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AN INSIDER’S GUIDE TO THE FUTURE OF SNOW AND ICE MANAGEMENT One of the most groundbreaking books about the snow and ice management industry, First in Snow: Inside the World of Snowfighting sets out to explore, and explain, the complicated and oft-misunderstood trade known as “snowfighting.” Brad Caton draws on nearly two decades of experience running his Vancouver-based snow and ice management firm, Invictus Professional Snowfighters, as well as in-depth discussions with industry experts ranging from attorneys, insurers, advocates, property managers, salt distributors, and fellow snowfighters, to present a rare, broad-scoped analysis of the challenges, solutions, and dire importance associated with the snow and ice industry. Caton offers a compelling case for why snowfighting should be viewed as an emergency service, rather than as a service akin to wintertime lawn maintenance. He, along with his interviewees, breaks down exactly what it is that snowfighters do and outlines the burdens placed on the industry by a growing penchant for lawsuits, rising insurance costs, and the all-too-common disconnect between contractor and client due to the nocturnal nature of the business. Property owners, legal and insurance professionals, technology developers, snow and ice professionals, and the general public can all learn from this book’s vast insights on all things snowfighting.

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How the Sum of One Man’s Experiences Led to a Life Well Lived How does one create a happy and fulfilled life? For Marty Holleran, who had an ordinary upbringing in Scranton, Pennsylvania in the 1940s, he had great things planned for his future. Faced with a lifetime of personal trials and tribulations, successes, heartbreaks, and struggles, Marty rose above the hardships to achieve his desired life. Well Lived is filled with valuable lessons from his eclectic business career alongside heartfelt recollections of his family and the life-changing lessons he’s learned along the way. Well Lived will help readers to reflect on how their moral compasses, their unconditional love for their families, and their relentless dedication can get them through amazing obstacles.

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Classic Compliance Meets Conscious Compliance Collectively, Compliance officers protect our economy by increasing market transparency and guarding customer interests. Individually, they can stabilize, propel, or even enable the downfall of the organization that employs them. What power! Yet Compliance officers face a host of issues limiting their influence. There is a narrow perception of the value of Compliance to an organization, and a misunderstanding of the inherent conflicts of interest Compliance officers wrestle with daily. Triple Bottom-Line Compliance shows you—the Compliance officer—how to deliver protection, productivity, and impact in your organization. It shares strategies for delivering a new type of Compliance system that not only defends and protects an organization, but also proactively helps it perform better. A Compliance officer is not just protecting the organization and mitigating regulatory risk as a gatekeeper, but is also helping the organization realize its full value—whether it’s measured in profitability, growth, stability, credibility, or fulfillment of its mission. In this book, author Beth Haddock will teach you how to focus on business interests, behavioral incentives, and the importance of relationships in order to both sustain and grow and your organization.

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Non-Conventional Lending: Changing Investors' Status Quo There’s a well-kept secret in the investment world, one with an upside that’s so up, it’s hard to believe that more investors—many, many more investors—aren’t involved. If you’re an investor, relying on a volatile investment like securities for needs such as income after retirement doesn’t make sense. You need a more stable source of income. The answer is non-conventional lending. This is an investment that pays off in good times and bad. It’s appropriate for investors with $15,000 to invest, as well as those with $150,000 or $1.5 million to invest. It takes advantage of one of the best cash flow owing asset classes in the world—real estate—while providing the stability of fixed-income bonds. And it allows the investor to be in control of the investment. In Earning Money While You Sleep, author Anthony Geraci takes you through his own investments to show you how, with non-conventional lending, things can go wrong, and mainly, how things usually go right. As a lawyer and as someone who has done non-conventional lending for his own personal investment for years, and he will teach you how these investments are too good to be ignored and how to protect yourself if the worst should happen.

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Flourishing Through Financial Planning Money is about much more than dollars and cents. It’s about our family, it’s about our first experiences with money, it’s about our life values, and it’s about the conversations we do or do not have with the people who influence our saving, investing, sharing, and spending. Unfortunately, most wealth management firms rarely take the time to get to know their clients in a way that truly allows them to develop the perfect, individualized solution for each client. In addition, many financial planners overlook the psychological elements that drive financial decisions. In FLOURISH FINANCIALLY, author Kathy Longo takes a personalized approach to finance, helping you analyze the nine core areas where you typically spend your time—finances, family, health, leisure, learning, inner growth, home, community, and work—so you can understand your own money story to develop a strong financial plan and future. You’ll learn about different financial planning tools and practices—most importantly, how to communicate about money matters with those you care about—to help you get to the heart of your values and priorities, establish meaningful financial and life goals, and create an effective and inspiring decision-making framework.

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A Successful Business Is One On A Mission IN A WORLD filled with uncertainties, tough judgment calls, and unclear business documents and financial statements, many small business owners struggle with growing their company. In Joey Brannon’s Grow with Purpose: Building a Mission-Driven Business, he draws upon his experience as a CPA and business consultant to share notable case studies of real clients with real problems to help you learn from their triumphs and mistakes. Written for small business owners, Grow with Purpose is divided into three parts to help you easily learn how you can grow your company: 1. Finding your purpose 2. Maintaining the business 3. Growing with purpose Beginning with identifying your VVWM Core (Values, Vision, Why, and Mission), the advice in this book will help you build a strong foundation that can support and foster success well into the future. Joey wants to make a difference one small business at a time. It’s time to get started with yours.

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Through the tumult of socio-economic, political, and ideological shifts exerting pressure on higher education in the United States, leaders need effective, practical tools to guide their institutions toward relevance and sustainability. Surviving to Thriving has served as that guide for independent college and university presidents, cabinets, and boards of trustees around the country since its release in 2014. With an updated introduction, this second edition offers a framework to inform institutional planning and thinking with students always at the center. Authors Joanne Soliday and Rick Mann consider and apply the nine elements of Credo’s Thriving Framework® through which institutional health can be examined and improved

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DISCOVER WHAT LIFE UNDERWATER CAN TEACH YOU ABOUT DIVERSITY INCLUSION Deep beneath the ocean’s surface, submarines, hunks of metal shrouded in curiosity by those on land, are filled with a skillful crew responsible for its success. The efficiency of a strong submarine crew is the result of a community that makes acceptance of diversity and inclusion part of its expected norms. The strategies of a submarine crew can be adapted to businesses and communities, allowing them to reach peak efficiency and maintain a mission-focused philosophy that promotes growth. Deborah Cake Fortin and John Gregory Vincent have teamed together to bring you Diversity and Inclusion the Submarine Way, which provides insight into many techniques and principles that will teach you to: •EFFECTIVELY MANAGE BIASES AND UNITE TOGETHER AS A TEAM TO SOLVE PROBLEMS •EMBRACE WHAT YOU CAN’T CHANGE, AND FOCUS ON WHAT YOU CAN CONTROL •DEAL WITH CONFLICT OPENLY AND DIRECTLY When it comes to a system of inclusion, there’s none better than the one that organically takes place on a submarine. This book is the first step toward applying these techniques and practices to help your company succeed and thrive in a diverse and inclusive work environment.

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Forge a Future That Serves All Look around. Every day, whether you’re on a morning commute to work or even driving through towns on vacation, you may pass neighborhoods that are largely abandoned or underutilized. Perhaps they were great places at one point—but as the economy continues to change and evolve, there becomes a great need for leaders to address these problems, to invoke real-world solutions. That’s where Dr. Kimberly Townsend hopes to provide answers—to share both her professional and personal experiences to clear a path toward making the world a better place. In Lifecircle Leadership: How Exceptional People Make Every Day Extraordinary, Dr. Townsend shares valuable insight into creating a better environment for all. You’ll learn about: ● how to create a positive and uplifting environment in the workplace, ● what makes a good leader and how to empower others, and ● the importance of reaching out to the community to truly make a difference. There is too much negativity in the world today. But does that have to always be the case? Change happens one step at a time and you have to be willing to take that first step. Once you do, the rewards will more than justify your efforts.

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They never told you this in law school. Out of a hundred new lawyers in prestigious, high-profile law firms, two will have a long-term career at the firm, ninety-eight will be shown the door.There’s an overwhelming chance you will become another statistic and one day you’ll be on your own with no law firm to provide security, a paycheck, or even a desk. If you don’t know how to manage and grow a law firm, you will be lost in a sea of lawyers. You will be desperate for any clients you can get and have no idea how to manage a staff or hire a team of superstar employees. This book was written for youMost books about law firm management and marketing are motivational with little practical advice. But when you have your own law practice and are just trying to survive, you don’t need motivation—you need to know what to do … right now. This book was written to fill that gap—the gap between theory and practice. The gap that law schools ignore, the gap that many lawyers ignore. Take small, baby steps to implement these principles, and with some time, consistent application, and a heavy dose of courage, you will be on the way to building the law firm of your dreams.

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Success is what you make of it. Life is about preparing for challenges and adjusting to them along the way. As our priorities change, our views broaden and our dreams shift. Retirement planning is no different. In Building Wealth, Protecting Dreams, financial consultant Thomas A. Kalejta shares tools and techniques you can employ to safeguard your family as you grow your investments for the future. You’ll learn how to: • set financial goals and priorities • manage risk appropriately • leverage tax laws to your advantage • use credit wisely • maximize your investments • and much more Whether your retirement dream is on a beach, volunteering for a charity, or continuing to work at what you enjoy, it can be well within reach. After a life of hard work, you’ve earned it and deserve as much.

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IGNITE is your all-access pass to some of the world’s greatest thought leaders on personal growth, marketing, sales, and leadership. Each is interviewed by publisher Paul Feldman, whose monthly magazine has topped rankings in the insurance and financial industry. These intimate conversations are presented like never before, with each one illuminating new ideas that Feldman’s subjects hadn’t revealed in the more than three hundred books they’ve authored and coauthored. Not only do they share specific advice and strategies for producers, advisors, and agents but these dialed-in conversations also reveal inspiration for all aspects of life, in any industry. Whether you’re an entrepreneur, business owner, or employee seeking your way to the top, this book is your entry point to an infinite wealth of tips, strategies, and inspiration—and will ignite all that lies within you to turn your greatest dreams into reality.

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MAKE MONEY on your schedule through REAL ESTATE Do you feel stuck in a dead-end career? Would you rather work part-time, cash $25,000 checks regularly, and make $100,000 in just your first year? There’s more to life than what you are doing now. You have the ability to become self-sufficient and make serious money. The only thing holding you back is yourself. Expert real estate investor Scott Jelinek understands how to achieve entrepreneurial success, and in Work Just Gets in the Way of Making Money, he shares strategies you can use to find, negotiate, and sell real estate. You’ll discover how to: • market for properties • calculate and present effective offers • obtain cash buyers for deals • flip houses for selling or renting • assemble a team of professionals • set yourself free to live an awesome life This isn’t a get-rich-quick scheme—you’ll still have to work hard and study. But by following Jelinek’s step-by-step action plan, you can gain the confidence and knowledge needed to become a successful real estate investor with a predictable income.

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Forecast for the Weather Ahead: MASTER THE BUSINESS STORM CYCLE Your business is doing phenomenal. Growth like never before. Everyone is on their toes, working overtime, hunkering down through this whirlwind of growth. Maybe you even hire a handful of new people, invest in new technology in systems . . . How long can such a level of success and growth last? Well, the answer lies in the old adage, “What goes up must come down.” Without the proper strategies in place, employees will be laid off. All that investment in new IT—wasted. But despite the storms of high and low growth to come, you can build the perfect storm shelter to make it through the volatile business atmosphere. In Surviving the Business Storm Cycle: How to Weather Your Business’s Ups and Downs, Dave Hopson of Triumphus coaches you through the four phases any business will find itself in sooner or later: 1. Start-up 2. High growth: Tornado 3. Deceleration: Avalanche 4. Consolidation Don’t let the storms destruct what you’ve worked so hard to build. Every phase presents its own opportunities and challenges—take advantage, learn, and grow with the proven strategies presented by Dave Hopson.

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Lead through the Chaos Learn from Tragedy Leadership: How does such a simple concept come to play in the most tragic of situations? How do you know if you have what it takes to lead through unimaginable tragedy? David and Traci Bissonette were faced with the type of devastation that molds character and significant purpose—fueling their passion to help others hone in on leadership skills and learn from what they experienced when Continental Flight 3407 crashed in their town of Clarence, NY. In Flight 3407, David and Traci reveal proven tactics and strategies to help you, the leader, navigate through any situation—from the everyday inconvenience to the unimaginable tragedy. In this recount of leadership paired with tragedy, you will: •Recognize the value of being a strong, yet compassionate leader. •Understand the emotional strain leaders face during and after a crisis. •Learn leadership best practices.

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CREATE THE WORK AND LIFE YOU’VE IMAGINED.Are you a professional, CEO, or entrepreneur frustrated with the typical approaches to trying to grow your career or advance your business? Perhaps you want to diversify your team and develop real relationships across cultures, but the task seems so daunting given the many pitfalls and competing priorities?It’s time to reframe your thinking and build meaningful connections to transform your business and your life. The old mental model of networking only for job searches and business development is too limiting and often invokes anxiety rather than joy. It excludes the richness of diversity that exists when you form authentic relationships that are aligned with your vision and strategy.In Strategic Networking 2.0, Juliette Mayers shows how you can reframe networking to be a catalyst for achieving your goals.

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How do you build the capacity for change in yourselves and your organizations? What is coaching powerfully, and how does it teach people to grow and learn? How do you build coaching programs aligned with organizational strategy? With examples of coaching programs from around the world, Building the Core Competencies of Change • exposes the underlying emotions, values, and mindsets that can thwart or empower change; • explains the techniques of coaching that build the competencies for growth and change; • provides examples of organizations that catalyzed change with the use of strategic coaching programs; and • outlines the coaching types, tools, and models used to build core competencies of change in individuals, teams, and whole organizations.

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The Funding Solution: A Guide to Hard Money Loans And Building Wealth Through Creative Capital Discover the joy of financial freedom through The Funding Solution: A Guide to Hard-Money Loans and Building Wealth through Creative Lending.Before flipping his first property, Roger Becker knew almost nothing about real estate investing. He could see past the dilapidation of a house and, in great detail, conceptualize its full potential. But he didn't have a bunch of money lying round, so how could he actually buy it? From making sense of hard-money loans to finding the perfect partnership and learning when to pivot, The Funding Solution leads you through the same steps that the author found daunting so you can change your life as he has.

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Your struggling teenager is going to a residential or wilderness treatment program. Their addictions, learning disabilities, or emotional/behavioral issues have brought you to a moment of decision. Heartsick, anxious, and exhausted, questions bounce endlessly around your mind, "Will this work? Was this really necessary? Will she ever forgive me? Can we handle him at home when the time comes?" Dr. Tim Thayne delivers the answers in his groundbreaking book Not by Chance. As an owner/therapist of wilderness and residential programs, Thayne was frustrated when young people made monumental progress, only to return home where things quickly unraveled. His mission became to vastly improve long-term success by crafting and proving a model to coach parents on their power to lead out through full engagement during treatment and management of the transition home. Not by Chance engages readers through solid research, simple exercises, and captivating stories taken from Thayne's own life and the living rooms of hundreds of American homes. This book serves up concrete tools, hope, confidence, and stamina for families, professionals and mentors. Topics include: • Why good programs work • How to boost—not undermine—treatment • Nine dangers waiting after discharge • How to identify natural mentors for your teen • What to do when the testing begins • When and how to grant back privileges and freedoms • How to ease your young adult's transition from treatment to independent living • When you know you've succeeded www.notbychance.com

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Have you ever struggled with giants that stand in your way? Maybe you're building a business but fear the uncertainty you face. You know you need to innovate, but you're worried about the potential consequences of taking that next step. And like many leaders, you have a picture of success in your head, but you don't know how to get to where you want to go. If this is where you are, this book is for you.In Turning the Giant, John Berra shares his amazing life's journey that took him from being a shy, uncertain university student to becoming the Chairman of Emerson Process Management. As someone who was voted into the Process Automation Hall of Fame, Berra writes from a place of authority and conviction. Because he has faced countless giants along his path, he knows what it takes to turn them.Today, the challenges leaders face today are more complex than they have ever been. Giants such as technological advancement and global competition make it tough for the av

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How do we embrace being generative to sustain excellence in the workplace?The modern working world doesn't leave much time for reflection. Leaders in particular are encouraged to speed ahead, make quick decisions, and seek swift solutions to any problem that may arise. However, the full-speed-ahead approach can backfire. By taking time to pause and reflect, it’s possible to notice new pathways and develop innovative solutions that allow for impactful results.Executive coach Janet M. Harvey has worked with leaders and teams around the world to explore the common tensions that arise in the workplace. Her conclusion? Tension in the workplace is inevitable. It’s how you navigate it that determines whether you will sustain excellence—or flame out.In this book, Janet explores the vehicle of generative change as one way to navigate tension in the workplace. Using real-life case studies and personal anecdotes, she compiles decades of her work as a coach to introduce readers to the vehicle of generative change. Each chapter includes activities and reflection exercises, making this an actionable guide that anyone can use to explore the value of generative change for themselves.

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I have an enormous amount of respect for people who consider themselves entrepreneurs. People who, in most cases, take tremendous risks in hopes of experiencing tremendous rewards. Not only for themselves but for the world at large.Entrepreneurs hire the most people, drive the economy, create innovation, promote research and development, while shaping new products and services. They solve problems with existing solutions, and technologies, while in most cases utilizing existing resources more effectively and more times than not on shoestring budgets.I consider entrepreneurs to be the great pioneers of today's business world. If you are considering launching your own entrepreneurial journey, are well on your way, or anywhere in between, my passion and purpose in writing this book is to give you confidence!

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Give to Get to Give is a down-to-earth version of strategic investment counsel that stands in stark contrast to the advice many financial advisors offer. As Dr. Randolph Dorcey notes, there is a critical difference between advice and counsel. Advice is free and can be offered by anyone — including those with ill intentions. But counsel comes from a place of wisdom and expertise. It’s based on a proven track record of success and proper decision-making.Using his patented humor and charm, Dorcey walks potential investors through steps they should take to increase their wealth for retirement. With a doctorate in communication, Dorcey helps clients understand the value and the benefits of a fully funded Living Trust. Through simple, straightforward language, he clearly defines why it is important for investors to leave an efficient legacy while maintaining privacy and control. His main goal is to make sure his readers are fully educated and informed on the need for estate planning. It’s a process he has used with over 1,000 families as he has helped to prepare them for their financial future.Give to Get to Give starts with a humorous story about some poor advice Randy received from his older brothers when he was just a kid. But then it quickly picks up steam and addresses the investment questions many are asking in the aftermath of the Covid Pandemic. Offering readers counsel that comes from over thirty years in the financial industry, Randy provides readers a clear roadmap for how they can properly invest for the future. He challenges them to remember that advice is cheap, and counsel is what matters. He reminds investors to earmark a percentage of their income that will go towards investment, and then stick with this process.Perhaps most important, Randy tells readers to find a financial counselor that will actively manage their investment. This, he believes, is a much better alternative than riding the waves of one financial crisis to the next. Instead, he calls readers to be proactive and work with individuals who have their best interest at heart. Readers are instructed to grow their crops and not fear the complicated nature of investing. They should do all they can to “Slam Sam” by reducing the amount of money they pay to the government in taxes.And when global catastrophes, such as pandemics, emerge, readers should stick with their game plan and work with a trusted financial advisor to actively navigate their path forward. Instead of just trusting “emperors with no clothes,” Dorcey admonishes investors to never just take someone else’s word and buy into the myth that it is acceptable to lose a large percentage of their investment when tough times hit. Instead, readers should work with people they trust and those that have a proven track record.

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A Guide to Creating the Best Data Communications and Networks for Your BusinessNo business can function without the effective design and implementation of data communications and computer networks. Yet these IT functions remain poorly understood and difficult to build strategy upon. However, every CEO needs to ensure that their organization has a powerful data communications strategy to succeed, as innovative landscapes continue to shift, challenging their operations at every turn. And one way to stay above the chaos and still operate efficiently is by having the right computer network to back it all up, safely and securely.But most CEOs do not have time to become computer network experts, although it is crucial that they understand the constantly evolving technical dangers that can disrupt and destroy their business model. Even for leaders without a strong technical background, Nathan offers the tools for CEOs to be able to analyze what they need to implement in their organization’s overall digital strategy.In The CEO’s Digital Survival Guide: A Practical Handbook to Navigating the Future, Nathan Whittacre gives access to the fundamentals of basic operations, features, and the limitations of different computer networks available today. Nathan has years of experience creating systems and processes to help CEOs run their businesses. He gives an easy-to-follow overview of what every CEO needs to know in order to be able to systematically understand, analyze and implement the right system for their organization to protect their infrastructure against external and internal threats. He explains best practices and discusses the most current technologies that are available.This book reveals everything you need to know about: Creating the best system for your organization Protecting Information Assets Cybersecurity Technology systems for business Network Design and Business Continuity Access Control and Surveillance Computer networks Linux Data security Encryption Information Systems Security IT services Internet services VoIP phone systems Small- and medium-sized business computing Virtualization Cloud computing Windows networks Microwave and millimeter RF technology Wide area networks

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How a Neurotic Jewish Real Estate Developer from New Jersey Found Enlightenment (And How You Can, Too) How can I stop worrying so much? How do I learn to look for approval in myself rather than others? How do I slow the pace of life? How can I learn to accept death? How can I find happiness? The answers to these questions and more can be found in this enlightening book. Its author, however, is the antithesis of the traditional spiritual guru. He dresses in business clothes rather than a robe and sandals. He has never lived in a small stone hut in the Himalayas, nor does he collect crystals or read auras. All his insights have required eyeglasses.Married for 40 years with three kids, Charles “Chick” Atkins has experienced all the joys and sorrows that life normally bestows. He is human – just another guy behind the wheel in traffic. Non-descript.But Chick is different in one significant way. Chick is “awake.”In the nine chapters of this book, he identifies nine moments of enlightenment in his life. Each provided a new level of comprehension and understanding that led to greater peace and happiness. Each provided answers to life’s big questions.This book is for everyone who feels disconnected or overwhelmed and who is yearning to be happy and whole, but who can’t leave their 9-to-5 job or spend a week meditating in the Berkshires. Unlike most books of this type, this is not about using spirituality to escape ordinary life and live with your head in the clouds. Rather, it’s about using spirituality to embrace ordinary life and realize how extraordinary it actually is. It’s a philosophy grounded in today’s reality.Enlightenment, as you’ll learn, is simply living moment to moment, amid all the usual nonsense, with awareness and appreciation unblemished by the past. You are capable of that. After all, even once you get all your wishes, there will always be the dishes.Chick writes with humor, humility and, most important, practicality. His path can be your path, too. In the life story of an unlikely guru, you just might find insight into your own.

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A massive train of wealth transfer is bearing down on society, and it is not going to stop. During the next quarter century, the United States will experience the largest transfer of wealth in modern history. According to the financial consulting firm Cerulli Associates, over the next twenty-five years, forty - five million households will transfer an estimated $68.4 trillion to the next generation. If your family is among those participating in this transfer, there are many significant actions you need to take — because doing it well will affect the lives of everyone in your family and their descendants, and the life of our society as a whole. Effective wealth transfer requires intelligent dialogue with, and consideration for, each inheritor and the whole family. In Your Time with the Baton, Steve Braverman, a veteran wealth manager and man of wealth himself, provides you with an intimate perspective on how to make this happen.

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Winning the NBA Championship in 2008. Losing in the NBA Finals in 2010. Though they were completely different endings, emotionally, both were amazing learning opportunities that author, Kevin Eastman, experienced as a member of the Boston Celtics coaching staff. These events, and many others from Kevin’s forty-plus years in the game, have motivated him to write Why the Best Are the Best. Kevin will take you behind the scenes and share an up-close look at how and why the best are the way they are. Why the Best Are the Best examines strategies to help you overcome mistakes and failures, as well as ways to turn them into your own personal success plan. More importantly, this book will help you see that these same mindsets, habits, and strategies are not just for elite athletes or the otherwise famous. We can all insert them into our lives and careers to help us become our best. The best are the best, in part, because of the words they choose to live by. The best individuals and teams define their words, respect the power of those words, and use those words as a foundation for all they do. This book provides the 25 Power Words that will help you learn from the best to create a framework and mindset to become your best.

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