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Believe in Yourself shares Anne’s life journey. Relationship experiences that led her to seek counseling and resolve to put herself first have given her real insight. Her limiting childhood beliefs had suppressed her voice. In sharing her fears about failure, fear of success, and fear of shame, and highlighting the range of physical and psychological feelings associated with inertia and procrastination that were preventing her from moving forward, Anne illustrates how she found acceptance in the most difficult of situations.

Telling better stories in business is not about thinking up clever words, images or jingles that will make your products or services seem a little more schmick. That's called advertising.

An ocean of utopian dreams. Stories of characters familiar to dreams and real life. A radical book about love, as love can be very radical when you apply it to the real world. Chorus and verse, harmonies and echoes. Waves, washing over us and transforming us. The constant in an ever changing world....

Business owners and leaders are being challenged as never before. The trends are changing fast, business models are under attack, clients are fickle, and staff expectations are rising. It can make for very reactionary leadership...but that is not what drives sustainable success. As you're seeking to drive the growth, performance, and, ultimately, value of your business, what must be done to avoid stalling through the climb? At last, there is a book that supports leaders in not only surviving, but thriving in this context.

If the thought of another money guru telling you what you have done wrong and talking down to you makes you feel like throwing in the towel and hitting the shops with your credit cards, then this is the book for you. The Happy Money Journey is a step-by-step guide on how to change your beliefs about money so that you can start making good money decisions and living life on your own terms (and no one else's!).

Global pandemics. Raging bushfires. The death of a loved one. Severe floods. Stock market crashes. Sudden illness. It seems that we no sooner get through one crisis when we’re faced with another. That is exactly what does happen, and Australian businesses will continue to be buffeted by such crises. Whether personal or international, a crisis can have devastating consequences for a small business. Small Company, Big Crisis is a timely, practical guide to preparing for, surviving, and coming out the other side of a crisis – with your business and sanity intact.

Annie is a speaker, teacher, coach, and mindfulness educator working with individuals and groups on their emotional wellbeing and resilience. Her great strength is empowering others to cut through the "noise" and boost their own sense of wellbeing. Annie has been practising what she preaches for more than 10 years. In 2017, Annie spoke from the famous red dot at TEDxAdelaide, one of more than 50 new things that she added to the list in her 50th year!

Intensify your impact and performance with practical, real-world insights, strategies, and techniques designed for ambitious people. If you're looking to become a groundbreaking leader with a personal stamp that cuts across industries and decades, Lead Beyond 2030 is the book for you. Caroline Kennedy, an accomplished, international award-winning CEO, shares her personal experience, stories, wisdom, intelligence, and pragmatic advice.

Rather than juggling the two worlds of career and life, what if you could create a third alternative, your own, new, evolved world: one that works for you rather than against you? Breaking the Gender Code not only unpacks why women feel the constant pressure to keep so many balls in the air, but also where this pressure comes from.

Do people drive you nuts? Are silos and turf wars challenging the culture? Wondering if it ever gets any easier? The toughest - and best - part of leadership is the people. But let’s face it, people dynamics can be tricky. Solutions are within. People Stuff is your map to the complex territory of human behaviour and leadership strategies. People Stuff goes well beyond frustrating "personality clashes" to uncover the dynamics of human interactions at work.

Smart Time Investment for Business provides 128 short, sharp, and practical productivity strategies that you can start implementing today for immediate results, punctuated with tips and anecdotes from leading business people from around the world who share how they use time to their advantage. Your time is not limitless. Your time is a finite and enormously valuable resource - and, just like your money, if you want to grow your wealth and your success you must invest your time wisely.

Positive thinking coupled with positive doing is a must for anybody in today’s disrupted, distracted world where change is the new normal. It’s All Possible shows how to embrace change through insightful stories and proven possibility hacks from everyday people, business leaders, sports stars, and entertainers that will inspire and motivate you. It is backed by the latest research on mind-set and personal development.

Choose spotlights a simple truth: Our best selves do not come from being given the answers; they live in the questions we ask ourselves, of others, and of life itself. This book presents a simple system for making better decisions so that you can thrive in this risky modern world.

The Experience Equation helps mature individuals create a future where their experience is valued. If you're over 50 and feeling undervalued, then this book is for you. The book explores how to make your own future plan, the future of work, and what the journey to the future will look like for you. It helps the mature individual take back control and overcome the challenges of discrimination and ageism that are endemic in the workplace today.

Krissy's skill as a coach comes from her ability to break down tasks and ideas into manageable steps. She creates compelling, easy to read content from technical information, helping her readers to embrace ideas that will benefit them on a mental, physical and spiritual level. Krissy’s driving force is to inspire people to prioritize health and wellness above all else, and to share her life-changing 12 Steps to an Unbreakable Mind, Body and Spirit.

It does not matter whether this is your first or fifth year in business or if you are about to sell your business and retire, there is something for everyone at every stage of the business journey in this must-listen audiobook by financial planner, accountant, and money mentor Rita Zappulla. It’s never too early to start, and the sooner you do, the more your future self and your bank account will thank you for it. So, stop procrastinating and start saving for your retirement now, before it’s too late.

Plan! Strategize! Build wealth! Be proactive in your quest to live the life you dream of. Learn how to understand what you’re really buying, and dodge the traps of spruikers and their dreaded up-sell techniques. Understand property, contract and loans types, savings that can be made on taxation, and how to avoid the pitfalls of rental property investment before you make the purchase. Get to know the rationale behind out-performing suburbs and many different strategies, and wonder why nobody ever explained to you that there is a process.

This personal memoir chronicles the first 25 years of her life living in abusive environments, how she survived and, ultimately, found her way into the supportive and caring arms of 12-step recovery programs. Along the way, she describes for the listener exactly how she survived the traumas of physical and sexual abuse, mental illness, suicidal ideas, grief and loss as well as her struggles with sexual identity, bulimia, addiction, and more.

For more than a decade, Jason T. Smith led the Back In Motion Health Group with a traditional organisational structure. For a while, it worked well. But then something changed. Jason set a new goal that couldn’t be achieved through the status quo. In this audiobook Jason shares how just two years later, after challenging their internal culture and work flow, they found the sweet spot between authentic collaboration and the holy grail of peer accountability. The result: an explosion of new business growth and the freedom for each team member to excel at what they love.

In this compact, practical, and research-driven guide to marketing strategy, Hunter Leonard shares tools, information and insights gathered over the past 16 years in his marketing consultancy that has helped to grow over 50 organisations in 20 different countries. Hunter uses a cooking analogy to explain the recipe and ingredients needed to develop a successful marketing plan. Accessible and direct, Get Your Marketing Cooking is a must-listen for any business wanting to establish or expand their market.