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Charles Raynaud has found the perfect cover for his smuggling operation running out of Mexico, because how many customs agents are going to want to inspect a carton of venomous snakes? When Raynaud runs into his old Yale buddy Richard Pierce, a chance to play bodyguard feels like even easier money.

The opportunity to become rich has never been greater. With the advent of the Internet it is now possible to sell products without startup or overhead costs. Sell software and make between 50-75% commissions without having to say a word to anyone. You can literally make thousands, tens of thousands and even hundreds of thousands without picking up a phone or making a single sales call.

The Bookshop in Wigtown, Scotland is a book lover’s paradise, with thousands of books across nearly a mile of shelves, a real log fire, and Captain, the portly bookshop cat. You’d think that after twenty years, owner Shaun Bythell would be used to his quirky customers by now. Don’t get him wrong, there are some good ones among the antiquarian porn-hunters, die-hard train book lovers, people who confuse bookshops for libraries, and the toddlers just looking for a nice cozy corner in which to wee. He’s sure there are some good ones. There must be.

Build to Last is not an introduction to network marketing. It’s the missing piece for many would-be top network marketing professionals. The super successful build with the mindset of a CEO while everyone else builds with the mindset of an employee. If you are willing to do the work, Build to Last provides a step-by-step guide to becoming a leader who achieves enormous success in your network marketing business.

What is enough? Time enjoyed slowly. Choices made intentionally. Life lived gracefully. With minimalist and slow living writer Jessica Rose Williams as your guide, build a curated, simpler, more intuitive life founded on your personal values and desires. At 25, Jessica was diagnosed with cervical cancer. The shock compelled her to question her fast-paced, consumerist lifestyle, one designed around pleasing others. Enough is her heartfelt story of turning away from a life of regret, and it is also an invitation for you to begin your own transformation.

What type of leadership is needed in a moment that demands adaptive change? Tod Bolsinger, author of Canoeing the Mountains, is uniquely positioned to explore the qualities of adaptive leadership in contexts ranging from churches to nonprofit organizations. He deftly examines both the external challenges we face and the internal resistance that holds us back. When reflection and relationships are combined into a life of deliberate practice, leaders become both stronger and more flexible.

Der Bestseller vom Business Storyteller Thomas Pyczak! Wir lieben Geschichten. Sie unterhalten, berühren, begeistern – und bleiben im Gedächtnis haften. Wer gut erzählen kann, der wirkt souverän, überzeugend und versteht es, Menschen mitzunehmen. Auch im Business geht es nicht ohne Storytelling – oft spielt es sogar eine entscheidende Rolle. Gute Geschichten helfen, Kunden zu gewinnen, Investoren zu überzeugen oder eine Beförderung zu bekommen. Thomas Pyczak glaubt, dass Storytelling eine Schlüsselfähigkeit für jeden ist, der erfolgreich sein möchte.

Over his 30-year career at Condé Nast, Nicholas Coleridge has witnessed it all. From the anxieties of the Princess of Wales to the blazing fury of Mohamed Al-Fayed, his story is also the story of the people who populate the glamorous world of glossy magazines. With relish and astonishing candour, he offers the inside scoop on Tina Brown and Anna Wintour, David Bowie and Philip Green, Kate Moss and Beyonce and a surreal weekend away with Bob Geldof and William Hague.

We are at the threshold of the new roaring twenties—a resurgent era of technology-driven advancement with greater financial equality and economic expansion. Not unlike the famed decade of the previous century, our next ten years will be filled with striking cultural shifts, new challenges, and, ultimately, abundant financial opportunities. Paul Zane Pilzer sees a better world on the horizon. In The New Roaring Twenties, he imparts inspiration and a new template for escaping the shadow of a global pandemic, with all its fallout, and stepping into the resplendent possibilities of the future.

In Anticipate Failure, Lak Ananth—CEO of global venture capital firm Next47—describes the most common patterns of failure in innovation. He starts with the premise that building a business based on innovation is a perilous endeavor, and failures big and small are always around the corner. Ananth then dives into instances of failures, guiding the listener to understand root causes. Finally, he provides listeners with insights and coaching that will enable them not just to avoid failure, but to anticipate it and then get through it on the way to success.

Good capital allocation is the secret sauce of business success and investment returns. How could what you spend money on inside a business not be of utmost importance? I looked for a business person's guide to effective capital allocation for years. I thought, "What a nice gift to send to the CEOs of my portfolio companies!" as visions of outsized returns danced in my head. To my dismay, the search came up dry. I decided I'd have to write my own. I started at the individual customer transaction level and built all the way up to M&A, share buybacks, and beyond.

Whether you struggle with the Imposter Syndrome, negative head talk, stress and anxiety, or any other self-defeating emotions, beliefs, and/or behaviors that deprive you of a fuller, livelier, more fabulous life, this audiobook “Overcoming the Fear of Being Fabulous” can help you turn your life around! Providing 33 practical everyday Keys to leaving old habits behind, this book promises that you can indeed create a fuller, more successful life!

This book was born out of the wake-up call I received from God in 2016. He said to me, "Emmanuel, you are not disciplined enough for where I am taking you to." Before then, I didn't see myself as an undisciplined person. Even though I understood God was not saying I lacked discipline, this assessment set me on an exploratory journey to find out what discipline really means and how I can enhance my discipline.

Experienced sales professional and entrepreneur Nathan Jamail has developed a playbook of techniques and best practices, which have allowed thousands of sales professionals to find success in their selling. From prospecting for new clients to establishing likability, trust, and influence with clients, The Sales Professional's Playbook focuses on how to help sales professionals take their sales from poor or mediocre to surpassing limitless expectations. Nothing in this book is theory - it is based on personal experiences learned throughout Nathan Jamail's extensive sales career.

The most widely used metaphors in sales are those related to sports, battle, or games. The challenge with this mindset is it requires that one person wins and the other loses. Instead of falling victim to a win-lose approach, what if you shared a common goal with your potential client? How might things change if the client felt that you were more committed to their success than making the sale?

Want to scale your real estate business but not sure where to start? Whether you're just getting started or you want to take your business to the next level, this audiobook can help. 7 Figure Flipping Underground was written with a single goal: to help serious, committed real estate investors systematize their businesses, so they can do more deals and make more money while working less. If you want to create a consistent, predictable, profitable real estate investing company that frees up your time, so you can live life on your own terms, this audiobook will help.

The Best Seller is written through the eyes of a young professional stumbling in her sales career. Along the way, she meets several mentors who help to change her perspective and teach her that influence is not dependent on "who you know", it's about "who knows you and trusts you".

Do you want to make a living with your writing? Do you want to turn your words into multiple streams of income? I’m Joanna Penn and I left my corporate job a decade ago to become a full-time author entrepreneur. In this completely updated third edition, I’ll explain how I make a living with my writing and share tips from other writers on how you can do it too with practical, actionable advice that you can implement for yourself.

The Richest Man in Babylon by George S. Clason remains the time-tested guide to moneymaking that teaches you—whatever your income or financial state—how to maximize your finances to prosper and break free of debt, limitation, and fear. This new edition features an introduction by popular voice of esoteric ideas Mitch Horowitz along with Mitch’s notes and appendices that update this classic guide to encompass current issues of health insurance, revolving debt, and the “13 Rules of Good Luck” in boosting your career and money.

QuickBooks for Restaurants: A Bookkeeping and Accounting Guide shows restaurant owners and operators how QuickBooks software can be leveraged for restaurant success. I explain QuickBooks fundamentals including sales tracking, purchasing, bill paying, invoicing, managing day-to-day liabilities, gift certificate tracking, cash management, detailed reporting, and more.