The best-selling author of Blink identifies the qualities of successful people, posing theories about the cultural, family, and idiosyncratic factors that shape high achievers, in a resource that covers such topics as the secrets of software billionaires, why certain cultures are associated with better academic performance, and why the Beatles earned their fame.

"In Atlas of the Heart, Brown takes us on a journey through 85 of the emotions and experiences that define what it means to be human. As she maps the necessary skills and lays out an actionable framework for meaningful connection, she gives us the language and tools to access a universe of new choices and second chances - a universe where we can share and steward the stories of our bravest and most heartbreaking moments with one another in a way that...

"One of today's most influential minimalist advocates, Joshua Becker used to spend his days accumulating more and more. But then he realized his possessions were not only failing to make him happy, they were actually keeping him from the very things that do. Instead of bringing fulfillment, they brought distraction. In The More of Less, Joshua helps you recognize the life-giving benefits of owning less; realize how all the stuff you own is keeping...

In this second book of the Unopened Gifts series, Kyle Fitzpatrick's transformative journey continues, as he seeks to apply his newfound understanding of his role as owner and CEO of Momenta, a rising bicycle manufacturing company. Business is good- Kyle has always run a tight ship at work, maintaining control in all aspects of the business. So why should he change the way he leads? Yet as he faces the multiple challenges of acquiring a competing...

Transitioning from a student into a professional is not an easy task. I made a lot of rookie mistakes when I started my career. I'm here to tell you all about my mistakes so you don't make them when you enter the Corporate World! Know that this is not a self-help book. This book does not offer get-rich-quick schemes or reveal the secrets to instant success. Rather, it tells you how to navigate through the first few years of professional life; how...

Learn To Focus, Become Unstoppable And Easily Create The Lifestyle Of Your Dreams! I'm going to show you how everyday distractions are keeping you from living the life you really want to live. And by learning to focus the right way it will completely change the direction of your life. You really can live out all your dreams if you apply a little focus! How many times per day do you catch yourself distracted? If you really think about it I'm sure...

This book is based upon a collection of articles I have written over the past five years that focus on individual and organizational performance. I have drawn extensively from my personal experience helping people and organizations improve their performance to achieve success during my thirty-year business career. The book is organized by topics that serve as the building blocks for success in business, and in life. These include the following: Career...

Kyle is a business executive who is forever in pursuit of the brass ring-the pinnacle of business success. But, as far as the rest of his life is concerned outside of work, Kyle's decades-long pursuit has locked him in a bitter emotional prison of envy for the success of others and rage for the personal failures of his workaholic life. At stake, if he doesn't find a way to change things, is his family, health, relationships, personal integrity and...

Chanakya was both a destructive and creative thinker able to annihilate an established empire and erect and establish another larger, richer and greater on the debris, without money, material and man. So, he is the only qualified person in human history to be Guru; Acharya; Teacher; Guide and Mentor in the field of Management. With his super mind and supreme determination he succeeded in everything and everywhere; and wrote down everything without...

"Have you ever noticed that some people seem to be able to get an enormous amount of work done in a single day while others struggle with one task? The difference is that people that are able to get a lot of things done know what is involved in getting important things done and they know how to create an action plan to achieve whatever they want to achieve, whether that is throughout the course of a single day or something that is more cumulative...