Access your latent power to actualize your true potential and make a difference in the world. Do you drag yourself to work every morning to a job you hate? Do you feel like you're just going through the motions with no real purpose in life? Do you have a special talent to offer to the world, but don't even know what it is? Start your journey to self-discovery and growth in this inspiring book to learn: - Science-backed methods that world-class performers use to accelerate skills acquisitions that you can implement now - The brutal truth why some very smart people failed while some mediocre ones succeeded - 5 surprisingly easy steps to spark your creativity and maximize your innovative thinking - How to reveal your natural talent to spot unforeseen opportunities in areas you never knew existed - 3 unexpected common sense choices that often lead you farther away from attaining a lifetime fulfilment - Proven essential strategies to cultivate a talent hotbed which you can employ at home to raise successful children Peak Life's Work guides you to discover your true path and awaken to your life's greatest work with joy.

Technological advances and the global marketplace are changing the way we live and work. Doing the work you love is the critical factor to personal fulfillment and economic success. No one understands this more than Laurence G. Boldt, whose Zen and the Art of Making a Living helped many carve out new and rewarding career paths. But how do you find the courage to start the search for a new career? And how do you tap into your own best resources to discover what you want to do and what you’re good at? This remarkable guide offers simple yet profound strategies to help you answer those questions by focusing on four key elements to be sought in any life’s work: Integrity, Service, Enjoyment, and Excellence. Boldt has reduced the quest for meaningful work to its essence and will lead you to an understanding of what you could and should be doing with your life.

The third and final book in the REED career trilogy (after Why You? and The 7 Second CV), Life's Work is a practical, inspirational guide full of advice to help you create a fulfilling career wherever you are in life, from the UK's best-known authority on jobs and careers. 'For anyone who has got into a bit of a rut, this is a helpful book that will give you some ideas to get yourself motivated again and to think a bit more strategically and energetically about your career' - FT Advisor 'Life's Work is a candid, practical and empowering book for those looking to find meaningful work at all stages of life . . . offers unique and unexpected insights into how to build and sustain a rewarding career' - FE News 'Helps young and not-so-young hopefuls get ahead' - Sunday Times By the time you retire you'll have spent a third of your life working. That's far too long to be stuck in a job you hate or even just tolerate. But where to start? Life's Work will show you 12 proven ways to fast track your career, so when you leap out of bed every Monday morning you'll be ready to take on the world. The book is written by James Reed, Chairman of REED, Britain's best-known recruitment brand. Over the past 25 years he has helped millions of people find jobs. This has given him a deep insight into what makes some people successful in building a rewarding career, while others are stuck in the confusion and frustration of not landing the job they want. Through these multiple observations and conversations, James has learned that there are 12 key ways to build and sustain the career you want. You will learn how to: · Be (sustainably) selfish · Kick start some good habits and kick out some bad ones · Think in days and decades · Be powerful, be prepared · Find a boss you can learn from Today's job landscape allows you more freedom to carve your own path than ever before. Along with this, however, comes the responsibility of shaping your mind and actions to make your career work for you. This book shows you how. 'Full of ways to fast-track your career' - The Sun 'Persuades you to think more deeply' - Bookbag

Uncover the easy strategies that will change your life today! "The Naked Truth about YOU - the secrets to feeling good, doing the things you love to do and about how you can create the extraordinary life you will love to live" - Discover what you were born to do - Free yourself from your past - Optimise the way your mind functions - Harness the energy of your emotions for good - Understand how your mind affects your health, weight and relationships - Feel good daily - 24 proven practical strategies - Use problems and negative experiences to your advantage - Master your body - Predict your own and other peoples behaviour - Create loving and lasting relationships - Make other peoples opinions about you work for you - Positively impact the world by doing what you love

The most innovative, unconventional, and profoundly practical career guide available--newly revised and updated With today's economic uncertainties, millions of Americans realize they must seize control over their own career paths. They want work that not only pays the bills but also allows them to pursue their real passions. In this revised edition, Laurence Boldt updates and revises his revolutionary guide to meet the challenges of the twenty-first century workplace. The first part of this book helps readers to identify the work that they really want to do, while the second provides practical, active steps to finding or creating that work. Zen and the Art of Making a Living goes beyond inspiration, providing a proven formula for bringing creativity, dignity, and meaning to every aspect of the work experience.

A workbook for crafting your personal mission statement – with previously unpublished writing, case studies, food for thought, checklists and practical exercises from celebrated author Stephen R. Covey. At last, a much-anticipated new work from international bestselling author Stephen R. Covey. We are thrilled that GABAL Verlag will be launching Covey’s Das Leitbild deines Lebens! (A Mission Statement for Your Life!), in which you can expect: - New, previously unpublished content - Workbook exercises designed to help you to explore your personal mission statement and the meaning and purpose of your life - Approaches that pick up directly where global bestseller The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People left off - A deeper exploration of the second habit: ‘Begin with the end in mind’ - Much-needed answers to the pressing questions that occupy all of us - A workbook for anyone striving to live a meaningful life and keep sight of their big goals in the humdrum of the everyday. - Step-by-step guidance to creating your own personal mission statement - packed with important food for thought, fresh ideas and practical exercises. - Powerful motivation for exploring the meaning of life, setting clear goals and realising your ambitions. - Designed as a ‘guiding light’ to keep readers on the path towards their most important goals and dreams. Am I in the right job? How’s my private life – and what do I really want to achieve? More and more of us are finding ourselves preoccupied by such existential questions. When we think about them, we quickly realise that answers are not at all easy to come by. This workbook by Stephen R. Covey is designed to help you explore the meaning of life and develop your own personal mission statement. The workbook is packed with examples, questions for reflection, food for thought, and practical tips for creating your personal mission statement. Step by step, it will help you to identify what drives you, what you (really, really) want and what makes you truly happy. By the end of it, your personal mission statement will be complete: a guiding light to keep you on the path to a meaningful, effective and successful life.

Get Smart! About Modern Career Development will teach you to raise your self-awareness, practice active reflection, and follow your intuition to enhance your decision- making skills. Topics include: decision making, getting ready for work, work in the 21st century, entrepreneurship, self- marketing tools, and the 6 stages of career development: assessment, investigation, preparation, commitment, retention, transition.

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As one of the world’s most renowned motivational speakers, Les Brown is a dynamic personality and highly-sought-after resource in business and professional circles for Fortune 500 CEOs, small business owners, non-profit and community leaders from all sectors of society looking to expand opportunity. Now you can tap into his knowledge in his Ultimate Guide to Success collection. All of us have what it takes to make it in today's competitive and changing world. You may have doubted your ability to get the job done in the past, but something else may have been in the way of your success. The key to achievement has little to do with your education or skill level. The secret to accomplishing great things is simple: find and pursue the kind of work you are meant to do - your purpose. Les will show you how in The Power of Purpose. In The Greatness Within You, Les will inspire you to tap into the incredible potential for achievement, happiness, and influence that is lying dormant within, just waiting to be unleashed. Les is determined to bring out that potential for greatness in you! It just takes a commitment to becoming the active force in your life, and become the kind of person you want to be. Les believes that anything is possible. You have the power to make vital changes in your life. In The Courage to Live Your Dreams he’ll guide you to develop the skills you need and will lead you step-by-step toward making each and every one of your dreams come true. This 3 book collection will help you: · Experience the freedom and power of finding your life's work · Focus and take action to pursue your greatness · Measure and increase your self-motivation for ongoing success · Live in a spirit and attitude of gratitude · Become a powerful presence in every area of your life · Call on a larger vision and defeat the negative self-talk that is holding you back · Go beyond your comfort zone · Confront your fears and let them energize instead of immobilizing you · See beyond your current situation Legions of followers flock to stadiums and arenas to hear a man who never stops believing that with proper guidance and training you can achieve anything you desire in life. Let him inspire you to find your purpose, unleash the greatness within and have the courage to live your dreams.

The twentieth anniversary edition of a transformative blueprint for ancestral healing—featuring new material and gateways, from the renowned herbalist, natural health expert, and healer of women’s bodies and souls “This book was one of the first that helped me start practices as a young woman that focused on my body and spirit as one.”—Jada Pinkett Smith Through extraordinary meditations, affirmations, holistic healing plant-based medicine, KMT temple teachings, and The Rites of Passage guidance, Queen Afua teaches us how to love and rejoice in our bodies by spiritualizing the words we speak, the foods we eat, the relationships we attract, the spaces we live and work in, and the transcendent woman spirit we manifest. With love, wisdom, and passion, Queen Afua guides us to accept our mission and our mantle as Sacred Women—to heal ourselves, the generations of women in our families, our communities, and our world.