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"Through this book, we at Nightingale-Conant invite you to join Zig to learn, from the master himself, the secrets of cultivating a successful self-image. As he puts it, "The elements usually conducive to high self-esteem are good family relationships, good moral standards, religion, close friends, financial well-being, hobbies, and status. "It all begins when you start believing in you and having faith in your abilities. It culminates when you realize that you can have anything you want if you help enough people get what they want. Motivation and positive thinking won't work for the individual who does not believe that they themselves are capable of doing anything"--

A book unlike any other customer service guide, Willie's Way translates Willie's common-sense wisdom into simple, practical applications. Each chapter looks at one of the six service secrets and explains how and why it works. From listening to customers, to offering them special favors, to making every customer connection memorable, these proven strategies will impress, entice and win new customers with every interaction. As a successful speaker and author who travels constantly, Phillip Van Hooser has been in and out of his fair share of cabs. But only one cabbie ever taught him anything about customer service. That cabbie is Willie, and the common-sense wisdom he imparted has become known as Willie's Way. In Willie's Way, you too will learn Willie's unique brand of personalized service: How to woo customers so they come back again and againHow to wow customers so they tell their friends about youHow to win customers' long-term business by exceeding their expectationsHow to apply Willie's techniques to your own enterprises to build long-term customer loyalty "Willie's Way is a fascinating compilation of real-life customer service stories that actually make a difference. It's about building your brand one customer at a time. Read how enthusiasm, confidence and sincerity can impact your customers, grow revenues and impact your bottom line. This is the best book I've read on customer service in a long time." -Joe Scarlett, Chairman of the Board, Tractor Supply Company "Van Hooser absolutely hit the bulls-eye with an outstanding instruction manual about the keys to extraordinary customer service. I have no doubt that companies and customer service professionals across virtually every industry will find value and fresh insights in the pages of this brilliantly written gem." -Richard G. Kelley, Director of Sales Training, North America Axcan Pharma, Inc.

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"An official publication of the Napoleon Hill Foundation."

"This is the story of how you can utilize 'Transformational Leadership' to increase productivity, and improve employee engagement and retention while creating a happy work environment"--

Within these pages, you will have the opportunity to define your own success, create a life mission to achieve success, forge productivity on your own terms, and then begin to succeed by effectively utilizing motivation, communication, and implementations. Jim Stovall is a prolific author (over thirty published books), columnist, and speaker in the field of personal development. Beginning with a call for an honest assessment of ourselves and where we are in life, Stovall deconstructs the life of a productive and successful individual so that we can learn the steps that lead us from mediocrity to the rewards of life that most only wish for. Written in an entertaining, story-telling style, this is a must-read for businesspeople, salespeople, entrepreneurs, and anyone wanting to improve their place in life. Read this book and understand more about: Defining successEstablishing a missionThe art of passionThe art of discoveryMotivationCustomizing goalsThe art of implementationAnd much more!

Jeffrey Gitomer's SALES MANIFESTOImperative Actions You Need to Take and Master to Dominate Your Competition and Win for Yourself...For the Next Decade After 50 years of successfully making sales all over the world. After delivering more than 2,500 customized speeches to the world's biggest companies. After establishing an unrivaled social platform with millions of views and followers. After leading the marketplace with Sell or Die podcast. After delivering more than 350 sold-out public seminars to audiences all over the globe. After writing 13 best-selling books including The Sales Bible and The Little Red Book of Selling... Jeffrey Gitomer has finally written the SALES MANIFESTO. A book that sets the standard, and lays bare what it will take for salespeople to succeed now, and for the next decade. The book, and it's resource links, will take you, the reader to explanations that will disrupt old world sales tactics that no longer resonate with buyers, and sets easy to understand and implement elements of what it will take to win more profitable sales. Here's a brief explanation of what's in store as you read, watch, learn, and implement: The MANIFESTO identifies in simple language the 5.5 parts of the new sale, and builds easy-to- learn and easy-to-implement models for each component: 1. Value Attraction (creating social messages that make the reader want more) 2. THEM Preparation (planning strategy, getting ready, and executing) 3. Value Engagement (attraction PLUS value) 4. Connection and Completion (perceived value beyond price in both "how to connect" and "connect to make a sale") 5. Building profitable long-term relationships (loyal, value driven customers) 5.5 Building a permanent referable first-class reputation (both online and community based) This book is not just the answer - it's a no bullshit book of ANSWERS and ACTIONS that will put you on top of your sales world and keep you there. MANIFESTO is not just MORE. MANIFESTO is... Think. Read. Experience. Observe. Collect - ideas and friends. Expose your thoughts. Attract. Prepare and Be Prepared. Internet. Intend. Engage. Relate. Differentiate. Prove value. Serve with pride. Reward - yourself and others. Love it or leave it. Do the right thing all the time.

We struggle making decisions and most times we just wish someone would make them for us. What if that could all change and you could master the decisions you face in your life? The average person makes hundreds of decisions each day. They range from the ordinary and mundane to life-altering events. Many decisions we are faced with have little effect on our lives. They deal with the simple problems and require simple choices. However, there are those decisions which impact our lives and the lives of those around us in very significant and consequential ways. In Making Accountable Decisions, Sam Silverstein presents ways to approach our life's decisions and how we interact with and affect others. He does this by focusing on the most substantial decisions in our lives, considering how they impact us and what decisions we can make to add value and meaning. Sam is the founder of The Accountability Movement(TM) and works with companies, government agencies and people around the world helping them build accountable cultures and live accountable lives. Building an accountable world is his life's mission. Some people choose to let life happen. Some people make it happen. What's your decision?

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The top achievers learn the most and apply what they learn; therefore, there is no skill, information, or lesson more vital than learning how to learn. This book is a must-read for business executives, entrepreneurs, people interested in personal development, trainers, teachers, and students. We live in a world where, more and more, we succeed based on what we know rather than what task we perform. Authors, Jim Stovall and Ray Hull, PhD are lifelong learners and teachers of successful best practices across a wide spectrum of topics including learning and education. Read this book to understand more about: The ways people learnAction steps for learningNew methods to learnHow learning will help you achieve your goals Universal in appeal and highly accessible, this book acts as a spotlight on the truth that there is no one seeking any goal who doesn't need to learn how to learn!

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Dr. Jan Yager helps you to become more efficient in a work world that is more demanding and 24/7 than ever before. You will learn: The #1 factor you can control to revolutionize your time management; How to deal with distractions and fragmentation; Coping with time wasters like over-scheduling, inadequate pacing, poor planning, procrastination, or perfection; How to master office relationships and politics to save time; Cultural considerations; And lots more.

Presenting never before published material from the one and only, Napoleon Hill. This volume also includes the speech that inspired the worldwide bestseller Think and Grow Rich. With a foreword by Napoleon's grandson Dr. J.B. Hill and introductory comments by Don Green, Director of The Napoleon Hill Foundation, personal letters from family members and Senator Jennings Randolph, this fascinating exploration of the speeches given by the pioneer of the personal development movement is packed with a wealth of information.

Building a Business and Your Dream Lifestyle Does not Have to be a Mystery Building your dream is within reach and not as complicated as we make it. We live in a time with amazing tools and technology; knowledge is freely available. Understanding how to apply this knowledge to your business and life, however, can be frustrating and overwhelming. Too many of us are chasing when we could be building. Stop Chasing Influencers gives you a step-by-step blueprint for building a business and life you love. It addresses the emotional roadblocks and mindset traps that could keep you from progress and provides you with a game plan to conquer them. Kimanzi and Jared give you actionable strategy. Here are a few of the things you will learn: - How to book paid speaking engagements. - How to start your coaching business. - How to book paid consulting gigs. - How to create a successful podcast. - How to launch a bestselling book. - How to host your conference. - How to get your writing featured on some of the largest websites in the world. - How to keep the proper balance between your dreams and life.

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Your Next Chapter is a personal development resource which provides its readers with a comprehensive guide to pick up the broken pieces of their life and start anew. Whether working through a failed relationship, job loss or bankruptcy, this practical resource offers step-by-step instructions to assure the reader's success. This book is written by a personal life coach and as such, coaches the reader through their reinvention. Beginning with an assessment of the reader's crisis, then analyzing the reader's present value and subsequently developing a strategy that will guarantee the readers success again and again. The chapters are brief summations of more sophisticated strategic lessons readers can easily digest and execute. Building on small accomplishments, by the books end, the reader will have undoubtedly achieved dormant goals or surrendered milestones.

E=mc2 You may think you know what this familiar formula means, but until you read Sam Silverstein's breakthrough book, you will not know its true power or its potential. This is the Accountability Formula(TM), and it forms the heart of the Theory of Accountability(TM). Silverstein's Theory of Accountability has nothing to do with physics, the speed of light, or the relationship between space and time. It has everything to do with personal and organizational growth, and with establishing the kind of leadership in your own life that makes excuses a thing of the past...and inspires true commitment from others. The Theory of Accountability states: Our lived EXPERIENCE is the direct result of our MINDSET and our COMMITMENT SQUARED. Silverstein's new book examines each of these critical elements in depth, and shows you how to leverage the power of accountability to create a sustainable high-performance life and organization. E stands for Experience. Our experience is the results: the outcomes we achieve in our life, in our business, and everywhere else. It is what we produce. Our experience impacts the lives of everyone we come in contact with. The problem is, all too often, our experience is erratic, random, unplanned, and dysfunctional--with results to match. M stands for Mindset. The accountable mindset is based on a conscious decision to embrace possibility rather than fear. When decisions are driven by fear, our experience and the experience of everyone we come in contact with suffers. On the other hand, when decisions are driven by a set of beliefs that are based on valuing people, and on a foundation of abundance rather than scarcity, our experience improves. C2 stands for Commitment Squared. How do we ensure that our mindset is driven by possibility and abundance, rather than by fear and scarcity? By focusing on our ability to make, keep, and expand specific commitments. There is truly awesome power in commitment. The quality of the results you achieve is always based on two things: how committed you are to people, and how committed you are to your mindset and your core beliefs. These are the two commitments of the accountable person. When both kinds of commitments are in full play, when you are all in, you are living to your full potential. Such commitments are like compound interest, because they produce increasingly greater results over time. Sam's latest book offers leaders a proven system for taking control of your life and transforming yourself and your organization...by harnessing the awesome power of accountability.

Accountability is not a way of doing. Accountability is a way of thinking. Those who achieve greatness know true accountability makes all the difference between success and failure. Based on extensive interviews with accountable leaders--from Fortune 500 CEOs to Hall of Fame athletes--No More Excuses identifies the five accountabilities of successful people and organizations. These tenets encourage accountability in others and performance at the highest level. When you willingly accept and embrace the five accountabilities, you encourage accountability in others and empower your teams to achieve at the highest level. The result is an organization focused on its fundamental values and committed, at the individual level, to achieving critical strategic goals. Whether you are a business owner, a top executive, or a team leader, accountability starts with you and trickles down to everyone else. If you want to build an organization that achieves its goals and beats the competition it is time for No More Excuses.

From the Napoleon Hill Foundation comes a collection of never-before-published writings from Napoleon Hill, author of Think and Grow Rich and Outwitting the Devil, on obtaining the greatest of all the riches available to human beings--peace of mind. Although Napoleon is famous for his insight on building financial wealth, he ultimately believed that the greatest success in life was not monetary and that true riches came from the peace of mind one achieves by helping others. The writings contained in this book will guide you toward this priceless asset so you can enjoy: Mastery over all forms of worryFreedom from fear and self-doubtControl over one's thoughtsThe ability to close the door on the sorrows of the pastThe magic power of beliefAnd much more!Included is a manuscript that was discovered by J. B. Hill, Napoleon's grandson and a trustee of the Napoleon Hill Foundation, that had been given to his father in the 1950s. Titled "How to Get Peace of Mind," it was intended to be released as a series of newspaper columns but for reasons unknown was never published. It is presented here for the first time, along with a previously unpublished excerpt from an unfinished autobiographical work by Napoleon written in 1947 and several editorial essays written by Napoleon and published in 1919 and 1920 in his magazine, Hill's Golden Rule. All explore the subject of attaining peace of mind. The final chapter in the book features a previously unpublished transcript of a 1948 radio program in which Napoleon disclosed what single ability is essential to achieving success and happiness. There is no greater freedom than that which peace of mind brings. Chart your own course to a serene mindset with help from Napoleon Hill's Pathways to Peace of Mind.

Zig Ziglar dedicated his life to teaching people the art of successful living. Multitudes of individuals attribute their success in life to having attended a Zig Ziglar lecture, listening to a Zig Ziglar audio program, or reading one of his inspirational books. Yet, despite the incredible impact Zig has had on others he himself has realized that being successful is only part of life's challenges. He had discovered that success often can be a short-lived high. People are left with a feeling of, Is that all there is? They arrive at the goal line of life, look into the end zone, and discover that though it contains many of the things that money will buy, it contains very little of what money won't buy. Zig states emphatically that, yes, success is worth it, but it is not enough. The next step is to move from success into significance. Whether you've followed Zig Ziglar for many years or are experiencing him for the first time, this book will be a life-changing experience. A View from the Top will help you achieve success and significance. And when that happens, you'll reach the top and find that the view is simply magnificent.

"Motivate This explores how a positive attitude can influence and improve your life. By realigning your motivation and focusing your energy into making a successful life, Motivate This helps those who wish to improve their lives"--

Release Your Unstoppable Power fulfills and exceeds readers' expectations. If his first book, The Unstoppable Power Within, is a blueprint for successful living, this one is the step-by-step manual. Kieran writes, "Once you make up your mind to succeed, failure is never an option." This brand of persistent optimism characterizes Revell's writing and is complemented in this work with clearly defined ways in which the reader can learn to live in a positive mindset. It begins with releasing negativity and driving forward with enthusiasm and determination. Release Your Unstoppable Power offers valuable insight regarding: The importance of goal-settingNew Year's resolutions (and how to take them seriously)Creative visualizationThe importance of journalingBuilding and maintaining self-esteemEmbracing successPositive changeChanging habits to change lifeRevell notes, "Your future will unfold whether you do anything or not." This book offers the tools to embrace success in your life RIGHT NOW. Choose success.

You've heard the term "...in a New York minute," and you have your own ideas of what it means. Jennifer Gluckow defines it as "fast, clear, direct, and successful." That's the way of New York, and it's the way sales are made (or lost) in New York City, and everywhere else on the planet. Jennifer Gluckow's concepts and strategies for selling follow the timeless New York City line, "If you can make it there you can make it anywhere," transitioned to, "If you can make the sale there, you can make the sale anywhere." 212 is a sales nuance - it's the boiling point, the tipping point, and the emotional point. It's the NYC area code, and it's the number of mastery ideas and strategies in Jennifer's book that will bring salespeople success. Whether you're a sales newbie or a sales master, Jennifer's 212 New York minutes will bring your sales and your customers to the buying point. From attracting customers online and face-to-face, to helping secure lifelong relationships, referrals and reorders, by building trust over time, minute by minute; to ensuring profitable sales and customer loyalty, you will learn 212 strategies that when put into practice, will make your sales and success soar. Jennifer Gluckow has mastered what it takes to "make it" in New York, and her book, Sales in a New York Minute, will teach you how to make sales anywhere. Jennifer Gluckow has northeastern smarts and New York City savvy - a rare combination that has her positioned as the next big thing in sales. Okay, she's not ALL New York. She's traveled the world, educated in the Midwest, and spoken to audiences from coast to coast. She grew up in a successful book manufacturing family business run by her parents. Their dinner table conversations were a MBA real-world business education years before she graduated from the Olin School of Business at Washington University in St. Louis. Jennifer's a speaker, trainer, writer, blogger, Facebooker, Instagrammer, Tweeter, podcaster and YouTuber. She is online and on the money, and her mission is to teach you how to make it anywhere.

On Fire at Work flies in the face of other books on workplace culture by showing that employee engagement isn't the ultimate goal--it is merely the starting point. Renowned leadership expert Eric Chester has gone straight to the source--top-tier leaders of the world's best places to work to uncover their best practice strategies for getting employees to work harder, perform better, and stay longer. On Fire at Work features examples and original stories from exclusive personal interviews with over 25 founders/CEOs/presidents of companies like Marriott, Siemens, BB&T Bank, Wegmans, 7-Eleven, Hormel, Canadian WestJet, Ben & Jerry's, and The Container Store, along with smaller companies like Firehouse Subs, the Nerdery, and Build-A-Bear. The guiding principle is that any organization in any industry--from Fortune 500 firms to mom-and-pop shops--can learn how to bring out the very best in their employees. The book's content-rich research and conversational case study-based narrative make it a timely, actionable go-to reference on employee performance and productivity for C-level execs, corporate and government managers, HR professionals, and small business owners. On Fire at Work is a practical field guide that any organization can implement to build, not an engaged workforce, but a workforce that is on fire!

Napoleon Hill on two occasions wrote extensive memoirs about his life, starting with his youth in Wise County, Virginia, and ending, apparently, during World War II. I say "apparently" because the archives of the Napoleon Hill Foundation contain these two manuscripts, but they are obviously incomplete and end in the 1940s. Mr. Hill died in 1970. His last book, Grow Rich with Peace of Mind, was written in 1967 and sheds some light on his later years; but his own journals and memoirs of those years, if they ever existed, have not yet been found. The two memoirs were titled by Mr. Hill, Wheel of Fortune and Hand of Destiny. They contain details of his life, including his four marriages, two divorces and one annulment, which we at the Foundation have not seen in any of his other writings or speeches. They also contain many details about his successes and failures in business and there were more failures than successes, as he readily admits. The memoirs contain thoughtful insights into the state of mind of this great thinker--how he dealt with failure, profited from defeat, turned adversity into advantage, and ultimately achieved happiness with his last wife, Annie Lou, happiness which had eluded him for most of his life. Mr. Hill has said that the Master Mind principle, in which two or more minds work harmoniously to achieve a common goal, is the most important of the seventeen principles of success he studied during his decades of research into how people attain happy and successful lives. One of the many interesting stories in the memoirs is about how he and his third wife, Rosa Lee, used the Master Mind principle to discover the only one of the seventeen principles that no one had understood or realized before, Cosmic Habitforce. The Trustees of the Napoleon Hill Foundation have combined the two memoirs into one, editing out repetition and putting events in chronological order where it made sense to do so. They chose to title the combined memoirs Master Mind, in recognition of the importance this principle played in his philosophy and life, and as a tribute to the mental giant who was the greatest thinker and writer ever in the fields of personal achievement and self-improvement.

Do you feel like you're merely surviving each day, doing everything you can just to make it through your daily routine? In Transformational Living, Earl Nightingale will help you go from the modern limbo of "survival" to exuberant living by teaching you the cognitive reframing techniques necessary to approach life with positivity, curiosity, and gratitude. Once you overhaul your mindset by discovering how to remain excited about all your endeavors, you will realize that there is no such thing as an unsurmountable obstacle and no reason to be negative or downtrodden when you encounter what you perceive as failure. You'll see that your opportunities are often in exact proportion to your problems--you simply have to transform your outlook to identify the conditions for success already present in your life. This collection contains some of the greatest messages ever delivered on the subject of success psychology. Having spent decades studying what separates high achievers from the rest of the population, Nightingale understood the crucial role that self-actualization plays in an individual's ability to attain goals, form relationships, build wealth, and find lasting happiness. In this life-changing volume, you'll learn how to: Harness the power of language to change your outlook;Use visualization techniques to enlarge your self-image;Regain enthusiasm through learning and goal-setting;Overcome two of the most destructive forces in life--fear and worry;Embrace the therapeutic effect of daydreaming and laughter;Make friends and be an impactful leader;And much more. Return the luster to your life with Transformational Living!

Right now, imagine your life exactly as you want it to be. What will it take to make you ecstatically happy, totally fulfilled, and 100 percent elated to be alive? In Dreams Don't Have Deadlines, you will learn the principles and strategies to live the life you know you were meant to live--including: How you can start living your dreams today.What wealth really means.The importance of fun while activating your dreams.How to get and stay connected with people who can help you succeed.Basic components of good health--physical, financial, mental, and relationship.Why mentoring and having a mentor is important at every age.The power of forming a mastermind group.How to make the rest of your life the best of your life. No one knows more about making dreams come true than Mark Victor Hansen. He is the co-creator of the hugely successful Chicken Soup for the Soul series that has sold more than 500 million books worldwide. Mark achieved his success when he was well into his 40s--knowing that dreams don't have deadlines. After reading this exciting and inspiring book, you'll know it too! Numerous real-life success stories reflect the reality of his approach to dreams, learning, and accomplishments. Everyone starts out with big dreams, imagining great things to accomplish for ourselves and for the world. But the demands of life cause us to turn aside from our youthful ambitions--and too often dreams are forgotten. With the wisdom of Dreams Don't Have Deadlines, today your dreams can be resurrected, revitalized, and realized! Mark Victor Hansen is a prolific writer with many popular books such as the Power of Focus, The Aladdin Factor, Dare to Win, and One Minute Millionaire. He is also known as a passionate philanthropist and humanitarian, working tirelessly for organizations including Habitat for Humanity, American Red Cross, and Childhelp USA. Mark serves as CEO of M.V. Hansen & Associates, Inc.; cofounder of Chicken Soup for the Soul Enterprises, Inc.; president of One Minute Millionaire, LLC; and co-owner and founder of Natural Power Concepts.

Make more sales, grow your network, and become a top earner! Uncopyable Sales Secrets teaches a foolproof system for creating an Uncopyable Attachment with your prospects and clients so that you can fill your sales pipeline, close more deals, and build a loyal customer base. Sales success isn't the result of being good at selling a product or service...it comes from being good at selling yourself. That's right--you, not your product or service, are the most valuable asset to the customer. To become a master salesperson, you have to make the relationship with the buyer uniquely valuable. You have to make yourself invaluable and irreplaceable. In short, you have to make yourself and the partnership you're pitching Uncopyable. Learn how to reach buyers before your competition--and become their personal and professional ally--in this breakthrough book on high-performance selling. Kay Miller, a powerhouse sales guru who began her career as one of the first women hired by an industry leader in hardware and went on to become the No. 1 muffler salesperson in the world, shares the proven principles responsible for her sales success. Kay calls it the Uncopyable Sales Strategy, and it involves: Creating a win-win outlook for both you and your customersStepping beyond fear to consistently expand your comfort zoneGetting in the door by making an Uncopyable first impressionTrading negotiation and persuasion for mutually profitable relationship-buildingLeveraging multiple contact platforms to maximize communication effectivenessSecuring the order by asking the right questions, listening, and following upAnd more!Uncopyable Sales Secrets equips you with the techniques you need to enhance your prospecting skills, make more sales, grow your network, and become a top earner in your organization. When you execute this process, your customers will see you not only as delivering a superior product or service, but also as part of a high-value relationship they simply cannot get anywhere else. Read this book...before your competition does!