Career Success

Here is Trump in action—how he runs his organization and how he runs his life....

Who works for the government and why does their work matter? Who Is Government? provides an urgent and absorbing civics lesson from an all-star team of writers and storytellers.

A former FBI hostage negotiator offers a new, field-tested approach to high-stakes negotiations—whether in the boardroom or at home.

From the world’s foremost expert on power and strategy comes a daily devotional designed to help you seize your destiny....

Coexisting but conflicting needs create self-sabotaging behaviors. This is why we resist efforts to change, often until they feel completely futile. But by extracting crucial insight from our most damaging habits, building emotional intelligence....

Think and Grow Rich is the number-one inspirational and motivational classic for individuals who are interested in furthering their lives and reaching their goals....

Now, in this life-changing guide, handcrafted by the author over a rigorous four-year period, you will discover the early-rising habit that has helped so many accomplish epic results while upgrading their happiness, helpfulness, and feelings of aliveness....

Stephen R. Covey's book, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, has been a top seller for the simple reason that it ignores trends and pop psychology....

What is that magic quality that makes some people instantly loved and respected? Everyone wants to be their friend (or, if single, their lover!)....

Robert Greene is a master guide, distilling wisdom and philosophy into essential texts for seekers of power, understanding, and mastery. Now he turns to the most important subject of all - understanding people's drives and motivations, even when they are unconscious of them themselves....

The inspirational best seller that ignited a movement and asked us to find our why. Discover the book that is captivating millions on TikTok and that served as the basis for one of the most popular TED Talks of all time - with more than 56 million views and counting....

A groundbreaking book redefining success shows people how they can create truly abundant and fulfilling lives by following Sharma’s model of the eight forms of wealth—growth, wellness, family, craft, money, community, adventure, and service....

Dr. Schwartz’s Internal Family Systems (IFS) model has been transforming psychology for decades. With No Bad Parts, you’ll learn why IFS has been so effective in areas such as trauma recovery, addiction therapy, and depression treatment....

The guru to the gurus at last shares his knowledge with the rest of us....

This is not a self-help book. It’s a wake-up call....

Designed for the busy and impatient, this detailed road map will show you how to select, launch, refine, and make money from your side hustle in under a month....

Improve your relationships and learn essential skills to get the results you want out of every conversation--including difficult ones.

Learn to conquer the one real hurdle to scaling your company and growing rich: Time. Buy Back Your Time is the definitive guide for entrepreneurs at every level on how to succeed in business while enjoying more freedom than you ever imagined....

World-renowned Stanford University psychologist Carol S. Dweck offers new insights into her now famous and broadly embraced concept. She introduces a phenomenon she calls false growth mindset and guides people toward adopting a deeper, truer growth mindset....

Emotional Agility serves as a road map for real behavioral change - a new way of acting that will help you reach your full potential, whomever you are and whatever you face....

The long-awaited first book by the founder of the enormously popular Bullet Journal organizational system....

Don't let the title fool you. This isn't a book about high fiving everyone else in your life. You're already doing that. Cheering for your favorite teams. Celebrating your friends. Supporting the people you love. Imagine if you gave that same love and encouragement to yourself....

In his New York Times bestselling book, Discipline Is Destiny, Ryan Holiday made the Stoic case for a life of self-discipline. In this much-anticipated third installment in the Stoic Virtues series, he argues for the necessity of doing what’s right—even when it isn’t easy....

One of the most inspiring and impactful books ever written, The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People has captivated people for nearly three decades. It has transformed the lives of presidents and CEOs, educators, and parents....

In this science-driven guide to persuasion Robert Cialdini applies the psychology of why people say yes to help you succeed in business and life.

The government is a vast, complex system that Americans pay for, rebel against, rely upon, dismiss, and celebrate. It’s also our shared resource for addressing the biggest problems of society. And it’s made up of people, mostly unrecognized and uncelebrated, doing work that can be deeply consequential and beneficial to everyone. Michael Lewis invited his favorite writers to find someone doing an interesting job for the government and write about them in a special in-depth series for the Washington Post.

Your relationship with money begins with having the right mindset. Until you learn how to shift your thoughts, feelings, and behaviors around money, you’ll keep doing what you’ve always done. And get the same results.

Your career is one of the most important investments you’ll ever make. But how can you communicate your value and make it stand out in an increasingly fast-paced, competitive, and media-driven business world? According to career coach and author Octavia Goredema, the key to accomplishing your professional goals is to create a consistent and compelling personal brand that highlights your skills, accomplishments, and personality. And that is just what she will teach you to do in the five lessons of Brand Yourself for Success.

Get ready to transform yourself for success. Jack Canfield, cocreator of the phenomenal bestselling Chicken Soup for the Soul series, returns to the principles he’s studied, taught, and lived for more than 40 years in this updated edition of his practical and inspiring guide that will help any aspiring person get from where they are to where they want to be.

As a professional baseball player in the Chicago Cubs organization, Jim Murphy’s sense of worth revolved around results. He was focused on achievement but also afraid of failure. When he started coaching professional and Olympic athletes, he often encountered the same mindset. He became obsessed with learning how the best in the world performed with poise under pressure. After years of research, Murphy had a revelatory insight: the pursuit of extraordinary performance and the pursuit of the best possible life are the same path.

To be successful you need to be Weird, Selfish, Shameless, Obsessed, Nosy, Manipulative, Brutal, Reckless, and Bossy. And that takes courage. As a former Google leader and top career coach who chased an attractive stranger off the subway and later married him, Jenny Wood knows her way around courage. In this book, Wood shatters conventional wisdom about achieving your goals. She gives you permission to ditch your fear and chase after what you want, unapologetically.

Is charisma essential for every leader? Absolutely. At its core, leadership is influence—nothing more, nothing less. And to influence others effectively, you must connect with them. In The Charismatic Leader: 21 Skills for Connecting with People, John Maxwell reveals his proven roadmap to more impactful leadership through the power of charisma. Narrated by Maxwell himself, this audiobook immerses you in his wisdom, guiding you step by step toward mastering the art of meaningful connection. The secret? Shift your mindset from "Here I am!" to "Ah, there you are!"

Are you tired of sending out dozens of job applications every day and never hearing back? Or, when you do land interviews, not getting an offer, and never knowing why? As a former recruiter and head of HR at multiple companies, Madeline Mann has seen every kind of job application under the sun, and she’s here to tell you that the antiquated job search advice you’ve been told before is all wrong.

Hustle culture is out, intentional living is in. Morgan DeBaun, the visionary founder and CEO of Blavity Inc., is here to help you become the CEO of your life and revolutionize your approach to success and fulfillment.

Renowned statistician David Spiegelhalter shows how we can become better at dealing with what we don't know to make smarter choices in a world so full of puzzling variables. In lucid, lively prose, Spiegelhalter guides us through the principles of probability, illustrating how they can help us think more analytically about everything from medical advice to sports to climate change forecasts.

It's your responsibility as a manager to ensure that your work—and the work of your team—aligns with the overarching objectives of your organization. But when you're faced with competing projects and limited time, it's difficult to keep strategy front of mind. How do you keep your eye on the long term amid a sea of short-term demands? The HBR Guide to Thinking Strategically provides practical advice and tips to help you see the big-picture perspective in every aspect of your daily work, from making decisions to setting team priorities to attacking your own to-do list.

Insiders reveal their personal strategies to help you make good decisions and achieve your goals faster. The proven strategies in this book come from the inspired genius of José Silva, creator of the Silva Mind Control Method and the Silva UltraMind ESP Systems, along with other veteran Silva lecturers and researchers.

In Any Dumb-Ass Can Do It, Chairman Emeritus Garry Ridge tells the story of how he helped grow WD-40 Company into one of the world’s most recognized and beloved brands. How did he do it? By following the wisdom of Aristotle: “Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work.”

There’s never been a better time to become an entrepreneur. As wages stagnate and traditional jobs lose their luster, people are eager to be their own bosses and to step out of the grind. But where to begin? What are the real opportunities? How do you avoid becoming consumed by your business, with no room for yourself? Or, even better, how do you use your business to create more peace and freedom in your life? Grant Sabatier has been through it all, and in this hands-on guide, he takes you through each step of the process.

Women around the world do extremely well when it comes to their education. They graduate at higher rates than men and have higher average GPAs. But then a strange thing happens: upon entering the workforce, they immediately lose their advantage. When the first promotions come around, the slide continues. For every 100 men promoted to manager, only 81 women overall and 77 women of color get promoted. This is what McKinsey senior partners Kweilin Ellingrud, Lareina Yee, and María del Mar Martínez call "the broken rung," and its effects compound throughout women's careers.

Have you ever felt lost in knowing how your business is actually doing? Were you surprised by events that you didn’t see coming? Did you spend sleepless nights wondering whether or not your company was going to make it? Then Data is for you. This data-driven handbook is the third installment of the Traction Library’s EOS Mastery Series that provides all the tools you need to build an environment of transparency and get better results through clarity and accountability.

The emotional questions we face can define our lives. If you’re expecting an interaction to go wrong, that expectation can make it so. That’s spiraling down. But as esteemed Stanford psychologist Greg Walton shows, when we see these questions clearly, we can answer them well. Known to social psychologists as wise interventions, these shifts in perspective can help us chart new trajectories for our lives. They help us spiral up. This is ordinary magic: The ordinary experiences that help us set aside the ordinary worries of life to unleash extraordinary change.

Whether you're an assistant or the CEO, whether you've been in the workforce for forty years or are just starting out, this guide will help you be more productive. You'll discover different ways to motivate yourself to work when you really don't want to; take on less, but get more done; preserve time for your most important work; improve your focus; make the most of small pockets of time between meetings; set boundaries with colleagues—without alienating them; and take time off without tearing your hair out.

Too often our inner critic fabricates stories that undervalue our capabilities or make us question where we're going and why. The things we keep telling ourselves eventually start to feel true and even inevitable—as if we're destined to live within the confines of that story for the rest of our lives. Sought-after speaker and executive coach Chad Sanschagrin teaches that "you find what you focus on," and he's shown millions in search of a better life how to write a better story by focusing on who they want to become instead of what they want to achieve.

The days of HR-sponsored development plans are over. Managing your career—and the skills you need to be successful—is your responsibility. If you're looking to push yourself to the next level, it can be hard to determine where to start. The HBR Guide to Your Professional Growth will be your coach, transforming your abstract hopes and ideas into a concrete action plan.

It can be challenging to be mindful when you're trapped in your own head. Overthinking comes in many forms—overanalysis, perfectionism, worry, rumination—and each of these can be harmful to your productivity and well-being at work. This book will teach you how to understand what type of overthinking you are experiencing, realize when you're cycling in a mental loop, and break free so that you can trust your gut, make a decision, and move forward with confidence.

The Law of Success in 16 Lessons was initially published in 1928 as a multi-volume correspondence course. According to Hill, the work was commissioned at the request of Andrew Carnegie, at the conclusion of a multi-day interview with Hill. It was allegedly based upon interviews with over 100 American millionaires, including self-made industrial giants such as: Henry Ford, J. P. Morgan, John D. Rockefeller, Alexander Graham Bell and Thomas Edison, over 500 of the most successful people of the planet across nearly 20 years.

本書は、ビジネスマナーを「賢く」、ときには「戦略的に」使いこなすための本です。マナーといえば、「席次」「名刺の渡し方」といった、社会人になって最初に学ぶ基本的なマナーをイメージする方が多いでしょう。

Why do some people succeed tremendously, feel good about themselves, and look forward to the next day? While others have the desire, smarts, talent, and motivation to succeed, but fall short? To respected corporate leadership guru Dr. Roger Flax, the answer is simple: Winning the game of life begins and ends with relationships. No Stopping You! How to Win the Game of Life gives you actionable tools to determine what makes people tick and how to win them over; how to establish instant rapport, trust, and credibility.

Break through procrastination in minutes with this ADHD-friendly reset method. Stuck on simple tasks? Overwhelmed before you even begin? This ADHD-friendly method will help you take action—in just 5 minutes. If you’ve ever stared at a to-do list while your brain screams “Not now!”, you’re not lazy—you’re stuck. And if you have ADHD, you know that traditional productivity advice doesn’t work. You don’t need more discipline. You need a way to start. The 5-Minute Procrastination Reset is a science-backed system designed specifically for ADHD brains. Built around five clear ...