Deal with Your Fear and Anxiety features quotes showing the many ways you can confront and overcome your fear and anxiety.

The Survive and Thrive Guide features commentary, quotes, and techniques on how to successfully overcome any type of challenges you face. It is based on dealing with the emotional reactions that occur, which can be organized into five stages of response. They include: dealing with your feelings of anger, dealing with your fear and anxiety, tapping into your courage, finding forgiveness for others and yourself, and feeling gratitude.

Techniques to have more fun in the workplace for workers everywhere.

Feelings of anger are pervasive, since it is often comes from fear or confronting an obstacle to a goal. While it often has negative consequences, such as problems in a relationship or at work and escalating conflicts, at other times, it can fuel creative and positive change in oneself, in one's relationship, and in society as a whole. So a good strategy is to control and manage that anger by acting from choice and wisdom. For anger can contribute to one's survival and success when used effectively.

How to Write, Publish, and Promote Your Website, Blogs, and Books introduces a company that can help you with all types of writing and publishing - from books and scripts to blogs and website copy.

10 Legal Basics for Producing a Feature Film or Documentary describes the major legal documentaries you need to produce a feature-length film or documentary. It covers the basics of getting a fictitious name, filing for a copyright, obtaining E&O and other types of insurance, creating release forms for actors, interviewees, crew members, and other film participants, and much more.

The following three tales are adapted from stories told by the American Indians. These are three of my favorite coyote stories. They are: "The Story of Coyote, Buffalo, and the Rock", told by the Sioux, a tribe from the Northwest, where they once formed the Great Sioux Nation, in the area that later became the states of North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Minnesota, Montana, and Wyoming.

Tips and techniques for the unemployed, underemployed, or entrepreneurs on how survive tough times by keeping a job or finding new employment or clients.

How to Set Up Speaking Gigs and Get Paid provides a step-by-step guide to developing, organizing, and promoting your first speaking gigs and getting paid for them. It includes examples from my experiences in setting up a paid gig on writing and publishing books for myself and clients, marketing and promoting the event, and working with a videographer to create a series of videos I could use to promote future gigs.

How to Find Publishers and Agents and Get Published is about how to successfully write, pitch a book, write a query letter, promote a book, and build a platform. Many of these chapters started off as answers to questions from clients or prospective clients of Publishers Agents and Films (www.publishersagentsandfilms.com), a service that connects writers to publishers and agents. Then, I began thinking about all the steps involved, from writing a book to getting published.

10 Keys to Making a Low-Cost Documentary Feature describes a low-cost approach for producing a feature-length documentary with a budget under $50,000. It features an approach I have used that combines interviews with interviewees and experts along with B-roll shots of activities to use with voice-overs from the interviews. It also suggests ways to find interviewees, obtain funding for the film, and more.The book is formatted like a journal, so readers can write down their ideas for what to do after reading each tip.

Suki, an island, and Torvi, the sea, have a problem at a time when the sun, land, and sea can speak to one another. Over the years it became warmer and warmer, and there were more storms and rain....

Conducting a Monthly Social Media Campaign on Four Major Platforms illustrates how you can create a successful social media campaign to build awareness, get more clients or customers, and increase your sales through posts on four popular platforms. You can use this approach both to appeal to prospects in your own area or nationally, and even internationally, depending on the target market for your business.

When three boys in second grade draw pictures on the side of a wall to brighten up an alley, they are bullied by three sixth grade boys who mess up their pictures. But one boy's older brother urges him to stand up to the bullies and paint their pictures again. Will that approach work? The Wall tells that story.

Increase Your Impact and Influence features different ways to share your message in multiple formats in order to reach your intended audience in the ways they prefer to get that message. This message is whatever content or communication you want to convey, and you can repackage and repurpose your message in various ways to break through the huge clutter of chatter in today’s supercharged information age. And doing so can help others hear and respond to your message.

The Vision Board Book provides a way to create your vision board in a book, in which you envision what you want and decide what action steps to take to get it. But instead of creating your vision on a large board, usually about 24"x36," you create it in an 8.5"x11" book. Perhaps think of this book like a visual journal or diary in which you record your hopes and dreams and later look back from time to time. But now you have a separate book which you can focus on each day and use to keep track of how you are doing, as well as motivate you to go after and make real what you want.

A step-by-step guide to the unique E-R-I method of conflict resolution. It's based on dealing with the negative emotions, using the reason to understand the situation and consider alternative conflict resolution strategies, and employing the intuition to come up with alternatives and decide on the best approach.

The Dragon Who Wanted to Be a Turtle is a story about a dragon who doesn’t like many things he has to do, such as breathing fire, racing across the island, and flying high in the sky. After he sees some turtles frolicking in the water, he envies their relaxed life and wishes he could be a turtle. Then, an attack by some hawks leads him to help the turtles and think about who he is and what he really wants to be. The Dragon Who Wanted to Be a Turtle tells his story.

The Jungle in the Basement is a story in which Alicia hears her parents talking about a crack in the basement where plants could grow, and soon she sees plants growing up. Soon she sees even more and more plants, until they are covering the floor like a carpet. Soon she sees a caterpillar, a lizard, and butterflies as the plants grow higher and higher. She even sees a lion chasing a tiger, and she warns her mother about the jungle in the basement. So what will happen after she warns her mother about what she has seen? The Jungle in the Basement tells her story.