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1) Rise and grind: outperform, outwork, and outhustle your way to a more successful and rewarding life
Author
Publisher
Currency, an imprint of the Crown Publishing Group
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"Daymond John has never been a stranger to hard work. And he also knows how spectacularly a killer work ethic can pay off. As a young man, he started a hip-hop inspired fashion brand on the streets of Queens, New York, with a $40 budget by hand-sewing hats between his shifts at Red Lobster. Today, his brand, FUBU, has over $6 billion in sales. While others might be searching for a shortcut to the top, says Daymond, the truth is that if you want to...
Author
Language
English
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Description
Gail McMeekin offers a practical new guide that addresses the specific challenges creative women face today: thinking too small, underestimating the need for change, fearing the future, and lacking self-confidence. McMeekin combines interviews with some of today's most successful women and her own proven success strategies to help readers transcend their "blocks" and achieve success.
Author
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Women are the future of American business. According to a recent Nielsen report, women will control two-thirds of American consumer wealth in less than a decade. And yet almost all business and success literature is still written for men-dispensing advice that doesn't take into account women's unique strengths or address the demands of family life on mothers. This powerful new book-from the award-winning author of Think and Grow Rich: Three Feet...
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
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Description
Meet sixty amazing women who are proving that it's never too late to live out a dream-- to launch a business, travel the world, get a PhD, find love, or fill a void in life with a challenging new experience. Brimming with anecdotes that will inspire smiles, tears, and most of all hope, this collection speaks to women of all ages with an empowering message: The best is yet to come!
Author
Publisher
Portfolio/Penguin
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Marie Kondo performs a quick tidying ritual to quiet her mind before leaving the house. The president of Pixar and Walt Disney Animation Studios, Ed Catmull, mixes three shots of espresso with three scoops of cocoa powder and two sweeteners. Fitness expert Jillian Michaels doesn't set an alarm, because her five-year-old jolts her from sleep by jumping into bed for a cuddle every morning. Part instruction manual, part someone else's diary, the authors...
Author
Publisher
Penguin Group
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
We all know that it takes hard work, dedication, and the occasional dose of luck for someone to make it to the top of their chosen field. Yet we also suspect that it takes a little something more -- but what? The Art of Doing asks today's most successful celebrities, businessmen, and iconoclastic achievers, "How do you succeed at what you do?" You'll be surprised by what you can learn from these original and refreshing takes on success.
Author
Publisher
Simon Element
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Radical Confidence is the story of how Lisa unpaused her life to cofound a company that went from zero to a billion dollars in just five years and become a leader in the world of personal development. Transforming herself with a growth mindset, Lisa learned to face her insecurities and inadequacies, embrace new challenges, solve her own problems, tell her negative voice to shut the eff up, and become the hero of her own life by life-hacking her way...
Author
Publisher
Conari Press, an imprint of Red Wheel/Weiser
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
Revealing how women can break free of societal and psychological barriers, the author uses the examples of Shakti Gawain, Sarah Ban Breathnach, Cathleen Rountree, Chris Madden and other "creatives" to show how to overcome blocks to creativity.
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Audio
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Meet sixty amazing women who are proving that it's never too late to live out a dream-- to launch a business, travel the world, get a PhD, find love, or fill a void in life with a challenging new experience. Brimming with anecdotes that will inspire smiles, tears, and most of all hope, this collection speaks to women of all ages with an empowering message: The best is yet to come!
Author
Publisher
Adams Media
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"Featuring stories from twenty nationally acclaimed female leaders, this book offers real-life advice for breaking free of the predetermined roles in the business world and life. These powerful women describe what it's like to go beyond one's comfort zone, hold their own in a male-dominated environment, and take control of the situations that keep many women from achieving their goals. From Yahoo, Inc. CEO Marissa Mayer's determination to build credibility...
Publisher
Nomadic Pictures
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"Filmed over five and a half years, All the Difference weaves together the stories of two tough, yet promising young black men as they navigate their lives in broken homes and low-income, high-risk communities in Chicago. Statistics predict they will drop out of high school and succumb to life on the streets; but both graduate and go on to college in spite of all the odds. After they graduate, the film follows them for another 6 months as they both...
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