Bøger udgivet af Bookpod

Tell Your Story is the perfect book for people who are in the business of growing their brand, be it personal or professional. This super-actionable, solutions-focused guide provides motivation and practical support by the bucketload.Holly Cardamone will show you how to communicate better with your audience through the power of story. It's a funny, fresh and clever guide to communications, writing andbranding storytelling.As readable as a novel, Tell Your Story is packed with ideas, suggestions, tips and strategies to tell your story and grow your business or influence with beautiful communications.

SERENA O'HALLORAN IS ABOUT TO FIND OUT THAT NOT ALL FAERY TALES HAVE HAPPY ENDINGS.The once peaceful land of Faelynn is being infiltrated by sinister new villains, more terrifying than anything in the recent history of the Fae ... the Zeytars. When the queen and princess are enslaved and taken from their realm, the Fae are left vulnerable.Many moons later Princess Shaylee returns with a young companion, Serena O'Halloran, who learns secrets while making friendships and discovers her importance in the realm.But a stir in the dark lands of Xarkynan puts all the Fae at risk from a second, long-forgotten evil. A dark mage has risen and soon the lands are infested with goblins, dark Elvenfae, and creatures created to cause destruction. Shaylee must send the young one back home to her time for her protection.Many Earth years pass ...Shaylee and Serena unite once more and are thrust into the middle of a war in Faelynn. To their horror they learn ... the dark lord has awoken and is searching for the powerful Tuatha Dé Danann treasure stones, so he can bring about the end of the Fae and the downfall of the once peaceful land.With a spy in their midst, will they have the strength to take on the Zeytar necro-mage and the dark lord, or will the evil destroy them both, along with the rest of the Fae?For Serena, time will tell, but time with the Fae can be costly.

A tale of our world and of the afterlife, told to George by Chloe, his deceased daughter. George tells his friend Charles of a strange incident. He says his daughter comes to speak to him while he is asleep. Immediately after she stops speaking, he wakes up and rushes to his computer to type out what she has told him.Chloe relates to George her experiences from the moment of her death, her conversation with a mysterious gatekeeper of the afterlife, and her extensive conversations with other spirits she has come into contact with. James is a Dubliner who died from alcoholism, estranged from his family; Jessie is a model who got caught up in drugs and eventually prostitution; Craig is an effervescent American real estate agent whose life revolved around making money; April married for money and found that after their baby was born and her husband was promoted at work he had no time for them; and Clarissa, who knew well in advance that she was going to die from skin cancer.Throughout the telling of his daughter's story, George intermittently pauses and questions Charles as to his thoughts on various aspects of the story. Charles is a corporate man and the philosophical arguments and the pure unbelievable nature and emotion of the story leave him virtually speechless. At first George confides only in Charles. But when their wives become suspicious of the men's activities on the occasions he read his notes out to Charles, George has no choice but to agree to Charles telling them their secret.George is confused as to what he should do with his notes. He finally decides to enlist Charles's help to reveal to the world the 'secret' of his daughter's story.

If you are presently the owner of a retail business. ask yourself: Are you suffering from the effects of Covid-19?Is your business still healthy and thriving?Is the possibility of renewing your lease for a further five years giving you a headache? Are you paying too much rent?Do you wish that you knew how to negotiate a better lease with your landlord?Do you know how to ensure that the annual outgoings charged by the landlord are fair and reasonable and comply with the provisions of the Retail Tenancy Act in your state?Are you experiencing stock shrinkage?Are you having difficulties negotiating with your bank?Are you studying about retail at a college or university?Do you know the law covering franchisees and franchisors from both a Federal and State perspective? Are you thinking of bringing your retail business to Australia?Are you considering retiring and either selling your business, or handing it over to family members?If the answers to any of these questions is "yes", then this book is for you.

Trust is the foundation of organisations and teams. We talk about it, complain when we don't have it, and watch its effect on the bottom line. Its absence makes headlines when organisations and leaders fall from grace, breaking the covenant they hold with clients and staff.Trust is so important that it appears in our visions and plans as essential for strategic and operational success. But how do we establish cultures of trust when individual interpretations and expectations can be so vastly different?This book shows how. It is a practical, evidence-based, call to action for positive organisational change and higher performance. Here you will learn about: - Overcoming the challenges for trust- Culture as a team sport- Obtaining freedom to deliver what matters- Leaving a legacy for sustainable success If you're seeking a realistic and adaptable approach for leading with trust, then this book is for you.

There is one indivisible real substance that is absolutely aware. No-one has ever been able, or will ever be able, to prove that anything exists outside it. It is literally all that you and I can ever be. Understanding that there is no Other, beyond endless becoming born of desire and fear, we should accept ourselves as eternal awareness alone.The goals of this factual text are specific: (1) To affirm the utter transparency of ourselves as effortless existence-awareness. (2) To affirm the world's manifestations as nothing but organs and conditions of borderless existence-awareness. (3) To reconcile awareness in its modes of feeling and volition, potential and kinetic. (4) To deconstruct all limiting paradigms: of border, person, ego, name, form, time, space, cause, change, duality, context, body, independent arising, death. (5) To affirm awareness as ever-absorbed, singular, beyond polarised notions of 'subject and object'.Those who entertain the notion that consciousness is some kind of 'evolutionary product' that 'evolves from unconscious states' without ever offering a single example of how this happens, will resist the proofs in this book: that the absolute condition of existence is consciousness itself, and that 'these words and these worlds' are its eternal affirmation. Even a cursory summary of our position reveals its absoluteness in that body, senses, feelings and thoughts function effortlessly as expressions of boundless profundity. Meanwhile, our experience at any moment is absolute, never polarised as 'seer and seen', 'self and other'.The apparent infinite ramification of awareness as ego, sense, feeling, thought, imagination, memory and so forth, prevents us from surrendering in awe at awareness' sole and extraordinary presence. Our confusion lies in the perceived hiatus between absolute receptivity (feeling) and absolute volition (power of concentration), whereby 'awareness is obscured' as ideas and their forms: name, atom, time, space, cause... Observe this pulsing, this 'becoming' of awareness. Without utter receptivity, how could anything be discerned? How can awareness modify where the context is ever itself? And where is the border between limited and limitless? The issue turns on a single question: To whom does any idea, action, displacement (etc) occur? Who is the witness and dancer of all phenomena? We must embrace the necessity for enquiry: our responsibility for suffering and its cause, limitation. All our phantom boundaries, mental conventions entrenched by habit, are exposed as the thieves and dictators that they are. What is ignorant, suffers, is born and dies, is lost? Ego (that seeker, desirer, little 'I', definer, fixator, achiever, phantom gatekeeper, material idea, superimposition) dictates experience, enforcing the lie that 'forms' independently arise, where we drown in relativities, and 'knowledge by inference and labelling' replaces that of identity, and our obsessively-built personae amount to no more than cardboard cutouts. Beyond self- distraction, beyond the clamour to build an ideational machine paradise, beyond endless fear that we will cease to be, our rock and role is to be as we are. Peace is the goal, a permanent security beyond the see-saw of need, dependency and dissatisfaction. Yet there's no patience, no surrender, without understanding. To deconstruct brings us detachment, which opens the way to an effortless joy. We then wear the world's jewels lightly, knowing them to be the very delight of the Supreme. While we ever appear to act, we don't cling to action's seeds and consequences. We become transparent, simple, ever now, ever here, borderless, eternal.

Sponsor SUCCESS - The WHATs and HOWs for business improvement projects A powerful and practical guide to delivering effective sponsorship of business improvement projects The trouble with Lean Six Sigma is that there is an awful lot written and discussed about the organisational deployment models, successes and failures, and how to run projects as a Green and Black Belt. But how do you sponsor a project? With sponsor SUCCESS, you'll understand what you need to do to successfully sponsor a project and then how best to do it. You will discover how to facilitate change when people have to adopt new ways of working that are a significant departure from their current practices.sponsor SUCCESS will help you understand what questions to ask to: - Help successfully implement change- Ensure the root causes are fixed- Build leadership support- Engage others to make the improvements stick- Help develop people to deliver process improvements more effectively

How does a daughter convey the lifelong influence of an exceptional father, taken far too soon? How does she distil the lessons learned through joy and heartbreak, from the campground to the ocean's depths? This is my love letter to Dad.Peter Clark, R105695 served in the Royal Australian Navy for over 25 years, predominantly at the bottom of the ocean on board submarines. Peter was many things: a submariner, brother, father, husband, friend and mate. His incredible life, and his death at the young age of 59 years, inspired his daughter to reflect on their connection, which extends beyond his passing. This is a story of resilience, friendship, laughter and heartache; a daughter's insight into the life her father led, and the impact he had and continues to have on her life.This is a story of the power of love between a girl and her dad.

Has your leadership and communication style kept up with the changing nature of work? Or are old-school ways limiting your results?New generations of employees expect to share ideas, get involved and be part of the conversation.They need trusting communication from leaders.Yet many leaders haven't caught up and are holding themselves and their teams back with a tellingapproach - depriving their business of the very ideas and solutions that could propel it forward.If you want to stand out as an innovative leader, encouraging ownership and lifting engagement, then it's time to examine your communication style.Trusting, not telling, is the way forward.With compelling insights and practical examples from many successful leaders, Switch walks you through four steps to powerful, trusting conversations that will build greater employee connection and lift your leadership.Like rocket fuel, these steps will ignite your impact and results. Are you ready to Switch?

B-Suite leaders are today's middle managers, the glue that holds organisations together, translating strategy into action and creating high performing workforces.Yet the B-Suite is stretched thin balancing the chaos of today's business landscape. They are too junior to be 'in the room', yet senior enough to be looked up to by their team. They are expected to provide information, decisions and direction and often have little to go on. It can be a frustrating space.Already experienced leaders, B-Suite development is often overlooked. Yet enabling these leaders to adjust to the new normal, and to have even greater impact is a huge win for any organization. Does that sound like you? Do you wish you could control the pace of work, have some space to think, and influence outcomes more easily?It's time to level up your leadership.This book shows you how, through ten practical tools to use on a daily basis. These will help you level up your B-Suite game and have greater impact. In here, you'll find Rebecca's hard-won learnings on the B-Suite pathway. They are the foundation of her Level Up program, designed for all B-Suiters who seek more impact but lack the confidence, influence or headspace to get it right.

AN INTER-DIMENSIONAL SCREAM THROUGH TIME AND SPACESerena O''Halloran moved with her family to the United States from Ireland when she was a teenager. Working in nursing and psychiatry, she lives a quiet but busy lifestyle. There is a secret about her past that is about to rise to the surface-a secret she had long forgotten.Eric Kirkpatrick lives with his daughter Stacey in Oregon; he is an anthropologist and cryptozoologist. In the course of his research into the sightings of the mysterious Sasquatch, he unearths something far more terrifying than he could have ever imagined. Serena and Eric are drawn together by tragic circumstances when Eric''s daughter is taken by a malevolent force in the dark woods of Klamath National Forest.With the appearance of a strange government agent, dark truths are disclosed, sending them on a journey that will change the pair forever. Serena and Eric must now fight against the dark forces, not only for their lives but also for the very survival of humanity.Can they trust the government agent, or will he lead them into eternal darkness with the rest of mankind?

When faced with losing sight, there are many ways to adapt and thrive. Accepting that blindness is a word not a sentence is the uplifting message of this book. The journey into blindness need not be terrifying. The author shares her heart-warming stories and helpful techniques which give the reader hope and courage.

Republic Earth's core argument is stark: the growing threat posed by authoritarianism, and the autocratic Shanghai Cooperation Organization, led by China and Russia, threatens the emergence of a new democratic global society in the 21st century.

In One Piece: A step-by-step guide to surviving change is for leaders who are either embarking on a change or in the midst of a change and looking for a head start on navigating it.

Emma McQueen busts through the 12 myths that limit womens' growth to reveal the truths. She shares practical, actionable, and real-world ideas and strategies to help women make better choices to light up their mindset, ignite their mojo and thrive.

A collection of memoirs by friends, comrades and colleagues of George Molnar from the 1950s to the 1990s. George Molnar's life encompassed academia, the public service, radical left politics and the Sydney Push. A man of many talents and passions, he gained an international reputation in fields as diverse as metaphysics and philately.

As sales professionals, we deal with much disappointment. Prospects don't call us back; meetings are cancelled; we don't get shortlisted; and we lose more deals than we win. Therefore, knowing how to persevere when things don't go our way is crucial.

One Saturday evening, the commandant of the Rowville internment camp, Captain Waterston, shot and killed a prisoner, Rodolfo Bartoli, who he claims was attempting to escape. Rodolfo, a young prisoner from Florence, had met a local girl whom he was hoping to marry one day.

Australia is a country superbly organised to assist new immigrants and overseas business people wanting to relocate their business and staff to Australia. Before taking that huge step you need to know what to look for and where to find it.

DIGITAL is Everyone's Business: A Guide to Transition is your ultimate guide to digital. It's clear, concise and practical. If you are serious about evolving your business and growing your people, and you want to understand and be digital, this guide is your foundation.

It's been a terrible few days for Corey. His meeting in the bell tower of the boarding house with school bully Jaspar has ended disastrously and Corey now hides a terrible secret.

The story of an invisible tribe - hidden deep in the Brazilian rainforest. The story of the Light Society - which has vowed to rid the world of evil. The story of Lewis Watt - a boy destined to meet the forces head-on. And a letter that will change Lewis's life forever.

Fran's twin sister Carli has vanished. Everyone thinks she's run away. But they don't know what Fran knows. And they don't see what Fran sees... an unscheduled train in the dead of night with a sea of frightened, ghostly faces pressed against the windows of its carriages. Fran soon realises that her sister's life depends on her. But how will she ever find and enter the haunted land of shadows... and if she does, will she return?

"Humans are easy to control. Soon we cats may domesticate them." Another funny, heart-warming and insightful novel written in both cats' point of view following their journey in the Catland series.

'Andy McNeilly has written a humble, human and practical guide for anyone wanting to be "a good enough parent." As his "good enough father," I continue to be sustained by his generosity and our mutual connection. In this compact book, Andy offers simple and fun opportunities for families to explore and learn together, skills that will lead to a fuller and more satisfying life, for children and their parent.You'll be glad you read this book. I know I was.'Robert B McNeilly MBBS, CET, The Milton H Erickson Institute of Tasmania Have you noticed that some families seem to be like a happy party just walking along, and others are kind of tense and awkward? How some parents and kids seem to get along really well, and others are awkward and negative, reduced to just sharp commands to "hurry up" or "don't touch that." It's not that one kind of parent doesn't love their kids just as much or work just as hard to feed and clothe and care for them, but more that they may not have found ways to be close, have fun, and share good times. Connection with our kids isn't some mystical thing, it's made up of shared activities and memories, often not the expensive ones but just stuff that happened. Andy McNeilly realised early in his work as a primary teacher (and dad) that not all kids get along with their parents very well, and not all parents know what to do to have good times with their children. After all, what's the point of feeding, clothing and caring for kids if you still just don't get along, and they don't feel close to you and able to trust you. If they grow into teens, and then adults, who don't have much connection to you, and just drift away. How sad would that be?The secret that Andy is happy to share is that there are thousands of things you can do with your kids, which are fun and helpful to building a good relationship. Don't be daunted by that, or by the pages of this book, into feeling that's just too much. This is a RECIPE book. Just one tasty "meal" from the activities in here can give you a really great time. Half a dozen of those might be all you need for a year! And because our minds are good at knowing what works for us, just trust yourself to pick out one or two and make a start. You'll get your money's worth if even one of these ideas takes off with you and your children. Sometimes as a parent, you feel stuck. Stuck for what to do, or what to say, or how to act. It's a terrible feeling, knowing there is something wise or clever or helpful needed, and you just don't know what that is.These activities unstick you. You start to get more creative, and inventive, and get into a nice flow with your kids that spreads to other parts of your family's life. When I think back to my childhood sixty years ago (yes, shocking aye? And I look so YOUNG) I remember fun times with my mum or dad, doing stuff and feeling that the world and life were a wonderful place. Activities, conversations, projects, games, that are simple and may not even cost a cent.Have fun with this book! Dive in somewhere, grab an idea, and give it a go. WarmestSteve Biddulph

'Connect the Docs: A guide to getting industry partners, as an academic' helps shift your focus so you can present yourself as an expert when applying for grant-related research opportunities.

The impact of senior leaders at a global level is valued in the billions of dollars. Therefore, it's critical that leaders inspire their teams to future-proof their organizations in disruptive industries. Given the rapid rate of disruption and emerging competitors, Transformational Leadership is essential to survival.

At the suggestion of my family, I have set down in these pages some recollections from my life.I've long thought about writing the story of my life. Not because it was extraordinary but because in many ways it's been ordinary. An ordinary story of an Australian bloke. A bloke who grew up poor on a farm, although he didn't always know he was poor. A bloke who left the farm for the big smoke, and grew a family and a life for himself, well away from his roots.My grandchildren and great-grandchildren have no concept of my early life and I'd like to give them a feel for it. It's a time, like all others, that will never come again, but in so many ways it formed the life they are now leading. Families and genetics are funny things, they do influence who we are. Then there's the circumstances we experience that add to the story. I'm sure the kids now look at an elderly man who has lots of stories--some of which they may not believe, and some of which may seem improbable.I wish my own ancestors had written about their lives. I'd love to know more about them as people. I suspect I'd be saying, 'Wow, I do that too', or 'That might be why I...'I hope that one day, just one of my descendants will enjoy this story, identify with parts of it and perhaps learn some things from it, and then add their stories to it, taking up where I leave off. Because that's life and it's a great gift to be able to understand and feel connected to the past and the future.Many of the aspects of daily life as I was growing up have now gone forever. I was shaped by those times and the people surrounding me during different periods of my life and wanted to share some of those times and experiences.I promise that all of the recorded events actually happened to me, to the best that my memory recalls.