Goldsmith, Marshall.
Summary: In his powerful new book, bestselling author and world-renowned executive coach Marshall Goldsmith examines the environmental and psychological triggers that can derail us at work and in life. He details the six "engaging questions" that can help us take responsibility for our efforts to improve and help us recognize when we fall short.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Books on Tape 2015
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 158 GOLHuang, Laura
Summary: "Laura Huang, a preeminent Harvard Business School professor, shows that success is about gaining an edge: that elusive quality that gives you an upper hand and attracts attention and support. Some people seem to naturally have it. Now, Huang teaches the rest of us how to create our own from the challenges and biases we think hold us back, and turning them to work in our favor"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Portfolio / Penguin 2020
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1 available in New Non-fiction, Call number: 650.1 HUAPlumeri, Joe.
Summary: Everyone imagines top CEOs as larger-than-life figures who do things no one else could. But deep down, a good business leader is an everyman who combines vision and high energy with the ability to connect with and learn from all types of people. In The Power of Being Yourself, renowned business leader Joe Plumeri offers simple yet profound guidance on how to stay positive, motivate yourself and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Da Capo Lifelong, A Member of the Perseus Books Group 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 158 PLUSpencer, Scott
Summary: Meeting at a vast Hudson River estate, two couples become estranged by unexpected successes and reactions that shape the lives of diverse friends and family members over the course of two decades.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Adult, Call number: Fiction Spencer 2017Tillman, Nancy
Summary: An illustrated, rhyming celebration of everyday accomplishments and milestone events, from the viewpoint of an adult who always believed the child would succeed.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Feiwel and Friends 2019
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Summary: Explains what grit is, why it is important, and names a few important people who achieved their goals because they had grit.
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Publisher / Publication Date: PowerKids Press 2014
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Summary: When "One of a Kind" is laughed at by Purple One and called a name by Green One, is the Tease Monster to blame? This tale teaches readers the difference between friendly teasing and mean teasing, and why some teasing can have a negative bite if it's meant to be hurtful and cause embarrassment.--Publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Boys Town Press 2013
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Summary: "When facing life's questions, who do you turn to for advice? We all need mentors, particularly when the odds seem stacked against us. To find his own...author Tim Ferriss tracked down more than 100 eclectic experts to help him, and you, navigate life. Through short, action-packed profiles, he shares their secrets for success, happiness, meaning, and more."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2017
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Summary: Romi Neustadt is passionate about helping others build lucrative direct sales and network marketing businesses that help create lives with more freedom and flexibility, greater purpose and a lot more fun. In this book she offers you the same direct, no-BS coaching she's given to tens of thousands to help you acquire the skills to build this sucker and teach your team to do the same. And,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: LiveFullOut Media 2016
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Summary: Explains why optimism is important and offers examples of optimistic people who went on to achieve great things.
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Publisher / Publication Date: PowerKids Press 2014
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 149.5 ANTMcArdle, Megan.
Summary: "For readers of Drive, Outliers, and Daring Greatly, a counterintuitive, paradigm-shifting new take on what makes people and companies succeed Most new products fail. So do most small businesses. And most of us, if we are honest, have experienced a major setback in our personal or professional lives. So what determines who will bounce back and follow up with a home run? If you want to succeed...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Group USA 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 650.1 MCAPerkins, Useni Eugene
Summary: "A lyrical, empowering poem that celebrates black children and seeks to inspire all young ones to dream big and achieve their goals"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: LB Keys/Little, Brown and Company 2017
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Summary: "A guide to ensure The New You is unshakeable. For anyone who has ever had trouble staying motivated while trailblazing towards badassery, [this book] is the companion to keep you fresh, focused, mighty, and driven. In one hundred exercises, reflections, and cues that you can use to immediately realign your mind and keep your resolve unwavering, this guide will show you how to turn the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2018
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3 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 158.1 SINCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Adult, Call number: 158.1 SINMatthews, Dona J. (Dona Joyce)
Summary: An essential guide for parents and educators, offering practical suggestions and strategies for raising smart, well-balanced, happily productive children.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Anansi 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 649 MAT1 available in Juvenile Parent-Teacher Collection, Call number: JPT 649 MAT
Summary: Armed with the titular manual, an ambitious window washer seeks to climb the corporate ladder.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Documentary-style film about manifesting and using the Law of Attraction to create whatever you want in your life. Helps you understand how important it is to consciously choose the thoughts you hold each day and to keep your thoughts and actions focused on what you really want to attract into your life
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Publisher / Publication Date: TS Production, LLC 2006
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA SECSummary: "A young stockbroker [is] hungry for fame and glory in New York City, where corruption is king and more is never enough. His name was Jordan Belfort"--Container.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Paramount Pictures 2014
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Summary: "Good luck isn't just chance, it can be learned and leveraged, and The Serendipity Mindset explains how to use serendipity to make life better at work, at home-everywhere. Most of us think that the important decisions and events in our lives happen by chance, that they're out of our control. Often we think that successful people-and successful companies and organizations-are simply luckier than...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Riverhead Books 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 158.1 BUSCovey, Sean.
Summary: Applies the proven wisdom of the 7 habits to teens and the tough issues and life-changing decisions they face.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Brilliance Audio 2012
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1 available in Audiobook on MP3 CD, Call number: MP3CD 158 COVDooley, Mike.
Contents: Thoughts become things! -- Beliefs -- Blessed emotions -- Life's waiting for you -- Gifts from heaven -- Magical universe -- The elixir of life -- Abundance, health & harmony -- Relationships -- Tools & techniques -- Questions & answers -- The meaning of life.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Tut Enterprises] 2001
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 158 DOODuhigg, Charles
Summary: Redefining productivity as a discipline involving how one thinks, identifies goals, constructs teams, and makes decisions, explains how to transform thinking behaviors to increase self-motivation and shares illustrative examples.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2016
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Summary: Entrepreneur and speaker Jess Ekstrom helps readers let go of cynicism and negativity and start viewing their challenges through the lens of opportunity and optimism, showing us how to start seeing the good in the world so that we can become the good in the world.
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Publisher / Publication Date: W Publishing Group, an imprint of Thomas Nelson 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 158.1 EKSGodin, Seth.
Summary: Describes when to support and when to fight corporate systems, explaining how to recognize and drop defunct practices to protect profits, job security, and professional satisfaction.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Portfolio 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 158.1 GODGrant, Adam M.
Summary: Explains how networking and leadership skills are subject to the professional interaction styles of takers, matchers, and givers, and how these personalities dramatically shape success rates.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2013