Personal Performance

Are you a leader who is questioning whether all the stress and exhaustion is worth it? You work hard. You are motivated and driven. You have a clear vision and use your energy and enthusiasm to spur others on. Yet on the inside, you are exhausted and drained. All the missed lunch breaks, lack of sleep, and long hours of work are taking their toll and it’s time to do something about this before it’s too late. You are your most important asset. When you put yourself first and prioritize your own mental health, you are more productive, perform better, and will be happier.

We live in a world where respect, gratitude, and appreciation have been replaced by efficiency, dismissiveness, and even fear of genuine connection. Sometimes, we don't stare up from our screens and devices long enough to realize there is even another person on the other side of the tweet or email. "Is anybody out there?" One thing is for sure: This speed of life has taken a toll on our basic use of good manners and etiquette. Nowhere is this more apparent than in the decline of professional business communications.

How to live a life worth living is a question as old as mankind itself. Humans have an average of 79 years of life on this planet, and for most people, it will be a life filled with worry, stress, anxiety, problems, and frustration. Very few people have the skill or knowledge to plan their lives to get the most enjoyment out of it. We all chase happiness, but few can honestly say that they are truly happy. Even fewer can end their days with the satisfaction of having lived a life filled to the brim with adventure.

Exception to the Rule links ancient wisdom with contemporary science on high performance, teamwork, and engagement. Building an organizational culture based on classical virtues - of trust, compassion, courage, justice, wisdom, temperance and hope - is both strategically smart and a better way to live. Exception to the Rule walks you through the steps of helping everyone in your organization focus on character defined by virtue.

Widely touted as strong, fierce, and confident, black women still find themselves walking on a tightrope between their dreams and what life has to offer. You’ll often find yourself navigating through an unpleasant mix of racial and gender issues—whether in personal or professional life. So how can you bring yourself above these pitfalls? More importantly, how can you raise your confidence in yourself as well as what you do, even in the face of discrimination? The answer is simple: affirmations that keep you going.

Constantly lectured by an unrelenting inner critic? Struggling to maintain change in the face of life’s everyday worries? Lack the confidence to step out of your comfort zone? ICF-certified executive coach and YTT-certified breathwork teacher Elizabeth Borelli has spent years working with individuals and Fortune 100 companies to understand the deep link between mind, body, and habits. Now she is sharing her time-tested strategies for breaking free from self-sabotaging patterns and channeling that energy into fulfilling victories.

Mindfulness is overhyped, overused, and over-egged in trendy business circles. But what is mindfulness - really? Why should you invest your time, money, and energy to develop mindfulness? And what impact might it make to your performance in the workplace? Just Notice takes you on a trip down the mindfulness lane and demonstrates what's possible when you engage your eyes, ears, and body to expand your awareness and powerfully handle life's rich tapestry of adventure.

Do you have a desire to explore the limitless potential within yourself, but don’t know where to begin? Are you feeling stuck in life and don’t know how to move forward? In Supercharge Your Best Life, Scott Allan teaches you the best strategies for habit development, creating an optimized goal system, visualizing the world you want to live in, and then providing you with tools to construct that world. You are capable of amazing things, and through empowering your mind to push against resistance and break the fear holding you back, anything is possible.

Everything you do from the moment you open your eyes in the morning to when you crawl into bed at night affects your energy - and this energy ultimately fuels your productivity.

How can someone get the best seats to the Super Bowl, the Olympics, the Kentucky Derby, and all the greatest concerts and sporting events in the world? By owning TicketCity, one of America’s fastest-growing ticket brokers. In this motivational and inspirational book, you will learn how author Randy Cohen started a business with just $1,200 and a few University of Texas basketball tickets and built it into a ticket-selling empire that today serves 250,000 clients in 17 countries.

As organizations around the world are putting more focus on the mindset and wellbeing of staff, the need to develop Emotional Intelligence (EI) has never been greater. Cutting through the hype and dispelling the myths about EI, this practical, easy-to-use resource provides clear guidance, powerful tools, and actionable steps for developing and implementing EI in the workplace for immediate results.

Are your people excited to come to work? Are they passionate about your team's purpose? In Engaging the Hearts and Minds of All Your Employees, leadership expert Lee J. Colan reveals the necessary steps to inspire and engage everyone on your team. By fully engaging your employees, you'll ignite stellar team performance and customer service.

Amazing people walk among us. They can do superhuman mental feats when it comes to memory and calculations. Brain Potential: Enhancing and Inhibiting for Peak Performance is based upon a study of savantism and how hypnosis and hypnotherapy can be used to unleash hidden mental capabilities in each of us.

Your mindset is crucial to obtaining the focus you need to succeed, but also the beginning of putting your gameplan together. Let me motivate you with the many ways that help me decide to walk my success story. Let me motivate you to want to make mistakes and grow. Allow me to help you understand that it is okay to feel lost. Let this book share the wonders of becoming new and walking in big shoes. The future you deserve.